In conversation with... Ella Kingsley
Hello Ella! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of your novel, Confessions of a Karaoke Queen . Can you tell us what it is about? A: Thanks! I’m very excited. Confessions of a Karaoke Queen follows Maddie Mulhern, the daughter of 80s pop duo Pineapple Mist, who, when her parents embark on a one-hit-wonder nostalgia tour across Europe, is left to look after their struggling karaoke bar. But Maddie’s aversion to the mic becomes the least of her worries when a cutthroat TV crew take an interest in the club, promising to rescue its dodgy finances if she agrees to a fly-on-the-wall reality series. Cue camera, lights, action – and rather more than Maddie or her friends bargained for. Not least the appearance of sexy, mysterious director Nick Craven . . . Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing or did it develop before your eyes as the characters grew on the page? A: Characters always grow a little of their own accord – that’s when yo...