5). What was your favourite part of
the publishing journey?
I absolutely love editing. I love to get everything correct
and perfect. Until you do it you would not realise just how complex a paragraph
is. When I am editing mistakes jump out at me from the page. Now that I am
here, I am enjoying the marketing stage. My background is in Sales and
Marketing in the pharmaceutical industry and I have an MBA. I have had an
interesting life, and I am enjoying getting to know and understand the ‘Book
World’. One thing I like is that ‘Book People’ absolutely love books!
6). Are you from a
literary background?
Not at all. I consider myself to be lucky in life. I grew up in Liverpool in a
poor social family that was joining the new middle classes. I went to Grammar
School, and I saw glimpses of the ‘good life’, but I can always remember my mum
and dad working seven days a week to make my life possible. I like to think
that I am naturally literary, and I always wanted to be a Writer. I remember
writing my Autobiography at school when I was eleven. I still have it. I
suppose, now, I am beginning to see the big picture, literature is not just
about words on paper, but a whole world of people all with that same
‘love of books’ thing!
7). How is life in
Cambridge?
Life, most of the time, now, is relatively comfortable. It has been hard to get
to this point, but now I can begin to enjoy it. Cambridge is
cosmopolitan and steeped in history and academia. It has two faces, the
colleges and the real people that has a strong London influence.
I love it and I love the breadth of choice of things to do,
and most of all different people and cultures to see!
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