Confessions of a Debut Novelist

In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Kate Kemp about her crime novel The Grapevine. We discuss why she used a murder to explore a range of women in a 1970s suburban community, the challenge of writing from a 12-year-old narrator and how using social media to learn about the publishing industry helped her take the plunge to take her writing seriously.  Confessions of a Debut Novelist Bookshop [https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/debutconfessions]* Buy The Grapevine: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781399618977 [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781399618977] Follow Kate: @kate.kemp.writer [https://www.instagram.com/kate.kemp.writer/] Follow Chloe on Twitter: @clotimms [https://twitter.com/clotimms] Buy Chloe's debut novel The Seawomen: https://linktr.ee/chloetimms [https://linktr.ee/chloetimms] chloetimms.co.uk [https://open.acast.com/shows/61c35bbbbaae0b001418ba5c/episodes/chloetimms.co.uk]  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Hi everyone! Just to let you know Confessions of a Debut Novelist will be going on a short break while I recover from pneumonia. Thank you so much for the wonderful Jennie Godfrey for recording this announcement for me. I look forward to sharing the best new books and authors with you soon. Confessions of a Debut Novelist Bookshop [https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/debutconfessions]* Buy The List of Suspicious Things: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781529153293 [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781529153293] Follow Jennie: @jennieg_author [https://twitter.com/jennieg_author] Follow Chloe on Twitter: @clotimms [https://twitter.com/clotimms] Buy Chloe's debut novel The Seawomen: https://linktr.ee/chloetimms [https://linktr.ee/chloetimms] chloetimms.co.uk [https://open.acast.com/shows/61c35bbbbaae0b001418ba5c/episodes/chloetimms.co.uk]  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Celia Silvani about her psychological suspense novel Baby Teeth. We discuss how her research helped her delve into the world of internet forums and cults, the challenge of writing an unbiased and empathetic approach to the radical beliefs of her characters and why you should never send out the first draft of your manuscript to agents.  Confessions of a Debut Novelist Bookshop [https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/debutconfessions]* Buy Baby Teeth: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781398714410 [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781398714410] Follow Celia: @celiasilvaniauthor [https://www.instagram.com/celiasilvaniauthor/] Follow Chloe on Twitter: @clotimms [https://twitter.com/clotimms] Buy Chloe's debut novel The Seawomen: https://linktr.ee/chloetimms [https://linktr.ee/chloetimms] chloetimms.co.uk [https://open.acast.com/shows/61c35bbbbaae0b001418ba5c/episodes/chloetimms.co.uk]  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Louise Hegarty about her contemporary novel Fair Play. We discuss how absorbing so many Poirot novels helped her get the voice right for her detective, why she wanted to explore grief using a murder mystery and a puzzle box structure, and how her published stories attracted an agent.  Confessions of a Debut Novelist Bookshop [https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/debutconfessions]* Buy Fair Play: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781035036134 [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781035036134] Follow Chloe on Twitter: @clotimms [https://twitter.com/clotimms] Buy Chloe's debut novel The Seawomen: https://linktr.ee/chloetimms [https://linktr.ee/chloetimms] chloetimms.co.uk [https://open.acast.com/shows/61c35bbbbaae0b001418ba5c/episodes/chloetimms.co.uk]  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Katie Buckley about her literary novel Hero. We discuss how she defines autofiction and why she loves it, what to do when you don’t have an instinct for plot and why she believes you need to be emotionally ready before you start querying agents. Confessions of a Debut Novelist Bookshop [https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/debutconfessions]* Buy Hero: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781035413072 [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9781035413072] Follow Chloe on Twitter: @clotimms [https://twitter.com/clotimms] Buy Chloe's debut novel The Seawomen: https://linktr.ee/chloetimms [https://linktr.ee/chloetimms] chloetimms.co.uk [https://open.acast.com/shows/61c35bbbbaae0b001418ba5c/episodes/chloetimms.co.uk]  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.