However Holly’s Inbox initially had a LIVE forum, where readers could immediately let off steam if they were unhappy, sometimes before I had even finished a sentence. Not many people enjoy criticism, and I had always been particularly scared of receiving feedback. The site’s popularity spurred me on, but it soon became obvious I had grossly underestimated the amount of emails I needed each day to keep people on the site… so I began writing in real-time. The basic plot had around two email exchanges a day and we launched.
The life she was leading was so full of mystery, intrigue, romance (and many many lies) that it made me wonder what it would be like to read a story told in this way. We discovered she was married with four children, and couldn’t stand the sight of us. The woman in question was single, extremely flirtatious and had always loved us to bits. The idea for the site came one day when we had to trawl through an ex-employees work email account. A few years later I was married and along with my wife we set up our own temping agency which specialised in providing receptionists.
I liked temping though and finally I took a position as a recruitment consultant. It was able to show me just how badly you could run a company if you’re an ageing eccentric with a drink problem. He would jump out at me from behind cupboard doors and he was an elderly man (and my boss) so I never fought back.įor me temping proved to be very useful. I was temping there as a receptionist and couldn’t wait for the contract to end, it wasn’t so much his sense of humour, (we laughed at all his jokes, although none were funny) but being the only other male in the company he felt it necessary to wrestle with me. The director was getting ready to pounce. It was only 11 am but already his breath stank of whisky, his eyes danced and he bristled with anticipation. I knew where this was heading I just couldn’t see a way out. "What’s grey and pink and bruised all over?” Well if you didn't read my blog yesterday, you missed my glowing review of what I think is one of the best chick lit books of the year! A Bookworm's World is thrilled to have the author of Holly's Inbox, Bill Surie (aka Holly Denham) guest posting today! I asked Bill where and how did he come up with the idea for Holly's Inbox.
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