How did you learn about the internet?
I was a magazine journalist and I used to spend hours and hours at the bloody fax machine trying to feed through big long pages which would always jam up.
The minute the internet came along I was one of the first people on it. The joy of being able to send stuff by email compared to fax was brilliant!
Did you find it easy?
Yeah I think being a journalist helped. I'd been using computers for quite a bit. I knew you had to be careful about entering information but I think people think it's more complicated than it is.
They forget it's just a machine. If they make a mistake, they think the computer will know what they meant. A computer is only as intelligent as its user.
I'm definitely not a computer-phobe. In fact I'm a real gadget queen!
What are your main activities online?
Well I visit Amazon quite a bit to check my book sales. I also Google people all the time, especially if I'm writing something for a magazine like Closer and I want to know who Charlotte Church is going out with.
I also use the net for tracking things down. At the moment I'm trying to find some replacement eyelash curlers that I've broken!
I just type in the product name and have a look around from there.
I don't watch that much TV, but there are certain shows I like. EPGuides is great because it keeps you up-to-date with all your favourite programmes. The ABC site is also good for keeping up to date with Desperate Housewives.
I also use Telewest Broadband for my e-mail.
Do you ever use the internet for shopping?
Oh yes! I would shop on the internet permanently if I could. Certain things like clothes I think you need to try on, but shoes, definitely!
It's brilliant, you can shop at anytime, and that's what suits me most of all.
Any house stuff I love. There's a website called art and industrial design which supplies all the movies with their art deco furniture, but also sells to the public in New York.
Oh and Purves and Purves, Natuzzi, Amazing Emporium - anything housey or designey. The worst thing is I've just finished doing up my house so I haven't actually got any room for anything new!
Cosmetics shopping online is cool as well - I sometimes use Carmen Girls. You can always get great deals online as well, lastminute.com is great for holidays and EasyJet has great bargain flights.
Do you use the internet for work?
Yes, I do. I use the net to find things out like addresses and contact details. Google is great for stuff like that.
But I don't trust the content enough to rely on it for researching a book. That's when I'm a bit old fashioned and rely on real books rather than the net, although I buy all my books online.
Which site would you say you visit regularly?
Definitely Amazon because it's a great place to check your sales ranking.
When I was on Oprah, they mentioned my book Supersex. In America a 'top rating' for a book is if it's in the top 5000. My book went from 4000 to 20 overnight.
If you had a friend logging on for the first time, which site would you suggest they visit?
Do you know, I would probably say eBay. eBay doesn't really do anything for me.
The only things I've brought from eBay I really hated but I think most people are fascinated by it.
Do you use the internet to keep up-to-date with the news?
I'm not a big news reader, but I do check out newspaper sites, you know the tabloids like The Sun and The Mirror.
I also look at broadsheets like the The Independent when I've done an interview because normally you can't see an article before it's published.
I'm more interested in psychology news and sex issues, which I can see on Psychology Today.
Have you ever taken part in a web chat before?
Yes I have. I think it's great. Sometimes I do the Jo Wiley show on Radio One and sit alongside the producer.
I can see all the e-mail questions appearing on the screen. It's quite astonishing.
In the beginning I was quite threatened by it. I was scared that people might say something horrible about me. But once you get the hang of it, it's absolutely brilliant.
People connecting on the web is a great thing, you get a much better sense of someone's personality, compatibility and sense of humour in a web chat.
Much better than texting or e-mail because it's instant.
So tell us about your book Superdate?
It's a crash course in body language.
It's a book for people who don't really care why we do things, like why we make certain gestures, they just want to know how to walk, sit and act on a date.
What people seem to love are all the little titbits like how to tell if someone fancies you.
There's a brilliant bit about salt shakers. If you put your salt shaker on their side of the table you can actually tell by their reaction what they want from the date. It works every time.
How about looking for love online?
I haven't really checked out many dating sites. I've gone to a few and had a little look around.
But I think if I was interested in finding someone I would definitely use the net. I think speed dating and online dating are great ways to meet people.
What do you think the biggest mistakes are that people make in the dating game?
Men worry too much about words. They're always asking me for good chat up lines. A good chat up line is whatever is appropriate to the situation.
If you're in a sandwich shop the best chat up line is about one of the fillings.
Get your body language right, because that's how people make up their minds.
Also remember - there are as many unhappy people in relationships as there are single people, so stop making 'having a relationship' your only goal.
I think it's the kiss of death if you start thinking a relationship is the only thing that's going to make you happy.
Thinking that can make you bitter or desperate and it's a real turnoff. People sense stuff like that.
You really have to get your act together to attract people. Worry about making yourself happy first and then worry about finding someone else.
How about a top tip?
People don't think about personal space. We don't like people who invade our personal space too quickly.
On the other hand, it's a great way to see if someone likes you or not.
If you're talking to somebody and you're not sure whether they're interested in you, take one step closer, stay there for one or two beats and then step back.
If they're interested, and want to take things further, they'll move forward and try to close the gap. If they move back when you close in - that's a no-no.
If they stay where they are, they probably haven't worked out what they want.
And what can we expect in the future?
Well I've got a new series of Sex Inspectors. It's a great show and it dispels lots of myths.
We're doing a book to go with the series too.
I've got the column for Glamour and two more books to write - oh and I'll be doing some stuff for ivillage.co.uk too.
