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Kirsten Nairn

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The United Kingdom

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Romance, Fiction, Suspense

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Mhairi McFarlane

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August 2017

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I was born and live in Scotland with my husband, two young children and the usual array of pets which seem to accompany small children.

I’ve always had stories going on at the back of my mind but just have never found the time to actually write anything down.
I naively thought I might start writing when I was on maternity leave but now realise I was lucky if I was dressed and had managed to drink a whole cup of coffee before noon.

Twelve years after my first child I found myself at a loose end, opened the computer and put ‘pen to paper’ as it were. Once I started writing I just couldn’t stop. I found the story unfolding in my head way faster than I could type.

A sorry Affair wasn’t the first book I wrote. I actually wrote two books before thi ...more

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A Sorry Affair is on my to read list and I hope to get to it sometime. It's waiting on my kindle. How long did it take you to write?

Kirsten Nairn Hi, thanks gor your question . I actually can't remember. I work full time and only manage to write in the evenings when the children go to bed, or wh…moreHi, thanks gor your question . I actually can't remember. I work full time and only manage to write in the evenings when the children go to bed, or whilst waiting on them at their various activities, however I started it on the train to Edinburgh one day in January and it wad published by June. I was,writing another novel at the time which I set aside once I started writing A Sorry Affair. I'm still writing and editing that first one! Hope you enjoy the book. K(less)

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I really enjoyed your book and found it particularly intriguing that you looked at it from the view point of the other woman. Where did the idea come from?

Kirsten Nairn Thank you. That's so nice of you. I love writing, but it's also very nerve wracking as you really have no idea if anyone else will enjoy the story and…moreThank you. That's so nice of you. I love writing, but it's also very nerve wracking as you really have no idea if anyone else will enjoy the story and there's a small part of you which almost doesn't want to publish it in case no one likes it. Anyhow...to answer your question....I overheard a conversation on a train journey to Edinburgh between a group of women who were enjoying a few glasses of prosecco. Thankfully the prosecco meant they weren’t talking as quietly as they thought they were, so I heard the story from start to finish. They had no sympathy for the adulteress which begged the question for me,
What does it feel like to be the adulteress in an affair? To be the other woman?
The sympathy, understandably, is always directed at the innocent party but what if there are two innocent parties? What if you are the ‘other woman’ and are completely unaware that you’re having an affair? As the story unfolded in my mind I began to consider it from all points of view and wondered about the person committing the affair. What if he really didn’t mean to have an affair? The story line evolved around these questions.
I immediately began tapping out the story on my mobile phone and wished I was on a much longer train journey.
Hope that answers your question
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Back in the Game!

Yep! I've managed to get some writing done at last. Well, I say writing- re-writing, editing, more re-writing, grammar checks- all that malarkey, but it's better than nothing. I've had no interruptions from humans or animals, no unexpected visitors of the furry kind- I notice Maureen's' hutch is surrounded on three sides by concrete slabs, preventing any further escapes.

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