Some of the subjects you write about are quite emotional, sometimes harrowing. I always like to have something to write about.Ģ.

After this I will publish on .uk and then start on the next project. When the inevitable rejections come through, I will dust myself off, copy my manuscript, and set it up for Smashwords’ publication (they seem to like everything justified to the left and no tabs). I am now waiting again as there is interest in my fifth novel from two agencies (two others have rejected it), but I have grown a thicker skin this time. I waited and waited, but unsurprisingly the answer came back in the negative. With The Porn Detective, I had a terrible week with one agency where I was told that on the Friday afternoon they would tell me whether or not they would take the book on after a big conference. This takes several weeks whereby you wait in hope that this time an agency will like your work. When I’m satisfied I always send samples to a few agents to get some feedback.

When I finish writing a novel I read through it a few times to check for spelling and grammatical errors, then leave it alone for a week or so and then read through it again. A TV news bulletin gave me the idea for the third book ‘A House Without Windows’, and I pulled out the memories from my four years of working in a residential home to write Lily: A Short Story. After attending a Pilates class for a year I found I was spending more time observing than bothering to do the exercises properly, because the idea of ‘The Pilates Class’ was forming in my head for my second novel. I just had to write it all down when I was finally free of being one. As you know, parts of my debut novel The Porn Detective are based on actual events. Can you describe the process you use from idea to publication?Īt the moment I am just dredging up memories from yesteryear and condensing them together in chapters for some of my work. Novelist and rocker Stevie Turner talks about the process of writing, life in the East End of London, guitar solos and meeting Mathew Manning.ġ.

Lily by Stevie Turner