I was very honoured to be the first guest on my chum Dan Alatorre‘s new show, Writer Rants, to talk about PorterGirl books First Lady Of The Keys and The Vanishing Lord. Here are some edited highlights; whilst almost two hours of Daniel talking about how great I am might be good for my ego, no one really wants to listen to that. But what you might want to listen to, however, are insights into how I built up the Old College world and developed the characters, the truth about what really happened at Cambridge University and how I fell in love at first sight at the Royal Opera House…

Nice, Lucy. It was great to see you on Dan’s show (brave to go first!) and learn more about the background of your books. 🙂
Thank you! I thought I might as well jump in at the deep end. Dan is a super chap and lots of fun so I didn’t mind at all 🙂
Lucy was my first, it’s true. I wanted no one else to be.
A girl can’t ask for more than that!
What do you mean I can’t do a British accent??? You heard me do them!
Yeah – I think you should be Professor Fox 🙂
Aww… I’m properly unchuffed now. Unless Professor Fox makes a reappearance in the series!
Yes, Professor Fox will be back for certain, but not so sure about Hugh – so Fox is a better role!
Okay, you sold me. But I’m telling you, I have the thighs for Hugh.
You can be Professor Fox and Hugh’s thigh body-double.
Ha ha. Nice. I enjoyed it.
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