When I starting writing, I have to admit that I was a in a bad place. I’d just left my nurse training after completing two months of the course, and while I was relieved to get out, I was terrified as I debated what I was going to do next. Writing was a reprieve. I initially started writing some film/ theatre reviews, and after a few months I moved onto fiction, writing my first ‘novel’, Planchette. People began leaving positive feedback on my blog, and I was pleasantly surprised. After that, there was no stopping me. Since then, I have written five novels. Only three of which have made it onto kindle ; Azure (a modernisation of The Little Mermaid), Teddy and my latest, The Defeatist. I honestly feel like my writing style has changed dramatically since I started writing three years ago, and would like to think that The Defeatist is my best work (so far.) The Defeatist follows the story of Jude Reed, a thirty year old man, who has hit rock bottom and makes a drastic decision. Unusually, he commits suicide at the start of the book, and is filled with self-loathing and regret. He meets Tiffany, a high spirited young woman, who has the ability to show him flashbacks. Who is she, and why have they been put together when they are two, very different characters? I wanted to create a realistic character, that some people might be able to relate to. He has received mixed reactions, some people didn’t like his self-loathing, but in truth, I didn’t want people to love him. I wanted them to understand that even if a person hits rock bottom, suicide is not the answer. Jude refused to seek help, even though he had a loving Mum and a caring best friend, who just needed him to reach out to them.

Books by Sophie Bowns:

The Defeatist
http://www.amazon.com/Defeatist-Sophie-Bowns-ebook/dp/B00WEIF1ZK/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

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Azure
http://www.amazon.com/Azure-sophie-bowns-ebook/dp/B00MBPWTWY/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

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Teddy
http://www.amazon.com/Teddy-Sophie-Bowns-ebook/dp/B00MPSD5KM/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Sophie Bowns Social Links:

Twitter : @SE_BownsFiction

WordPress : sophiebowns.wordpress.com

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheDefeatistNovel &

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fiction-by-Sophie-Bowns/156899767800564

Amazon link to ‘The Defeatist’ www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00WEIF1ZK

Amazon Authors page : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sophie-Bowns/e/B00NHO75EA