Also, as a female, you have to love Jane Austen. It's the law. That one used to just kill me, because nothing on this earth will make me give two hoots about Mister Darcy and his soggy shirt.

Genre fiction is a funny one. My book is what I'd call fantasy, but not approaching High Fantasy at all. I've been told by my RFL tutor to call it magic realism to cover my arse, or else no one will ever take me seriously. There's a lot of snobbery.