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interviews with oh comely writers: victoria watts

words anna godfrey

30th September 2013

We often wonder what Oh Comely writers are up to, away from their writing for the magazine. So we got in touch and asked.

Our second writer interview is with Victoria Watts, who wrote the wonderful piece Can I Sleep on your Sofa? for issue 7. The article looks at couchsurfing as a way to not only travel, but to meet new and unusual people - artists who invite you to their house party, or undertakers who teach you the anatomy of a horse.

What is your job at the moment? I’m a yoga teacher and a blogger at Bridges and Balloons--a travel lifestyle blog about living the life you want to, not the life you think you should. My boyfriend and I left London in March 2012 and have been travelling ever since. We’re currently living in Ubud, Bali for five months where he’s editing a film, and I’m working on the blog, as well as studying yoga, nutrition and physiology.

Where are you most likely to be found at 3 o'clock on a Saturday afternoon? On a Saturday in Ubud, I’m most likely to be found in the spa! It’s so cheap here that Steve and I have made it a weekly visit – Saturday spa day. Why not?

What's been the smallest significant change in your life since writing for Oh Comely? I discovered the best drink in the world--capomo. It’s like coffee, only better. It’s even good for you. It’s high up on my ‘Reasons I need to live in Mexico’ list.

What’s best to drink whilst writing? Hot chocolate, perhaps with a dash of whisky.

Two pieces of advice for the 'you' of ten years ago, one personal, one professional. Meditate and do yoga--that covers both personal and professional.

Will you still be writing in five years, if so what would you like to be writing? I hope to still be writing the blog in whatever form it grows into, and I have ideas for books that may come out of that.

If you could have written one book that’s already published, what would it be? When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chudrun. Once you get past the title, it's an incredibly wise book. I know so many people who it's helped, myself included. I'd love to write something that useful. And I also secretly wish I'd written Eat, Pray, Love.

Our current issue is 'outer space' themed. What would be the pièce de résistance of your fantasy spaceship? A jacuzzi. I have no idea how it’d work, but it'd be next to one of the windows so you could sit in the bubbles while staring out to space.

You can also read Victoria's interview with Andrew Bird and her personal pice Things my mother never told me.

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