Jojo Moyes

That you were in a bidding war.

And then I remember I have a friend who works in publishing and he was advising me and telling me, you know, just sit tight.

You don't have to.

Because I was in a spin now.

I was just like, just say yes.

I don't care.

And he said, well, what do you want?

And I said, I just want to be able to redo my bathroom.

That's all I want.

And he was like, I think you're going to do a bit better than that.

And I didn't end up going with the highest bidder in the end.

I went with the one that I felt most aligned to, which was Hodder and Stoughton.

But I was with them for a further eight books and it wasn't,

I didn't have a single bestseller with any of them for whatever reason.

I thought that once I got published, everything was going to be fine.

And then you find out, no, because you're grafting away, you're doing your little library tours and you're showing up and you're turning your book surreptitiously face out and all the local bookshops.

Oh my God, Jojo, did you do that?

I love that.

I still do.

And anyone who says they don't is lying.