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Virtual Book Events in 2020

So for fairly obvious reasons, very sadly a lot of the festivals I was looking forward to taking part in this year have been cancelled. I feel so badly for all the amazing organisers who had worked so hard to set them up but just think how much fun we will all have when things are calmer and festivals can run once again! 2021 will be the best festival year yet.

However, so many amazing people are organising virtual events, and I wanted to list all the ones I am taking part in below. If youre...

The editing process – how it REALLY works!

The editing process: interview with Abigail Dean and Phoebe Morgan

Abigail Dean is the author of Girl A, which will be published by HarperFiction in 2021. I am Abby’s editor at HarperCollins and the author of three psychological thrillers, published by HQ. Abby and I have been discussing the idea of doing a blog post that talks you through the editing process for a little while, and this is what we’ve come up with together. This also incorporates some questions we had on Twitter, and if you...

Book events in 2020

This year I am looking forward to speaking at several literary events, and have listed them all here in case anybody wants to come along (also for myself, so that I don’t forget to go…)

Guernsey Literary Festival 2020: 2nd May, Getting Published: a panel discussion. This will run from 4-5pm and will be with me, bestselling author Ruth Ware, and Curtis Brown agent’s assistant Caitlin Leydon. Keep an eye on their website for tickets, but it’s a free event!

The Savvy Writers’ Fest: 9th May, One...

Introducing…The Babysitter

This week I revealed the cover of my third book, The Babysitter, over on Twitter and have had such a lovely response! Thank you so much to everybody who has shared it, it really does mean the world.

This is actually my favourite jacket of my three novels – designed by the brilliant Anna Sikorska at HQ HarperCollins, the moment my editor sent it to me I absolutely loved it. The colours really pop and I’m very pleased with how it looks.

If you want to know a little more about The Babysitter, here is the blurb…

‘It was the husband. It’s always the husband.’

...It’s  the

Impostor Syndrome in writing

I’m not a real writer.

That’s the thought that goes through my mind probably on a daily basis, and ramps up even more whenever I’m doing anything around publication – events, emails, writing, and whenever I respond to readers. I genuinely feel like I’ve somehow conned people into thinking I can write, and managed to pull the wool over the eyes of not just my agent and editor, but my readers too. I never, ever call myself an author in public and I never list it as a job description on any kind...

How to get a literary agent

I thought I’d written a post on this before but somebody asked me about it the other day and I realised I hadn’t! I’ve written about how an agent can help you and how I got my own agent but I thought it’d be helpful for me to write a more general post about the best way to try to secure an agent of your own. Please note the following advice is mainly applicable if you’re writing fiction – the guidelines around non-fiction are slightly different, mainly in that you usually need a proposal and...

Upcoming book events for 2019

Hello everybody! Sorry for the slight hiatus, I just started a new job working at Orion and the last six weeks have been somewhat full-on!

Anyway, I’m very excited to be taking part in some events in May and the summer, and would love to see you there if you’re interested. Details below…

May 9th, Author School event from 7-9pm at Library, St Martin’s Lane. Watch their website for more details! May 10th, Bedford Pavilion Supper Club event from 7pm – your ticket includes fizz, canapes and a tw...

Some of the best people to follow on Twitter in the book world

This is a long subject line but there are hundreds of brilliant bookish people to follow on Twitter so I wanted to be clear that these are only ‘some’ of them! I know not everyone is on Twitter and that it can be seen as a negative place BUT in my experience if you just ignore that side of things and focus on the book stuff, it can be a really useful resource and a great way of connecting with people. The book world encompasses a lot of different spheres so I have divided these up below in th...

Book two nerves… and The Girl Next Door for free!

Having a second book out in the world (or almost out in the world) is without doubt a nerve-wracking process, and I’ve been trying to keep a lid on the nerves as February approaches. Proofs of my book were sent out to some lovely authors a month or so ago and I’ve been so overwhelmed by how lovely the response has been – I admire all of these authors so much and their comments have made me feel a lot better about the book – up until I sent it out, only my agent, my friend Sabah, and my editor...

Pitch your book to an editor!

Happy Sunday everyone! Just a quick note to say that myself and my brilliant editor Charlotte Mursell (who works at HQ Stories, HarperCollins) are going to be taking part in a pitching session at Retreats For You writing retreat down in Sheepwash, Devon, on the weekend of 9th/10th March 2019. We will be giving advice on publishing, including what we look for as commissioning editors, how to make sure your book has a commercial hook, and what the current fiction market is like. We will also be...