Authors of:  Let's Talk Love

Tell Us A Bit About Yourselves... We have been together for 20 years and married for 17. Between us we have four children, all from previous marriages. though as they are between 29 and 31 they are hardly children any more! We live on the edge of the New Forest in South Wiltshire with our cavalier king charles spaniel, Rufus, and work from home as full time specialist Relationship Coaches.

We studied NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) together and have built it into our way of life, practising it at home as well as at work and particularly in our relationship. We keep up our professional development by regular attendance at practice groups both for NLP and 'Clean Language', the therapeutic method devised by David Grove for dealing with deep trauma.

We work together with our clients, providing a double perspective, male and female, and combining our different strengths. This approach is particularly valuable when working with couples. We offer regular sessions of two hours or 1 and 2 day long 'intensives'. The intensives are designed to help couples reach a breakthrough faster and are especially useful if they are pressed for time. All our sessions with clients are designed to keep them in charge and help them find their own solutions. They tell us sessions with us are nothing like 'counselling'!

We work closely with many solicitors, pioneering the way forward for 'better divorce' using the collaborative family law model, which avoids going to court to settle disputes.

What Is Your Book About? Let's Talk Love does what it says on the cover. It is a 'how to' book helping people everywhere tell their loved ones just how much they love them. It reflects our belief that relationships prosper when you pay attention to the little things and gets people started with more than 150 love statements they can say to their partner.

Who Is It Aimed At? Ideal as a gift, a coaching resources or a self-help book for those wanting to improve their relationship.

What Inspired You To Write It? The inspiration came from our clients. We have taught the technique that is the foundation of this book to many couples. We encouraged them to focus on the little everyday things that make a difference to their lives and they showed us that people positively glow when they are cherished.

What Would You Like Your Readers To Get From Your Book? First and foremost a closer connection with the people they love. We'd also love them to share the sense of fun we had in creating many of the love statements - because love doesn't always have to be serious.

When Did You First Realise That You Wanted To Write This Book? The book rose almost instantly in Jenny's mind on one of our early morning walks in the Forest. On getting home Jenny roughed out the idea and Nigel then 'facilitated' her to think through the structure and some of the detail and the book wrote itself very quickly.

What Gave You The Push To Get Published? This is too good an idea and too good a technique to keep to ourselves. We want to share it with as many people as possible. Bringing more 'love' into relationships will help heal the dysfunction in our society.

Did You Have Any Difficulty In Getting Published?  By finding a partnership publishing partner all our difficulties seemed to evaporate!

What Hurdles Did You Face Whilst Writing & How Did You Overcome Them? Keeping it simple. We wanted to keep the basic message 'clean' and uncluttered. Which meant leaving out all the stuff we know:

• about how the technique works
• about why the structure of the love statements is important
• about why it is crucial that couple practice saying their love statements out loud to each other 

The second hurdle was getting the book to reflect both our styles without compromising either of us. Talk about needing to practice what we preach!

How Did It Feel Seeing Your Book In Real Life For The 1st Time? Jenny: Soooo excited - like a Catherine Wheel as it says in my blog! Nigel: Really quite pleased.

Do You Have Any Tips For Our Budding Authors? Find someone to work with closely, who will keep you on track and nag you when you find 'other' things to do instead of writing. This is particularly useful once the text is written and you need the 'editors' red pencil to review what you have done.

What's Next For You? We already have the outline of our next book, 'Let's Have a Better Argument', but first we intend to get out there and promote this one by badgering radio stations to interview us, finding opportunities for book signings, and active work on social networks and personal networks to put the title in front of as many people as possible.