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Posted by: sammy01 14th July 2023, 01:10 PM
More clips of songs to tease fans that will unltimately never get released. Then when the book bombs all that will be is those low quality clips on Youtibe.
Bookmark me.
Posted by: Equinox8 14th July 2023, 04:53 PM
Bookmark me.
You've been bookmarked.
Posted by: tommie 14th July 2023, 05:11 PM
The song actually sounds great and probably more in line with what people would want from her, but I'm not getting my hopes up for it actually being released.
Posted by: schizo_spice 14th July 2023, 09:10 PM
So good to hear her voice on music again 
Posted by: Blond 2.0 15th July 2023, 12:44 AM
new song finally
Posted by: spiceboy 15th July 2023, 07:53 AM
I wish she would stop with the annoying clips of songs we don’t get to hear. It’s just really irritating.
Posted by: Big Fat Padam 15th July 2023, 11:52 AM
Embarrassing! Who's she tryna kid?!
Posted by: dancinqueen 28th July 2023, 04:12 PM
I hope Geri sticks to acting and writing books.
That song is atrocious. Not in a “Stages” kind of way, more like the other “I gave you the dinner, you took me to finger” song.
Posted by: spiceboy 28th July 2023, 05:56 PM
That song is atrocious. Not in a “Stages” kind of way, more like the other “I gave you the dinner, you took me to finger” song.
Man on the mountain, the album she had lined up to release, is actually great. Love and light, Humanity, Man on the mountain, Without love, I'm older now, Phenomenal woman are brilliant. She clearly has a lot of capability so let's not be rude for the sake of being rude.
Posted by: sammy01 28th July 2023, 07:06 PM
I mean it is a song for a kids book, anyone expecting anything amazing or not throwaway has way too high expectations.
I will say I'll be impressed if she has the balls to actually release it, streaming, download and Youtube.
Posted by: dancinqueen 29th July 2023, 12:31 PM
I will say I'll be impressed if she has the balls to actually release it, streaming, download and Youtube.
She won’t.
But she might upload it on YouTube.
Posted by: Blond 2.0 29th July 2023, 05:05 PM
I think the book will do fine
Posted by: dancinqueen 30th July 2023, 01:27 PM
Yep. I think the books can do well. If they market it properly, they won’t have any issues selling enough copies to get a top10. Personally, and I REPEAT, IMHO, the song is something unnecessary. Without Love (orchestral version or with a more folksy vibe) would have been a better soundtrack to that.
Posted by: -Jay- 30th July 2023, 06:09 PM
It's only £3.99 on Amazon (down from an initial starting price of £7.99) and for that price I'm curious enough about it to consider it worth ordering 
Judge away x
Posted by: spiceboy 30th July 2023, 08:22 PM
I think I am going to purchase it for that price, I am curious enough to wonder what the book is like. If it is good I will read it to my class at school.
Posted by: schizo_spice 10th August 2023, 03:33 PM
I'm fascinated by how successful this book will be. A lot of money seems to have been thrown at it which is good as a book needs a ton of publicity to get noticed and to take off,
Hopefully she gets some tv appearances in the US too. Its been about 20 years now since her last solo US TV exposure.
Posted by: spiceboy 10th August 2023, 06:10 PM
Hopefully she gets some tv appearances in the US too. Its been about 20 years now since her last solo US TV exposure.
I agree, I am also fascinated by it!
Posted by: -Jay- 11th August 2023, 05:45 AM
https://rosiefrostbooks.com/
October 1 - New York, NY
October 2 - Northvale, NJ
October 3 - Rockville Centre, NY
October 4 - Cincinnati, OH
October 5 - Downers Grove, IL
October 6 - San Francisco, CA
October 7 - Los Angeles, CA
Posted by: sammy01 11th August 2023, 07:29 AM
I thought her acting had improved? That was cringe. Interesting to see her pushing the song with the ringtone again and good on her for getting out and doing a book tour.
Posted by: dancinqueen 11th August 2023, 11:47 AM
If she’s going to sell many copies and get the attention she (supposedly - having not read the book yet) deserves, it will be another example of effective Spice-reinvention. Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Anita Dump 13th August 2023, 09:52 PM
Lol, nope.
Posted by: Yobnedor 14th August 2023, 07:23 PM
You can pre-order signed copies from Waterstones now!
Posted by: Voodoo 18th August 2023, 07:36 PM
Posted by: -Jay- 18th August 2023, 07:46 PM
Admittedly I'm overanalysing, but watching that video makes me feel like there's occasional flickers of the personality we were more familiar with years ago, compared to the prim and proper Geri we've had in recent years.
Anyway it's great that she clearly feels very passionate and proud about the book, I hope it's well received.
