1.) What genre do you typically read? Why?
I like to read family and romantic sagas because I love reading about young women working and making friends and falling in love against an interesting setting or period of history – and I really like to have a happy ever after at the end of the book at least for some of the characters.
2.) Share a favourite childhood memory.
My mum used to read the tea leaves when I was a child and I loved hearing her predictions for the future, it felt exciting and magical.
3.) Do you have any shameless addictions? ie. Tea, Books, Shoes, Clothes?
Coffee! But these days, sadly, it’s mostly decaffeinated otherwise I would never sleep.
4.) What do you think is the biggest challenge of writing a new book?
Getting beyond the first chapter and making sure my idea has enough ‘legs’ to run to a satisfying plot and 80-90,000 words.
5.) Do you aim for a set amount of words/pages a day?
No, I don’t aim for amounts of words/pages but I do set myself a time eg I’ll aim to write all day or for an hour or even half an hour depending on what’s happening in the rest of my life. It’s amazing how productive even a half hour can be when you are focussed.
6.) What are your thoughts on writing a book series?
I didn’t set out to write a series but was asked to by my publisher and so the Kiltie Street Girls series was born! I have really enjoyed linking each book (they can be read as stand-alones) and catching up on characters from previous books to see what they are up to and how their lives have progressed while new characters or minor characters from one book can be developed into key characters in the next.
Elsie’s Wartime Wish
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Carol MacLean lives in the Glasgow area. She began by writing pocket novels, having 18 published before deciding to write historical saga. When she’s not writing, Carol can be found visiting museums or walking around the city looking for traces of old Glasgow to inspire her next novel.
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