Featured Interview With Maree Hamilton Scates
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in the small country Victorian town of Stawell. My parents moved our family to Melbourne when we were old enough to attend school. I had a supportive family and we all worked very hard to achieve what came our way. I cherished my family and friends and I found writing very inspiring and therapeutic from a young age. My love for words and story telling has only grown! Words have such power to convey meaning and emotion and I love exploring that power!
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was a bookworm from the moment I could read and I could curl up and lose my self in any book that intrigued me. I started writing books and poetry in primary school. I didn’t really take my craft and talent seriously until I was thirty years of age. Getting older and wiser does make you assess your life, your talents and the legacy you leave in the world!
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love losing myself in Danielle Steele’s romance series of books. I also love the Harry Potter series and the world of imagination that you find yourself in.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Book One in the Trilogy, The Essence Of Life Is … LOVE! is a suspense fiction book that the has the reader feeling the emotion highs and lows that the main character, Olivia Mercedes Brown, encounters.
Olivia’s life starts from humble beginnings. She is from a working class family with strong country roots. She has a tumultuous year when she meets Apollo, a mysterious good looking man.
After a whirlwind romance, Olivia marries Apollo and in a cruel twist of fate eventually realises that his car accident was not an accident at all. Her moral compass is tested when she helps her friend Emma flee from domestic violence. She feels helpless when the system lets Emma down and her husband unbelievably gets his wish – if he cant have Emma then no one can.
Social Injustices rear their head and Olivia displays her will to better her society and take action – she essentially becomes a social warrior for those in the community suffering from homelessness and domestic violence – the sector of community needing someone to believe in them.
Positivity overcomes the sadness when Olivia creates a social project in her friend’s honour. Olivia takes on life’s challenges with courage and conviction and at the end of the story – she finds love in the most unlikely of places – she grows as a person and takes on new responsibilities.
She understands the impact of family and she comes to an important realisation .. that The Essence Of Life is … LOVE!
This book is a passionate and emotional project of mine. It is a book that will touch your heart and stay with you always.
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