Featured Interview With Julie-Anne England
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in the Blue Mountains in Sydney, Australia as a young child and moved to the suburbs when I was 5 where I spent the remainder of my childhood in our two storey family home. I am one of 6 kids (3 boys and three girls) and the second youngest.
I love to travel and I love souvenirs to remind me of my journey. My all time best souvenir was a 6 foot 2″ American man I met in the desert of California. He couldn’t resist me and we have now been married 11 years and have three half-American kids.
As a family we love to spend time together and do as much travelling as we can afford.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I always loved to read and in school I learned to speed read which gave me the tools to read more in less time. The lady who taught us to read used to buy a packet of chips from the school canteen for the child who could read the fastest (that was almost always me!).
I started writing in primary school and would always come up with stories and creative writing activities. After the birth of my second daughter I started a free parenting magazine which published every month and it went great. After that I started my first blog and just kept writing.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love to read a lot! I have a few favourite authors such as Max Lucado and Dr Caroline Leaf but mostly I just read as many books as I can. I love self help and inspirational books, love curling up with a good thriller and love learning as much as I can from how to’s and business growth books.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
One morning on the way to work as an 18 year old, I was driving in my car when I was suddenly hit head on by a car coming in the opposite direction. We collided at a combined speed of 180km per hour. My car didn’t make it. Fortunately I did, although I was very badly injured.
Amidst the long process of healing after this trauma, I found I was hit badly with self esteem issues and complete insecurity from the scarring that now lay claim to my face and body.
My book shares the full effects this accident had on me and my story of growth and how others can use life’s accidents to become the confident strong people they were created to be.
I wrote the book around my three kids by getting up every morning at 5.30am to use the peace of the early morning. Since the book has been written I have had so many testimonials from people who say how much they identified with the book and have made changes in their lives because of what I wrote. This is why I write! I love feeling like I have made a difference to another persons life because of my writing.
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