Arts
In this episode I speak to Susan Elliot-Wright, a Sheffield-based writer whose fourth novel, The Flight Of Cornelia Blackwood, a powerful book about motherhood, loss and loneliness, was published in 2019. How do you balance a passion for writing with paying the mortgage? Do you make a living from writing after you get a publishing deal? What does it feel like to finally hold a published book with your name on it in your hand?I ask all these questions and more in this series, talking to successful authors and trying to unearth the secret to staying sane while chasing that elusive book deal.I am Anna Caig, an aspiring crime fiction author. At the moment I am looking for an agent and publisher for my first novel, while also writing my second and trying to balance it all with life’s other essential activities. Support this podcast