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This is an exciting week for Clare. Why you ask? It’s launch week for Made in London. The ARC team has given it an enthusiastic thumbs-up. Grab your copy on October 16th! Clare has been manic prepping for the book release, and the 30k she hoped to write last week didn’t get written. Also, she took on a project that ended up with much swearing, including her favorite curse word (the one that can’t be written here). But she’s heading to Kent for a writing retreat, so hopefully she’ll bash out some words. Monday, Clare will be rubbing elbows with the bigwigs at the Amazon Storyteller Awards. TB is in awe.
TB will be heading to Provincetown on October 18th to attend some of the Bold Strokes Books events during women’s week in Ptown. On the 19th, she’ll be back in Beantown (not to be confused with Ptown) for the Boston Book Festival. There’ll be books and food. TB can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday. Later that night, she plans to head to Salem to go on a ghost tour and then have ice cream at a shop with witches in the name. She may never be seen again.
The duo moves on to the ever-burning question: how long does it take to write a book? TB outlines how long it would take in a perfect world from the first blank page to publication. While jotting down the time for each stage, TB has an epiphany, and they both realize why they average publishing 3 books each during the year. It takes time to write a book. Clare shares how her first book took 5 years, but the amount of time gets drastically shorter the more you do it and build your confidence. Since turning full-time, neither of them works on only one project at a time but constantly juggles several projects. It comes down to what works for you, and a book takes as long as it takes.
Also, don’t miss out on all the UK speak that befuddles TB, but we all know she’s easily confused.
Made in London:
www.clarelydon.co.uk/2019/09/made-in-london-cover-reveal/
Bold Strokes Books schedule of events for Women’s Week in Ptwon:
www.facebook.com/events/364138801129852/
Boston Book Festival:
Chris Fox Writes:
Stop back next week for another hilarious conversation about how they read and if they think you can be a good writer without reading. If you’d like to leave a comment on the episode, head over to www.lesbianswhowrite.com. They’d love to hear from you. Or you can email them at: lesbianswhowrite@gmail.com.
Happy listening!
Clare and TB