{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61c35bbbbaae0b001418ba5c/63cbd5386bb05b0010655ad0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 2.1 Heather Darwent - The Things We Do To Our Friends","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61c35bbbbaae0b001418ba5c/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to Season 2 of Confessions of a Debut Novelist! This week, I’m talking to Heather Darwent about her psychological suspense novel The Things We Do To Our Friends, which has just become a Sunday Times Bestseller.&nbsp;In this episode we discuss what it’s like to be a debut novelist with the added pressure of your book being compared to big, famous novels, her long journey to find an agent including rewriting and resubmitting, and why patience is key during the publication process.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/debutconfessions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Confessions of a Debut Novelist Bookshop</a>*</p><p><br></p><p>Buy The Things We Do To Our Friends:<a href=\" https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9780241538821\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10990/9780241538821</a></p><p>Follow Heather on Twitter: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HeatherDarwent\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@HeatherDarwent</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Follow Chloe on Twitter: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/clotimms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@clotimms</a></p><p>Buy Chloe's debut novel The Seawomen: <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/chloetimms\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/chloetimms</a></p><p><a href=\"https://open.acast.com/shows/61c35bbbbaae0b001418ba5c/episodes/chloetimms.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">chloetimms.co.uk</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>*affiliate link - if you buy books linked to the Bookshop.org site, I may earn a commission.</p>","author_name":"Chloe Timms"}