http://www.lolajaye.com/blog Lola Jaye's Diary of a soon to be Published Author Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:31:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To this day I still haven’t managed to confess the real reason for cancelling a girlie dinner at one of my favourite restaurants in town. I may have mumbled something about being ‘busy’ when what I really wanted to do was settle down to a greasy takeaway, cupcake or two ... http://www.lolajaye.com/blog/?p=114 I was booking a cab to take me to a book signing tomorrow...The lady on the other end asked if I was Lola Jaye, I answered yes and then she said 'I have your book waiting to be read right beside me...'    What are the odds of that?Also, she mentioned ... http://www.lolajaye.com/blog/?p=112 Hello!!!!Today marks the end of two weeks of non -stop writing (except Good Friday and Easter Sunday) - where I have done nothing much except sit at my desk and get on with book four AKA novel three.I was very grateful that the sun didn't make it's appearance until recently as ... http://www.lolajaye.com/blog/?p=111 ...at The Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden.And I really enjoyed it! I was last on after two very talented writers and two equally talented 'open mikers' took to the stage.I had three books to choose from, but you know which book I chose to read from? By The Time You Read ... http://www.lolajaye.com/blog/?p=109 AND I'M STILL ON A HIGH.... It started off brilliantly this morning as I did a short talk and book signing at a lovely hotel in Bishops Stortford for Union Learn members.  I then raced back to London to put on my green shoes,  an even greener dress,  slide on the ... http://www.lolajaye.com/blog/?p=108 ...at The Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden.And I really enjoyed it! I was last on after two very talented writers and two equally talented 'open mikers' took to the stage.I had three books to choose from, but you know which book I chose to read from? By The Time You Read ... http://www.lolajaye.com/blog/?p=110 ... so sorry folks, I've been very slack at keeping up to date on my Blog... Christmas, New year and now we're half way through January 2010... And I'm hard at it with Book 4. I've taken the whole week off work as Annual Leave to make a larger dent in ... http://www.lolajaye.com/blog/?p=104 Not sure when THAT happened :) I did an interview today with Spanish radio station http://www.talkradioeurope.com/ today. It was such fun – and I felt so relaxed (ish) and I didn't go away feeling like an idiot! The interviewer Hannah was so lovely to talk to and I really enjoyed ... http://www.lolajaye.com/blog/?p=103 I did an event today in Blackpool as part of the BBC’s MyStory Campaign. - A nationwide hunt to find storytellers – winners will even have their short story published in a book! A really good prize!! Here’s the link for those of you who’d like to enter http://www.bbc.co.uk/mystory/ So, this morning ... http://www.lolajaye.com/blog/?p=102 ... author Alex Wheatle - whose new book is called Dirty South (Serpents Tail) and is now on my list of books to  'read'. It was a really good night. I met some really lovely people and some budding writers who were kind enough to buy my book. Although rolling ... http://www.lolajaye.com/blog/?p=101