If you had asked me a couple of years ago if I ever thought I would be an author I probably would have laughed at you. Yes, I had dreams of writing a book, but to sit at a computer and come up with a story would have been very daunting to think about. But here I am! I have published  three books in the Lottie Jones series now and a prequel about Alfred from the series. The last book in the series is coming out very soon.

So a bit about me, where do I start? It is so hard to write about myself, writing about Lottie's adventures is much easier. My day job is in finance, I have done that for a long time, I have enjoyed my career but these days writing has become my passion. I lose myself in Lottie's world very quickly when I am at my computer writing about her adventures.

I am a mother of two wonderful adults, and two amazing grandchildren. I started writing Lottie because I wanted to create something that my grandchildren could read and lose themselves in, just like I did when I started reading as a young child. My own children experienced that feeling when they began reading Harry Potter by JK Rowling, as a family we read those books together, chatting eagerly about the plots and what was happening to Harry and his friends.

I live in Hampshire with my husband and our two gorgeous dogs, Beau and Henry.  We love to go out into the countryside for long walks with our boys, come rain or shine we will be out!

I have learnt so much since the release of my first book, mainly how important social media has become for authors, especially independent authors who have no publishing house behind them. I am slowly getting better at marketing (in my head anyway) and I try to come up with new things to keep my followers interested, it is extremely difficult, but I hope I am improving.

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I have some exciting news, I am currently working on a Supernatural Dark Fantasy trilogy and I am about two thirds of the way through the first draft, the hope is to publish it in the first half of 2024, so keep checking here for news or my social media.

I love to hear from my readers, so if you have something you want to say or just chat about Lottie and her adventures, then drop me a message on any of my social media. I am on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter so come and give me a follow - the links are on the website.