She laughs: 'On the Sun column the word count is 1,200 but with a novel it is 110,000 to 120,000. The disciplines of journalism mean she is used to writing to restricted word counts with the emphasis on telling each story in a punchy, direct style. It sat in an in-tray and when I came to write my next novel I took up the script.'Ī deal with leading publishers Random House means Jane has to write more novels but it has taken until the latest work to get to grips with the demands of writing books. 'It was case of people saying we love it but we are not making any one-off dramas - really baffling but there it was. Channel 5 took an interest but policy changes meant the work was put on hold. There had been a story in the papers about designer babies and my friend said, 'Can you imagine everyone getting tested and the father finding out that it was not his child?'.'įor the vast majority of people this is where the discussion would end - in the pub - but for Jane the idea gave her the impetus to write a script for a television drama. Jane says: 'I was in a pub with a friend and we were just talking - as you do. A family secret threatens to destroy the perfect family when the son Ben needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. The latest plot, yet again, explores the complexities of human relationships. Homme and The Second Wives Club that made the top ten bestseller list. Perfect Match, published next month, will be the fifth novel from Jane and follows on from bestsellers Fourplay, The Ex Files, Dot. 'If you wake up every morning and feel miserable about what you have to do and hate your job then there must be nothing worse.' I was so passionate from the age of eleven that I wanted to be a journalist and if you are doing what you want to do then you can't ask for more. I always say to my daughters that the greatest thing in life is to be able to do something that you really care about. 'I love what I do - I love being a journalist. Jane, who started her career on The Solihull News above a dry cleaners in the town's Mell Square, is philosophical. Jane Moore would never be accused of being a shrinking violet - her outspoken comments in The Sun and its eight million readership give her an opportunity to sound off about anything from mobile phones to the injustices of society.īut Jane is so much more than just another loud-mouth - she has used her passion and opportunities to develop a broad career that puts other writers to shame.

The life of a journalist is deadline dominated - and Jane Moore's life is no exception.

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