Jo Thomas is known for her romantic novels about food, love, and family. Her new novel, Summer at the Ice Cream Café, is out in ebook today with Transworld, followed by the paperback on 8 June. It tells the story of Beca, who decides to escape the city. When she sees a perfect house for sale in her home town, it feels like fate, but returning home isn't as easy as she thought...
'Never use a metaphor and then explain it'
'For God's sake, never use a metaphor and then explain it...
You can assume a world from so little and readers will. So I'm more interested economy than encyclopaedism, in how little you can get away with rather than how much you can cram in...
I don't want to write puzzle stories that can be decoded to the correct answer... Read more