Hi, just a quick one to let you know that I will be talking about Valentine on Thursday 23rd July at half past six at Borders in Brighton.

As I am now heavily into writing Carmen, my second novel, I will have to re-read Valentine to make sure I don’t start talking about Carmen instead! Of course I am already panicking about all the important questions like what to wear…..shallowness, thy name is Rebecca, or indeed BeccaFarnworth as it has to be on my new twitter account. Becca I can live with but I will not tolerate a Becky..not ever…

I am thinking I probably will go for my red dress, as pictured. My friend Claire took this when we were messing about and experimenting with poses for a newspaper article and told me I looked good on the stairs! I feel it might be to do with the flattering angle…On the subject of the red dress, I was rather disconcerted the other night when I saw that the former tennis player Tracy Austin was wearing the same dress on TV. Not at all sure what I think of that…And just seeing her again brought up my whole teeth fixation [only people of a certain age will get what I mean, as Tracy wore fierce braces as a teenager] which I share with my character Lauren. I never wore a brace as a child, and should have. I have even gone as far as seeing an orthodonist and having all the x rays done to wear train tracks, only to back track at the cost…

Anyway if you’re in Brighton do come to Borders.  My friend Alison is already teasing me that it will be like that episode in Sex and The City when Carrie goes to San Francisco to give a talk [really to see Big] and the guests are only interested in the dog, Mr Winkle who is  following her…

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