I had a wonderful time talking all things THE NICEST GIRL with fellow author Emma Finlayson-Palmer and the #UKteenchat community. If you missed out on Emma’s questions, here’s an easy-to-sift-through summary — and be sure to swing by the #UKteenchat hashtag on Twitter to pick up on all the other questions and chat! Could youContinue reading “#UKTEENCHAT – 30 AUGUST”
Author Archives: sophiejowrites
I WROTE A BOOK
I did! I really did, and it’ll be published with UCLan in August. Here’s what you need to know: Sixth-former Anna Campbell is the go-to girl when anyone needs anything. Teachers, friends, random strangers… It never occurred to her that she could say no. After all, Anna Campbell’s always been too ‘nice’ to say no.Continue reading “I WROTE A BOOK”
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
I mean really. The last time I wrote on here I was 29. It was a month after my birthday, so really I was practically 28, if you think about it, and it feels fake if I do think about it, because now I am practically 32. How does that work? I don’t know. InContinue reading “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON”
MOVEMENT + REPOSE
About a year ago, I told you all that I was living in a shed. THINGS ARE TERRIBLE! I said. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. I find pleasure in nothing — only dramatic and ill-considered break-up metaphors I am likely to cringe at in twelve months’ time. AND HERE WE ARE!! A full three-hundred-and-something-something days after…… cringin’ hard.Continue reading “MOVEMENT + REPOSE”
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET: A LESSON FOR THE LOT OF US
(An advance warning that this contains spoilers. LOTS AND LOTS OF SPOILERS.) I knew that Vanellope von Schweetz would go far when she announced that she wanted to be President of Sugar Rush. It really DID have a nice ring to it, and after years as the outcast glitch I was rooting for her toContinue reading “RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET: A LESSON FOR THE LOT OF US”
THE BARCA-LONER
THE RUMOURS ARE TRUE: I AM A FAN OF MY OWN COMPANY. Not wanting to blow my own trumpet or anything but…… here we are. Toot toot. Really, though. I make myself laugh. I give A+ pep talks to the mirror. I write good stuff sometimes and then sit there clutching my own arms asContinue reading “THE BARCA-LONER”
THE IN-BETWEEN
Sometimes all you can do is put your Madonna playlist on and try your damn best. Which is your favourite Madonna song? Mine is Don’t Tell Me but I am also a big fan of Ray of Light, because I mean who isn’t. I genuinely remember hearing it for the first time on the radioContinue reading “THE IN-BETWEEN”
LEAVING THE SHED
I don’t live there anymore. The shed, I mean. There is a chance that I will go back to visit from time to time, not because I want to but because Things Happen and Life Is Unpredictable and that is just the way it goes. Working late makes me happy. Finishing early sometimes on aContinue reading “LEAVING THE SHED”
TALKING, QUIETLY
Sometimes life is hard, and at the moment I am waiting it out. I am waiting it out in a old, rickety shed on a beach somewhere. This is where I live, for now, and it rains a lot of the time. Some days I don’t mind the rain – I put a bucket orContinue reading “TALKING, QUIETLY”
DISNEYLAND, I LOVE YOU
I WILL ONLY SAY THIS ONCE: until about a year ago, I didn’t really have any interest in visiting a Disney Park that wasn’t Paris. Alright? I admit it. This wasn’t because I didn’t like the sound of ’em – more because I felt INCREDIBLY protective and defensive of Disneyland Paris (my French baby!), andContinue reading “DISNEYLAND, I LOVE YOU”
SOPHIE JO 