• #34 Talking about comic fiction and sci fi with Jenny Colgan

  • Aug 13 2021
  • Length: 30 mins
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#34 Talking about comic fiction and sci fi with Jenny Colgan

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  • After a false start in standup and comic strip writing, Jenny's career took off with her first novel, Amanda’s Wedding. She is one of those rare authors who has been successful from the word go.

    She talks about the auction for her first book, the limo that arrived to take her to the successful publisher’s, and the importance of good timing, the Great British Bakeoff and her ‘wolverine tenacity’. Among writing about writing that she admires, I thoroughly recommend her suggestion of The Writer's Tale by Russell T Davis and Benjamin Cook, which I'm pleased to have discovered. She also gives me her tips for writing romance. They are good ones, so listen up.


    Links:

    Jenny Colgan’s website: https://www.jennycolgan.com

    The Martian by Andy Weir: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-martian/andy-weir/9780091956141

    Hail Mary by Andy Weir: https://www.waterstones.com/book/project-hail-mary/andy-weir/9781529100617

    Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason: https://www.waterstones.com/book/sorrow-and-bliss/meg-mason/9781474622974

    Russell T Davis & Benjamin Cook ‘The Writer’s Tale’: https://www.waterstones.com/book/doctor-who-the-writers-tale/benjamin-cook/russell-t-davies/9781846075711

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