Hi Colin, welcome to my blog! I am looking forward to learning more about you and your novel, Let's Dance In The Kitchen - let's kick off with my questions...
1.)
What is your favourite thing
about yourself? I like to think I am a fair person and
always try to be a gentleman.
2.)
What do you wish you’d known
before you started writing? My first books I
tried to do everything but now I have small team which help with marketing/proof
reading etc which leaves me to concentrate on the writing.
3.)
Share a romantic moment in
your life. That moment when I kissed for the first
time the love of my life.
4.)
Is there one subject you’d
never write about as an author? What is it? If
the story pops into my head I will write about it. I have no hang-up subjects.
5.)
Do you have any suggestions
to help someone become a better writer? If so, what are they? Don’t spend time correcting just let the words flow and
try not to be too descriptive let the reader use their imagination.
6.)
If you could be the original
author for any book, which book would it be? Why? Falling
Leaves and Mountain Ashes by Brenda George. This book made me want to write and
hopefully, one day be judged to this author's high standard.
7.)
What are you working on at
the moment? I have as many as twelve books partially
written and always have three books that are taking my time up.
8.)
Do you work on one book at a
time? More? Always work on three or four but eventually
one takes my full concentration like my love story Lets Dance in the Kitchen
which is available in Paperback and E-Format but also now on Audio.
BLURB:
The little Village of Brough Bridge is the starting point to this Love story that will make you smile cry and question the characters. You decide if that same situation came your way would you react the same. If the answer is “Yes” then judgement can’t be a tool for you to use.
Read this fascinating book about two best
friends Dickie Taylor and Thomas Yuan and their life as they grow up having an
idyllic childhood. See how things change as they endure the horrors of two
World Wars and the devastation that brings. I challenge you not to be touched
by this story.
Amazon Link:
BIO:
Whilst spending time travelling for work around the world, for Colin there were many unglamorous hours spent in hotel rooms and airport lounges, yet this provided the perfect opportunity to release a passion for writing that had been stifled for many years.
Colin's journey into his unique style of storytelling officially began in August 2015, with the publication of his first crime thriller "Things Will Never Be the Same Again". The first book of series one - of which there are five instalments, heralded the introduction of fictional Peak District Detective John Gammon as a new name in rural crime fighting and police investigation.
With a very distinct writing style, each book of the John Gammon detective series places you inside the nuances of the local life in the social and professional circles of the main protagonist. Alongside the underlying crime plot in each novel, the detailed menu choices for Gammon when dining out, to the drives, he takes through the Peak District countryside and the friends he surrounds himself with all combine for unique and very addictive storytelling.
Many readers have quite rightly commented on how prolific
Colin is with his writing, which is proven through an Amazon bookshelf featuring
38 books published in just over 5 years. Alongside the 23 books featuring John
Gammon, Colin has spanned a range of subject matter including a wartime love
story with "Let's Dance In The Kitchen" (which went into Amazon's top
50 of its genre), the spiritual world with the trilogy of "Looking for
Shona", "The Hurt of Yochana" and "Grove", and also
the 2-part series "Calming Farm" and "I am Fawn Jones". The
IRA was an underlying presence in "Scarab Falls", whilst time travel
was the subject of "The Stanton Incident". The stand-alone thrillers
of "Innocence and Guilt" and "Rose Petals From Russia" and
the recently completed ‘The Stunner’ trilogy complete the author's catalogue.
Throughout the many genres and novels, the
characters and places Colin's books feature owe much to a life spent observing
and enjoying the richness of subject matter in the place he calls home. Colin
was born in Darley Dale, a small village nestled in the heart of the Derbyshire
and most unsubtly recognisable throughout the John Gammon novels. Colin has
four beautiful children and knows he is so very lucky to live in the area which
has inspired him to write, as he explains "Although I must stress my work
is purely fictitious and does not represent or imply anything other than my
imagination if you live/work in the Peak District or regularly enjoy visiting
the area you will undoubtedly recognise some of the areas spoken about in the
books."
Further information can be found at
www.colingaltrey.co.uk and please follow Colin on Instagram
@thepeakdistrictauthor YouTube: Colin J Galtrey and Facebook: Colin J Galtrey
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