My ‘day job’ is copyediting. In some ways, right now is the perfect time to be an editor. Work might be coming in a little more slowly, but I don’t get stressed at the idea of being home alone for days and weeks on end because I do it all the time. I don’t relyContinueContinue reading “Lockdown”
Author Archives: FayeB
A New Chapter
I don’t normally make resolutions but I’ll admit, 2019 has not been a prolific year and it might be time to start thinking about putting one or two out there. I look back with a certain amount of shame at the lack of new writing I’ve produced this year. I’ve been preoccupied, that’s true: InContinueContinue reading “A New Chapter”
That difficult second album
It’s been a funny six months since I got my literary agent. Time seems to have slowed down, or is passing in larger chunks, I’m not sure which. I no longer speak about the process of writing in weeks, but in months, or years even. At a micro-level, things are happening. My first novel hasContinueContinue reading “That difficult second album”
A New Chapter
I have to be honest and say I’m feeling pretty good about life right now. Because today is the day I signed an agreement with an agent to represent me. Yes, folks, three years, sixteen rejections and endless revisions since I first started writing The PTA Assassin, I FINALLY have an agent. And it feelsContinueContinue reading “A New Chapter”
Sliding Doors
Fuck, fuck fuckitty fuck. I have just made a decision that could be the best or worst thing to ever happen to my writing career. Yes, people: I turned down an agent’s offer to represent. I know. WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING? As a first time author, it’s safe to assume I don’t knowContinueContinue reading “Sliding Doors”
What I learned about pitching at the London Book Fair
Being ready can take a long time I started writing The PTA Assassin two and a half years ago. When it was done, I followed up with the first edit. Then a second one. Then a massive third edit took place last year when I paid someone professional to look at it. Since then it’sContinueContinue reading “What I learned about pitching at the London Book Fair”
What I learned about self publishing at the London Book Fair
I decided to brave the London Book Fair for the first time this year. The LBF isn’t really for authors, but they do have a special little corner for us where talks are given and, if you were quick off the mark when the tickets went on sale, where you can get a 10-minute agentContinueContinue reading “What I learned about self publishing at the London Book Fair”
Winter blues
Winter is my least favourite time. Some people love it. They wrap up warm, enjoy hot chocolates by the fireside and remain resolutely cheerful throughout the darkest, coldest months. I am not these people. I spend most of winter feeling perpetually cold, almost always miserable, I pile on weight from eating stuff I would usuallyContinueContinue reading “Winter blues”
Conformity
The brilliant Matt Haig posted on Twitter yesterday. Anyone who follows him will know this is hardly unusual, but this particular tweet stood up, grabbed the microphone and shouted ‘Faye! I’m talking to YOU.’ Deep, huh? It immediately made me think about the past few years, of moving country and returning to London, and ofContinueContinue reading “Conformity”
Write what you know
When you first start out learning the process of writing, a lot of people will encourage you to ‘write what you know’. Feeling I had loftier ambitions than writing about being a 40-something housewife from London, I decided that for my first novel, I’d saunter directly into the unknown world of a fantasy sci fi,ContinueContinue reading “Write what you know”