In this day and age, nothing is impossible. The internet has given people different ways to communicate across the globe. And who would have thought that my favorite British Chic Lit writer would send me a message over a discussion board at Facebook... not in my wildest dreams.. but it did happened.
I received a newsletter from Sophie with the Subject:Chat with me on Sept. 9. As I looked at the calendar that day, it was Sept 9! I checked the time and googled the time difference of London and Manila.. 7 hours! whew! I'm safe. I thought I missed it already. Since FB is banned in the office. I asked hubby to logged in to my account and confirm my attendance to Barns & Noble's Group Meetings....
15 minutes before 11pm, I was already online and ready to meet Sophie. There were already 4 pages on the discussion board and as I was reading through it, others have already posted their questions for her. So I posted a couple of questions for her on the discussion board hoping that she'll find my question interesting enough to answer.
The time came when B&N's moderator announced that Sophie is already online and ready to start the Q&As. I was excited when I saw her first message on the board. And I was patiently waiting for my turn...hours went by and I was reference checking her answers to the questions... which page is she on? Remember my question was posted at the 4th page of the discussion board. She was just answering question from the 2nd page... so its okay.. she hasn't passed by question yet.. after another hour.. nothing.
I posted another question on the board, thinking that she might see it after hitting the entry key. Then a fan replied to my question: "Good question Shiena. I was thinking of the same thing" (referring to my question- Who she thinks is the best person to play the part of Emma and Jack on the Big Screen, since Can You Keep A Secret is the next book that will be adopted to film)...but then.. no reply from Sophie.
It was getting late but I posted another comment: about the MANHATTAN ONCE OVER. No reply still but I got a reply from another fan who posted something about the MOO a few seconds after I posted mine. "we are thinking of the same thing at the same time!" - Cool isn't it.. I guess Sophie's fans have the same brain waves..
And so I finally gave up waiting for a response and decided to post 1 last time before I hit the sack.. it was 2am anyways.. and I have a meeting at 9am.
And then... She replied to me!!! It was not the answer that I was expecting from her though but nonetheless, I was thrilled! For her to know that I am a fan and I exist is enough for me :) It was not such a waste after all.. haha and I also learned things about her that I don't read from her website... so its all good :)
Scroll down if you want to know more about Sophie Kinsella- the writer.
- Madeleine is her real name. Sophie is her middle name and Kinsella is her mothers maiden name
- favorite biscuit is Chocolate digestives partnered with Ceylon tea, Earl Grey tea or plain old builders tea
- her sister is a writer too - Gemma Townley
- She got a souvenir scarf from the movie premier of Confessions of a Shopaholic.
- Her friend Claudia Bradby was designing a dragonfly during the time she was writing Twenties Girl - Claudia gave her the necklace described in the book. check it out at claudiabradby.com .
- She uses coloured file cards to organize her plot. She does not know if it makes things any better but they are very pretty..if in doubt buy stationary.
- There are talks for an Italian film of Remember Me?
- Can you Keep a Secret is going to be a movie
- She has a blanket ban on reading someone else's work/ other projects while doing/writing a book
- All the people who are mean and snide to her have all been immortalized as one evil cow Alicia Bitch Long Legs
- When she writes, everything starts off with a germ of an idea and build on it till she have a plot that she is really happy with
- She is useless at castings as characters have their own looks in her head and cannot envision anyone real
- She heads to a coffee shop if she wants to plan and undisturbed, she likes being surrounded by buzz but be anonymous too.
- She didn't know she wanted to be an author until she started writing
- Did some scriptwriting and enjoyed it but her heart lies to books
- the Next shopaholic book will be out next Autumn..but dont hold her to that.. as things can always change!
- When not writing she likes to shop, see her friends, play with her kids, play tennis and take long baths
-Finds cringe worthy, embarrassment moments very funny and likes ridiculous childlike comedy.
