Today I'm talking to Silvia Saunders about her award-winning novel Homesick, what kept her going after 10 years of querying and tips for writing funny scenes @harpercollins.bsky.social
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Sorry to be so basic.
The Traitors at The Proms was so much fun! Incredible orchestra and performers - plus all the special guests were a real treat!
It took me 23 days, and an appeal, but on principle I was not giving up and missing out. Finally received my whopping £2.95 Delay Repay compensation 🎉
Today I'm talking to Krystelle Bamford about her unique greek chorus novel Idle Grounds, creating dread for her child protagonists and the reader and why Krystelle recommends her experience with an early career agent
@HutchHeinemann
🎧 bit.ly/COADNkrystelle
Today I’m talking to Mel Pennant about her crime novel A Murder for Miss Hortense, how Mel was inspired by her grandmother and what it’s like to write a novel when you’re used to writing plays @johnmurrays.bsky.social
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Today I'm talking to Barnaby Martin about his exciting dystopian novel The Quiet, his tips for writing a changed society and how his writing career began with video essays on YouTube @panmacmillan.bsky.social
🎧 bit.ly/COADNbarnaby
From COVID 'Who not to save?' to the welfare cuts to #AssistedDyingBill, the UK is telling us disabled people loud and clear: we are a burden, a drain, a blight, we're unwelcome, unnecessary, better off dead.
Today I’m talking to Lisa Smith about her historical novel Jamaica Road. We discuss how the idea came from a writing exercise and voices that wouldn't leave her alone, using real newspaper extracts to make the political backdrop come alive
🎧 bit.ly/COADNlisas
My local village is hosting an open gardens today. It's perfect for nosey people like me because you get to snoop around posh people's gardens legitimately.
P.S. Now there's a photo of me on Getty does that mean I've made it?!
Had a lovely time at the @womensprize.bsky.social ceremony last night! It's been a dream come true to be involved with the trust. Huge congrats to Rachel Clarke and Yael van der Wouden as well as all the nominees!
Today I'm talking to Seán Hewitt about his literary novel Open, Heaven, using 1st person perspective to explore what love feels like and why you should frame a query letter as you giving agents an amazing opportunity
🎧 bit.ly/COADNseanh
Started watching What It Feels Like for a Girl on iPlayer - one of the best things I've watched in ages.
Loved chatting to Chloe about Ordinary Saints, creative process, debut life, and writing community. Have a listen!
Today I'm talking to @niamhsquared.bsky.social about her contemporary novel Ordinary Saints, why she deleted her first 20k words and how entering a competition to give herself a deadline changed her life @manillapress.bsky.social
🎧 bit.ly/COADNniamh
Today I’m talking to Claire Gleeson about her novel Show Me Where It Hurts, writing empathetically about familicide and grief, and how to fit writing around a busy life
@sceptrebooks.bsky.social
🎧 bit.ly/COADNclaireg
Yeah three just screams procrastination for me
8? wow, I could never
That's a good point!
Yes I think that's reality for a lot of us!
Interestingly I did two podcast interviews back to back where one author said she writes in the scrappy 20 minute chunks wherever she finds them and the other author said they have to block out 1-2hr writing sessions. Which is closest to your method?
Bought some bougie smoked chilli peanut butter when I was away and believe me when I say it is LIFE CHANGING.
Asha from Corrie wants a word
Congratulations to these outrageously talented women! It was a real joy to read your words and a pleasure to be part of the wonderful judging experience!
Today I'm talking to Niloufar Lamakan about her romance novel Aged to Perfection, changing the narrative about women in their 60s and working with a digital first publisher which doesn't require an agent
🎧 bit.ly/COADNniloufar
Ha!
Your Pope name is: Last thing you ate + number of letters in your first name —
Kneel before Pope Marmite-Toast V!
Confessions of a Debut Novelist is back! And a brilliant episode with @katekemp.bsky.social about The Grapevine, the challenge of writing from a 12-year-old's POV and how she used social media to take the plunge in taking her writing seriously
🎧 bit.ly/COADNkatek
Good news! Confessions of a Debut Novelist is back tomorrow with a brand new episode. A tense, atmospheric novel set in 1970s suburban Australia about the hidden lives of women. Can you guess who my guest is?