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The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Lorraine Jenkin (view source)
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'''* BB: Maybe not, but one day there'll be a chink of light at the end of the tunnel …
The first draft of [[Chocolate Mousse and Two Spoons by Lorraine JenkinsJenkin|Chocolate Mousse and Two Spoons]] was written in South America, and I'd like to hear some more about that trip (maybe this is just a repeat of how on earth did you find the time!!!). For instance, was the writing a product of boredom, homesickness or obsessive writing syndrome (to coin a phrase)? '''
LJ: My trip to South America was the result of a moment of life clarity / early mid-life crisis in 2003. I woke up one morning with a hangover and another busy day ahead, thought, ''Enough! I want to be a writer!'' so I packed in my job, rented out my house and set off. Typically, about a week before I left, I got together with my (now) partner Huw and so flew to Argentina knowing that the bloke I'd left behind was the one I wanted to spend the rest of my days with. The writing was something I'd always wanted to do, but never had the time – in my pre-children days, I had a busy job and a hectic social life and writing was more of a romantic ideal, rather than something I actually did.