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Rachel Sargeant
Thank you Rachel!
Rachel Sargeant
I've never had it when writing novels and short stories (touch wood) but suffer terribly when it comes to blogging. Must try harder.
Rachel Sargeant
You can go anywhere, make people say and do exactly what you want them to, take on any persona, control the weather... In other words, you can write the world how you want it.
Rachel Sargeant
Write and read.
Rachel Sargeant
I'm doing an MA in Creative Writing and reworking my psychological thriller "Fingers and Pies".
Rachel Sargeant
Here's an update on this answer. I passed my MA and "Fingers and Pies" became my bestseller "The Perfect Neighbours". I'm currently completing the fin
Here's an update on this answer. I passed my MA and "Fingers and Pies" became my bestseller "The Perfect Neighbours". I'm currently completing the final edit for "The Roommates" which will be published by HarperCollins in the autumn. It's a psychological thriller set at a university in Freshers' Week. Four students, four secrets, one crime.
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Jan 04, 2019 04:17AM · flag
Jan 04, 2019 04:17AM · flag
Rachel Sargeant
Something nags away in my head until I write it down.
Rachel Sargeant
I have been privileged to read the 1915 diary of my husband's grandmother. She was a nurse on a hospital ship at Gallipoli. It sparked my interest in researching war nurses and led to my novel "Year of Love and Duty,"
Rachel Sargeant
My detective mystery THE GOOD TEACHER was published as an eBook last month and the paperback will follow in March. The idea for the book came from a f
My detective mystery THE GOOD TEACHER was published as an eBook last month and the paperback will follow in March. The idea for the book came from a five-minute writing workshop exercise set by writer David Armstrong at a literary festival in Shrewsbury, England in 2002. The paragraph I produced was my first piece of creative writing since school days.
A week later, I had a go at expanding this 100-word workshop piece into a 1600-word story for Writing Magazine’s annual crime short story competition. I couldn’t believe it when it actually won.
Buoyed up by this success, I rewrote my short story as the first chapter of a full-length crime novel. I managed to find a publisher and the book came out in 2010. After a few years, it went out of print and the publisher returned the rights to me. In the meantime I’d undertaken a Creative Writing Masters. I rewrote my novel using the techniques I’d learnt on the course and with feedback from three great writing buddies I met on the MA course. By the time I’d updated the book, I’d acquired a literary agent and THE PERFECT NEIGHBOURS had been published by HarperCollins. When I sent the latest version of my first novel to my agent, she sent it to my Perfect Neighbours editor. He took it on and gave it the new title of THE GOOD TEACHER.
I can honestly say my book started life sixteen years ago as a 100-word exercise. Several thousand words and the support of many people later, it’s made it to the Killer Reads list. ...more
Jan 04, 2019 04:35AM · flag
A week later, I had a go at expanding this 100-word workshop piece into a 1600-word story for Writing Magazine’s annual crime short story competition. I couldn’t believe it when it actually won.
Buoyed up by this success, I rewrote my short story as the first chapter of a full-length crime novel. I managed to find a publisher and the book came out in 2010. After a few years, it went out of print and the publisher returned the rights to me. In the meantime I’d undertaken a Creative Writing Masters. I rewrote my novel using the techniques I’d learnt on the course and with feedback from three great writing buddies I met on the MA course. By the time I’d updated the book, I’d acquired a literary agent and THE PERFECT NEIGHBOURS had been published by HarperCollins. When I sent the latest version of my first novel to my agent, she sent it to my Perfect Neighbours editor. He took it on and gave it the new title of THE GOOD TEACHER.
I can honestly say my book started life sixteen years ago as a 100-word exercise. Several thousand words and the support of many people later, it’s made it to the Killer Reads list. ...more
Jan 04, 2019 04:35AM · flag
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