By the way on Amazon there's a preview of two pages, and a nice quote from one of the most successful and renowned children's authors:
"A brilliant read, so inventive and exciting" - Jacqueline Wilson
Posted by: Anita Dump 18th August 2023, 10:38 PM
What a joke!! Talentless.
Posted by: Blond 2.0 19th August 2023, 12:48 AM
Stunning cover
Posted by: schizo_spice 19th August 2023, 08:56 AM
Thats great that someone as respected as Jacqueline Wilson would say that.
I cant wait to read.
Posted by: Anita Dump 19th August 2023, 02:13 PM
She'll either have been paid to do it, or they're friends in rl - hence Geri suddenky thinking she's Shakespeare - or she's friends with the ghost writer who put it all together.
Posted by: -Jay- 31st August 2023, 01:19 AM
The back cover of a promotional copy of the book says: "To hear original Rosie Frost music by Geri Halliwell-Horner, visit rosiefrostofficial.com" (a website which isn't currently available).
Not sure whether it'll end up being on here: https://rosiefrostbooks.com/ or if the above website will go live eventually?
Anyway looks like we'll finally be hearing some new Geri music in October!
Posted by: tommie 31st August 2023, 05:48 AM
Genius Queen of Marketing! I bet this'll introduce Gerita's music to a new younger, more streaming-adverse market and she'll shoot up to number one again
And if she doesn't, it was just a buzz release!
Posted by: schizo_spice 31st August 2023, 01:01 PM
How exciting. She should put all the Rainbow Woman tracks on there aswell
Posted by: sammy01 31st August 2023, 06:48 PM
Her latest insta posts makes me think she will put a download code in the book to download a song/s.
Posted by: Mr.X 1st September 2023, 11:39 AM
This came up on my twitter and my first throught was: if Gerita is releasing music then her issue isnt with music right? So why not make new music with the group?...
Posted by: Anita Dump 1st September 2023, 12:06 PM
She thinks she's Shakespeare and too good for the group. This is what happens with narcissists, and why she killed the group the first time.
Ah, Geri! Talent keeps chasing her, but she simply runs faster!
Posted by: sammy01 1st September 2023, 01:06 PM
I don't think this is released properly. I'll be happily proven wrong but I think it will just be to download for free from a website than full on Streaming/itunes release.
It is also obviously to sell more copies of the book. She knows there is a section of her fanbase who just want music so if buying a kids book is the way to get it then they probably will.
I also don't think Geri would have any issue recording music with the Spice Girls, it would probably be top of her list of what she would do.
Posted by: Anita Dump 1st September 2023, 01:47 PM
Ah so that's why she's doing it!! Using her Spice Girls fans to get some press, after her histrionics with them last time she waa flopping being the "new Shakespeare"... But no, she has disowned rhe Spices. She quietly left after finally getring the Albert Hall performance she missed out on. She refers to herself as an EX Spicy One.
Posted by: -Jay- 1st September 2023, 07:09 PM
Wembley Stadium
Geri performed at the Royal Albert Hall with the Spice Girls for Spiceworld The Movie.
(I know you’re memeing but this triggers me too much x)
Posted by: Anita Dump 1st September 2023, 11:29 PM
!!!!!
Posted by: ___∆___ 8th September 2023, 01:46 PM
Just snatched a London ticket 
https://www.waterstones.com/events/meet-geri-halliwell-horner-at-waterstones-piccadilly-london/london-piccadilly?fbclid=PAAaa0zoYH9yCGWwCxws8HNBM9qmVagZrhxSb9FZaY4EzE7nzFwvCn6Dbt5Q8
Posted by: Jade 8th September 2023, 02:35 PM
Just went to check if the dates worked out for me and in that couple of minutes London had sold out oops 😭
Posted by: ___∆___ 8th September 2023, 03:05 PM
Sometimes they release extras for signings so keep checking.
Posted by: schizo_spice 8th September 2023, 07:13 PM
Wish she was doing Glasgow or Edinburgh but glad she’s doing anything in the UK.
Posted by: Moby Dick 8th September 2023, 11:46 PM
Why would you want this garbage?!
Posted by: ___∆___ 9th September 2023, 06:24 PM
Not Geri promoting the London signing on her socials today when it sold out 24 hours ago
Posted by: schizo_spice 14th September 2023, 07:41 PM
Just watched her Walmart chat.
Impressed that she’s already finished the second book and a movie is already in the works for the first.
Ghost in the House and Beautiful Life (from Man on the Mountain) are the two songs coming with the book.
Posted by: dancinqueen 16th September 2023, 01:55 PM
Impressed that she’s already finished the second book and a movie is already in the works for the first.
