- Author Jilly Cooper confessed that she is no longer interested in sex
- The 86-year-old said she has ‘forgotten how to do it’ with age
- The beloved ‘bonkbuster’ has been writing novels for almost 50 years
Romance writer Jilly Cooper has admitted she struggles to write raunchy sex scenes because she ‘forgot how to do it’ over the years.
The 86-year-old, who is known for her light-hearted take on erotic fiction, confessed that she is writing her new book ‘Tackle!’ was much harder than others because she is not that interested in sex anymore.
The British author lost her husband Leo a decade ago and said writing suspenseful scenes to please readers is harder than people think.
Cooper told Good Housekeeping magazine: ‘I’m 86 now and have forgotten how to do it!
‘It’s quite difficult to write sex scenes; you can’t keep finding ways to do it differently.”
Novelist Jilly Cooper, 86, confessed that she wrote her new book ‘Tackle!’ was difficult because she is not that interested in sex anymore. Cooper told Good Housekeeping magazine: ‘I’m 86 now and have forgotten how to do it!’
Cooper pictured in 1973 on the Russell Harty Plus show
Cooper’s first novel Emily was published in 1975 and her most celebrated fiction, Rutshire Chronicles, has sold millions of copies.
She also revealed that the secret to a long, happy marriage is ‘creaking bed springs’ – although not so much sex, but laughter.
‘Leo was sweet and made me scream with laughter. “I think couples need to try a little harder, but there are clearly bad spots,” she said.
“I think it’s much better for people not to get married if they’re really unhappy.”
The British author lost her husband Leo a decade ago and said writing suspenseful scenes that satisfy readers is harder than people think. ‘Leo was sweet and made me scream with laughter. “I think couples need to try a little harder, but there are clearly bad spots,” she said
Cooper has previously said she supported Leeds United when she lived in Yorkshire.
But after launching her new book into the football world, she admitted she has changed her allegiance and is now more of a fan of league champions Manchester City and also watches local side Forest Green Rovers.
Cooper, who now lives in Gloucestershire, said: “We have a local team called Forest Green and I have made friends with them and go to their games.
‘Lord (Michael) Howard took me to Liverpool. I met all these people and it was exciting.
‘I love Manchester City, they are so successful and I follow them like crazy.’
The Riders storyline revolved around the handsome but dastardly Rupert Campbell-Black and his rival Jake Lovell. But one of Riders’ more daring scenes shows jockey Billy Lloyd-Foxe’s passionate embrace with a journalist named Janey.
Before the huge success of the first of the series, Riders, published in 1985, she was a journalist and wrote columns for a Sunday newspaper.
The mother of two acknowledges that times have changed since she was a submissive newlywed, running around doing laundry, cleaning and cooking before getting ready for nights of unbridled sex.
She admits she has been keeping diaries since the early 1970s and hopes her children will burn because they are “quite spicy.”
“I tell my children, ‘You know, dear ones, I don’t want to embarrass you, and I think they should be burned,” she added.