I Come From Yorkshire In England Where

It Seems Wrong And Unfair That Christmas, With Its Stressful And Unmanageable Financial And Emotional Challenges, Should First Be Forced Upon One Wholly Against One's Will, Then Rudely Snatched Away Just When One Is Starting To Get Into It. Was Really Beginning To Enjoy The Feeling That Normal Service Was Suspended And It Was Ok To Lie In Bed As Long As You Want, Put Anything You Fancy Into Your Mouth, And Drink Alcohol Whenever It Should Chance To Pass Your Way, Even In The Mornings. Now Suddenly We Are All Supposed To Snap Into Self-discipline Like Lean Teenage Greyhounds.

I Come From Yorkshire In England Where We Like To Eat Chip Sandwiches - White Bread, Butter, Tomato Ketchup And Big Fat French Fries Cooked In Beef Dripping.

Don't Say 'what,' Say 'pardon,' Darling, And Do As Your Mother Tells You.

I Always Market Research My Books Before I Hand Them In By Showing Them To Five Or Six Close Friends Who I Trust To Be Honest With Me, So They Are Very Heavily Re-written Already.

As Bridget Writes To Her Son, In Bridget Jones' Baby - "if You Just Keep Calm And Keep Your Spirits Up, Things Have A Habit Of Turning Out All Right, Just As They Did For Me."