Ghost in the House and Beautiful Life (from Man on the Mountain) are the two songs coming with the book.
I have the feeling the book thing is going to do wonders for her. Just like Victoria with fashion.
Hopefully, she doesn’t go J.K. Rowling when she sees conservative mothers buying her books. I trust you, Gerita. You can really use that character to create a safe space for all type of kids.
As for the songs, Melanie On The Mountain, is not my thing - but I wish she had chosen Without Love from that album, with an orchestral pop-folk instrumental. That song would have been perfect!
Posted by: Moby Dick 16th September 2023, 02:51 PM
Lol, she's a flop. She can't write. It won't do ANYTHING. This isn't VB with fashion; this is a talentless hack trying to be Shakespeare.
Posted by: dancinqueen 16th September 2023, 04:10 PM
Bets are not allowed. But I would, I’m sure she will sell lots of copies. She was born to write (all writers have editors and ghost-helpers). What Geri has is ideas, I don’t care if she uses someone to help her organise them.
Singing-wise, I have to be honest, if I were her, I wouldn’t release any music with the book. The risk is to not be taken 100% seriously if the tunes get negative reviews.
Posted by: Babyboy 16th September 2023, 06:04 PM
You are like a broken record. We understand you do not like Geri but change words sometimes.
Posted by: Moby Dick 16th September 2023, 07:29 PM
Singing-wise, I have to be honest, if I were her, I wouldn’t release any music with the book. The risk is to not be taken 100% seriously if the tunes get negative reviews.
She was not born to write.
She was born to be a popstar, and that's it. She uses ghost writers - well, one specific one - ro try and organise her MESS of ideas. Just awful. She will only sell this to SG fans who want meet and greets and that's it. She killed the SG off AGAIN, because now she thinks she's Shakespeare ... again. Posted by: Yobnedor 17th September 2023, 09:43 AM
I’ll reserve judgement until I have read the book.
Posted by: sammy01 17th September 2023, 03:09 PM
The book could be amazing but I just cant get over the person she is now. Part of me wants to support her then she puts another super fake post on insta talking in some ridiculous accent and I just cringe and think no thank you.
Posted by: Rebel 20th September 2023, 06:16 PM
Every videos she puts out on Instagram just makes me cringe 😬
Posted by: dancinqueen 21st September 2023, 12:33 PM
She’s good at characters, let’s give her the credits she deserves.
And to write books, you have to be good at creating fictional personas.
Posted by: Voodoo 25th September 2023, 07:58 PM
You can now listen to 'Ghost in My House' & 'Beautiful Life' at https://rosiefrostbooks.com/
Posted by: schizo_spice 25th September 2023, 08:21 PM
Was strange hearing Ghost in My House. Her first new officially released upbeat track in a decade.
I hope it’s put on all streaming platforms and iTunes too.
Beautiful Life seemed like a new experience aswell due to being better quality.
I hope she keeps doing this with subsequent books.
Posted by: Moby Dick 25th September 2023, 08:26 PM
She'll be lucky to get any others out tbh Well, it depends on the contract with the ghost writer tbh, but I doubt it.
Posted by: Mr.X 25th September 2023, 09:30 PM
Didnt plan to but saw it on Spice Circle and ended up listening. I quite like Beautiful Life actually, and she deliveres it really well! Go Gerita
Ghost in the House's production values are terrible, but it's a fun if a bit annoying track! Who sings the rap though?... 
Posted by: dancinqueen 25th September 2023, 09:40 PM
Great marketing, beautiful website, the book seems interesting (and perfect for its target audience) and I have the feeling it will do well. I’m gonna pass on the two songs. Was it necessary?
Posted by: sammy01 26th September 2023, 09:16 AM
The book feels like a massive Harry Potter rip off. Gave the two songs a listen and I think both highlight my issue with Geri's solo music as a whole.
Beautiful life is a lovely song but her vocals are waffer thin and I cant help feeling pretty much every other singer would do the song more justice. Ghost in the house her vocals are layered and the more uptempo means her limitations aren't on show so much. Sadly Ghost in the house is a bit shit as a song.
I think that is why only a few really good uptempo songs from Geri do it for me. Look at me is good example of that.
Posted by: schizo_spice 26th September 2023, 11:18 AM
Well Harry Potter was a massive rip off of The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy only she expanded the world and story.
All books borrow ideas and themes from others. Its naive to think that any idea is completely original.
