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Name |
Ellen Whyte – with pen names Normanda Whyte, Maria Daniel, Maria O’Daniel, Angela Snow, and Alan Leblanc |
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Location |
Malaysia |
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Where do you write
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Everywhere I can |
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Genres you most enjoy writing and why
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Writing is a way of life for me. I write Did You Know science features for kids, Katz Tales and Dog Talk pet columns for newspapers, as well as features and quizzes for women’s magazines. I am now starting to write kids books for teens and romance novels. Creative writing is a way for me relax and hopefully to entertain others too. |
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What inspired you to become an author
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Writing is my business and I’m lucky to be in a business I love |
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What is your favourite novel/author, and why
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I like Pratchett, Tolkien, Asimov, Heyer, Kipling, WS Maugham, Christie, Orwell and that’s just my top shelf of faves |
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Top tip for new authors
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Keep writing |
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Most comical typo
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My ex-printer who “corrected” my surname to White |
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Unusual fact about yourself
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I write best with a cat curled around my keyboard |
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What are you currently working on
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A Cleo quiz, a feature about rabbits, a feature about a woman who discovered her husband is a bigamist, and Red Habiscus, a romance set in Malaysia. Also my tax returns! |
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Blog or website address |
http://blog.lepak.com and http://www.lepak.com |