title: And in other news….
abstract: Mo Foster is 70 years old and a novelist, and after publication of her second book she went into 'a kind of mourning'. Having lived with her fictitious characters during the novel's gestation, once they were gone she suddenly found herself feeling lonely. In the G2 section of The Guardian (May 21), she explained how she sought to fill the gap by looking for friendship - and possibly more - on the internet.