• Episode 4.31 Charlotte Paradise - Overspill
    Oct 2 2025

    In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Charlotte Paradise about her contemporary novel Overspill. In this episode we discuss, navigating intimacy alongside trauma, using personality types to find conflict between characters and her advice for chronically ill and disabled writers.


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    50 mins
  • Episode 4.30 Jasmine Burke - Quarter-Love Crisis
    Sep 18 2025

    In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Jasmine Burke about her romance novel Quarter-Love Crisis. In this episode we discuss, how her lifestyle blog got her discovered by an agent, prolonging the will they won't they in a romance and her tricks for fitting writing in around work.


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    39 mins
  • Episode 4.29 Hattie Williams - Bitter Sweet
    Sep 11 2025

    In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Hattie Williams about her contemporary novel Bitter Sweet. In this episode we discuss, how she wrote her novel in 7 weeks, how she tried to write fiction like it's a memoir and why you should pick the novel idea with the best ending.


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    Buy Chloe's debut novel The Seawomen: https://linktr.ee/chloetimms

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    40 mins
  • Episode 4.28 Aisling Rawle - The Compound
    Sep 4 2025

    In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Aisling Rawle about her literary novel The Compound. In this episode we discuss, discuss the satire in her Love Island meets Lord of the Flies novel, building characters through dialogue and how TikTok helped her learn how to query.


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    42 mins
  • Episode 4.27 William Rayfet Hunter - Sunstruck
    Aug 28 2025

    In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to William Rayfet Hunter about their contemporary novel Sunstruck. In this episode we discuss, creating the evocative atmosphere of a summer, the challenges of having a nameless narrator and why they had to scrap their ending.


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    37 mins
  • Episode 4.26 Silvia Saunders - Homesick
    Aug 7 2025

    In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Silvia Saunders about her contemporary Homesick. In this episode we discuss, why she wanted to write about male mental health, how writing comedy comes from putting unlikely characters together and what kept her going after 10 years of querying.


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    Follow Silvia: @silvsaunders


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    46 mins
  • Episode 4.25 Emma Cowing - The Show Woman
    Jul 31 2025

    In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Emma Cowing about her historical novel The Show Woman. In this episode we discuss, how the novel was inspired by her incredible family history, writing about the hidden history of women in the circus and how she wrote this novel in just 7 weeks.


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    39 mins
  • Episode 4.24 Krystelle Bamford - Idle Grounds
    Jul 24 2025

    In this episode of Confessions of a Debut Novelist, I’m talking to Krystelle Bamford about her literary novel Idle Grounds. In this episode we discuss, how the book started with a Greek chorus of voices, how she found moments of dread that work to be sinister for her young protagonists but also pay off for adult readers and why she recommends going with an agent at the start of their career.


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    48 mins