<p>After a false start in standup and comic strip writing, Jenny's career took off with her first novel, <em>Amanda’s Wedding</em>. She is one of those rare authors who has been successful from the word go. </p><p> </p><p>She talks about the auction for her first book, the limo that arrived to take her to the successful publisher’s, and the importance of good timing, the Great British Bakeoff and her ‘wolverine tenacity’. Among writing about writing that she admires, I thoroughly recommend her suggestion of <em>The Writer's Tale</em> by Russell T Davis and Benjamin Cook, which I'm pleased to have discovered. She also gives me her tips for writing romance. They are good ones, so listen up. </p><p><br></p><p>Links: </p><p>Jenny Colgan’s website: <a href="https://www.jennycolgan.com">https://www.jennycolgan.com</a> </p><p><em>The Martian</em> by Andy Weir: <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-martian/andy-weir/9780091956141">https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-martian/andy-weir/9780091956141</a> </p><p><em>Hail Mary</em> by Andy Weir:  <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/project-hail-mary/andy-weir/9781529100617">https://www.waterstones.com/book/project-hail-mary/andy-weir/9781529100617</a></p><p><em>Sorrow and Bliss</em> by Meg Mason: <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/sorrow-and-bliss/meg-mason/9781474622974">https://www.waterstones.com/book/sorrow-and-bliss/meg-mason/9781474622974</a> </p><p>Russell T Davis &amp; Benjamin Cook ‘<em>The Writer’s Tale</em>’: <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/doctor-who-the-writers-tale/benjamin-cook/russell-t-davies/9781846075711">https://www.waterstones.com/book/doctor-who-the-writers-tale/benjamin-cook/russell-t-davies/9781846075711</a> </p>