What's the story behind your latest book?
Because of my interest in ancient houses and mysteries, I wanted to write a story that combined both of these. My first book is the contemporary story of a woman who visits England, finds an ancient abandoned house and becomes obsessed with it. When she buys the house and starts restoring it, the house’s ghosts start to come alive. A body is found, which solves an old mystery and opens up many more. There are many unexplained artifacts that are found and the answers to these will be in other books. A house that is centuries old has a great deal of history. Many people have lived their lives there and many things have happened. This is why I have titled my book Fettigrew Hall – The Biography of a House. As I was writing I realized that I could write a series about the same house and things that happened there through the centuries.
Describe your desk.
Because there is no room in my house for an office, I have a corner of the living room. The desk is large, old and in poor condition. I bought it for $25 at a yard sale. I have a small 2 drawer file cabinet next to it, which has my desktop computer, some resources and the wi-fi on top of it. My desk has my computer screen and keyboard, a vertical file for things I'm working on or are pending, several research books are usually sitting on it too.
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