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Fanny Blake
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Fanny Blake

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Fiction, Contemporary

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May 2012


Fanny Blake was a publisher for many years, editing fiction and general non-fiction before becoming a freelance journalist and writer. She has written several bestsellers and acted as ghost writer for a number of celebrities. She is also Books Editor of womanandhome magazine. Her novels include The Secrets Women Keep (Orion) and With a Friend Like You (Orion).

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Hi Fanny, I loved With a Friend Like You and am amazed at how well you write teenagers' voices. Do you eavesdrop on public transport?
Fanny Blake Hi Fleur, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it. Thank you. But of course I eavesdrop on public transport! Doesn't everybody?! But seriously, yes I do liste…moreHi Fleur, I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it. Thank you. But of course I eavesdrop on public transport! Doesn't everybody?! But seriously, yes I do listen to kids talking in the street but I suppose more importantly I rely on memories of my own three children and their friends, or of other teenagers in my friends' families. And if I'm worried about getting the voice wrong then I ask one of them what they would say or which word they'd use. I also finds it helps watching TV soaps - listening to them gets my ear in too.(less)
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Fanny Blake I've never had real writer's block which lasts for ages. But if I get stuck then I go for a walk. For some reason ideas float up from my subconscious …moreI've never had real writer's block which lasts for ages. But if I get stuck then I go for a walk. For some reason ideas float up from my subconscious that often move the story on or give me a conversation between two characters, so that by the time I get home I can inch the plot or the character forwards.(less)
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“outline of the large green caterpillar with her finger, waiting for them to pick up. Eventually the answerphone kicked in. Adam’s voice invited her to leave a message. The fact that they must be deliberately not answering the phone made her uncomfortable.”
― Fanny Blake, The Secrets Women Keep
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message 2: by Fanny
Aug 27, 2014 02:23AM

Fanny Hi Lucinda
Thanks for entering the giveaway. Hope you enjoy the books
Very best
Fanny


message 1: by L
Aug 22, 2014 01:43PM

L Thanks so much for accepting my friendship request here on Goodreads. I am delighted to have won {through a first-read giveaway} copies of your novels The Secrets Women Keep and With a Friend Like You. I look forward to reading and reviewing your work,
Kind Regards
Lucinda x


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