4 friends reunite after 20 years for their hometown music festival. But with its dark roots and the even darker feelings that have been simmering for two decades, will they all make it out alive? Anyone remember the brilliant mini festivals of the South West in the 1990s? I won’t have seen you there but…
The Mothers – cover reveal!
I’m excited to announce that my new psychological thriller is out in January. ‘Gripping, tense, taut and brilliant. You’ll be begging your friends to read it so you can discuss it over and over again.’ – Grazia Bella, Electra, Skye, Chrissy and Jen met at an NCT class three years ago. The only thing they…
The Other Couple is an Amazon bestseller!
Thanks to everyone who bought The Other Couple and helped make it a Number 1 bestseller, not to mention all the bloggers who created such a buzz around the book, and the authors and reviewers who seemed to like it too. You can buy it here.
Tattletale
Wow, it’s dusty in here. Let me just step over these piles of newspaper and boxes and – Oh, I wondered where that was… Right, well. Here we are again. Long time no see. A lot’s happened since I last blogged: namely I’ve signed a two book deal with Trapeze, which is a brand new…
Tackling Publisher Edits by Emma Haughton
Originally posted on AUTHOR ALLSORTS:
As chance would have it, my allotted post on revision tips has fallen on the eve of my first structural edit for book three. So, no better time to think through the process, and gird my loins for the ordeal to come. ? Because publisher edits – particularly the first…
Is Social Rejection the Key to Creativity?
Originally posted on Cody Delistraty:
On the psychology of why rejection and loneliness may be necessary evils for the creative genius “In the deepest and most important things, we are unutterably alone, and for one person to be able to advise or even help another, a lot must happen, a lot must go well, a…
UKYAX!
On the 28th Feb I took the fast train to Birmingham for the first ever UKYA Extravaganza, organised by YA authors, Emma Pass (of ‘ACID’ fame) and Carnegie nominated Kerry Drewery. We met in a local pub where we conversed with great erudition and insight on weighty matters like who had the best bookmarks. Here’s a photo of…
Sorry it took so long…
Ahem. I appear not to have blogged for a while, so here’s a rundown of what’s been going on and what’s happening soon: There are always great articles on the Author Allsorts blog, and last month’s theme was writers’ daily routines. Here’s mine. At the end of last year my fantastic former editor, Shelley Instone, became a…
Break Into Writing: SW.r1tes
As part of the SW.r1tes festival I was at Pimlico Library last night, talking about my experiences on the long and winding road to getting published. I tackled the usual topics: the pros/cons of writer’s groups (one memorable piece of advice I received was: “if it’s for kids it should have a dragon in it”),…
7 things you always wanted to know about me
Fletcher Moss, winner of the 2012 Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction competition for his stunning novel, The Poison Boy, (check out his excellent blog at http://www.sleepwellandfly.blogspot.co.uk) has tagged me on this blog chain, which allows me to talk about my fabulous self for seven whole paras. 1. I have a very complicated family life, including…
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