Hello! I’m good today thank you, I’m answering from my studio in Camberwell, London.

Yes! I love talking about dating – I have a boyfriend now, but when I was going on lots of dates (mostly terrible ones), I loved coming back to my friends to tell them my stories. I equally love my friends telling me about their dates. I just love gossip!
I think one of my friends then said I should make a book about my dating stories one day, so I started by drawing comics of them. I asked my Instagram followers for their stories too, and soon found that they had way funnier stories than me - so I started drawing and posting theirs onto Instagram.

Thanks! (Un)romantic fiction I guess! It’s a silly story about a girl called Olive going on lots and lots of bad dates. She then joins a bad daters group to talk about her experiences, and even more disasters happen! It’s definitely not a self help guide, it’s more a look how shit dating can be kinda thing - let’s laugh at it.

No not really. I started drawing fruit and veg because I like the easy shapes and the bright colours, and I thought they looked cute with smiley faces.

Oh yes I’ve seen Amelia’s videos! I like her interview style, it’s so funny and awkward, but awkward in a great way. I think everyone loves a good and awkward date or dating story, as it’s relatable and funny. It also reminds anyone who’s been on awkward, weird or bad dates that they’re not alone and it happens to everyone. Also it’s just good to laugh at it, isn’t it? Being too serious about these kinds of things would be boring.

Yes! Totally agree with this! Laughing at yourself when something bad happens, whether it’s a date or something else, is way better for you than being sad about it. It makes it easier to feel better about it, too.

I think I just enjoy writing how I speak! Sometimes I record myself talking about something and then write it almost exactly as is. I think I did this for the plot of the book, actually. It just comes way more naturally to me that way. Also there’s not much text other than people speaking in my book, so I guess that helps it to be more relatable.

Oh god. I actually don’t think I can write the worst one for you! (Laughs) It will be on the Internet forever! It’s bad! Other bad dating stories though:
I was so brutally ghosted by someone who seemed very, very into me. It was so bad that my friends and I thought he was dead. I literally never heard from him again after I had just asked him over to have dinner together. But 3 months later he added me to his close friends list on Instagram?!
Once I was dating someone, for like 4 months, like watching-the-sunset-together and going-out-for-dinner dating. I told him I really liked him and he was like “Oh really? This is just sex though, isn't it?”.
Once, as I went in for a kiss with someone our nose rings got stuck together. It was so awkward! But also really funny looking back on it.

Don’t take dating too seriously! It should be fun and silly, and then you won’t get as hurt if something doesn’t work out. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket too - it’s good to talk to multiple people, maybe even casually date multiple people. Then if one doesn’t work out you have someone else! Also if a date is going badly, either:
A) Think about how this will make a funny and entertaining story for you friends, or,
B) Leave because you really don’t owe them anything. I definitely didn’t leave enough bad dates early when I should have!

(Laughs) I would say despairing. I didn’t want to write a book with an ‘oh, look, they ended up with someone and are so happy now!’ kind of ending. I wanted it to be like ‘oh, dating is still terrible, but oh well! That’s fine!” But maybe it’s also hopeful in the sense that the reader can feel like they’re not alone in this terrible dating world, and everyone goes through it!