About Sue Watson
Sue Watson was a TV Producer with the BBC who combined motherhood and family life with a busy career. However, one day it dawned on Sue that Cosmo magazine may have been telling porkies about 'having it all,' and she realised her life had become a slightly crazed juggling act. So after much comfort eating, soul searching and reality TV watching, she sold her car, cancelled the holiday, bought a flamingo pink laptop and took the plunge as a writer.
The result was Sue's first novel, 'Fat Girls and Fairy Cakes,' a story about Stella Weston, whose life is a constant struggle with the weighing scales and being a working mum, wife and daughter.
The author researched intensely, baking and tasting and baking and ... tasting and... created the fabulous recipe collection of easy but impressive cakes at the back of the book. Sue also gained an equally impressive extra ten pounds on her hips, which to this day she carries with her.
Originally from Manchester, Sue now lives with her husband and teenage daughter in Worcestershire where she is currently writing her third book. When she's not toiling over her latest novel, Sue can be found enjoying large bags of chicken crisps, large tubs of Caramel Chew Chew ice cream and 'The Biggest Loser USA' on series link.
Interview
Hi Suzanne! Thank you so much for having me on your blog. X
1) What's your favourite Christmas memory?
My daughter’s first Christmas! I don’t know who was more excited, her or me. We bought her far too many presents and we both got so excited, she had a whole zoo of furry animals and as it was her first everyone else went mad with gifts too. I’m not sure she really understood what was going on that first time – she just waved her legs about and giggled a lot – and so did I!
2) What's your favourite Christmas song?
So many! I do love ‘White Christmas,’ I remember watching the film with my mum when I was very young. It was Christmas Eve and we ate warm mince pies as it snowed outside and I remember feeling very happy and excited about the next day. Just hearing the song, ‘White Christmas’ always takes me right back to that lovely Christmas memory.
3) What are your 3 favourite Christmas reads?
My favourite reads at Christmas are pretty much the same as the rest of the year. Despite writing women’s fiction I love psychological thrillers and well-written crime novels so am always happy to snuggle up with a glass of sherry and twisted murder on a cold Christmas night.
4) What's the best Christmas gift you ever received?
There are so many, but last year my husband and daughter gave me a framed poster of ‘Snow Angels, Secrets and Christmas Cake,’ my very first Christmas book. I was delighted, because the cover is gorgeous with little Christmassy cupcakes on – it’s on the wall above my desk and now I can enjoy it all year!
5) What does your ultimate Christmas look like?
I think my ultimate Christmas would be like Bella’s in Bella’s Christmas Bake Off – on the surface anyway. Bella is ’a TV chef who loves luxury and always enjoys Christmas at her beautiful home in the Cotswolds where no expense is spared and every bauble glistens. But as is often the case, Bella’s Christmas isn’t what it seems – I think we all have an image of what we would love Christmas to be but the reality never quite matches it. I’ll be happy in my own home with my family where the biggest luxury will be the M & S Christmas pudding and all the family round the table.
Giveaway
One very lucky reader of my blog will receive a digital copy of Snow Angels, Secrets & Christmas cake (you can find my review
here) together with a handmade felt Christmas cake bauble decoration made by
Polly Chrome Crafts.
Good luck!
I will contact the winner via e-mail. If I don't get a reply within 60 hours the prize will go to someone else. All of my giveaways are international, you can find the official rules here.