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“'This isn’t happiness' is about a woman’s inner turmoil when the intimacy vanishes from a relationship…” *Puffs cigarette*

On this week's episode, I try my best to be cool as I launch my book, 'This isn't happiness', in Germany.

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In the lead-up to the launch of my debut novel, Amy Elman Doesn't Feel Sexy, I am asking three established authors for advice about the author life. Join me here on The Quack for the first episode of HOW TO AUTHOR—coming Monday, January 5th. 

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"It would be called Can of Worms. Sunday Times Bestseller list, here I come."

In this first episode of the series, I am going back to the very beginning when I attempted my first novel. 

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I made the mistake of asking Dad, “But do billboards actually work?” I may as well have asked if Tottenham Hotspur was a synchronised swimming team.

This week is about growing up in an 80s advertising family and working out what my dad did for work. 

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"The turnout was 50 girls and 10 terrified boys..."

This week is a flashback to my 2010 school prom...which wasn't anything like the ones in the movies. 

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"I then remembered it wasn't football, so these grown-ups could be trusted not to punch each other in the face..." 

I went to the rugby final on Saturday, which made me reflect on my football upbringing.

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“STOP! I LEFT THE CHEESE!” We twisted around and punted back to the boathouse to collect the cheese. 🧀

It's Hermione's birthday, and this year we all went punting in Oxford. I made the mistake of getting in the wrong boat....

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"I was biting into my vegetable kebab when I received a message from the Hinge bloke. I read the top line and rolled my eyes..."

It's been over a year since I've been on Hinge, but I'm now back on the dating horse. This is the story of my first online dating experience of 2025. 

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"I did wonder, as I was walking around the Eiffel Tower in a red dress, whether, perhaps, I had watched too many movies..."

This week on The Quack, I reflect on the face-palm moments from my recent girls' trip to France. Includes a desperate scene of me trying to create a romantic moment by the Eiffel Tower, a game of charades with the Airbnb host, and an AI song about tariffs.

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"3 days into the challenge, I realised I wasn't the dazzling compliment giver I originally thought I was."

For Lent, instead of giving up cherry cola Tic-Tacs, I challenged myself to compliment 40 strangers in 40 days. Today, I have the results of how it went. (Not well).

Thank you for continuing to support. I have a few deadlines coming up, and so for now, The Quack will be coming out once a fortnight until life gets a little less crazy. On the plus side, I have some exciting novel news, which I will announce very soon. MN x

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