Helen Pollard
Website:
www.helenpollardwrites.wordpress.com
Describe yourself in three words:
Loyal, conscientious, creative
Tell us a little about your latest release:
I’m a Yorkshire lass, so what better setting for 'Warm Hearts
in Winter' than the beautiful Yorkshire moors? I got thinking about how cosy it
would be to be snowed in at an isolated house with a loveable guy … and the
story went on from there!
Blurb: Forced by circumstance into the world of temping, when
Abby Davis accepts an assignment in the wilds of Yorkshire as personal
assistant to a widowed novelist, she assumes he is an ageing recluse.
Thirty-something Jack Blane is anything but. Still struggling
to get his life and writing career back on track three years after his wife’s
death, Jack isn’t ready for a breath of fresh air like Abby.
Snowed in at his winter retreat on the moors, as the weeks go
by and their working relationship becomes friendship and maybe more, Abby must
rethink her policy of never getting involved with someone at work … and Jack
must decide whether he is willing to risk the pain of love a second time.
What is your earliest memory?
I have a vague memory of a ride on a miniature railway when I
was about two, but I can definitely remember being lost for several hours on
the longest beach in Cornwall when I was four. My parents were beside
themselves, but all I could think about was the fact that my brother had my
sweets in his pocket when we got separated!
What would you consider the greatest moment in your life?
When my husband proposed to me. He’s been the best thing that
ever came into my life, along with our two children, of course - and I couldn’t
have had them without him!
What’s the hardest thing in in life you’ve done?
Watch my mother decline with dementia. She still knows who we
are and that she loves us, which is a blessing, but otherwise she’s very
limited – she can’t speak much and can be difficult to handle. I see her every
week, and each time, I know I've lost another fraction of her.
What have you learned in life so far?
It’s a cliché, I know, but you can never please all the
people all the time. That doesn’t stop me trying, but I worry less about it as
the years go by! Being comfortable in your own skin is important – for me,
that’s still a work in progress.
Also, a few years ago I read something about how people won’t
always remember what you do or say, but they will remember how you made them
feel. I wish I’d come across that a lot earlier in life.
Everyone’s favourite question: if you could invite five people for
dinner, who would it be?
My husband, son and daughter - having them around the table
means the world to me.
My late grandfather - I miss him, and I want to ask him why
he didn't bother passing on his easygoing genes to the rest of us!
And finally? Bob Newhart – that man has given us so many
hours of laughter.
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