Guest Post – 5 Ways To Cope With Being Grounded by Katy Birchall
I am a huge Katy Birchall fan! She is just brilliant and her books always make me laugh out loud and when I say out loud I mean LOUD!
Following on from the fab success of the brilliant IT Girl series Katy is back with Secrets Of A Teenage Heiress published by Egmont today, 11th January 2018!
Happy Book Birthday Katy!
“An hilariously funny and fabulously glamorous series from the author of It Girl. Perfect for10+ years readers, and fans of Geek Girl and Girl Online”
So to celebrate today I have the lady herself with a fab guest post….although someone seems to have amended the text…..
Flick’s family have owned The Royale – one of London’s most prestigious hotels – for generations. But Flick isn’t that interested. She is interested in the newest guest – superstar celebrity Skylar Chase, and Sky’s mega-famous group of friends, including dreamy YouTube star, Ethan Duke. But just as Flick gets the chance to join their glittering squad, she gets grounded following an unfortunate incident involving a prince, a wardrobe and a selfie stick (it could have happened to anyone!). With only her Instagram star pet dachshund, Fritz, for company, will Flick find a way to escape The Royale and join the fame game?
5 Ways To Cope With Being Grounded
(amended by Flick Royale, star of Secrets of a Teenage Heiress)
1. Talk to your parents Don’t talk to your parents
Seriously, talking to your parents is just about the WORST thing you can do. I mean, what are they going to say? You really think they’re going to AGREE with you? HA! The last time Mum agreed with me was that time when I was about four years old and I asked her to close the window because I was cold. She agreed it was cold. THAT’S IT.
The only thing to do when grounded is SULK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. That means no talking, no listening, no nothing. They don’t deserve such reasonable behaviour.
2. Show that you are responsible by helping with chores Create as much trouble as possible
Being grounded is all about principles and your parents violating yours. Time to rebel!! Look, if they’re going to ground you for something TINY, there is no harm in providing them with a little reminder of how bad you really could be if you wanted.
Like the time Mum grounded me when I stuck a note on boring Mr Grindle’s back saying “I am secretly an ostrich”.
In retaliation for her stomping all over my creativity by grounding me for such HILARIOUS behaviour, I hid all our coasters and put wet glasses down on all the surfaces around the flat for two weeks until my punishment was up.
It drove her NUTS.
I’d say she’ll think twice before grounding me again, that’s for sure.
3. Accept responsibility for your actions Never say sorry
Trust me, whatever you did to get grounded, it’s probably not your fault. You know why? Because parents are bonkers. And then they expect us to be normal.
If anything, they should be apologising to YOU. Just because.
4. Make the most of being grounded Do NOT have fun while being grounded
Seriously, no offence, but what kind of nerd wrote this stupid list? Making the most of being grounded is the worst thing you can do. Then parents will think it’s ACCEPTABLE.
Instead, make your parents feel as guilty as possible.
Tried and tested ways of doing this are:
· Crying
· Shouting
· Screaming
· Slamming doors
· Telling them that your dachshund Fritz is the only one you can talk to in this cruel, cruel world
· Telling them that if you weren’t grounded, you might be out there making human friends and finding a path of good in life
· But instead you’re stuck inside forced to tell your feelings to your DOG
· And now you’ll probably be shunned by society
·Because, thanks to your childhood, you can’t talk to fellow humans
· Only dogs
5. Learn from your mistakes DON’T LET THE MAN KEEP YOU DOWN!!
Learning from your mistakes = defeat.
Don’t let them win.
I’d love to stay and elaborate on this point but apparently Chef found out I hid his chef hat in a giant bag of flour and now Mum and him want to “have a word.”
Fritz and I had better escape while we have the chance.
See ya! x
You can buy a copy of Secrets Of A Teenage Heiress here or from your local bookshop
About Katy Birchall
Katy Birchall is the author of the side-splittingly funny The It Girl: Superstar Geek, The It Girl: Team Awkward and The It Girl: Don’t Tell the Bridesmaid. She also worked at Country Life magazine as their Deputy Features Editor. Katy won the 24/7 Theatre Festival Award for Most Promising New Comedy Writer with her very serious play about a ninja monkey at a dinner party. Her pet labradors are the loves of her life, she is mildly obsessed with Jane Austen and one day she hopes to wake up as an elf in The Lord of the Rings. Katy lives in Brixton, London.
You can find out more about Katy on her website – katybirchallauthor.com
Or why not follow her on twitter – @KatyBirchall
Previously On Tales…
Click on the below links for previous post with Abi Elphinstone her on Tales Of Yesterday!
Spotlight – The It Girl by Katy Birchall
Guest Post – 10 Things I’ve Learnt About Being An Author by Katy Birchall
Tales Review – The It Girl by Katy Birchall
Guest Post – How To Survive Sports Day by Katy Birchall
Guest Post – An EXCLUSIVE Interview With It Girl, Anna Huntley by Katy Birchall
A huge big thank you to Siobhan at Egmont for asking me to host this fab post and for donating our January 2018 British Books Challenge Book Prize which includes Secrets Of A Teenage Heiress.
Have you read Secrets Of A Teenage Heiress? What did you think? What was your favourite part? If you have not read it yet have we tempted you to go and grab a copy? I would love to hear from you! Why not leave a comment using the reply button at the top of this post or tweet me on twitter using @chelleytoy!
Happy Reading!
