Author Interview: Charlotte Ward

Why did you decide to write the book?
It was something I'd always wanted to do. I'd already started on a fiction idea when I was approached byHeadline to write Why Am I Always The One Before 'The One'? so I jumped at the chance. My book editor had seen an article I wrote for Grazia magazine on the same subject and thought it would make a good book. When she tracked me down she was concerned I'd think she was some weirdo stalker - in fact I was so excited I was almost hyperventilating down the phone!

Did you find writing a book very different from an article in a magazine?
Absolutely! It's the hardest thing I've ever done. The average article I write at The Mirror is 1,500 words long and this was 80,000! Plus I only had four months to do it on top of my full time job!
Every day when I commuted to and from work I sat on the bus or the tube typing frantically on my blackberry. Then every evening and all weekend I'd try and craft my waffle into something readable. I didn't even get out of my pyjamas on a Saturday, I was such a slob.
There was even a time when I had a fleeting thought about trying to type on my laptop in the bath. But thankfully common sense prevailed.

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