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My guest today is Sunday Times bestselling author, Miranda Dickinson. Miranda’s first book, Fairytale of New York, was a massive success and was short-listed for the RNA Novel of the Year award as well as hitting the top ten on the Sunday Times Bestseller list. Over the last six years, Miranda has published another six books, including Welcome To My World and It Started With A Kiss. Her work has been translated into seven languages and has sold almost a million copies.
Miranda’s latest novel is A Parcel For Anna Browne – available now!
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Find out more about Miranda and her books at:
On Twitter @wurdsmyth (and follow #WriteFoxy for information on Miranda’s inspirational writing days.)
Or watch her vlogs on YouTube
In this interview, Miranda reveals how she combines writing with looking after her daughter, Flo, and offers tips for busy writers.
‘I’m having to learn to be really structured with my time.’
We discuss Miranda’s popular ‘Write Foxy’ inspiration days and the importance of having fun.
‘If you’re not in love with your writing you won’t survive as a writer.’
‘You have to remind yourself that it’s fun and that you can do it.’
And the incredible way Miranda pulled herself back to writing when suffering a serious creative slump:
‘For the first time ever I wrote for my readers first and not for me… and because they were so excited, I got excited.’
Also, I answer a listener question from Helen Redfern @helenredders
How do I learn to write for just ten minutes? I feel if I don’t have a few hours uninterrupted there’s no point in starting & just doing ten minutes-How do I change that?
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