And now for my last guest on day five, children's author Pat Posner. Pat is another friend I met over at - you guessed it! - the eHarlequin boards about eight years ago (I can't believe it was that long ago!) Pat is the one who explained the mystery of "EP" to me (emotional punch and not "eternally perplexed" which is how I felt on receiving that response from editors!) So Pat, it's over to you!
Hi, Christina
Thank you for inviting me to the FORBIDDEN party and huge congratulations on the release of your debut novel. I can’t wait to read it!
Thank you for inviting me to the FORBIDDEN party and huge congratulations on the release of your debut novel. I can’t wait to read it!
I had a “forbidden love” when I was 14 (many moons ago). His name was Jed, he was 17 and forbidden to me because he rode a motorbike.
So there I was one day riding pillion, clutching my forbidden love around his waist, when he spotted my dad walking down the street towards us. Jed stops and yells at me to jump off quick. It was the days of frothy petticoats, full skirts and waspie belts (told you it was many moons ago). I was wearing a skirt I’d made myself and stitching a waistband to a skirt wasn’t my strong point. Anyway, I leapt off, caught my foot in the hem of my skirt and said skirt parted from the waistband and landed in a heap around my feet.
And there I was standing next to my forbidden love, on the pavement of a busy main road, in my frothy petticoat with Dad marching towards me.
I’ll never forget that walk home with me trying to hold my wrecked skirt around my waist and Dad silently furious until we got inside the house.
LOL – sent to bed for the rest of the day, pocket money cancelled and grounded for a month.
OMG Pat, too funny! But did you ever see Jed again, that's what I'd love to know!!! So, to be in the running of winning the fabulous four book bundle, what was your most embarrassing moment with your crush when you were a teen?
So there I was one day riding pillion, clutching my forbidden love around his waist, when he spotted my dad walking down the street towards us. Jed stops and yells at me to jump off quick. It was the days of frothy petticoats, full skirts and waspie belts (told you it was many moons ago). I was wearing a skirt I’d made myself and stitching a waistband to a skirt wasn’t my strong point. Anyway, I leapt off, caught my foot in the hem of my skirt and said skirt parted from the waistband and landed in a heap around my feet.
And there I was standing next to my forbidden love, on the pavement of a busy main road, in my frothy petticoat with Dad marching towards me.
I’ll never forget that walk home with me trying to hold my wrecked skirt around my waist and Dad silently furious until we got inside the house.
LOL – sent to bed for the rest of the day, pocket money cancelled and grounded for a month.
OMG Pat, too funny! But did you ever see Jed again, that's what I'd love to know!!! So, to be in the running of winning the fabulous four book bundle, what was your most embarrassing moment with your crush when you were a teen?