Posted by: dancinqueen 26th September 2023, 11:56 AM
Again. I don’t think here the goal is for her to create anything new, to be a top-writer out of the blue. She knows this could be a quick win as her previous kids books were successful. Quick win, cash in. I would have avoided releasing those two songs, they’re average and I don’t see the connection with the project. Why not an animated trailer showing what the books is about with a more eerie sound, for example an orchestral and epic version of Without Love. Those songs can’t even be used on social media to promote the books, even if you had a picture of it. To me, and it’s my humble opinion, writing is what she should stick to.
Posted by: Mr.X 26th September 2023, 12:03 PM
Fixed it for you
Posted by: Moby Dick 26th September 2023, 12:32 PM
THIS!!!
This fakeliterature, or fakecelebature, is a ghost-written, hackneyed, talentless rip off of Harry Potter. It'a shite. It's a qay to cash in on her Spice fans in the easiest, ans most cynical, way possible.
Posted by: Voodoo 26th September 2023, 04:34 PM
There's a Ghost(writer) in My House!!!1
(Joking!)
Posted by: Moby Dick 26th September 2023, 07:26 PM
(Joking!)
Omfg I love that sang!! Yhrre's a ghost in ma house, and it's haauntin me, it's haauntin me! I hear your footsteps on thr stairs, but I know thrre's mo one thrrr
Posted by: Voodoo 28th September 2023, 07:03 PM
Geri is already in NYC. Seems like she'll spend at least 10 days in the USA promoting the book. Her publisher must really believe in it.
Posted by: Moby Dick 28th September 2023, 07:35 PM
Embarrassing. Truly embarrassing. It will do precisely 0 in USA.
Posted by: dancinqueen 29th September 2023, 08:26 AM
Wonder if Jenny Frost & the Rainbow Queen will be available in other languages too..
Posted by: -Jay- 29th September 2023, 03:45 PM
Thank you baby x
Posted by: schizo_spice 2nd October 2023, 10:12 PM
She’s appearing on both The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and The View tomorrow.
Great promo slots.
Posted by: -Jay- 3rd October 2023, 12:00 AM
Very high profile appearances! I wish she'd got that attention for her music (beyond that initial promo for Schizophonic).
I am curious about what promotion she is doing that is directly targeting the reading ages that the book is aimed at. The signings... mostly adult Spice fans turned up, from my understanding. Not a surprise. The TV appearances... adult viewers. I mean sure, parents will be watching and might consider buying the book for their kids. I just wonder if her promotional campaign is actually reaching children. Surely it's the 9-12 year olds who'll ultimately make or break this project.
It's interesting timing for Geri to become a YA author. There'll be some parents (with kids of that age group) who are in their late 20s / early 30s and won't have been old enough to experience the Spice Girls in their hey day and thus might not particularly care that she's written a book. Although maybe that could be helpful, no preconceived ideas about her.
Anyway, I'm rambling. x
The book is officially out today! I am curious to read it. I wonder if there'll be many critical reviews?
Posted by: DoggySwami 3rd October 2023, 10:46 AM
I am curious about what promotion she is doing that is directly targeting the reading ages that the book is aimed at. The signings... mostly adult Spice fans turned up, from my understanding. Not a surprise. The TV appearances... adult viewers. I mean sure, parents will be watching and might consider buying the book for their kids. I just wonder if her promotional campaign is actually reaching children. Surely it's the 9-12 year olds who'll ultimately make or break this project.
It's interesting timing for Geri to become a YA author. There'll be some parents (with kids of that age group) who are in their late 20s / early 30s and won't have been old enough to experience the Spice Girls in their hey day and thus might not particularly care that she's written a book. Although maybe that could be helpful, no preconceived ideas about her.
Anyway, I'm rambling. x
The book is officially out today! I am curious to read it. I wonder if there'll be many critical reviews?
I would argue that teenagers are not going to get interested in a book by hearing directly from an adult author. They probably find books from marketing and reviews online, and that's mostly down to the publisher. So Geri might as well focus on selling the book to the parents, teachers, and influencers who will actually push it to the target audience. And of course the copies sold to fans will also help with the launch sales. If the launch goes well she will probably go in a tour of schools, but that usually happens after the kids have had time to read the book by themselves.
Posted by: Voodoo 3rd October 2023, 10:57 AM
Despite the extensive promotion, it isn't doing very well on Amazon UK (#12,262) and Amazon US (#47,161) at the moment.
Posted by: dancinqueen 3rd October 2023, 11:45 AM
Once she has introduced Jenny Frost to the whole world, it’s gonna start climbing. Also, I see Geri’s audience going to buy the book in stores, not online. I’m sure she’s gonna do fine.
Posted by: sammy01 3rd October 2023, 12:06 PM
I'm not surprised Id say Geri as a person these days is hugely off putting and I would imagine her promo is doing more harm than good.
