Well hello. Would it be terribly rude to ask how you find the money for freelance writing? It's something I'm currently trying to break into in terms of researching possible markets, but if I find it doesn't yield much income for the work involved and is more of a labour of love, I'd rather just write what I want, when I want, to be honest.
I'm ashamed to say I've never read any Susan Hill, despite fancying myself a connoiseur of gothic lit in my teens. The TV film of Woman in Black shat me right up when I was a kid, though.