I was a guest at Katrina Hart’s lovely blog yesterday, where I was asked about my writing influences for my short story collection, Nightmare Asylum & Other Deadly Delights.
Many thanks to Katrina for inviting me onto her writing and book blog to share my thoughts on writing inspiration and muses!
Here is a snippet:
Echoes Of The Asylum By Sonia Kilvington
The strongest influence on my writing, and the inspiration behind my short story ‘Winter Baby,’ in ‘Nightmare Asylum’ was the amazingly talented, Helen Dunmore. Her writing is beautiful and dark; it is uncompromising in its willingness to explore what it feels like to face a severe threat, only to discover, that the most deadly danger of all, is already lingering, malevolently, inside of you! Her characters often seem to be on the verge of disintegration, and so are many of mine.
The lead story ‘Nightmare Asylum,’ is based upon a reoccurring dream… Read More
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Sonia Kilvington 
Wonderful. I hope you get lots of new readers. Good luck and stay safe. x
Thanks so much Jane! That’s very thoughtful of you.I Stay safe too x