![]() ![]() But overall, no one was really that interested. ![]() Queue rumours about my erotic writing side line and nickname 50 Shades of Goldie. When my colleagues found out the immediate question was, ‘What, books for children?’ to which I mistakenly answered, ‘No, adults.’ But the reoccurring piece of advice I kept hearing from writers was ‘don’t quit your day job’. This is it, I thought, I’m going to quit teaching, sell millions of books, start drinking whisky and buy a château. I wanted to call her straight away but had to wait, because nothing shits on an early reader more than someone hurrying them up so they can make a call. I snuck a look and saw my agent’s message ‘we have an offer from HarperCollins’. Then, a year later, I was in the middle of a Year 1 reading session when my phone buzzed in my pocket. After two close calls with major publishers the book failed to sell and I began to write something new. ![]()
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