Chrissie Manby

wholesale jerseys Chrissie cheap jerseys Manby cheap jerseys is r the News author The of a number of best selling novels that always guarantee to make you smile and laugh out loud.  Her first novel “Flatmates” was published in 1997 and now 13 novels later she has released “Getting over Mr Right”

1. Your latest book, ‘Getting over Mr Right’ tells the story of Ashleigh whose boyfriend publicly dumps her on Facebook, shocked and convinced that Michael is the one for her, she turns into a stalker type character, hoping that she can win back his affection by any means necessary.Did the explosion of social networking of recent years inspire you to write this story?
   Gosh, yes. I find things like Facebook both fascinating and terrifying. Too much information! It’s one thing being bored rigid by people tweeting what they had for breakfast, but the passive aggression people show on Facebook makes me howl! So many people play out intensely private disagreements in their status updates. Facebook is a mine of inspiration for an author.
2. For the benefit of the readers of HandwrittenGirl, who may not be familiar with you or your writing, can tell us a bit about yourself and how you got into writing?
   I’m the author of fourteen romantic comedy novels. You can check them all out here: www.chrismanby.co.uk

   I started writing pretty young and published my first short story in Just Seventeen at the age of fourteen. That early shot of encouragement set me on the path to publishing my first novel at 23. It was an erotic novella called ‘Inspiration’ that I published as Stephanie Ash. I wrote it for a dare!

3. With the web rapidly having an impact on every industry, how do you feel about the impact it is having on the publishing industry with the introduction of iBooks and iPad etc.? Do you feel is it an exciting time for authors?
   Exciting and frightening. I worry that people are turning away from the written word. There’s so much pressure for ‘added content’: soundtracks and pictures etc in ebooks. But a book with a soundtrack and pictures? Isn’t that a film? Call me a luddite, but I worry that we’re losing an essential part of the reading experience which is the input of the reader’s own imagination. Pure text leaves space for you to see yourself in the hero and having to convert words into a picture of your own helps you engage more deeply. That said I don’t think the book will die, though several authors may starve to death on ebook royalties.
4. One of my favourite books is ‘Let the Right One In’ by Swedish writer ‘John Ajvide Lindqvist’ and I was excited when it was adapted for the silver screen; when I watched it, I found that elements of the story seemed to be cut from the film. For this reason I felt the film wasn’t portraying how great the story was as well as the book had.
   How do you feel about film to screen adaptions?
   Well, having adapted a play for screen (Michel Tremblay’s Belles Soeurs which became Geraldine’s Fortune), I do appreciate film’s limitations. You only have so much time. Something has to go. But there are good adaptations out there. I actually thought ‘Let the right one in’ was a good example. It will be interesting to see if they manage to keep the atmosphere in the upcoming Americanised version.
5. Out of the many books that you have read over the years, which one would you have liked to have said ‘I wrote that’?
   Pretty much anything by Richard Yates, author of Revolutionary Road. His talent is breathtaking.
6. You have written many books over the years; of all the characters which have featured, which has been the one you relate to the most?
   Ashleigh Prince! I’ve been that unhappy dumpee more times than I care to remember.
7. Do you have a particular writing routine?
   If only! I write at all times of the day and night but I do try to get 2000 words done in any 24 hour period.
8. What book are you reading at the moment and would you recommend?
   I have just finished ‘Rebecca’s Tale’ by Sally Beauman, having finally got round to reading Daphe Du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’ way too late in life. They are both wonderful. Full of atmosphere.
9. Sometimes when I get writers block, I seem to tidy and clean all around me. Do you ever suffer from writers block? If so, how do you overcome it?
   I have been pretty lucky on the writer’s block front until this year. I’ve had a lot of difficult things going on in my life and I couldn’t help but be preoccupied. But the trick is to keep turning up. Write anything but write something every time you sit down.
10. When you are sitting down to write, what is the one item you need beside you?
    A big mug of tea!
11. Would you recommend any writers guidebooks to help upcoming authors like myself?
    Anne Lamott’s ‘Bird by bird’ is wonderful. It covers everything from getting started to professional envy!
12. And finally Chrissie, do you have any new projects or releases on the horizon which you would like to share with the readers of HandwrittenGirl?
    Well, I’m in the middle of writing a new book to be published in hardback next spring. Too early to talk about that yet! Feels unlucky! But it may interest your readers to know that I also write as Olivia Darling. My OD books, Vintage, Priceless and Temptation, are much raunchier than my Chrissie books but I hope they retain some of the humour.

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