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Holly Seddon has written several thrillers, and says that she "writes novels under cover of darkness." Show notes: Holly Seddon (http://hollyseddon.com) The Short Straw (http://hollyseddon.com/my-books/the-short-straw/) 59 Minutes (http://hollyseddon.com/category/59-minutes/) (release August 2025 in the UK, and November 2025 in the US) Julie McDowall: Attack Warning Red! (https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/244327/julie-mcdowall) Gillian MacAllister, Just Another Missing Person (https://gillianmcallister.com/book/just-another-missing-person/) Honest Authors Podcast (http://hollyseddon.com/about-me/the-honest-authors-podcast/) Learn more about Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview), and check out the ebook Take Control of Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/store). If you like the podcast, please follow it in Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/write-now-with-scrivener/id1568550068) or your favorite podcast app. Leave a rating or review, and tell your friends. And check out past episodes of Write Now with Scrivener (https://podcast.scrivenerapp.com).
Welcome to series 9, episode 8 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. We're chatting Holly Seddon about her latest novel, The Short Straw, and our topic today is “What makes successful commercial fiction?”Here are the books we recommend on today's show: Holly:Uncle Paul by Celia FremlinThe House of Whispers by Anna MazzolaJust Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister Nikki recommendations:The Babysitter by Emma Curtis (Out in October 2023) Lauren's recommendations:Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Welcome to series 9, episode 6 of In Suspense - a podcast and vodcast for fans and writers of crime fiction. Today we're chatting the rise of the feminist thriller with the amazing Natali Simmonds. Here are the books we recommend on today's show:Natali's recommendations:The Short Straw by Holly Seddon (out July 2023)We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine NewmanGhost Girl Banana by Wiz Wharton
The Honest Authors talk finding fresh ideas, giving readers what they want and writing through these weird times with fascinating and funny veteran writers, Jane Fallon and Lindsey Kelk. PLUS some quick fire listener questions.
Holly Seddon is the bestselling author of books such as Try Not to Breathe, Don't Close Your Eyes, and her latest, The Hit List. In between writing these great books, she also manages to host a great writing podcast (a great one to listen to alongside this one...!) called Honest Authors, which looks at the realities of life as a published author.We had great fun chatting with Holly, hearing about how she found and was picked up by her agent in the space of a lunchtime (!), how she swapped agents, and discussing the ups and downs of being a published author. We also hear why she now always plans her stories and find out how she continues to find great ideas and characters for her books.Links:Buy The Hit List now!Visit Holly's websiteFollow Holly on TwitterListen to the Honest Authors podcastWatch our video panel Page One Sessions as we discuss writing with great authors: https://youtu.be/gmE6iCDYn-sThe Page One Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on Twitter: @write_gearFollow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WriteGearUK/Follow us on Instagram: write_gear_uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On this episode of the Brighton Book Club, Anna asks four wonderful authors about their new books and what their favourites are. Holly Seddon discusses THE HIT LIST and waxes lyrical about IN THE END IT WAS ALL ABOUT LOVE Emma Jane Unsworth introduces us to hew new book AFTER THE STORM and tells us about her favourite book, THE PANOPTICON Sophie Flynn talks about her debut thriller ALL MY LIES and her favourite recent read TALL BONES Alice Ash reads from her first collection of short stories, PARADISE LOST, and tells us why she loves Shirley Jackson’s WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE Get in contact via Instagram @btnbookclub and via email at btnbookclub@gmail.comMore info about our next book club book, TALL BONES Music by Kane Aris at Atom Collection If you’ve heard the Reverb show and are wondering what the rest song is, it’s EAT YOUR GREENZ by Eliza Legzdina
Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon talk to debut authors published during the 2020 lockdown.
Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon talk to debut authors published during the 2020 lockdown.
