Working predominantly for The Herald, my key areas of speciality are celebrity interviews, reportage and human interest. I also write a weekly column for the Sunday Herald.
We're talking about the sex scenes in her debut novel. More specifically, the mechanics involved in writing such offerings. Granted, it's not usually the kind of conversation you would have with someone you'd met only moments before (I'd say it requires at least three drinks). So, as we sit in a busy Edinburgh coffee shop, it's not so much a case of who is going to blink but blush first. I fear it could be me.