Blog Tour: Beyond the Smiles by Minnie Lewis

NK Chats To… Minnie Lewis

Hi Minnie, thank you so much for joining me today. Can you tell me about your novel, Beyond the Smiles and what inspired it?

I wanted to write a book about a strong, young, independent woman who appears to have everything going for her but doesn’t realise that the people she’s close to aren’t what they seem. Laura became that character and it just went from there.

 

What’s your typical writing day like? Do you have a favourite place to write and any writing rituals?

I didn’t adopt a strict routine. I wrote some days and not others; but I thought about the book almost all the time. I’m a morning person so most of my writing was done by mid-afternoon.

  

What were the challenges you found when writing your novel?

The main challenge was to keep the reader engrossed even when a situation is being revisited through new eyes. I hope I achieved that.

 

Which songs would make up a playlist for your book?

It would be a mixture of old and new – but they’d all have to be upbeat tracks.

 

Which fictional character would you like to meet and why?

Dr Who – as I’d like to travel back into the past.

 

From idea to finished book, what’s your writing process like and how long does it typically take you? How do you approach editing?

My time was divided roughly into three – thinking time, writing time the editing / proof reading. I probably spent 70% thinking about the characters and plot, 15% writing the book and 15% editing.

 

Which comes first for you, plot, or characters?

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