Click here to buy: https://adbl.co/2ZLcOjw Readers: Stephanie Racine, Damian Lynch, Chris Reilly, Tuppence Middleton, Perdita Weeks #LoveAudio Congratulations, someone wants you dead. When Marianne's husband Greg is knocked off his bike and killed on the way to work, she must unpick the life he left behind. Numb with grief, Marianne consoles herself by scouring Greg's laptop, finding comfort in reading his old emails and tracing his footsteps across the web. Until one day, she discovers that he had been accessing the dark web. Why was Greg, a principled charity worker and dedicated husband, logging on to a website that showcases the worst of humanity's cruel impulses and where anything is available for a price? Marianne steels herself and logs on. After tentative searching, she discovers her name on a hit list. In this fast-paced, powerful and exceptionally plotted novel, Marianne must figure out whether Greg was trying to protect her or whether he was complicit in the conspiracy for her murder. As she is pulled deeper into the depths of the underworld that Greg was seemingly hostage to, she gets closer and closer to coming face to face with Sam - the assassin hired to kill her. The dark truths that Marianne uncovers speak volumes about the dark underbelly of our society and forces us to question how far we would go to protect those we care most about.
Click here to buy: adbl.co/2ZLcOjw Readers: Stephanie Racine, Damian Lynch, Chris Reilly, Tuppence Middleton, Perdita Weeks #LoveAudio Congratulations, someone wants you dead. When Marianne's husband Greg is knocked off his bike and killed on the way to work, she must unpick the life he left behind. Numb with grief, Marianne consoles herself by scouring Greg's laptop, finding comfort in reading his old emails and tracing his footsteps across the web. Until one day, she discovers that he had been accessing the dark web. Why was Greg, a principled charity worker and dedicated husband, logging on to a website that showcases the worst of humanity's cruel impulses and where anything is available for a price? Marianne steels herself and logs on. After tentative searching, she discovers her name on a hit list. In this fast-paced, powerful and exceptionally plotted novel, Marianne must figure out whether Greg was trying to protect her or whether he was complicit in the conspiracy for her murder. As she is pulled deeper into the depths of the underworld that Greg was seemingly hostage to, she gets closer and closer to coming face to face with Sam - the assassin hired to kill her. The dark truths that Marianne uncovers speak volumes about the dark underbelly of our society and forces us to question how far we would go to protect those we care most about.
In this episode Philippa interviews Elly Griffiths and talks to her about the Ruth Galloway series. Philippa also reviews 7 books: "The Hit List" (audiobook version) by Holly Seddon, "The Woman In Blue" by Elly Griffiths, "Here Is The Beehive" by Sarah Crossan, "You Can Trust Me" by Emma Rowley, "I am, I am, I am" by Maggie O'Farrell, "Orfeia" by Joanne M. Harris, "The Sentient" by Nadia Afifi & "All The Lonely People" by Mike Gayle.
In this episode Philippa talks about four books to consider which include: Don't close your eyes by Holly Seddon, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, After the End by Claire Mackintosh and The Chain by Adrian Mckinty. Philippa also answers a listeners question and generally chats about all things bookish.
A whole new episode? You've gotta be Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien Tolkien! That's right, the gang is back and ready to talk about the real issues facing the world today! Like, is a dog biography literature? Is Eddie stretching it a bit? Is Lee going to put up with Eddie's nonsense? If Eddie suddenly and mysteriously goes missing, is Lee the one responsible? Only joking folks! Eddie is one hundred percent fine and hasn't been replaced by a more handsome and slightly cleverer body double called Jed! That would be crazy! Why would you think that was a thing that happened? Ha ha! Oh, you guys! Anyway, here's Wonderwall. The post 5.2 | Holly Seddon, Virginia Woolf, & J.R.R. Tolkien appeared first on Crime Time.
