Introduction

Hi. Before I started composing this page I was unsure as to how I should go about it: You see I live in a world that’s very much like yours. – In fact in many ways it’s pretty much a mirror-image of yours; yet in other ways it can be quite different.

My name’s Callie Messam – formerly Callie Hemingway.. ‘Long story, and I could ramble on about that for hours; but I’ll spare you all at this time. I know a lot about your world because my creator, Sharron Idol, lives in it.

‘See I’m a fictional literary character… Or should that be a literary fictional character? Whichever is correct, I’m brought to life by Sharron Idol in her forthcoming three-series book titled “New Hollycopse”.

Callie’s Dilemma

Here it gets complicated for me, because, although the book has been written and submitted to a number of publishers and literary agents at this time, nobody has yet accepted it for publication at time of writing, and so it isn’t yet published. Therefore in my world I’m waiting for things to happen; for the story contained in the book to become my reality.

At the risk of boring you, allow me to expand upon that further: –

You see, my world and also I myself have both already been written about; so that has already brought me into existence within the reality created for me. – But for me to live my story, moving on, I can only do so through your action when you read it: A story is as good as useless if it is never read.

I’m told that the story is exciting, and that there are 38 ephisodes – chapters if you prefer – over three individual series’. Other than that I can’t tell you a lot until the work is published. When that happens I’ll need people like yourself to read it, in order to properly bring me to life and to read my future if you will.

Until that happens, at least allow me to tell you something about myself as I am now, before the story starts happening. – Hopefully I can do that without giving too much away.

A Little About Callie Up To Now

I’m trying not to give too much away as I go about telling you this; and that’s for two reasons: The first is that Sharron-Idol won’t be too happy if I give away spoilers. Secondly I find a lot of my previous life embarrassing and rather cringeworthy.

I’m aware that Sharron the author has already said a few things on the index page of her New Hollycopse website on your internet, so I’ll consult what she shared with me about that and we can take it from there.

Yeah it starts by telling you some things that happened before I was even born. My auntie told me about a lot of that. OK let’s start with that: My auntie – I won’t give away her name right now – was involved with the running of a horse sanctuary back last century. It’s a family thing; a lot of people in my family love horses, and I’m one of those people.

You’ll be Surprised…

Now when you find out what I do for a living, you’re going to wonder how on earth that ties in with anything equine: –

I’m a London trendsetter, a sort of ‘style guru’ if you like. I think they’re now called ‘influencers’ in your world.

Does it pay well? – Hmm fairly well. I’m told I make more in a week than the majority of people make in a year. If that’s true then it can’t be all that bad eh? It keeps the lights on and a roof over my head. In London that in itself costs a small fortune in my world. I’m told it’s a similar situation with regard to London in your world too.

Why?

Anyway, whatever, I’ve been doing this a few years now. The idea of it all was to earn enough to buy a decent equine facility; but the cost of even owning a horse these days has skyrocketed compared to how it used to be.

As you can imagine, it’s because of those skyrocketing costs that I need to make as much money as I can before I embark upon an equine project. In fact it’s not just owning a horse; the whole cost of living has become pretty astronomical these days.

Oh yes I’m still fully in touch with what’s going on around me. The tabloids portray me as a rich-bitch with more-money-than-sense… But I don’t want to neg you out talking about the demented ramblings of the gutter-press because they have nothing better to print.

Compassion

I honestly feel for people who have fewer financial means. Heck even I find it tough going these days! Yes toffy little Miss Moneybags who shops at Harrods and Peter Jones’ is feeling the pinch in her luxury boudoir at the posh end of the smoke.

Look I have a number of sponsors, a few of those are of the highest kind – ‘not naming any names such as Gucci. I prance about on catwalks and appear in all the high places in this fast-paced rat-race of a hole called London.

– It makes me money; it allows me to have a lavish lifestyle and attend all the do’s laid on by the higher echelons of society. It all gives me life at the expensive end… And I’ll tell you something else about it: this’ll surprise ya. – It sucks!

Better Than London

Ghasp you may well; but I’d much rather be out there in the English countryside.

Do you know what’s better than attending a classy soiree’ in an elegant function room amidst or even above all this metropolitan grime? Tacking up a horse and riding like the wind with the hunt through fields, meadows, streams, thickets and brambles. For those who aren’t aware it’s called being out there, being free, being at one with nature.

I digress: Thanks to our tabloids, particularly the Capital Reporter, everybody knows that I pulled myself up from a destiny which may have seen me in much lower echelons. Somebody told me that I’m celebrity stock. Even my own mother, bless her, says she isn’t sure who my father is.

I Am What I Am

– But I have a good memory. I remember a few things about growing up. It wasn’t exactly that long ago. I don’t need celebrity connections to be who I am though. OK I have numerous friends who are celebrities and high-worth individuals. It’s good to know them, it’s useful to know them too – but they don’t make me the person talking to you right now.

I know, I know; I’m going off at a tangent again.

Let me just say though that at some point in the not too distant future I gotta move on. I think I have enough to strike out on my own to some degree. I still have sponsors, and I hope to keep them and to expand their brand-awareness to pastures new as I do so.

Conclusion & Call To Action

I set out to introduce myself to you, and now I feel that I may have given you the impression that you’re talking with some kind of force majeure’. Please forgive me for the overwhelm.

Anyway look that’s my piece for now. – As always in this line of work I’ve people to see, things to do, and not enough time to do it. I’m sure if the tabloids at my end get a hold of this they’ll try to use it to rip me apart again; but you know what they say about life being a bitch.

Take care. Look after yourselves. Stay responsible, because your every word and action today shapes your tomorrow. – And don’t forget to read the book when it’s published: There’s a lot depending upon your doing so.

By the way; this book WILL be published in due course, whether or not literary agents like it, and no matter how long it takes to get it published. – I have that as a fact set in stone on good faith by its author.

All the best.
 
Callie. X.

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