Joanne Finney

1 day ago | goodhousekeeping.com | Joanne Finney

Some use 'beach read' to mean something light and slightly formulaic but to me the term just means a book I'd be happy to take on holiday with me, knowing I can get lost in it for a good couple of hours while sunbathing.

1 day ago | goodhousekeeping.com | Joanne Finney

As the literary agent to some of the best writers around - Sara Collins (winner of the Costa Debut fiction award), Jing-Jing Lee, Jennie Godfrey, Bryony Gordon and Candice Carty-Williams are among her clients - Nelle Andrew knows pretty much everything there is to know about what makes a good book. Here she shares some of the best writing advice from her 20 year career. 1 Creating believable characters The characters should drive the story, not the other way around.

2 days ago | goodhousekeeping.com | Joanne Finney

Do you have a brilliant idea for a book but need help getting it down on paper? GH has teamed up with literary agent Nelle Andrew from Rachel Mills Literary agency to give readers the chance to win valuable feedback on their writing, plus support in finishing their novel. We’re after someone whose work is unpublished and is without a literary agent. Entries can be in any genre of adult fiction (not children’s or YA, short stories, poetry, drama or plays, or any non-fiction).

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Joanne Finney

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2 weeks ago | goodhousekeeping.com | Joanne Finney

Tears flowed amongst the members of the audience listening to Rachel Clarke's acceptance speech as she won the Women's Prize for Non-fiction at the awards ceremony in London's Bloomsbury. The NHS doctor, author The Story Of A Heart, spoke movingly about the two children who inspired her memoir: nine-year-old Keira Ball, who suffered catastrophic brain injuries and died after a car accident and Max Johnson who receved her heart through a donor transplant.