{"id":1030,"date":"2015-12-08T07:37:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T05:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2015-12-08T07:37:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T05:37:18","slug":"the-5-minute-interview-suzanne-jefferies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ulrikehill.co.za\/?p=1030","title":{"rendered":"The 5-Minute Interview: Suzanne Jefferies"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBook Title<\/strong>: The Joy of Comfort Eating<\/em><\/p>\n

Genre<\/strong>: \u00a0Romance<\/p>\n

What was your inspiration for writing this book?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Ever had somebody pull back your ribs, rip out your heart, use it as a battering ram, then hand it back to you? Sure you have. Every time you get on the dating merry-go-round.<\/p>\n

In those moments after my last break-up, when my thoroughly mangled heart had retreated to somewhere in Numbtown, I was nudged by a half-written novel I\u2019d scrawled at least ten years previously. It was about a well-rounded character who gets herself fired from her job as a teacher at an exclusive girls\u2019 high school, while simultaneously falling for the headmaster. It so didn’t work. I\u2019d re-written the story some time back and swopped out the headmaster for a former lover. Still didn’t work. But what if there was something there that was salvageable? In both the manuscript, and in the relationship? I was still licking my wounds from the break-up, with insane Thornton\u2019s fuelled thoughts such as \u2018What if he and I had another chance?\u2019 Un-bloody-likely<\/em>. But what if Charlie had another chance with the love of her life? I started writing.<\/p>\n

Why will the reader fall in love with your main character?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got a soft spot for my heroine Charlie Everson. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n

1). She<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong><\/em>d love to be the good time girl<\/em>.<\/strong>Charlie\u2019s exactly the type of person you want on a girls\u2019 night out. You know she\u2019ll be the one to crack open the champagne before you\u2019ve even left the office. Sadly, she\u2019s also the one most likely to be caught.<\/p>\n

2). She knows what it<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>s like to have dream or two go up in flames<\/strong><\/em>. Totally unsuited to the political shenanigans of the corporate communications\u2019 Queenswood office, Charlie\u2019s any of us who looks back on her life and wonders \u2018how the hell did I get here?\u2019. And instead of setting off on a goal-setting workshop, she decides to swim into the delights of fried food, cake and chocolate. Let me pause there. In fact, I\u2019m going to go do just that. Okay, I\u2019m back (with my Cinnabon), she\u2019s lost her first love, hasn’t had much luck with her second or third, and any attempt at a career in art has gone splat.<\/p>\n

3). She doesn’t think cake can save the world, but it doesn’t hurt to try <\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What is your favourite part of this book?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Favourite bit? Why the HEA of course!<\/p>\n

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If you could give the antagonist in your book one advice, what would that be and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

One piece of advice? Only one? I\u2019d give then man plenty. Like how to not walk away from arguments. How to say what you\u2019re thinking instead of engaging in verbal gymnastics. Okay, I\u2019ll stop there for now.<\/p>\n

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If you went on a date with the\u00a0love interest in your book, where would you go?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A date with Brian? Hmmm. A nightlcub in the dodgiest part of town for a little swing dancing and some vodkas and lime. Perfect.<\/p>\n

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Give us the blurb about The Joys of Comfort Eating<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the worst day of Charlie Everson\u2019s life. Not only can she no longer fit into her clothes (disaster for any public relations director), but also her first love, the sexy super-successful Brian Tendai, is her new CEO – the last person she ever expected to run into. Seeing him again tumbles Charlie back into her past. Still so many unanswered questions: he\u2019s convinced she left him, she\u2019s convinced he left her. Charlie minimises the \u2018ex-factor\u2019. Tell that to her emotions that are running wild.<\/em><\/p>\n

But Brian\u2019s not there to rekindle their romance. He\u2019s overseeing Queenswood Communication\u2019s recent merger after a hostile takeover. Guess whose name is at the top of the list?<\/em><\/p>\n

They agree to one night together, just the one, then it\u2019s back to business as normal. Or is it?<\/em><\/p>\n

The Joy of Comfort Eating<\/em> is a contemporary romance novel set in cosmopolitan Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

How can the reader buy your book?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently online, Amazon<\/p>\n

How can readers connect with you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Suzanne\"<\/a>Twitter: \u00a0@suzannejefferies<\/p>\n

Website: \u00a0www.suzannejefferies.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook: \u00a0suzanne.jefferies7<\/p>\n

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