Holly Seddon, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/hollyseddon/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 21:03:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 How Arnold Schwarzenegger Helped Me Become A Bestselling Author  http://booksbywomen.org/how-arnold-schwarzenegger-helped-me-become-a-bestselling-author/ http://booksbywomen.org/how-arnold-schwarzenegger-helped-me-become-a-bestselling-author/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:07:04 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=34001 When I say that Total Recall – the *chef’s kiss* perfectly named memoir of Arnold Schwarzenegger – changed my life, people think I’m being ironic. I’m not. I’m being deadly serious.  I’m pretty sure Total Recall was the first book I ever pre-ordered. Back in 2012, it was a whopping £9.99 on Kindle and there […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/10-avoidable-mistakes-when-writing-your-first-book/feed/ 1 32839 Me And My Agent by Holly Seddon http://booksbywomen.org/me-and-my-agent-by-holly-seddon/ http://booksbywomen.org/me-and-my-agent-by-holly-seddon/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2019 09:03:26 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28035 Where to start? To be frank, I can’t think of another job like literary agent. It sits in the Venn diagram of creativity, inspiration, career management and business acumen. But that doesn’t really explain it.  A good agent helps shape ideas, offers editorial notes on outlines and manuscripts, pitches novels to publishers and then argues […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/me-and-my-agent-by-holly-seddon/feed/ 1 28035 How Living In Holland Helps Me Write British Books http://booksbywomen.org/how-living-in-holland-helps-me-write-british-books-by-holly-seddon/ http://booksbywomen.org/how-living-in-holland-helps-me-write-british-books-by-holly-seddon/#respond Mon, 09 Jul 2018 17:26:43 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=23464 I’m writing this sprawling on my sofa in my Amsterdam apartment. It’s the morning after the England football team made history, winning a spot in the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time since I was ten. The streets outside are sunny and the silence is occasionally punctuated with the rickety whine of […]

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]]> http://booksbywomen.org/how-living-in-holland-helps-me-write-british-books-by-holly-seddon/feed/ 0 23464 Music And Manuscripts: Why I Couldn’t Have Written My Bestseller Without A Soundtrack http://booksbywomen.org/music-and-manuscripts-why-i-couldnt-have-written-my-bestseller-without-a-soundtrack-by-holly-seddon/ http://booksbywomen.org/music-and-manuscripts-why-i-couldnt-have-written-my-bestseller-without-a-soundtrack-by-holly-seddon/#respond Mon, 10 Oct 2016 04:12:02 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=16618 “Music thudded through Amy’s body and seized her heart,” My debut novel Try Not to Breathe begins.  “Music so loud that her eardrums pounded in frenzy and her baby bird ribs rattled. Music was everything. Well, almost everything.” The word music appears three times in the first 30 words, and with good reason. It’s at […]

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