So
who exactly is Sukie McClaren?
A Christmas-loving Cat lover? A Sound of Music Fanatic? A Fiercely Independent Woman?
She is all of the above. And when she is sent to Salzburg for a business trip a few weeks before Christmas, she thinks all her dreams have come true. As she packs her suitcase, the only things on her mind are Christmas markets, lots of snow and finally seeing the Doh-Ray-Me steps. Becoming the new best friend of the world’s hottest rock-star doesn’t even get a look in.
Pete Wallace is a reclusive, reluctant, rock-star and the world’s Number One, best-selling, male solo artist. It’s been three years since his last tour and he’s now preparing to go back on the road again. A week in Salzburg, schmoozing with the music press, is one of his worst nightmares.
He can’t wait for it to be over.
When Pete and Sukie meet, it is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Lonely for too long, he begins to remember how it feels to be happy and, for the first time in six years, Christmas feels special again.
Eduardo di Santo however, whose kid sister suffered life-changing injuries at a Pete Wallace concert, is all set on getting revenge. When Pete’s new tour is announced, he begins to make his plans. Plans that will culminate in Pete's demise.
Will Pete and Sukie’s new friendship die before it has a chance to flourish?
A Christmas-loving Cat lover? A Sound of Music Fanatic? A Fiercely Independent Woman?
She is all of the above. And when she is sent to Salzburg for a business trip a few weeks before Christmas, she thinks all her dreams have come true. As she packs her suitcase, the only things on her mind are Christmas markets, lots of snow and finally seeing the Doh-Ray-Me steps. Becoming the new best friend of the world’s hottest rock-star doesn’t even get a look in.
Pete Wallace is a reclusive, reluctant, rock-star and the world’s Number One, best-selling, male solo artist. It’s been three years since his last tour and he’s now preparing to go back on the road again. A week in Salzburg, schmoozing with the music press, is one of his worst nightmares.
He can’t wait for it to be over.
When Pete and Sukie meet, it is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Lonely for too long, he begins to remember how it feels to be happy and, for the first time in six years, Christmas feels special again.
Eduardo di Santo however, whose kid sister suffered life-changing injuries at a Pete Wallace concert, is all set on getting revenge. When Pete’s new tour is announced, he begins to make his plans. Plans that will culminate in Pete's demise.
Will Pete and Sukie’s new friendship die before it has a chance to flourish?
Tell
us a little about yourself?
Hi, I’m Kiltie Jackson, I live in the West
Midlands and I’m a slave to five cats – 4 rescues and one
rehomed. I’m married and still work full time in an accounts
office. I’m Scottish, grew up in Glasgow and moved to London when I
was in my early twenties. It was while living in London that I found
my inner rock chick.
Tea
or Coffee?
Definitely coffee. I don’t mind tea but I
prefer coffee. I’m very fussy with my coffee and prefer to make it
myself. That’s why I usually have tea when I visit people.
Biscuit
of choice to dunk?
The list is long and not distinguished – I
will dunk anything! I think my favourite though is a Jammie Dodger.
It used to be Rich Tea but there seems to have been some kind of
recipe change and they’re not as nice any more.
What
Inspired A Rock 'n' Roll Lovestyle?
It sounds terrible to say this but I’m really
not sure. I first began writing it over ten years ago and I cannot
recall where the idea came from. It may have been something on the
television, or an article I read. I really do not know.
Do
you find it easy to get inspiration for writing?
Yes, I do. I have more ideas than I have time
to type them up. This is why answering the last question was
difficult because ideas will pop into my head from nowhere and I
simply let my brain run with it. That could very well be what
happened with ‘A Rock ‘n’ Roll Lovestyle’. At this current
time I am working on book 2, I have book 3 pretty much sorted out and
I have two plots vying to be book 4. Since I haven’t decided which
one to go for, the brain is currently working out both of them.
Do
you have a writing routine?
Not really. I know some authors have a fixed
routine of planning everything out meticulously, and then write a
chapter synopsis for the work they’re about to start and do all
research before beginning to write. I don’t! I have my starting
point, my middle point and my end point. I bash the keys and find a
means of linking those together. I will research as I go along
because I often have new ideas come to me whilst I am writing. And I
always have a cup of coffee by my side.
A
Christmas tale full of love, laughter, friendship and revenge.
Kiltie
grew up in Scotland, Glasgow to be precise. A very unique city
with a very unique way of looking at life. When she was old
enough to do so, she moved to London and then, after several
years of obtaining interesting experiences -which are finding
their way into her writing - she moved up to the Midlands.
She
currently lives in Staffordshire with five cats and one husband. The
cats kindly allow her and her husband to share their house on
the condition they keeps paying the mortgage!
Her
little home is known as Moggy Towers, even though despite
having plenty of moggies, there are no towers!
She
loves reading, watching movies, and visiting old castles. She
really dislikes going to the gym!
Her
biggest desire is that one day she can give up the day job and
write her stories for a living.
Kiltie
first began writing 'A Rock 'n' Roll Lovestyle' over ten years
ago. The project was shelved on Chapter Seventeen as she felt the
story wasn't flowing as she would like it to.
In
her own words "The images in my head would not come out of my
fingers!" Fast forward to November 2016 when, having
finished reading Lizzie's Christmas Escape by Christie
Barlow, she read more about the author and was inspired with how
Christie herself came to be a best-selling author.
In
that thunderbolt moment, Kiltie knew - with a deep certainty- that
she needed to reacquaint herself with 'A Rock 'n' Roll
Lovestyle' and begin writing again. She did this in January 2017
and found the words flowed faster than she could type them.
Finally, the time was right for her to write her novel.
Her
determination to finish what she had started all those years ago
was absolute and the first draft was completed on Sunday 16th
April 2017.
Since
beginning to write again, the ideas have not stopped flowing. She
has begun typing up her second book, 'Of All the Unlikely
Places', and book three (not yet titled) has been worked out and
is waiting in the wings for its turn in the spotlight.
She
currently has a further ten plots and ideas stored in her file (it's
costing a fortune in USB drives as each story has its own memory
stick!) and the ideas still keep on coming.
She
now lives her life around the following three quotes:"I
love having weird dreams, they're great fodder for book plots!"
"Why wait for your ship to come in when you can swim out to meet it?"
"Old enough to know better, young enough not to care!"
"Why wait for your ship to come in when you can swim out to meet it?"
"Old enough to know better, young enough not to care!"
Website
www.kiltiejackson.com
Facebook -
https://www.facebook.com/kiltiejackson
Twitter -
https://twitter.com/KiltieJackson
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