She also has lost a lot of the gay fans over the hugging Liz Truss and Nadine Dorries pics. It is amazing how often that is brought up on twitter or she is called Tory Spice. I think that might be the single most damaging thing any Spice girl has ever done to her own image as it was directly her target fanbase that it offended.
Posted by: Jessie Where 3rd October 2023, 01:40 PM
It's amazing in a way that this is the straw that broke the camel's back, given she's a well-known staunch Tory and it's not as if all the "I love Margaret Thatcher" declarations over the years are hidden from public knowledge.
Posted by: schizo_spice 4th October 2023, 09:11 AM
Currently #100 on Amazon US and #123 on Amazon UK.
Posted by: dancinqueen 4th October 2023, 09:42 AM
She’s gonna climb. I don’t think this is going to be a flop. Also, I don’t think they have high expectations - she needs to build her book fan base from scratch, after all these years.
Posted by: -Jay- 5th October 2023, 02:26 AM
I’ve read the prologue so far 
Posted by: sammy01 5th October 2023, 06:16 AM
Has anyone actually read it? I haven't seen a single review on Spice Circle. Mel C's autobiography loads of people were giving opinions on it.
Posted by: -Jay- 5th October 2023, 07:44 AM
I'll try and get into it, but it might only be a chapter per day at best, I don't think I'll have the time to rush through it.
My first comment, about the prologue, is that maybe it's a bit over descriptive? "A large glass bottle with gold ornate trim was smashed ceremoniously against the red brick of the building" even though only a page earlier the building was already described as "the blood-red brick mansion". And within 3 pages there's three descriptions of light. "Glinting in the sunlight", "she watched the winter sunlight glisten off [the lake's] surface", "she stepped slowly down, the light catching the diamonds".
It's a bit of a pet hate of mine when a book is padded out with descriptions that feel surplus to requirement, but hey, this is just the first three pages, perhaps that'll calm down.
Posted by: dancinqueen 5th October 2023, 11:34 AM
My first comment, about the prologue, is that maybe it's a bit over descriptive? "A large glass bottle with gold ornate trim was smashed ceremoniously against the red brick of the building" even though only a page earlier the building was already described as "the blood-red brick mansion". And within 3 pages there's three descriptions of light. "Glinting in the sunlight", "she watched the winter sunlight glisten off [the lake's] surface", "she stepped slowly down, the light catching the diamonds".
It's a bit of a pet hate of mine when a book is padded out with descriptions that feel surplus to requirement, but hey, this is just the first three pages, perhaps that'll calm down.
What a talent. Adjective Spice.
Posted by: -Jay- 7th October 2023, 03:29 AM
https://collider.com/geri-halliwell-horner-rosie-frost-and-the-falcon-queen-interview/
Geri Halliwell-Horner on Creating the World in Her Fantasy Novel 'Rosie Frost & the Falcon Queen'
BY CHRISTINA RADISH
The Spice Girl also talks about her love of the songwriting process and why she wanted to include original songs to enhance this new world.
From Spice Girl, songwriter and author Geri Halliwell-Horner, the fantasy adventure novel Rosie Frost & the Falcon Queen follows the suddenly orphaned teen as she’s sent to Bloodstone Island. While navigating the mysterious school and the mean kids who don’t want her there, Rosie discovers that believing in herself is far more powerful than she had ever realized.
During this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, Halliwell-Horner talked about weaving real history into fantasy, wanting to create this story as a trilogy (she’s currently working on Book 2), the gratitude she felt holding the first copy of the book that she received, why it took so many years to create this world, what led to her restructuring the story, her husband’s reaction after reading it, drawing from personal pieces of her own life, whether she already knows the ending to Rosie’s story, how she came to write songs to accompany the book (all books contain a QR code with access to the original songs), and her desire to see this world adapted for film or TV.
Collider: I love that this story weaves real history into it. I was very excited about the tie to Anne Boleyn. I loved Six: The Musical as much as everyone else who’s seen it.
GERI HALLIWELL-HORNER: Let’s discuss this. I love Six: The Musical and I think it has its place, but Anne Boleyn is smart, and I didn’t see that when I went to the musical. She was not portrayed as that, but I know it’s all tongue-in-cheek.
It’s hard when you only have a certain amount of minutes in a musical to convey everything and be entirely historically accurate. I saw Six: The Musical as a really fun interactive rock concert.
HALLIWELL-HORNER: Yeah, it’s actually a good way to remind us of these amazing queens. So, what did you think when you found out that I was leaning onto Anne Boleyn?
I loved that. I majored in journalism at university, but I minored in history for a bit, and specifically women in history, so I thought it was really cool that history was woven into this fantasy story.
