Today on
my blog I have an interview with Bombshell Books new signing Therese Loreskar,
Bombshell Books was founded in August 2016 and specialises in Women's Fiction.
And is an imprint of leading crime fiction publisher, Bloodhound Books and was
born from a love of great fiction - Bombshell publish the books they love,
producing remarkable fiction for our readers and building long-term careers for
our authors.
Therese Loreskär
Therese Loreskar started her career in 2010 as a Swedish author. She
self-published her first novel which quickly became a critically acclaimed
best-seller.
In 2014 she signed up to a publishing house. Her novel called “The
Queen of Blogging” was released and the feedback was
overwhelming! People referred to the book as a modern “Bridget Jones” and
couldn’t get enough of the main character, Kajsa. The next book “The Queen
of Blogging 2” was released shortly after to all the reader’s delight.
Therese has since then published 4 bestselling children’s books as well.
She often does tours at different schools and talks about her books. The
children love her visits and Therese always enjoys talking to her little
readers.
“The Queen of Blogging 1 & 2” have also been recorded and
launched as audiobooks in addition to paper backs in Sweden. Therese has
contracts with 4 different publishing houses as well as a Book and Film
Agency. Her biggest dream is to have “The Queen of Blogging series”
made into films, and she secretly keeps a list in an old drawer of presumptive
actors that would do the characters in her books justice.
Her never-ending energy for writing and entertaining people with her
characters is her biggest trait.
Therese lives in the countryside along the west coast of Sweden. She has
a rather big and busy household, with (one) husband, two children, one deaf
cat, five hamsters and a grandmother.
When she’s not busy making up stories and
writing silly things, she enjoys the nature, people, history, redecorating the
house without asking anyone for permission, and all other kinds of creativity.
Welcome
Therese,
To warm us up I've some
quick fire questions for you. What's the first thing that comes to mind when I
say the following...
Milk… Cats
Cats… My 18 years old cat Esmeralda
Yellow… Egg yolks
Favourite film… Any Owen Wilson comedy
Moist… Single-glassed windows
Sci-fi…
Star Wars
Thank you for that, now
onto the real questions, what encouraged you to be an author in the first
place?
My dad became
seriously ill and told me to follow my dream to become an author. He always
told me to follow my passion. Both my parents have encouraged me incredibly
much to live this crazy life as a fulltime author.
And how did you feel when
you first realised your books were being bought by people other than friends
and family?
I’m not sure I
still 100% understand this J It’s an unreal feeling. Strange, but
pleasant though.
Who is your favourite
author?
Sophie Kinsella,
Marian Keyes and Lisa Jewell. I recently had the wonderful opportunity to meet
Lisa, who’s so sweet and down to earth.
Where do you get your
inspiration for your books?
Most of it just
suddenly appears in the document on my computer. I always ask myself “Where did
that come from?” It does help that I more than often seem to end up in awkward
situations in my own life.
What is your favourite
film?
A movie where I get
to laugh out loud.
You've created a few
characters in your time as an author, if you could sit down with just one for a
glass of wine (or a coffee )who would it be and why?
That’s easy; I
would love to talk more to Kajsa Blomblad. I would love to get to know her more
and listen to all the stories of her life. I mean, the stories I haven’t
already written about that is. It would be strange but fun to finally get to
see what she looks like as well.
Who (fiction or non
fiction) would you invite to your ideal dinner party?
1. Bridget Jones
2. Rebecca
Bloomwood
3. Kajsa Blomblad, my main character in “The
Queen of Blogging”
4. Her Royal highness, Queen Elizabeth.
5. Claire and Phil Dunphy from the series Modern
family.
6. Mr.Schuester from the series Glee.
7. Sue
Perkins
8. Mel
Giedroyc
9. Greg Poehler
If you weren't a writer
what would you do?
I would work as a
teacher again. I love kids. That’s the only thing I miss about working fulltime
as an author - working with kids.
And can you tell us
anything about your next novel?
My main character
Kajsa moves to London with her kids. Starting a “new” life in the UK. Well,
that is partly based on my own move from Sweden to Cambridge. But other than
that it’s all fiction. On the plane over to England, Kajsa met this super
famous musical artist and that is the start of a never-ending series of awkward
events in her life…
Do you have any advice for
budding authors that may be reading?
As I see it you
only need two things to be an author:
1. Fantasy.
2. Self-Confidence
I still struggle
with number two. But that’s super important. You need to believe that you are
good enough. You can always learn more about grammar and tricks here and there.
But you need some sort of foundation to stand strong on. Believe in your own
writing.
And finally,
Therese what is the one thing you would want a new reader to your books to
know.
I wrote this novel purely to entertain
people. If my readers as much as given a hint of a smile whilst reading it,
I’ve succeeded. “Let me entertain you” as Robbie Williams sang.
Thank you Therese, and good
luck with the rest of your tour.
Thank you :)
