Faodail is her first novel.
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Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your writing journey?
I love to travel and I love to write. It was once I combined the two and created an award-winning family travel blog that I started thinking about writing more seriously. I wrote posts for my blog and had my stories published widely in many online journals. But I’ve always wanted to write a book. And two years ago, on our trip to the North of Scotland I had an idea, that I couldn’t shake even after we came back home. With two small kids, full time job and many chores, I didn’t have the time to write it down, but the story wanted to come to life. At least that’s how I explain the accident where I broke my rib and had to rest. To forget about the horrible pain, I wrote and I wrote. And after I healed and went back to my routine, I couldn’t stop, I just kept getting up at the crack of dawn, until I finished it.
If you had to give an elevator pitch for Faodail, what would it be?
Sophie Moore learns her one night stand with Aiden resulted in pregnancy. Her life is turned upside down, when she decides to keep the baby, quit her job at the bank and follow the reluctant Father-to-be to his hometown on a remote Scottish island.
I'm intrigued by the title Faodail, how did it come about and does it have a meaning?
Faodail, a Scottish word for a lucky find, is set in Altnaharra, a fictional remote Scottish island, where the weather is moody and everyone knows everyone’s business.
Where did the inspiration for Faodail come from?
We were on holiday in the North of Scotland and we were staying at this small whitewashed cottage on the cliffs. We had no wi-fi, no TV, no schedule, we spent our days walking around and doing nothing. The whole setting made me think of a story and I played with it, as we explored the beaches and the cliffs. I had such a hard time leaving and then I thought, if I write about it, then I don’t have to leave, I can return in my mind over and over again.