HALLIWELL-HORNER: That’s good then. It sounds like it was your cup of tea.
Very much so. And clearly you love this world that you’ve created because, before the book is even out, you’ve already lined up a sequel. Did you know, from the beginning of writing this, that you would be continuing this story with other books?
HALLIWELL-HORNER: Yeah. First of all, I was creating a new hero. The world needs a new hero and someone ordinary. For me, a new superpower is vulnerability, and that’s what anyone can relate to. Maybe we can have a story where the DNA of it is finding the courage you never knew you had. Let’s put down the alpha males and the alpha girls, just for a minute. They have their place, but right now, I felt like this is what the world needs. We need to see it, so we can be it. The character was driving me first, and then her friends were always there, from different backgrounds. This world around Bloodstone Island that was created for her had so many facets and places to go with it that my aspiration was for it to be a trilogy.
As a book lover, what’s it like to receive your first copies of the book, to be able to hold it, to smell the pages, and to see the cover? What is that like?
HALLIWELL-HORNER: Oh, my God, it was absolutely amazing. I’ve written books before, like Ugenia Lavender, but that was for much younger. With this one, I have to say was like completely having a child, and then having it grow up and go out into the world. There’s that, if you can see it, you can be it. I kept on imagining that moment, seeing that cover and getting to open those pages. When I finally did, it was just that elation and gratitude that I was able to do that. It doesn’t matter who you are, at any time in life, you can pivot. You’re allowed to follow your dreams. I studied English literature. I thought about being a journalist, at some point prior to going into music. I’ve always loved music, but it was a progression of studying Hamlet, right before going into music. You can use language and the power of words in a condensed version in songwriting, but then have the ability and the opportunity to go into writing a novel. Those pages took me so long to do because I was learning as I went. I was just filled with absolute gratitude.
I read that it took you seven years to write this. Did you just want to take your time with it?
HALLIWELL-HORNER: No, I’m a very impatient person, but I felt compelled by her and by the story, and I just couldn’t let it go. What happened was that I wrote it in the first person and in the present tense. I showed it to a couple of publishers and I wasn’t getting, “Yeah, that’s amazing!” I was like, “Oh, God.” And then, I shared it with a guy called William Boyd, who’s the Beethoven of writing. He’s written Any Human Heart and he’s award-winning. It was like giving Humpty Dumpty to Beethoven. He said, “Rewrite it in the third person and the past tense because you’ve backed yourself into a corner.” I didn’t realize how hard I’d made it for myself. Everything was useful, that I did before. It gave me context and backstory. I was flushing out characters, in that process. I didn’t realize that, at the time. So, I just rewrote the whole thing, but in the third person in the past tense, and it was an easier read. You could navigate your way through easier. I was learning as I went, but I just couldn’t let it go. I feel incredibly grateful that there’s a real diversity of readers that have enjoyed this, whether it’s a teenage reader or 10-year-olds, and also my husband picked it up. I don’t know if you realize who my husband (Christian Horner) is, but he’s a team principal of a racing team, and he doesn’t really read. He kept watching me go off into my shed to write this and I said, “Would you read it?” And he said, “When it’s published.” And so, I finally gave him a book a few weeks ago and the first thing he said to me was, “Oh, it’s much better than I thought it would be.” He finished it a few days later and he said, “You know what? I couldn’t put it down. I just wanted to find out what happened next.” The fact that he liked it and really enjoyed it, I thought, “Okay, this is good.” I’ve had good feedback from the younger generation, but from him, a reluctant reader, I was like, “Yes!”
What kind of writer are you? Are you someone who likes to meticulously plot ahead of time? Do you like to write and see where things go? Do you start knowing what your ending is?
HALLIWELL-HORNER: There are two ways to do it. Part of my challenge at the beginning was that I just wrote as I went. Sometimes you come up with ideas and go, “Oh, I didn’t even think of that, and now it’s happening.” When you get to play God with whether someone lives, dies, loves or cries, it’s amazing. So, when I went back to fix it, it was almost like doing surgery. It was William Boyd that said to me, there are two ways to write a book and the other way is to actually structure it, which I’ve done for book two. I’ve had a bit more structure, and that’s been a much more supportive way of writing. Having said that, if something happens, you allow it to happen, but it’s almost like having stabilizers on a bike or a sat nav. You know you’re going in this direction and suddenly there might be a bit of traffic, and then you deviate a little bit, so you have to open to that.
Are you at a point where you know what the ending of Rosie’s story is, or do you not want to know yet?
