Kate Walker

Fun Facts About Kate Walker

Astrological Sign:

Taurus

Favourite Books:

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett
The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart
An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
Simona's Jewel

Favourite Songs:

"The Rose"
"Just the Way You Are"

Favourite Movies:

Children of a Lesser God
When Harry Met Sally
Witness

Author Writing Tip:

"Read, read, read — and then write about characters you care about. If you care about them, and feel the emotions that drive them, then a reader will, too. But if you don't put your heart into a book, it won't have a heart."

Author Nationality:

English

Kate Walker's, Biography

• Kate Walker was born in Nottinghamshire, England, but the family moved to West Yorkshire when she was just 18 months old, and she has always regarded Yorkshire as home. She was the middle child in a family of five girls, growing up in a home where books were vitally important, and she read anything she could get her hands on.
  
  Even before she could write she was making up stories. At the age of four she was telling the tale of The Three Little Raindrops Drippy, Droppy, and Droopy to her two younger sisters. She can't remember a time when she wasn't scribbling away at something, and wrote her first "book" when she was 11.
  
  But everyone told her that she would never make a living as a writer, and that she should work toward a more secure career. So she decided that if she couldn't write books, at least she could work with them, and settled for becoming a librarian.
  
  On leaving school she went to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth to study English and librarianship. While there, she met her husband, who was also studying at the college. They married and moved back north, eventually settling in Lincolnshire, where she worked as a children's librarian until her son was born.
  
  After three years of being a full-time housewife and mother she was ready for a new challenge, but needed something she could do at home, so she turned to her old love of writing. Her first attempts at writing novels were done at the kitchen table, often working late into the night when her son was asleep, or during a few snatched hours while he was out at nursery school.
  
  The first two novels she sent off to Mills & Boon were rejected, but the third attempt was successful. She can still remember the moment that a letter of acceptance arrived instead of the rejection slip she had been dreading.

Kate Walker's, Interview

• On Writing and Reading...What do you love most about being a writer?The freedom to be my own boss, work any hours I want, dress any way I want. I also love losing myself in a story, being caught up in the lives of my characters. But best of all is knowing that I have fulfilled the dream I had as a child.
  
  What do you like least about being a writer? Deadlines aren't fun, but they make me concentrate. When writing is going well, I think that there's no other job on earth I'd rather do.
  What I really hate are the days when the words won't come, the characters won't "speak" to me, and writing feels like ploughing my way through thick, sticky mud.
  But luckily experience has taught me that with time those days go away.
  
  Do you have a favourite locale or setting for your novels? What is it and why is it your favourite? I'm always on the lookout for new and interesting places to set my books. But as the characters come first, who they are will usually dictate where a book is set.
  
  Which of the books you have written is your favourite? I honestly don't have a favourite. But I'm always most excited by the one I'm working on right now because it is the one that's coming alive in my head.
  
  What is your favourite recent Mills & Boon, Silhouette, or MIRA title by another author? Reading is such a mood-dependent thing that one day I'll choose to read one author, the next day I may want a totally different sort of story. One of the great things about Mills & Boon's books is that there's usually someone who fits today's mood.
  
  What are your five all-time favourite books? Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
  The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett (strictly speaking, that's six books but I couldn't choose just one in the series)
  The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart
  An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
  ...And a book called Simona's Jewel that I read again and again when I was nine until I lost it when I was 16. I don't even remember who wrote it but I'd love to read it again.
  
  On Romance...Describe the ultimate romantic meal. The food and the place don't matter. It's the company that makes the time special.
  I've had some amazing meals in very expensive restaurants and they mean nothing to me compared to one meal of fish and chips eaten with my fingers on a very special night.
  
  What is your all-time favourite romantic movie? Children of a Lesser God
  When Harry Met Sally
  Witness if only for the scene in the barn.
  
  What is your all-time favourite romantic song or composition?"The Rose," preferably sung by Michael Ball
  "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel
  
  What is the most romantic gesture or gift you have received?The ring my husband gave me for our silver wedding. It's 100 years old and has three diamonds one for me, one for my husband, and one for our son.
  I also have a beautiful model of a dragon that I saw in a city 60 miles away and fell in love with but couldn't afford. For my birthday my husband drove back secretly and bought it for me.
  
  How do you keep the romance alive in your relationship? We talk all the time about anything and everything. Talking involves listening and sharing.
  
  What tip would you give your readers to make their lives more romantic? Keep some special time when it's just the two of you and there are no things that "must" be done. The world won't come to an end if the washing up isn't done tonight.
  
  Where is the most romantic place you've ever travelled? There is a magical city in Malta called Mdina it's also called the Silent City because no cars at all are allowed onto its narrow streets. It has wonderful buildings and churches, and there is a restaurant that serves the best chocolate cake in the world on a terrace overlooking a huge plain where so  much of the island is stretched out before you, almost to the sea. 

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I was fortunate enough to have recently read :

THE KONSTANTOS MARRIAGE DEMAND
BEDDED BY THE GREEK BILLIONAIRE

SPANISH BILLIONAIRE, INNOCENT WIFE

 The stories in each of these books were fabulous. The depths to the characters she creates are simply marvelous.

And recently her guide to aspiring writers KATE WALKER'S 12 POINT GUIDE TO WRITING ROMANCE came out in it's 3rd edition. Each chapter is full of insightful information for writers. I've read about published authors say how they bring out this book, when they get blocked, while writing. 

 Published authors  (Michelle Styles, Donna Alwards) when asked about online courses vs guide books on eHarlequin subcare forum, said, Kate Walker's 12 Point Guide to Writing Romance is a book which we would bring out throughout our writing lives to refer to again and again, as opposed to online courses.

I preordered and then received the 3rd Edition, which had just been published!

And it is an awesome writers tool book for aspiring writers.

Queen Kate, as she is known, is a very generous lady. Recently she shipped cartons of books to be donated to a public library in my country. I'll be eternally grateful to her for that. A very heartfelt thank you, Queen Kate!

 This is the latest lineup, friends:

The Konstantos Marriage Demand M&B Modern January 2010/Presents Extra March '10 Romantic Times Award Nominee
Claimed by the Sicilian 3 in 1 By Request May 2010
The Good Greek Wife? M&B Modern July 2010/Presents Extra October 2010
Mediterranean Tycoons (Alpha Collection) February 2011
The Proud Wife M&B Modern March 2011
One Night in Madrid Collection May 2011

12 Point Guide To Writing Romance - 3rd edition out now

Visit Kate at WeWriteRomance.com!

Kate writes Kate's Corner on the 15th of each month at WeWriteRomance.com