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And so her first book was published writers who have been trying for a while no-one is looking so that I will be allowed
and although relieved the writing was to get published. to pick him up,” she says.
over she says she had a mild panic “I love encouraging new writers,” she For many years Katie says she used to
attack the first time she saw it in says. find bad reviews of her book quite
Smith’s in Stroud. (Stroud Bookshop Katie and Desmond who is currently hurtful.
didn’t exist then!). writing his own anthology of sea stories, But now she says she has realised she
“Suddenly I felt so exposed. have three grown-up children, sons, can’t please everyone.
Everything that had been inside my Frank and Guy and their daughter “And I am always meeting people who
head was suddenly out there for Briony has recently given birth to a baby tell me my books have often given them
everyone to read,” boy. the prompt to change their jobs after
But she hasn’t looked back and her “Not much writing gets done when he being inspired by one of my characters.
legions of fans are testimony to her is in the house,” says Katie. “That’s a nice feeling.’
popularity. “I find myself hovering over him just Katie Fforde's book Love Letters is published
Katie is now chairman of the waiting for him to wake up. by Century at £12.99.
Romantic Novelists Association and “If he takes too long I have been
she offers an annual bursary for known to give him a little nudge when
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