But let’s say, Gaining Ground by Joan Barfoot. What is your favourite Women’s Fiction book of all time and why?Ī tough one. I think writers tend to zoom in on the smallest details – my children always tell me I take an age to answer them – usually because my mind is hooked into something else that has captured me. They’re never based on anyone ‘real’, but curious traits and characteristics that I’ve observed or absorbed from the world at large undoubtedly creep in. My characters are always the starting point in my stories – I’ll get an idea or a feeling about a character – and it’s not until I start to write that they really begin to take life. When you are writing, do you use any celebrities or people you know as inspiration? Anyone who’s a mother will know… there are just never enough hours in the day.
And depending on my workload, I’ll be back at my desk for an hour or two in the evening, just to keep on top of it all. In the afternoon, I usually work on freelance articles and admin, before the kids arrive home and domestic life takes over. After lunch, I try to get out into the hills to walk with Charlie, and it’s here that I think about the next day’s writing and perhaps solve a few problems. Once I feel I’m winning, I’ll have a large iced coffee and a biscuit (or three), before sitting down to write for 2-3 hours. I’ll spend an hour trying to beat my inbox, updating social networks and sorting out any forthcoming events. My writing day starts at 8am, when the rest of the family leaves the house, and I’m left alone in the glorious quiet of morning with Charlie-dog. Isabel Ashdown is the author of Summer of ’76, which we'll be reviewing soon she recently answered a few questions for our Novelicious Readers…Ĭan you tell us a little about your average writing day? This post was originally published at and is now at.
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