Delighted to have Morton back on. Over to you, Morton …

When you write novels you are collecting together lots of different strands and trying to make them into a book that flows and hangs together. It is often said that a book that is easy to read has often been difficult to write.

Totally agree on that!

As an author, I collect many different bits and pieces in the hope that one day they will prove useful in my work. There are the obvious things, of course, the lovely notebooks, the pens, the books on novel writing craft. But then there are snippets from magazines, pictures of places and photographs of people, which may or may not become the basis for future locations and characters. Then there are research notes for subjects often only touched on in your work, but you want to get the detail correct, so you have usually spent hours looking at YouTube videos. I also try to note down my feelings when events happen in my life or in the lives of those close to me, just in case my characters ever experience those situations. For example, I have notes that I made before going down to the operating theatre for an operation on file.

Can’t say I’m quite as dedicated as to jot down notes on the way to the operating theatre, but with you on everything else!

You are never off duty as a writer and my ears prick up at interesting conversation snippets overheard in coffee shops, or unusual names used when a mother calls to her child in a playground.

The results of all that magpie gathering – Morton’s lovely books!

I guess what I am trying to say is that nothing is ever wasted when you write novels and the process itself makes you into a people watcher and an observer of life in all its guises. Well you have to fill those lovely purchased notebooks with something!

Absolutely!

Now let’s find out a little more about our guest and her lovely new release. I’ve read it and it’s great (and has the most gorgeous cover).

About Morton S. Gray

Morton lives in Worcestershire, U.K. She has been reading and writing fiction for as long as she can remember, penning her first attempt at a novel aged fourteen. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and The Society of Authors.

Morton worked for many years in the electricity industry in staff development and training. She is a qualified hypnotherapist and Reiki Master. She enjoys crafts, history and loves tracing family trees. Having a hunger for learning new things is a bonus for the research behind her books.

You can catch up with Morton on her website/blog www.mortonsgray.com, on

Twitter – @MortonSGray, her Facebook page – Morton S. Gray Author – https://www.facebook.com/mortonsgray/ and Instagram – @mortonsgrayauthor – https://www.instagram.com/morton_s_gray/

About A New Arrival in Borteen Bay Date of release: 23 January 2024

FALL IN LOVE WITH AN UTTERLY IRRESISTIBLE, BRAND-NEW ROMANCE ABOUT FRESH BEGINNINGS AND LETTING GO OF THE PAST.

Skye knows it’s now or never. It’s time for her to reveal herself to the father she’s never met.

So she hops on a plane from Dublin to the English seaside town of Borteen.

But between the father she’s just getting to know and her worried mother, Skye realizes that the past is never that simple as a whirlwind of secrets turns their world upside down.

And now Skye has Adam, the hunky guy next door, to contend with. He’s determined to show her there’s room in her life for love.

Skye thinks they’re better off as friends, but Adam has other ideas. Even when she reveals a secret of her own.

Will Skye allow history to repeat itself? Or will she let go of the secrets of the past and open herself up to the future?

This uplifting and feel-good romance is perfect for fans of Beth Moran, Shari Low, Jessica Redland, Sue Moorcroft or Isabella Connor.

Book link: A New Arrival in Borteen Bay

Series Link: The Secrets of Borteen Bay

Thank you so much for coming on, Morton, and huge luck with your lovely book!