Crimeandpublishment
Crimeandpublishment The most frequent question I have been asked lately is; how on earth did you actually get published? Good question. There have been many contributing factors; belief, hard work and researching the market – tailoring my own brand of drama to crime-fiction. There was one key weekend which also massively helped. A crime-writing weekend. A masterclass from internationally published authors. Two nights, three days, of mingling with tutors, fellow writers all in
The journey - pain, pleasure, perseverance.
The start 7th December 2006. My inbox pinged with a message from “The Literary Consultancy” – a leading London based manuscript Assessment Company saying that a play I had written with a friend of mine called “Shaadi” had won their inaugural playwriting competition. It was the first real script I had written. A report followed which complimented the subversion of a common storyline in Asian circles (arranged marriages). My friend and I attended a workshop in London where we m
