With just under two months left to go until publication day, I thought I’d reflect on the journey so far. It hardly seems real, still, that my book will be in the actual shops in eight weeks’ time. The creative process has been relatively smooth sailing, if I’m honest. The hard stuff is all theContinueContinue reading “Mad (wo)men”
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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”
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”
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”