Sharon Bolton has written a new book (Little Black Lies: I’ll be posting a review tomorrow by the by) It is very, very good. In fact, it so good I am very much intimidated as I sit here pondering my own work. It is needless to say that, in order to write well, you should… Continue reading The ups and downs of hero worship
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How superstitious can you get?
Those who follow me on twitter (@rebeccatinnelly, in case you’re interested) may be familiar with my recent pen struggle. I have a favourite pen. It is a black ball point pen with retractable nib picked up from a hotel lobby in Greece by my parents years and years ago. It is really comfortable to write… Continue reading How superstitious can you get?
Dear confidence, please come back
After last week’s sad mourning over the loss of my first sentence I can now update you all to let you know that I have actually killed off the whole of the first chapter. It has been rewritten and is a lot better. Phew. Where has this flurry of deleting and rewriting come from, you… Continue reading Dear confidence, please come back
R.I.P my darlings
Today I am in mourning. I have killed off my darling of darlings, the one part of my novel I thought I would never change: the first sentence. I have learnt many things about the publishing industry over recent months. The most surprising, and frankly upsetting, lesson learned was that an agent will read… Continue reading R.I.P my darlings
Putting the Win into Winchester
I try to keep these things below 300 words, but I really only need to use one to describe my weekend: Awesome. I have just had the time of my life at the Winchester Writers Festival and enjoyed every minute of it. I hit the road at 5.30am on Saturday and arrived in… Continue reading Putting the Win into Winchester
The dreaded inevitable
This week, I received my very first rejection from an agent. The email was brief and politely worded, but a rejection all the same. I had expected to feel somewhat disheartened and upset, but oddly enough I didn’t. I can’t lie to you; it stung; I would have much rather read a glowing email begging… Continue reading The dreaded inevitable
Curse you hackers!
Yesterday I submitted my novel to a selection of agencies in the hope that one of them may represent me. Very exciting, very nerve wracking. Today, I was intending on writing a blog post on how I came to write the book in the first place. But that was before my email was hacked. Earlier… Continue reading Curse you hackers!
Rebecca Tinnelly 