In an effort to really get to know each other, we thought it would be a good idea to publish a series of interviews with fellow ROSA members to learn more about who they are, what they've published and what makes them tick. We'd like ALL our members to feature, so please drop our chairperson, Romy an email on romy@romancewriters.co.za and she'll send you some questions to answer.
Today we put the spotlight on our treasurer, Peter Barker!
What is the last
romance novel you read?
Survivor by Lesley Pearse (I met her at the Kingsmead Book fair)
What type of
Romance / what genre do you write?
Contemporary Romance
Are you published
yet? If so, with whom?
About to be published with The Wild
Rose Press
What do you love
most about writing?
A wonderful use of all my creative
energies.
And what is your
biggest challenge as a writer?
Finding the time to get to it. I hope it will be a bit easier when I retire
at the end of the year.
Do you have a
playlist while you write?
Yes. At the moment I have Ann Sophie Mutter
playing Mozart. Beautiful woman,
delightful music.
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| Peter's latest book: Cupid Mislaid |
What was the
inspiration behind your last book?
A newspaper article by Carol Lazar in
which she described how she and her husband had gone to the
bar mitzvah of the son of a friend
of theirs. After leaving the shul they went to their house for a party. It was only when someone walked in carrying a
tray of bacon kips that they realised they had gone to the wrong house. I
shared this story with the ROSA members and someone said to me "There's an
inspiration for your next book." and that is what it became.
What is your
proudest achievement as a writer?
Getting published Yay!!
What advice would
you give someone who tell you they want to write?
Have a passion for your cause. Believe
unshakably in what you are doing, or give up writing.
If you could give
your life / dreams / goals a hashtag, what would it be?
#To write-to write perchance to dream. (no disrespect intended to William
Shakespeare)
What keeps you
motivated to write?
To share my art form with the rest of
humanity
What is your
writing schedule like - do you write every day / a certain time of day?
Any available time. I hope to get into more
of a routine after retirement
Tell us about the
first love story you ever wrote.
When I decided to write, the first
thing I did was to write a 50k word romance novel just to see if I could. I was pleased to discover that I found it
quite easy to create 1,500 words in an evening.
It is a lovely story and I may re-write it in due course. As it is it is
full of technical errors, piles of "tell" instead of "show' as
well as confusing points of view.
What is the best
part about being part of ROSA?
The friendship I enjoy with the other
members as well as learning from the advice and experience of members who have
been in the game longer than I have.
Connect with Peter!
TWITTER: @petergbarker
WEBSITE: https://peterbarker.herokuapp.com/ (Still under construction)
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/petergbarker.
Congratulations getting your book published Peter.
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