Bill Newman

Venture $5.50 - Bill Newman (Published by: Siren-Bookstrand, Inc.) Formats: pdf - lit - html - prc In her hometown of Sydney, Australia, bio-chemist and DNA expert, Lydia meets John, a British scientist working on a top secret navy project. After an intense couple of weeks together, he is called back home, and learns he has been fired. Lydia persuades John to return to Sydney to develop a radi MORE... BUY

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Author's Bio

     For me writing is a retirement hobby, a pleasant change from my former, high stress life in high-tech.
     I was born in London, England and later immigrated to Canada, where I now live.
     While living in England, I studied engineering at the City University in London and at the University of Essex, neither of which enhanced my literary abilities.
     My qualifications for writing romance novels are: two marriages (two sons from the second one), two fiancées, both of whom I somehow managed to lose before getting them down the aisle, and numerous other intimate relationships.
     Currently I'm working on a full length adventure/romance and an erotic romance novella.

Author's Profile

Q: Do you feel you are at a disadvantage being a man in a woman's world?

A: It's more difficult to be accepted because a lot of women readers think guys can't write romantic stories. On the other hand, men see a side of women that perhaps is invisible to the female author.

Q: What characterizes your typical heroine?

A: Intelligent, independent, determined, sexy. In other words, a bit like most of the women I've known.

Q: Do you draw on your experiences for your stories?

A: Yes, and the characters, too. It helps to have a clear picture of someone real in one's mind. The fictional characters turn out to be composites, of course.

Q: What do you do when you hit writer's block?

A: I read somewhere that the brain continues to solve problems while you are asleep. I've definitely found this to be the case, so I keep a notebook handy by my bed.

Q: How much time do you spend writing?

A: Between four and eight hours a day, six days a week. I try to tackle multiple projects concurrently. So if I bog down in one (see previous question), I can skip to one of the other projects.

Q: What type of story do you like writing best?

A: Romantic adventures. Ones in which the heroine gets herself into a fix, partly because of a guy, and has to extricate herself. The bottom line is that one gets most satisfaction from a book that readers love.

Bill also writes erotic fiction as Billie Jaines