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Why Mummy Swears was number one on<br />
the Sunday Times Bestsellers list I burst<br />
into very loud, unattractive sobbing. Which<br />
was unfortunate as I hadn’t realised I was on<br />
speaker phone with the rest of the office and I<br />
was making snorting noises.<br />
I believe your background is in<br />
engineering – have you left your other job?<br />
I was working for an engineering consultancy<br />
but I’m now writing full-time. There were not<br />
enough hours in the day if my children were<br />
to ever eat anything other than frozen pizza.<br />
So in the interests of them not getting scurvy<br />
something had to give!<br />
What kind of demands are on you now as<br />
a full-time writer?<br />
Mainly managing my time and not wasting<br />
the day on procrastination. The internet is<br />
a great tool but it is also a black hole down<br />
which hours can vanish as you pretend you<br />
are just quickly going to google something<br />
and then find you have spent two hours<br />
watching videos about otters. I do love<br />
videos about otters but I can’t really claim it<br />
is a constructive use of my time. So I’m not<br />
very good at the whole structuring my day<br />
thing and tend to end up in a bit of a panic as<br />
deadlines approach – and I’m still watching<br />
otter videos…<br />
RRI<br />
R<br />
Westender www.westendermagazine.com Magazine Competitions | 33<br />
by John Parker<br />
ainbow Room International is now<br />
Scotland’s largest salon group and<br />
has an incredible academy and Artistic<br />
Team. From the beginning, owners Alan<br />
and Linda Stewart wanted to create a real<br />
community and that they have certainly done.<br />
We are thrilled to start 2019 at the Great<br />
Western Road Salon with a new Stylist,<br />
Tyler Porter, who has worked his way up<br />
from being an assistant/trainee. Tyler worked<br />
Saturday’s at the Academy whilst at school in<br />
fourth year to do his level 1 and is now 18 and<br />
a qualified Stylist.<br />
To celebrate Tyler’s new role, we are<br />
offering 100 FREE HAIRCUTS for new<br />
clients with Tyler starting from the end of<br />
February/start of March. All you have to<br />
do to claim your free appointment is call<br />
us at the salon on 0141 337 3370 and<br />
quote ‘Westender Magazine Tyler’*<br />
when booking.<br />
*100 Haircuts Terms & Conditions – 100 free appointments<br />
only valid for new clients with stylist Tyler. Appointments will<br />
be offered on a first come first serve basis. Appointments<br />
are subject to availability. Must quote ‘Westender Magazine<br />
Tyler’ when booking appointment.<br />
What next for you Gill? Do you ever think<br />
you will run out of material as the children<br />
get older? Would you like to tackle any<br />
other kind of writing?<br />
I’d love for there to be some more books,<br />
but all of this has been so unexpected and<br />
amazing, that if this is all there is, then it has<br />
still been an astonishing thing to happen and<br />
I am delighted. A few people have asked if I<br />
have ever considered writing children’s books<br />
or young adult books, which I haven’t really,<br />
there couldn’t be any swearing!<br />
I think whatever I wrote it would still have a<br />
humorous edge as life is short and we might<br />
as well laugh while we can.<br />
follow – Rainbow Room GWR<br />
Alan and Linda Stewart<br />
Rainbow Room International<br />
607 Great Western Road G12 8HX<br />
0141 337 3370<br />
rainbowroominternational.com<br />
WIN! Rainbow Room International<br />
are offering one lucky reader a hair<br />
makeover in their Great Western Rd<br />
salon. For your chance to win go to<br />
westendermagazine.com and click<br />
on competitions by the 28th Feb ‘19.
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