Hi, I\u2019m Carrie Jones, senior entertainment correspondent with the BBC and in the run up to the release of the novel Kissed by a Rose<\/i> by British author Marc Nobbs, I\u2019ll be interviewing some of the characters from the book \u2013 culminating with a interview with the one and only Chloe Goodman herself on release day. I\u2019d like to thank Mr Nobbs for kindly donating his blog for these interviews. Let\u2019s meet my first guest.<\/p>\n
Why don\u2019t you introduce yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n Because if I didn\u2019t no-one would know who I was, silly.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n No, that\u2019s not what I meant. Just, introduce yourself. Please.<\/strong><\/p>\n Okay. I\u2019m Laura Smith.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n And you\u2019re Adam\u2019s little sister?<\/strong><\/p>\n No. Adam\u2019s my big brother.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n Okay. Erm, well, why don\u2019t\u2026 I mean, tell me about your role in the novel.<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, that, well, obviously, if it wasn\u2019t for me there wouldn\u2019t even be a novel. Would there?<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n There wouldn\u2019t? Why not?<\/strong><\/p>\n Because. Look, right at the start, on the first page even, <\/i>I tell Adam about Chloe going to university with him. He wouldn\u2019t know if didn\u2019t tell him.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n It think he might\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n And, I suggested to him that he should try and get Chloe as his girlfriend, didn\u2019t I? So, like, if I hadn\u2019t suggested it, he wouldn\u2019t have been thinking about it and they never would have got together, would they?<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n I don\u2019t think we ought to be giving away the plot before the book is released, should we?<\/strong><\/p>\n Who\u2019s giving the plot away? I mean, if they didn\u2019t get together, why would they say the book is about them? It\u2019s pretty obvious when you think about it. Besides, that\u2019s not the point of the plot is it? The point of the plot is when\u2014<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n Like I said, we shouldn\u2019t really give anything away. Let\u2019s move on. Do you just appear at the start?<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, no. I\u2019m in it later on when Chloe has to\u2014<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n Don\u2019t give the plot away!<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, right sorry. Yeah, well, I\u2019m in it later and I get to meet Chloe. Can you believe it? I get to meet Chloe Goodman. Me! My friends didn\u2019t believe me, but I got a picture on my phone. Do you want it see it?<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n There\u2019s no need. Really.<\/strong><\/p>\n No, it\u2019s okay. Here it is look. Isn\u2019t that cool? Me and Chloe. She\u2019s awesome. She really is. And now she and Adam are going\u2014<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n Spoilers!<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, right. Sorry.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n Tell me about your brother.<\/strong><\/p>\n Adam? All right. He\u2019s, like, well, he\u2019s Adam. He\u2019s annoying, but he\u2019s my brother so he\u2019s supposed to be annoying\u2014that\u2019s what brothers are for isn\u2019t it? But I suppose, he\u2019s like, not bad, as big brothers go. No, he\u2019s all right, really.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n\n
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