Interview with Frances Kendall
Published 2018-11-24.
How do you approach cover design?
I use 99designs where artist compete to provide a cover. I choose the one I like best.
What do you read for pleasure?
I read a lot of non-fiction about evolutionary psychology and the way our brains function, also politics and economics. For light night-time reading I enjoy thrillers.
What is your e-reading device of choice?
Kindle paper white
What book marketing techniques have been most effective for you?
Approaching reviewers online and soliciting reviews.
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in Mombasa Kenya, which was a bit like growing up in paradise. This directly influenced my desire to travel overland through Africa which resulted in my travel memoir: DO NOT UNDERTAKE...
When did you first start writing?
I wrote my first book in 1981, in response to my need to find the best way to raise my daughters. This was "Super Parents Super Children" soon to be published as an eBook "the Free Child".
What motivated you to become an indie author?
It allows much more freedom than working with a publisher and potentially provides a far bigger market.
What are you working on next?
I am preparing three books initially published as hard copies to publish as eBooks.
What inspires you to get out of bed each day?
I look forward to a day beginning with yoga and meditation followed by painting or preparing my books for publication and meeting up with friends.
When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?
I paint, meet up with friends, walk in the countryside, do yoga, meditate, read and watch TV .
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