Hi, my name's Becky Sharpe and, as you may have guessed from the title, I'm a blog virgin!
I hadn't thought of doing a blog until my co-conspirator Penny Hasler told me about Naughty Little Writer and I knew that a St Abelard's blog was the only way to go!
For those of you who are new to St Abelard's ... it's an all girls's finishing school for Hertfordshire's wealthiest young ladies. Well, for Hertfordshire's naughtiest young ladies. The good girls go to St Grace's while the girls sorely in need of correction go to St Abelard's. Students are aged from sixteen to nineteen and are separated into four houses: Earhart, Nightingale, Roosevelt and Boleyn.
The idea for the stories came about when I was moving to my new flat and I found some of my old school diaries as I was unpacking. At the time, I was working on Spank! - my first tantalising bite of the forbidden fruit that is spanking fiction - and as I read some of my diary entries, the idea for St Abelard's exploded in my mind. High school life was such a bubble for me that I loved the idea of revisiting it and revamping it! I didn't go to a finishing school but I did go to an all girls high school and ... I did blush to recall some of the naughtier antics that my friends and I got up to!
I often think that if the fictional universe of a story isn't convincing then you can't lose yourself in reading, and that is one of the biggest pleasures that reading offers. So, I built from the ground up. There is a school crest, a motto, a rival school and each house has a colour. As it did in my school, the colour of your gym knickers was determined by your house. My colour was yellow and I know that some people are really turned on by gym knickers but they really do itch! The school sport is netball (as it was in mine!) I was GS (Goal Shooter) for my house team and for the school team. That's why 'The Netball Wars' is my favourite book so far because it's the most autobiographical!
So far there are three stories published: Caught Red-Handed, The Netball Wars and School Trip Shenanigans!
The fourth book 'Spanking The Spies' is almost ready but I'll keep you posted!
Well, that was it ... my first blog! I hope you've enjoyed reading my post and I promise to be a good little girl and keep you updated with all things new and naughty in the world of St Abelard's!
If anybody wants to keep me company on here and say what they think of St Abelard's or my other books or just say a cheeky little hello, then don't be shy!
Love,
Becky xxx
