Young Adult Romance
Date Published: 1/2014
Thirteen year old fashionista Coco Franks has finally made it into the popular group when her dad decides to move the whole family to the country so they can 'bond'. Social death is looming, her shoes are covered in mud and all Coco wants to do is get herself back to her city friends. After all, things can't get any worse, right?
Thirteen year old fashionista Coco Franks has finally made it into the popular group when her dad decides to move the whole family to the country so they can 'bond'. Social death is looming, her shoes are covered in mud and all Coco wants to do is get herself back to her city friends. After all, things can't get any worse, right?
Cecily Anne Paterson desperately hopes that someone will develop a self-cleaning house soon so that she gets more time to write. She should probably also teach her four children to cook for the same reason. Cecily creates true-to-life stories for young teenage girls, mostly because she never really grew out of being a young teenage girl herself. She grew up in Pakistan, went to boarding school in the Himalayan mountains and now lives a much quieter life in country New South Wales, Australia.
Author Guest Post:
10 Things Readers Would Be Surprised
To Know About You
1.
I’ve travelled to the border of
Pakistan and China. It’s up 16,000ft and when we went in the middle of summer,
it was sleeting and freezing. The altitude dial in the car we were driving went
around two full circles as we drove up the mountains.
2.
I really can’t stand people
snoring. My biggest fear is to end up in hospital overnight without a pair of
earplugs in my pocket. My overwhelming desire when I hear someone snore is to
punch them in the face. No, I haven’t ever done it, but I have been known to
wake people in the night with an angry, “STOP BREATHING!”
3.
I once tried that thing where
you don’t shampoo your hair for six weeks. It’s supposed to bring the oils back
to some sort of balance so you don’t ever have to use shampoo again. I couldn’t
hack it and gave up.
4.
I’m a lot less tough than I appear. Actually,
I hate criticism, which means I’ve probably headed into the wrong profession.
Everyone has something to say about books. I tend to love the good feedback and
go to pieces on the bad. It takes a lot of deep breathing to get over a one
star review. And anytime someone says to me, “I need to talk to you,” I get
worried that I’ve done something wrong.
5.
When I was five I decided I
detested bananas. Couldn’t stand the sight, smell, feel of them. At all. I
didn’t even want to go near them. I lived overseas and didn’t know my extended
family very well. When I got back to Australia a few years later, I was amazed
to find that two aunts and a cousin also had the same banana phobia!
6.
I’ve never tried cigarettes and
I’ve never drunk alcohol. I’m from a family with some alcoholics in it and I
know I have a bit of a tendency to overdo things. I decided early on that never
giving myself a chance to become addicted was probably the safest route.
7.
I have a lot of friends, but I
often feel lonely.
8.
I hate writing. That is, I hate
the process of writing. I find it boring, tedious, hard and choresome. What I like is when I have written something. It’s kind of like exercise. There’s a lot
of pain involved but I’m glad when I’ve done it. Of course, I have to admit
that I probably do a lot more writing than I do exercise.
9.
I find it really annoying that
my husband has quite good taste when it comes to interior decorating. I can’t
tell you how many arguments we’ve had about what colour sofa to get or what
kind of paint we should choose. I would much prefer to do it all myself.
10.
My primary school was a big
walled, house, re-purposed as a small school. The big walled house across the
road held the daughter of a politician who was under house-arrest. Guards armed
with bayonets sat outside the front gate every day. I used to look at them and
imagine what would happen to me if I ran over to them and tried to attack them.
Would they shoot or spear me? If you’re curious, I grew up in Pakistan even
though I’m Australian. The woman under house arrest was Benazir Bhutto who went
on to be exiled, was voted in as Prime Minister and was then assassinated in
2007.
BUY LINKS
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