-She honestly don't know how many pairs of shoes she have, but she have a shoe cupboard with pink shelves.. so Becky!
hope you enjoyed reading those as much as I did :)
xoxo
S
I received a newsletter from Sophie with the Subject:Chat with me on Sept. 9. As I looked at the calendar that day, it was Sept 9! I checked the time and googled the time difference of London and Manila.. 7 hours! whew! I'm safe. I thought I missed it already. Since FB is banned in the office. I asked hubby to logged in to my account and confirm my attendance to Barns & Noble's Group Meetings....
15 minutes before 11pm, I was already online and ready to meet Sophie. There were already 4 pages on the discussion board and as I was reading through it, others have already posted their questions for her. So I posted a couple of questions for her on the discussion board hoping that she'll find my question interesting enough to answer.
The time came when B&N's moderator announced that Sophie is already online and ready to start the Q&As. I was excited when I saw her first message on the board. And I was patiently waiting for my turn...hours went by and I was reference checking her answers to the questions... which page is she on? Remember my question was posted at the 4th page of the discussion board. She was just answering question from the 2nd page... so its okay.. she hasn't passed by question yet.. after another hour.. nothing.
I posted another question on the board, thinking that she might see it after hitting the entry key. Then a fan replied to my question: "Good question Shiena. I was thinking of the same thing" (referring to my question- Who she thinks is the best person to play the part of Emma and Jack on the Big Screen, since Can You Keep A Secret is the next book that will be adopted to film)...but then.. no reply from Sophie.
It was getting late but I posted another comment: about the MANHATTAN ONCE OVER. No reply still but I got a reply from another fan who posted something about the MOO a few seconds after I posted mine. "we are thinking of the same thing at the same time!" - Cool isn't it.. I guess Sophie's fans have the same brain waves..
And so I finally gave up waiting for a response and decided to post 1 last time before I hit the sack.. it was 2am anyways.. and I have a meeting at 9am.
And then... She replied to me!!! It was not the answer that I was expecting from her though but nonetheless, I was thrilled! For her to know that I am a fan and I exist is enough for me :) It was not such a waste after all.. haha and I also learned things about her that I don't read from her website... so its all good :)
Scroll down if you want to know more about Sophie Kinsella- the writer.
- Madeleine is her real name. Sophie is her middle name and Kinsella is her mothers maiden name
- favorite biscuit is Chocolate digestives partnered with Ceylon tea, Earl Grey tea or plain old builders tea
- her sister is a writer too - Gemma Townley
- She got a souvenir scarf from the movie premier of Confessions of a Shopaholic.
- Her friend Claudia Bradby was designing a dragonfly during the time she was writing Twenties Girl - Claudia gave her the necklace described in the book. check it out at claudiabradby.com .
- She uses coloured file cards to organize her plot. She does not know if it makes things any better but they are very pretty..if in doubt buy stationary.
- There are talks for an Italian film of Remember Me?
- Can you Keep a Secret is going to be a movie
- She has a blanket ban on reading someone else's work/ other projects while doing/writing a book
- All the people who are mean and snide to her have all been immortalized as one evil cow Alicia Bitch Long Legs
- When she writes, everything starts off with a germ of an idea and build on it till she have a plot that she is really happy with
- She is useless at castings as characters have their own looks in her head and cannot envision anyone real
- She heads to a coffee shop if she wants to plan and undisturbed, she likes being surrounded by buzz but be anonymous too.
- She didn't know she wanted to be an author until she started writing
- Did some scriptwriting and enjoyed it but her heart lies to books
- the Next shopaholic book will be out next Autumn..but dont hold her to that.. as things can always change!
- When not writing she likes to shop, see her friends, play with her kids, play tennis and take long baths
-Finds cringe worthy, embarrassment moments very funny and likes ridiculous childlike comedy.
-She honestly don't know how many pairs of shoes she have, but she have a shoe cupboard with pink shelves.. so Becky!
hope you enjoyed reading those as much as I did :)
xoxo
S
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