Charlie Cochrane - Mysteries with a dash of slash, romances with just a pinch of spice

The third and last batch of Romaniacs consists of Lucie, Sue and Vanessa.
The nine Romaniac girls have very kindly offered a £5 Amazon voucher for one of the commenters here or at the previous two entries, to be picked at random next Saturday.

What inspired you to start writing?

Sue: I’ve always loved reading, ever since I was a young child so I think for me it was a natural progression. I was given a Silver Reed manual typewriter for my 10th birthday and I used to love making my own books; title pages, contents, the story then stapling them all together. Now I’d like to do it for real.
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One of the great pleasures of being in the Romantic Novelists’ Association is that you get to meet some really nice people. I’d include The Romaniacs among those, so it’s my pleasure to having them as my guest authors over the next few days (it’ll take three days because there’s nine – count ‘em! – of them.)

Today we have Catherine Miller, Celia Anderson and Debbie White answering my questions (answers picked and mixed).

What inspired you to start writing?

Debbie: Years ago, when I was on maternity leave from my job as a Bank Manager, one afternoon I sat and jotted down an outline for a novel and stuck it in a drawer, telling myself ‘one day’ I would write it.
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Is there a classic book you started and simply couldn't finish?

Debbie: Precious Bane by Mary Webb
Celia: I am guilty of starting and abandoning lots of classics – the spirit is willing, but the flesh…ah, that’s another story. I was particularly bored by ‘Persuasion’ but it was an A level text, so maybe I was wanting to party too much at the time!