Following is a letter by "my" God of Literature herself - Louise!
(credit - her official website)
~ Kira
(credit - her official website)
~ Kira
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How the story behind Georgia Nicholson began:
I used to live in Notting Hill, London and I wrote and performed a one-woman show called Stevie Wonder Touched My Face about living in Notting Hill Gate and what it was like being a girl. Growing up. It started off when I was little, and at home, and then in London. It was a really big hit in England.
One of the things that I also did was to write for a London newspaper. I used to write articles on everything I liked. It was quite good fun. I wrote an article called "Dating Over 35" and how pointless it is, because if you’re on your own after thirty-five, that’s because there is something wrong with you.
Anyways, I got a call from Picadilly Press and they said, "We loved your article, it was so funny, would you like to write a book?" And I thought, "Ooh, how sophisticated!" And she said, "No, no, no, we’d like you to write a teenage girl’s diary." And I said, "Oh, I’m quite flattered, but why me?" And she said, "Well, we read your article and we thought that it was so self-obsessed and so childish that you could really do a good job."
And they really did just let me write it; they didn’t interfere, and I could just write it and write it as it came. The main character Georgia is really based on my experiences of when I was fourteen. I wrote the book to make myself laugh. I always wrote what I remembered making me laugh when I was that age. I wanted Georgia to be someone who is a bit stupid and self-obsessed and difficult and funny and rude, and a bit jealous and all those other things. But I also wanted her to have a good heart.
I had a boy say to me about Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging, "I really wished I would have read this book years ago, because then I would have realized how mad girls were. I wouldn't have wasted all this time thinking they were normal."
Louise
I used to live in Notting Hill, London and I wrote and performed a one-woman show called Stevie Wonder Touched My Face about living in Notting Hill Gate and what it was like being a girl. Growing up. It started off when I was little, and at home, and then in London. It was a really big hit in England.
One of the things that I also did was to write for a London newspaper. I used to write articles on everything I liked. It was quite good fun. I wrote an article called "Dating Over 35" and how pointless it is, because if you’re on your own after thirty-five, that’s because there is something wrong with you.
Anyways, I got a call from Picadilly Press and they said, "We loved your article, it was so funny, would you like to write a book?" And I thought, "Ooh, how sophisticated!" And she said, "No, no, no, we’d like you to write a teenage girl’s diary." And I said, "Oh, I’m quite flattered, but why me?" And she said, "Well, we read your article and we thought that it was so self-obsessed and so childish that you could really do a good job."
And they really did just let me write it; they didn’t interfere, and I could just write it and write it as it came. The main character Georgia is really based on my experiences of when I was fourteen. I wrote the book to make myself laugh. I always wrote what I remembered making me laugh when I was that age. I wanted Georgia to be someone who is a bit stupid and self-obsessed and difficult and funny and rude, and a bit jealous and all those other things. But I also wanted her to have a good heart.
I had a boy say to me about Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging, "I really wished I would have read this book years ago, because then I would have realized how mad girls were. I wouldn't have wasted all this time thinking they were normal."
Louise
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