I was really lucky to be in a fabulous and supportive tutor group… I also had an excellent mentor in Helen Francis. She believed in the book, but more than that, she believed in me as a writer and believed I could get published. Every time I thought I’d come to a dead end she encouraged me to keep going.

“I started the course with just an outline for a novel and a fledging idea for my protagonist… If it wasn’t for the support of both my writing group and my mentor, Helen Francis, I wouldn’t now have a complete novel and a publishing contract.”

“At the end of the course, Jericho Writers sent off a recommendation to my preferred agent, and later I was asked the full manuscript. Two weeks later, Jericho Writers forwarded on a note from the agent asking if I could have a chat with him – and that chat was the Call: an offer of representation.”