Tell us a little about yourself:
I was born in Sydney, Australia and now live in Gol Gol, NSW with my
husband, two dogs, an aviary
of birds and a cat that I am not suppose to know that we have.
How long
have you been writing?
I can't remember a time when I didn't write. I used to write plays and
make my siblings play the parts. They still remind me of this to this day and still complain about it.
What/ who
inspires you?
My grandmother used to bake and while she kneaded dough and rolled out pastry
she used to tell me stories.
She made up poetry on the spot. I think creatively I take after her but I never seemed
to get her talent for cooking.
What is
your creative process?
My writings are character driven so I spend most of the process sorting
out who they are, where they have been and more importantly where
they are going. I worked on
the premise of 'What If'.
Do you struggle with anything in particular as a writer?
Finding more hours in the day. Being the
Writer in Residence at the
local school takes up most of my day and the rest or the time I write. I make sure I write
everyday.
How do you
prepare to write? What do you do to get in the right frame of mind?
I don't have any set preparation although I
just need to be left alone. It
sounds terribly anti social but my
family and friends are used to me. They are either very understanding or afraid that they
will end up dead in one of my books.
What genre
of writing would you love to try?
I would love to have a go at historical romance/suspense.
Everything thing I write is
contemporary so it would make a nice change and I love researching.
Was there ever a time you felt like giving up writing? If so, what changed your mind?
I came close
once when 40,000 words turned
into 250,000 asterisks and I had autosave on... I was gutted until the news came on that
Japan had been hit by an earthquake followed by a tsunami suffice to say my 'loss' was put into perspective.
What's your
favorite genre to read? Any favorite authors you care to share?
I love thrillers. I have
read everything Jeffrey Archer
has written.
What advice
would you give someone with a creative dream that doesn't necessarily fall in line
with their normal lives?
Find
time to write, you can't be a writer without writing.
What's your
guilty pleasure?
It's rather boring I am afraid... I love eating vegemite and cheese on
weetbix. It's an Australian
thing. It sounds disgusting but it is delicious... Well I think so.
What are you totally obsessed with right now?
I am currently working on a story about a little girl who
went missing on the day World
War 2 ended. I have been researching and interviewing for the last four years. It has
been the most fascinating journey with the family to try and find the truth.
Find more out about Janelle on www.janellelee.com and follow her on twitter @janellelee747
Be sure to check out her novels and short stories :
Hell Has a Harbour View was released in Dec 2011.
Aisha was released April
2012.
Uncovered is set to release May 2012
Saving Tim is set to release August 2012
Thanks so much to Janelle for chatting with me!
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