Being a blogger, I'm very lucky that I get to speak to, and interact with people from all walks of life, who have different stories, and experiences to tell me about, and educate me on.
One lovely lady that I've known for quite a while now is Charlene McElhinney. She's a Mental Health advocate, who recently published her very own book called Melancholy Mind! She poured her heart, and soul into it, and as she's a friend of mine, I obviously want to support her, and her successes in any way that I can. That's why I thought I'd do a little interview with her about the book, so that all of you can get to know her better, and hopefully become convinced to buy your own copy! Now, onto the questions...
Hi Charlene! It's so lovely to have you here on my blog today. Why don't you start by introducing yourself?
I've featured in several papers, my local paper
‘The Cumbernauld News’ and ‘The Evening Times’, I’ve been on BBC Radio Scotland
(to mainly talk about letter writing but also to plug my book), I’ve received
an abundance of messages from people who have took comfort from my book and
have wanted to reach out to me to tell me how much it’s helped them, I’ve been
featured on so many blogs in regards to reviews of my book and Q&A’s about
the background to it (just like this!)… it’s just been fabulous! It’s been 6
months now since I published my book and put it out there in the world and it’s
honestly one of the proudest moments of my life.
Definitely. I’d love to. It’s just finding the time
at the moment. I’ve just started my first year at University studying Creative
Writing, Journalism, English & Law and it’s going to be a very time
consuming course, for sure. I’m also trying to upkeep my blog and all of my
social media platforms as well as letter writing to over 30 pen pals so I do an
awful lot of writing at the moment. When I get free time, I tend to like to
read or go to the pictures etc, however when a good idea pops in to my mind I
take note! I’d love to sit and write a novel. That’s next on my to-do-list. Now
that I know how to self-publish, too, it’s something I could see myself doing
again!..
Are you going to buy Melancholy Mind for yourself? Have you ever heard about it before?
Lots of love always,
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