Originally posted in AOL jobs. Every time a big name crosses the path of AOL Jobs, we ask them to share the best career advice they’ve ever received. We figure if it worked for them, perhaps it’ll work for the rest of us. We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite responses below — from Ryan … Continue reading “People at the Top Share the Best Career Advice They Ever Got (AOL Jobs)”

I don’t know what happens to me when I finish a book – I seem to go through weeks of doing nothing, when actually I am catching up on all the things I should’ve been doing while I was writing!  Other writers will understand the drill.  Get up.  Get coffee.  Get writing.  Because if you … Continue reading “What I Do When I Finish Off… A Book”

Next week we say goodbye to Oprah, an American institution.  She has been around so long that she almost seems part of the family.  We’ve seen her through fat and thin, scandal and rumor, the heartbreak of 9/11, and the guru who could create a huge bestselling book just by mentioning the title, and help … Continue reading “Oprah the Great!”

Hey everyone, Whew… back from London almost a week and celebrating the fact that “Goddess of Vengeance” is #1 in the UK.  Whew!  All that hard work was worth it.  And it is hard work.  Endless radio and TV shows getting asked the same questions, always trying to respond as if it’s the first time … Continue reading ““Goddess of Vengeance” #1 in the UK! And Wedding Fever!”

Written by Rob McGibbon. Original article posted here. We ask Jackie Collins a set of devilishly probing questions – and only accept THE definitive answer: The treasured item you lost and wish you could have again… A childhood doll I left on the beach in Ilfracombe in North Devon and never saw again. It was a small … Continue reading “Jackie Collins: I took singing lessons in my teens and could see myself as an Amy Winehouse – I rule at karaoke! (Mail Online)”

Written by Charlotte Heathcote. Original article posted here. As Jackie Collins’s highly-praised 28th novel is published, the raunchy novelist speaks about how one of her inspirations was Enid Blyton, and how her character Lucky Santangelo saved her life… WHEN I set out to interview Jackie Collins, I was told by her publicist what time to … Continue reading “Jackie Collins and Her Lucky Break (Express.co.uk)”

Mark your calendars! Jackie’s 29th book, “Goddess of Vengeance,” is set for release Sept. 13

Written by Emma Brockes. Original Article here. Jackie Collins writes her books long-hand, in the office of her house in Beverly Hills. Around the room, a mixture of the ordinary and the not so ordinary: family photos, archived photo albums going back 30 years and two large, ornamental panthers, her signature animal. That Collins has … Continue reading “Jackie Collins: Queen of the bonkbuster (Guardian.co.uk)”