Confessions of an Author

When I published JOANNA, my son made me a short video to help market it. I love it – perhaps mainly because he spent time helping me. We all need help sometimes, don't we. Have a look, and see what you think (he even composed the soundtrack!): I love the atmosphere he created – though actually, the novel is not very scary – my elderly mother reads everything I write, so I can never include anything too violent or graphic; I don't want to keep her awake all night. The story tells the tale of Joanna (a very bad egg) and her mother. It shows what the world looks like when you're a psychopath. It shows what the world looks like when you're trying to parent a psychopath. Mostly, it is simply an exciting, easy-read, novel. You can buy a copy from any Amazon. The US link is here: US Amazon.com link JOANNA by Anne E. Thompson. Why not buy a copy today?

What do you think will happen next? 1 What will happen next? Whenever there’s another terrorist attack, I wonder, what will happen next? Where is the world heading? I find books like ‘ A Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood, written in 1985 (and recently on television) fascinating. What will happen to our society in the future? With this in mind, I wrote a dystopian novel,  Counting Stars.  If religious extremism continues to result in terrorist attacks, how will society respond? Is it possible that governments will ban certain religious beliefs or behaviours – and what might society look like if that happened? How will the dawn of driverless cars affect those employed in transport? What will health care and education look like? Is there a way for poverty and famine to be eradicated? Yet people, in whatever society evolves, will be the same. Children will continue to be funny and naughty, teenagers will always rebel, parents will always love them. People will l...