HALLIWELL-HORNER: I’ve got one scene in my head. Sometimes I write when I’m not writing. I’ve got this vision in my head of what I think it is, but what I’m doing all the time is collecting. My goodness, if anyone saw my [browser] history with the things that I’m searching, they’d think, “What the hell are you looking at?” It’s called icebergs. Your book should never smell of a library. I’ve learned that you don’t have to say it, so long as you know why your character is doing something. As long as it’s legitimate, why you’ve chosen that particular thing to happen, it’s fine.
I love music as much as I love reading, so I was thrilled to find out that we’re also getting songs that accompany this book. Did you always know that you wanted to write songs to go along with this story?
HALLIWELL-HORNER: I like the writing process and the songwriting process. I’ve never stopped writing songs. I’m no Mariah Carey. I think my range is probably one-tenth of hers. She’s amazing. She’s a very good songwriter, as well. But I’m confident in the songwriting, so I just kept that up. I want to share a whole world that’s an immersive world with the reader, so that they can really feel parts of it. You can always tell your audience, “We’re in this together.” And so, the plan for giving that bit of music is that gift of saying, “We’re in this together. I want you to feel it and live it.”
Would you like to see this turned into a movie or a TV show? Is this the kind of story that you’d want to see brought to life, in that way?
HALLIWELL-HORNER: Absolutely, yes.
I immediately started seeing it in my head.
HALLIWELL-HORNER: That’s the point. I’m a very visual person, so if you can see those scenes in your head when you’re reading something, that’s amazing. I would love to see it on the big screen.
It sounds like there are a lot of little personal pieces of yourself in Rosie. When you pull from personal aspects of your life, are you aware while you’re doing it? Are you intentionally looking to explore those things in a story, or is it only upon reflection that you realize they’re there?
HALLIWELL-HORNER: A bit of both. That’s very interesting. Certain things, I’ve found challenging throughout life, like standing up for yourself. I think anyone can relate to that, so I thought that was an important theme to put in. Also, with grief, my dad died when I was quite young and I felt quite embarrassed of my feelings. I didn’t know how to process it. So, I thought, can we lightly touch on it with the character? But then, after I wrote it, I was like, “Oh, my God, you’ve written the exact scene that’s happened to you. I gave the story to my publisher, and they give you loads and loads of notes that make you go, “Oh, my goodness.” She said, “I want you to do two things. I want you to write a new chapter one with backstory to show the reader where she came from and what happened before she got to Bloodstone.” And so, I did. I wrote that classroom scene where the teacher comes in, and that’s exactly what happened to me. The only difference was that I was looking at a different book. I was looking at Hamlet, and she’s looking at Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. That’s the only difference. It wasn’t until after that I realized what I’d done. It was glaring me in the face. I was like, “Oh, my goodness, talk about writing what you know.” Obviously, you manipulate it a little to fit the character and the story, but the feelings and the direction are there.
How cool is it to know that, because of the Spice Girls, you have such a diverse variety of fans, who are still your fans, all these years later?
HALLIWELL-HORNER: It’s amazing. It really makes me happy that it’s such a diverse group of people that connect with anything that I’ve done. What I love about America is that you can come back and say, “This is just a new chapter. Maybe that was Disney and now this is Pixar.” It’s just an evolution.
You maintain those fans, over the years, and then you can also reach new people with a book like this and a character like Rosie.
HALLIWELL-HORNER: It’s a dream come true. America has taught me that you’re allowed to follow your dreams. Why not?
Posted by: Yobnedor 7th October 2023, 09:05 AM
I’m quite enjoying it at the moment, I'm about 100 pages in.
If you imagine Ginger Spice and Geri Horner writing Harry Potter… you get this.
Posted by: schizo_spice 7th October 2023, 04:09 PM
It’s a great book and there is so many possibilities for it to in great directions with sequels.
Posted by: Yobnedor 7th October 2023, 04:39 PM
I’m about half way through now, it’s a little slow but it’s getting there.
Posted by: schizo_spice 12th October 2023, 01:49 AM
https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/?fbclid=IwAR2jPBJ0O7jM4j0jbcJBAPYIDogca2nlZkO8RKo2QAFQnbWBxZwHZPYH4wU
Number 4 on the NY Times Bestsellers list for her book category.
So happy for her. 
Posted by: dancinqueen 12th October 2023, 03:49 PM
Wow! Basically like numba 1 in our hearts.
Congrats, Queen.
Posted by: Mr.X 13th October 2023, 02:07 PM
Number 4 on the NY Times Bestsellers list for her book category.
So happy for her.
Isn't that similar success to having a #4 on the Download charts whilst nothing on the main Singles charts?
I just spent some time on Spice Circle after not being there for a while and it is all so depressing...
Posted by: sammy01 13th October 2023, 04:12 PM
You just need to ask yourself how many childrens books are hardback. A Harry Potter cookbook is at number 5.
