Hello, hello! Long time, no see.

I’ve been hunkered down on the fourth (yes, fourth!) draft of an adult novel. It’s a bit of a change-up for me and I can say no more about it because I don’t even have a publisher yet so I don’t want to jinx myself. But it is the novel I’ve wanted to write for years and I really hope it sees the light of day. So does my bank manager!

Anyway, onto more certain things and slipping my teenage head on. I’m very happy to say that my new YA novel, The Worst Girlfriend in the World, is now on sale.

Alice Jenkins is the worst girlfriend in the world according to the many, many boys who’ve shimmied up lampposts and shoplifted from New Look to impress her, only to be dumped when she gets bored of them. Alice has a very low boredom threshold.

But she never gets bored with Franny, her best friend since they met at nursery school. Friends are for ever. Ain’t nothing going to come between them. Girls rule, boys drool is their motto. Well, it’s Alice’s motto, Franny doesn’t have much time for boys; they’re all totes immature and only interested in one thing.

But then there’s Louis Allen, lead singer of Thee Desperadoes, the best band in Merrycliffe-on-sea (though that could be because they’re the only band in Merrycliffe-on-sea). He’s a tousle-haired, skinny-jeaned, sultry-eyed manchild, the closest thing that Franny’s ever seen to the hipsters that she’s read about on the internet and she’s been crushing on him HARD for the last three years.

She’s never worked up the courage to actually speak to him but she’s sure on some deeper level that goes beyond mere words, Louis absolutely knows that she’s his soulmate. He just doesn’t know that he knows it yet. It’s why he cops off with so many other girls.

So, when Alice, bored with callow youths, sets her sights on Louis it threatens to tear the girls’ friendship apart, even though they’re better than fighting over a boy.

They strike a devil’s deal – may the best girl win. Best friends become bitter rivals and everything comes to an explosive conclusion on their first trip to London.

Can true friendship conquer all?

Sounds good? You can read an extract here. Oh! And it’s already available as an ebook in the US, apparently.

I also now have a Facebook page, which you can like here. I kind of feel like I should be on Instagram but it would just be pictures of Miss Betsy, my dog and nothing else. Then there’s Tumbr, but it befuddles me and then I feel very, very old. *nan face*

My other big news is that I’m thrilled to announce that I will be appearing at the very first UK YA conference YA Literature Convention as part of Comic Con on the 12th and 13th July at Earls Court in London. I’ll be taking part in a panel on the Sunday, but there are so many amazing authors taking part, you may want to go both days. I know I do! Early Bird tickets are already on sale.

I’ll be doing at least one other YA event this year, I will keep you posted.

So, that’s quite enough exciting news to be getting on with, I think. I am going to try and blog a bit more. But the proof of the pudding is in the actual blogging.

Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend.

Live on,

Sarra x