Alice Feeney

And the solution was really actually very simple. I just needed to delete 80,000 words. Wow.

And the solution was really actually very simple. I just needed to delete 80,000 words. Wow.

And the solution was really actually very simple. I just needed to delete 80,000 words. Wow.

Yeah, I mean, my books tend to be about 85, so I had 5,000 left, so that felt quite positive.

Yeah, I mean, my books tend to be about 85, so I had 5,000 left, so that felt quite positive.

Yeah, I mean, my books tend to be about 85, so I had 5,000 left, so that felt quite positive.

At least something, just the starting point was there. And I wrote the book again, same book, same story, same characters. This time it worked, and that was Daisy Darker. So all of the books have behaved differently, but sometimes... You do, I think, as an author, get a little bit obsessed with the story, the characters. I mean, I hear them in my head.

At least something, just the starting point was there. And I wrote the book again, same book, same story, same characters. This time it worked, and that was Daisy Darker. So all of the books have behaved differently, but sometimes... You do, I think, as an author, get a little bit obsessed with the story, the characters. I mean, I hear them in my head.

At least something, just the starting point was there. And I wrote the book again, same book, same story, same characters. This time it worked, and that was Daisy Darker. So all of the books have behaved differently, but sometimes... You do, I think, as an author, get a little bit obsessed with the story, the characters. I mean, I hear them in my head.

They're talking to me now without wishing to sound too crazy. Do you remember them?

They're talking to me now without wishing to sound too crazy. Do you remember them?

They're talking to me now without wishing to sound too crazy. Do you remember them?

They feel like family because... In some ways, I spend more time with the characters than I do with anyone real in my life. Sure. They're there all the time. They wake me up at 3 a.m.

They feel like family because... In some ways, I spend more time with the characters than I do with anyone real in my life. Sure. They're there all the time. They wake me up at 3 a.m.

They feel like family because... In some ways, I spend more time with the characters than I do with anyone real in my life. Sure. They're there all the time. They wake me up at 3 a.m.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

a magic eight ball because that was in the book too I feel like I must add you know if there's something I want as a present I need to put it in the next book so that the lovely team will get it for you will make up something for a press kit and send me one yes that's so funny so for when you're describing the first book that you wrote did you ever come back to it and publish it the first book that you wrote did it ever get published or would you ever go back to it to try to publish no it's terrible is it I mean thank goodness it didn't get published um

a magic eight ball because that was in the book too I feel like I must add you know if there's something I want as a present I need to put it in the next book so that the lovely team will get it for you will make up something for a press kit and send me one yes that's so funny so for when you're describing the first book that you wrote did you ever come back to it and publish it the first book that you wrote did it ever get published or would you ever go back to it to try to publish no it's terrible is it I mean thank goodness it didn't get published um