A whole new episode? You've gotta be Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien Tolkien! That's right, the gang is back and ready to talk about the real issues facing the world today! Like, is a dog biography literature? Is Eddie stretching it a bit? Is Lee going to put up with Eddie's nonsense? If Eddie suddenly and mysteriously goes missing, is Lee the one responsible?Only joking folks! Eddie is one hundred percent fine and hasn't been replaced by a more handsome and slightly cleverer body double called Jed! That would be crazy! Why would you think that was a thing that happened? Ha ha! Oh, you guys! Anyway, here's Wonderwall.__________________________________________________ If you like what you hear, we'd really appreciate if you sent us some stars on iTunes! It's one the best ways to support the show!We've had many requests for beta reading from Crime Time listeners over the years, and we're thrilled to finally be able to offer this service to our book community! Check out Frankcoreaders.com for all your manuscript assessment needs!Tell us what books are your faves in the comments below, or via Twitter!Join the Crime Time Team at Patreon!Make sure to check out the books of the week via the affiliate link below! Crime Time has partnered with Book Depository to bring you books at a great price – with free shipping worldwide thrown in!
We interview Claire Allan and talk social media, word counts, and writing two books a year.
We interview Claire Allan and talk social media, word counts, and writing two books a year.
Holly Seddon and Gillian McAllister discuss moving from first drafts to second drafts, selling foreign rights and the agent/author relationship.
Holly Seddon and Gillian McAllister discuss moving from first drafts to second drafts, selling foreign rights and the agent/author relationship.
Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon talk social media and being an author.
Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon talk social media and being an author.
We discuss launches, sales, and generally being completely anxious.
We discuss launches, sales, and generally being completely anxious.
Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon talk submitting to agents, writing processes and the embarrassing truth about reading their own book reviews.
Gillian McAllister and Holly Seddon talk submitting to agents, writing processes and the embarrassing truth about reading their own book reviews.
Gillian McAllister, author of Everything But The Truth, and Holly Seddon, author of Try Not To Breathe and Don't Close Your Eyes, discuss grappling with second novels, writing under contract and what happens when you say "yes" to a book deal.
Gillian McAllister, author of Everything But The Truth, and Holly Seddon, author of Try Not To Breathe and Don't Close Your Eyes, discuss grappling with second novels, writing under contract and what happens when you say "yes" to a book deal.
Gillian McAllister, author of Everything But The Truth, and Holly Seddon, author of Try Not To Breathe and Don't Close Your Eyes, discuss the honest truth about being a debut author and having a book launched into the world.
Gillian McAllister, author of Everything But The Truth, and Holly Seddon, author of Try Not To Breathe and Don't Close Your Eyes, discuss the honest truth about being a debut author and having a book launched into the world.
The Brexit Podcast is going Dutch today for a chat with successful author and Brit abroad, Holly Seddon. Holly talks to Tim about about living as an ex-pat in Amsterdam and how the Dutch are taking a keen interest in the curious events in Britain since June. She also shares her concerns for the future education of her young family in a more divided Europe and explains why the referendum result means she does not want to return home any time soon. #amsterdam #author #Brexit #BrexitPodcast #dutch #emigrant #eu #EUreferendum #ex-pat #expat #hollyseddon #immigrant #jenniferhahn #netherlands #news #podcast #politics #Referendum #TimHeming #UK #VoteIn #VoteLeave #VoteRemain
So You Want To Be A Writer with Valerie Khoo and Allison Tait: Australian Writers' Centre podcast
CLEO magazine is closing, Penthouse drops print magazines, copyediting and grammar mistakes to avoid, the book The Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe, and Allison’s top blog posts about blogging. Meet journalist-turned-author Holly Seddon, whose new book is the psychological thriller Try Not to Breathe. Also: the clever note taking app Notability, when to pitch to magazines, and more! Read the show notes. Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com
So You Want To Be A Writer with Valerie Khoo and Allison Tait: Australian Writers' Centre podcast
CLEO magazine is closing, Penthouse drops print magazines, copyediting and grammar mistakes to avoid, the book The Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe, and Allison’s top blog posts about blogging. Meet journalist-turned-author Holly Seddon, whose new book is the psychological thriller Try Not to Breathe. Also: the clever note taking app Notability, when to pitch to magazines, and more! Read the show notes. Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com