BookBrunch - Support from a procrastination of writers

It was in my mid-30s that I felt courageous enough to admit this to people. I was often met with a look that translated as: "Good luck with that one," (they were right) or, more commonly, "I'm writing one too." This all coincided with having my first child. I used to go out to parties all the time, but after I gave birth, I found I didn't want to. Now is the time to go for this hell for leather, I thought. The first step was being open about what I was doing. Owning the fact that I wanted to write. I applied to the Faber Academy Writing A Novel course, and after some disastrous attempts at a romantic comedy, one of my course mates suggested I try writing in the first person. With that came the voice for The Exclusives, and after that my amazing agent, Nelle Andrew.