http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml

If you scroll down to the Ss, you'll find 'Sound Advice'. Click to listen again and you'll hear a half-hour discussion about how three novelists approach the task of writing a book. One of these is Monica Lewycka (not sure if I've spelt that right as my mum has my copy), author of the wonderful 'A History of Tractors in Ukranian'.




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Marina Lewycka - apologies. Should have googled first!

Ha ha!

Snap, Lammi. I've just started another thread on the same programme, but forgot to include the link.

Dee

Great minds etc. What did you think of it?

Very interesting. They said a lot of things I can relate to – their reaction to rejection, their feelings of pressure to produce another best-seller. They sounded refreshingly ordinary and human.

What did you think?

Dee