Interview with author - Irene Helenowski

Good afternoon people,
Sorry for the delay, it has been chaos in my house lol. I am doiis a short courses and looking at voluntary work. Amongst normal house things.

Here is the interview with author Irene Helenowski. Enjoy :-)

Question 1 - Were books a prominent part of your childhood?

I really loved the ValueTale series by Dr. Spencer Johnson & Ann Donegan Johnson, especially the one on Marie Curie was my favourite, of course.


Question 2 - Can you remember your favourite books as a child? If so can you name them?

I always was fascinated by Thumbelina by Hans Christian Anderson. She always managed to stay strong and perservre despite being so tiny.


Question 3 - Would you advise children to pick up a book? Can you recommend any?

Of course! I think they should read whatever they want, whatever gets them reading.


Question 4 - How did you stumble into writing?

I just finished my biostatistics dissertation and thought about doing something completely different, but the more I wrote the more I realised that my science fiction was influenced by my statisitical research. I talk about this in my blog - out of this dimension - www.helenowskiirene.wordpress.com


Question 5 - Is writing still a passion for you?

Yes, I would hope so but I'm still figuring out what to write next.


Question 6 - How did you come up with the idea for Order of the Dimensions?

I have watched several specials on the multi verse theory on the discovery and science channels and had begun to wonder  - what it'd be like if we had a totally different life in another dimension, if such dimensions exist.


Question 7 - Which character in your book do you most identify with?

Well I recieved my doctorate in the not so distant past like Jane, Iwork in a medical centre like Maggie, but I mostly identify with Tina, she is at a crossroads in her life, I don't want to say anymore and spoil the story.


Question 8 - At the start, did you already know there would be more than one book?

I had no idea. I thought about maybe a second book, the third came to mind much later.


Question 9 - Are any of the characters based on people you know?

I think I could relate every character having traits of several people I know.


Question 10 - Does your day job interfere with editing and creating a book?

As my day job, I work as a biostatistcian at an academic medical centre in Chicago. It is a demanding job and sometimes I work into the evenings and on weekends but I still make time and write whenever I can.


Question 11 - Do you ever think inter dimensional travel will be possible?

I've read some works from DR's Michio Kaku & Brian Greene. I have interviewed several physicists and they all think it  may be plausible. So if people actually working in that field think it is possible, then why not?


Question 12 - If you met another you, what is the first thing you'd say?

I would ask her - what does she do? Where does she live? And does she have a family? Basically everything I've ever wondered about my life in another dimension.

Question 13 - One piece of advice you'd give your younger self?

Save more money - book promoting can get expensive.


And the final question - 


Question 14 - Any advice you'd like to give to any young budding authors out there?

Just write whatever comes to mind and have fun with it.



Thankyou Irene for the fascinating interview and for taking time to answer the questions.

The order of the dimensions is now available on Amazon, here are the link - 

http://www.Amazon.co.uk/Order-Dimensions-Irene-Helenowski-ebook

This is the first of the trilogy, enjoy, I know I did.

Going to take a break and finish something I'm working on, the next blog should be late July, I will be reviewing Final orders, after that its the end of the blog until such time as I am asked to do a book review. I will however start keeping up to date with my personal blog on a monthly basis. Have a fantastic day people :-)

Nadine x x x