Linky dink dink!

Bonsoir Mes AmisHope you are all peachy. As you know, Nobody's Girl is out in the UK now (and sorry, not a whiff of a foreign deal thus far) so I wanted to link to a couple of pieces of press I've done that may interest you.Five things about France that are tres bon at Chicklish.A guest blog on writing and loving toxic boys at Wondrous Reads.(Much thanks to Luisa and Jenny for making this happen.

Nobody's Girl officially released in the UK today

Morning!Nobody's Girl officially goes on sale in the UK today. Available from all good bookshops and Amazon.Bea thinks she's the most boring seventeen-year-old in the world. She's not pretty or popular or funny, unlike her mother who had Bea when she was 17. The only glamorous thing about Bea is the French father who left before she was born and lives in Paris. She yearns for la vie Parisienne

Internet goodies for all!

I said, brr, it's cold in here. There must be some Toros in the atmosphere.Ahem, don't know what came over me then. Anyways, hi! Hello! Greetings! How have you been?Well, that's enough about you, let's talk about me. Although the official UK release date is February 4th, I think it would be fair to say that Nobody's Girl is out now. You can buy it on Amazon and it seems to be in the shops - even

Drumroll, please! Chrismukkah poetry competition winners!

Feliciations, mes petites angesFinally, I can announce the winners of my Crimbo poetry competition who will all be receiving a shiny, new copy of Nobody's Girl, plus a poster and bookmark, as well as having their winning poems posted right here, right now.I had a lot of entries (especially after that time I had a leetle bit of a hissy fit, you remember?) and instead of having only five winners, I

One day to go!

Hey!Just wanted to remind you that the Chrismukkah poem competition ends up at midnight tomorrow (GMT.) So you have a little more than twenty four hours to get your entry in.Since I had my little hissy-fit on here I've had tons of entries and I'm loving reading them. Remember it has to be some form of POEM about someone or something in one of my BOOKS left as a COMMENT here and the five best

Yes! Finally it's the Annual Chrismukkah/Festivus/Holidays competition.

Happy Holidays, dear sweet readersI hope whatever your religious affiliations (even if it's to the Great God of eating so many mince pies that you hurl) you have a wondrous time over the break and that 2010 will be your best year ever. (By the way I'm calling the new decade The Terrible Teens, please join me!)Anyways, onto more important stuff. I have a great competition lined up for you. There

Tweeting Nobody's Girl

Greetings my little choux bunsI have, not more than an hour ago, finished going through the page proofs for Nobody's Girl (out February 4th.) Then I got to thinking as I'm wont to do of a way to give you a teaser ahead of publication, so...Every day from now until publication, I'm going to Tweet a random line from Nobody's Girl on my Twitter. Here's the link. Of course, my tweets show up on this

Nobody's Girl synopsis and cover news

Just to let you know that the Nobody's Girl cover that's up on Waterstones and Amazon and the blogs is an early, rough version of the cover and not the finished product.As soon as I get a jpeg of the right cover, I'll post it here! But here is the full synopsis:Bea thinks she's the most boring seventeen-year-old in the world. She's not pretty or popular or funny, unlike her mother who had Bea

And the title is...

Peeps,I can exclusively reveal that the title of my second grown-up novel will be: You Don't Have To Say You Love MeYes, after the Dusty Springfield song because Dusty makes everything better.On the teen front, the synopsis for Nobody's Girl is now up on Amazon.co.ukAlso, if you are a serious producer interested in the film rights to any of my novels, you need to get in touch with my film and TV