So, I went to Niki and Rod’s two-hour session on Tuesday
because of the title, "So you want to write a novel." Yes, I want to write a novel and so, I imagine, did everyone else in the room.
Simon Perril introduced the session and he had to point out the fire exits; one was out of a window and onto a walkway so Simon added, helpfully, “obviously not out
of the other windows, otherwise you’d fall,” much to the amusement of the
audience.
Niki Valentine and Rod Duncan were
talking about their experiences as writers and how they came to be published. Rod talked about his new book, The Custodian of Marvels, published by Nottingham-based Angry Robot. The sesion
gave me a good insight into traditional publishing as well as the inspirations for their books. I couldn’t believe that
the inspiration for Niki’s book, The Haunted,
was her honeymoon!
There were a lot of good
questions asked by us, the audience and it was a genuinely insightful event, so
if you do want to write a novel, and you didn’t show up, you missed a great
event. I shall now attempt to write a novel, and see if I can…
Lauren Raybould
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