cate's blag blog

This is about me and my first novel Selfish Jean. I'm trying to increase the audience for a book like mine, and promote discussion about marketing so-called "women's" fiction, when I think it's just about life.

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Strange Conversations With Spanish Women

We also has to hold role playing phone conversations for the spaniards to practise speaking on the phone. A couple of memorable ones were I had to act that part that I had just got married George Clooney and was to be interviewed by a Spanish journalist over the phone. She was doing it all so very seriously and sincerely that I just had to start being really naughty and began explaining how he liked me to wear a Nazi uniform in the bedroom. I think I rather lost her at that point.

Another bizarre phone conversation was with another female. I was supposed to be her partner and had to tell her I was working late but in actual fact was seeing someone else. I rang her, she said she was busy with work and put the phone down. I didn“t know if it was part of the act or not! She rang me back later and said she really had had an important call from work to deal with, but it was quite a good come back. I felt hoist with my own petard! Spanish women rock!

The role of women has changed very much in Spain and I think has the lowest birth rate of anywhere in Europe. It seems to be very much a choice of either career or kids and many choose career. The ones I met were great role models, funny, fascinating and smart in every sense of the word.

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