Posted by: ___∆___ 15th October 2023, 10:41 AM
All the pictures and interactions look great from the US and UK book signings - can’t wait for the London one
Posted by: ___∆___ 15th October 2023, 10:45 AM
It’s all relative though isn’t it?
Also the book charts can be highly skewed by the likes of Amazon etc., running promos - that’s why you often see titles on the best sellers list go 1-out-6-out-1-out.
Posted by: sammy01 15th October 2023, 02:57 PM
Also the book charts can be highly skewed by the likes of Amazon etc., running promos - that’s why you often see titles on the best sellers list go 1-out-6-out-1-out.
Of course which is why these things all need taking with a pinch of salt.
Posted by: Melancholia 16th October 2023, 10:58 AM
Happy for her. The Chris Evans interview was a good one this era.
You definitely get the impression she doesn't see herself as a performing member of the Spice Girls anymore, the way she says the songs and group are "for everybody" and how she always had a good time. Victoria and Geri have moved on.
Posted by: schizo_spice 16th October 2023, 05:25 PM
I feel Geri got her closure with Wembley Stadium.
The positive reception she’s getting to her book must be very rewarding though as if it was a solo album she’d likely be getting a lot of negative press. I’m happy she’s enjoying success and positive acclaim.
I’m sure she will still participate in future spice stuff though.
Posted by: sammy01 16th October 2023, 09:07 PM
Surely you mean coinmaster adverts were her closure or are we forgetting that?
Posted by: Melancholia 17th October 2023, 09:39 AM
You know what they meant. Grow up.
Posted by: ThePensmith 17th October 2023, 07:15 PM
She's a guest on the latest episode of Giovanna Fletcher's podcast Happy Mum Happy Baby, just been listening to it. Lovely little chat this actually! Also turns out Gi listened to the "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" album whilst doing her GCSE Art coursework!
Posted by: sammy01 18th October 2023, 06:25 AM
She is coming across much better than I was expecting in the promo rounds. I think doing the US first was good for her as they are much more fun interviewers and it is less uptight and formal leading to Geri being the same.
It is just a shame she is peddling a kids book, sigh.
Posted by: sammy01 18th October 2023, 06:32 AM
I did but it is a bit wise to cherry pick where her closure comes when she did coinmaster adverts after. She got closure but that coinmaster cheque was still calling.
Let's be honest coinmaster is a shit stain on their legacy because of when it happened. If it had been during or before a tour or big project like the Walkers crisps adverts in 2019 then fair enough. But when you cant commit yourself enough to the band to do anything worthwhile in 4 years but still take a cheque using the bands image for a silly phone game. Yeah that goes beyond tacky.
Posted by: Melancholia 18th October 2023, 10:20 AM
^ The Spice Girls advertised anything back in the day, getting a pretty penny for some ads is nothing and were they not running during Spice 25?
That video was nice because it seemed more like Geri Halliwell and not Geri Horner talking, if you know what I mean.
- the way she says "right" at the end of small sentences hasn't changed, took me straight back to One Hour Of Girl Power
Posted by: Mr.X 18th October 2023, 10:47 AM
Let's be honest coinmaster is a shit stain on their legacy because of when it happened. If it had been during or before a tour or big project like the Walkers crisps adverts in 2019 then fair enough. But when you cant commit yourself enough to the band to do anything worthwhile in 4 years but still take a cheque using the bands image for a silly phone game. Yeah that goes beyond tacky.
This but also it is the fact that technically they DID have a project to promote at the time, Spice25 and they did f*** all for it whilst they did get together and promoted Coinmaster instead.
It is a sure fire way to get the fans pissed off and it did work that way. They basically neglected promoting their own music AGAIN but were happy to do 4 or 5 shitty coinmaster adverts during that time. Like, talk about showing how little you care.
And no, it wasnt all of them. Mel C at least did promo for Spice25, whilst the others basically did one instagram post and left it to die.
Posted by: ___∆___ 28th October 2023, 04:48 PM
London book signing was great - got there about 10.30 and was in the first group to meet Geri.
She signed up to 2 copies of the new book and 1 item of merch plus a photo, she was having a chat with everyone too.
Posted by: schizo_spice 29th October 2023, 10:42 AM
Her signings have been so well received all round. She’s such a sweetheart.
Posted by: ___∆___ 29th October 2023, 11:28 AM
She’s always lovely but it was so nice that she was taking time with everyone and having pictures too.
She seems to be in her element with this release.
Posted by: sammy01 31st January 2024, 10:27 AM
Bookmark me.
Turns out I gave her more credit than I should. The songs didn't even get a Youtube release.
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