One of our new writers for the second series is Rachel Sambrooks.  She sent us several sketches during our submission window but it was one in particular that we just had to use.  We asked her a few questions and she answered them:

4amcab: Hi
Rachel Sambrooks: Hello you

4amcab: Thanks for submitting material to us for our second series.
RS: Thanks for including it.

4amcab: So who are you?
RS: I am a writer, performer and teacher, so I do freelance projects related
to theatre/radio etc. I’ve had funding for projects and writing and done
stand up but I’m concentrating on writing at the moment. I’m also a mother
of two and carer for my feisty, cheeky but language disordered (it’s a
disability thing) youngest.

4amcab: We loved the idea of a Russian girl sending out emails to try find
love.  How did you come up with the idea?
RS: I received a series of spam emails from supposed Russian beauties who
sounded like they knew me, even though it was obviously made up. It made me
laugh and I wondered what would it be like if they were real. I wrote a
draft sketch and ideas and thought it might fit the tone of the 4amcab
podcast.

4amcab: We’ve asked you to write a story arc for the characters of
Svetlana and to introduce other people in her life.  How did you
approach the challenge?
RS: I had already imagined her living in a house share of lovelorn lovelies
so after you suggested building a narrative and gave me some great ideas
(thanks) I expanded on that and tried to include the funniest email scams I
had received. It’s a nice way to use the stupid dross you get without just
blatantly saying ‘look at this scam isn’t it stupid’.

4amcab: Finally, where else can we hear your words?
RS: I’m just in the process of setting up a website and I’ll be putting my
stuff up on there. You can also follow me on twitter: @labellaraquella.
If anyone does like what they hear, please contact me if you have any
writing work! (Worth a try even in an interview, isn’t it?)

4amcab: Thanks again for writing for us
RS: Thanks so much for having me!