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Dial-a-Cab driver Nick
Nicola (O99) doesn’t always see too much of wife Joanne,
even though they are just a normal married couple living under
the same Essex roof. That’s because for 8 hours each day, Joanne
locks herself and her laptop in a room and continues writing the
follow-up to her book, Holly Blue, which has just had its
second edition published. Nick joined Dial-a-Cab in 2007 and had been driving a taxi for four years previous to that. Joanne on the other hand was a nail technician, but decided to take a year off because she had long wanted to put the novel that had been floating around her head for such a long time, onto paper. "I used to write poetry," Joanne told Call Sign, "but I just knew that this story was inside me waiting to come out. It was published and became quite successful so I set about writing the sequel (smile if you love me). But my daughter left home whilst I was writing it and I began suffering from what is known as Empty Nest Syndrome. What had originally been a hobby had suddenly become my career and I felt extremely stressed. I knew all along I was going to write three books about the life of Sofia Constantine, but always felt it was just as a hobby, I never imagined anyone would take me or the books seriously!" It had taken Joanne the whole year – 7 days a week and 8 hours each day - to complete Holly Blue before hawking it around to find a publisher prepared to take a chance |
THE WIFE’S BOOK GETS A SECOND EDITION "Now I’m off down the gym," says DaC’s Nick…! |
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on a new author. Yianoulla
Nicola – Joanne uses her Greek name for writing - wasn’t a
name that had ever sold a book before and publishers weren’t
queuing up for the book rights! But word got out and Holly Blue
was published. "I was thrilled," said Joanne, "I had lived Holly Blue for so long and now it was no longer just in my head but with a publisher who wanted to print it! Even better, they wanted the first option on a sequel!" So what is Holly Blue about? Well it has been given a new makeover for it’s second edition, (published 26th March 2009). The book introduces readers to Sofia, a young girl who is torn between her Greek heritage, strict upbringing and relaxed English surroundings. Holly is undoubtedly a spoiled child, but one Christmas she discovers a deception by her father that changes everything she has ever |
believed in. The trilogy
follows her life and loves in a dramatic, compassionate
tale.Yianoulla’s Greek descent enables her to write with honesty
and a deep insight into Greek culture. Back to hubby! When Nick heard that Joanne wanted to write a novel, like Joanne he assumed it was a hobby. But he admits that it almost took over her life. Nick enjoys reading – his favourite being autobiographies. But his main enjoyment is going to the gym. So would he ever write a book? "If I can think of a book involving taxi driving and muscles, I’d think about it. But one author per family is usually enough – especially after seeing how difficult it is!" Good luck to Joanne and Holly Blue… Holly Blue by Yianoulla Nicola… HandE Publishers Ltd £6.99… Available on Amazon. |
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Green is the colour - grandpa is the game…! |
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Call Sign’s snapper becomes a granddad! Call Sign received this letter in its latest batch of post. It came from a young lady called Alexia who is now over three months old and just getting into email! She wrote:Dear Ed, Am I your youngest reader? I’m Alexia, daughter of Call Sign’s former columnist, Zara G, and first grandchild to Marilyn and Alan Green, your snapper fella! I was born on 22 December 2008 in Barnet Hospital and my dad Carl, who is a Logistics Manager for a national freight company, helped the midwife during my birth. He says that I’m the best ‘delivery’ he has ever made! I originally weighed in at 7lbs 10oz and have |
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risen to 11lbs 6oz, which is why both Grandma and Grandpa G are
holding me in the photograph!I’ve also got Carl’s parents Julie and Mario and great grandparents, Daisy and Len from both sides of the family, so my current life is taken up in keeping them all amused when I’m not out with friends, shopping with my mum or sending emails! Love and dribbles, Alexia xxx From everyone at Call Sign, many congratulations to the original Green family! |
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