Last week I found myself in an odd position. I’d sent my latest work-in-progress off for line editing and I felt lost. Whenever I’ve sent work to an editor before I’ve felt giddy with relief at the notion of a few weeks off from it. But now that I’m a full time writer I have become fear and loathing in a dressing gown. In the past, I’ve had a list as long as both of my … [Read more...] about The Secret Dreamworld of an Aspiring Author by Anna Bell – That Empty Feeling
Archives for October 2012
The Launch of ‘The Middle Class ABC’ or… The Story of When Something BIG happened to Cesca
By Cesca Major So last night, dressed in my London best, I pottered off to the launch of a gorgeous hard-back book published by John Murray called 'The Middle Class ABC' a collaboration by artist Zebedee Helm and Fi Cotter Craig. The location was just off Lupus Street (this will become a strangely exciting fact later in this story) in St Saviour’s Church, St … [Read more...] about The Launch of ‘The Middle Class ABC’ or… The Story of When Something BIG happened to Cesca
Lucinda Riley at The Richmond Literary Festival
Richmond Literary Festival will be hosting a discussion of Lucinda Riley's latest book The Light Behind The Window on Friday 9th November. Lucinda Riley's novel Hothouse Flower was an international bestseller, chosen as a Richard & Judy Book Club read and has sold over 1 million copies. The event, which will be chaired by Fanny Blake, Books Editor of Woman … [Read more...] about Lucinda Riley at The Richmond Literary Festival
Review – Dearest Rose by Rowan Coleman
Reviewed by Cressida McLaughlin Rose Pritchard has fled her home with her seven-year-old daughter Maddie. As Dearest Rose begins, she is knocking on the door of a B&B in a remote Cumbrian village, miles away from her home, in the middle of the night. The only place Rose can think of to flee to is a place she has dreamt about finding since before the birth of her … [Read more...] about Review – Dearest Rose by Rowan Coleman
Novelicious Chats To… Zebedee Helm
Cesca Major interviews Zebedee Helm, the co-author of ‘The Middle Class ABC’ which Stephen Fry has described as, 'Indispensable and entirely charming'. Watch this video from John Murray to get a glimpse inside. How would you describe this book? It is a jolly romp through everything modern middle class Britain has to offer, from the inside. Dressed head to toe in … [Read more...] about Novelicious Chats To… Zebedee Helm