🎙 INTERVIEW: Writing 25 Bestsellers in 25 Years: In Conversation with Adele Parks
​** This is a LIVE interview with author Adele Parks about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
​What does it really take to write (and publish) a book a year? How do you stay motivated, imaginative, and disciplined across decades?Â
​Adele Parks has spent the last quarter-century answering those questions through her own life and work. Since her debut Playing Away in 2000, she has published 25 books ranging from women’s fiction to psychological thrillers, selling more than 5 million copies across the globe. In 2022, she was awarded an MBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to literature. Her latest book, Our Beautiful Mess, is out now.
​In this conversation, Adele will take us behind the scenes of her writing life, sharing the routines, character work, and creative strategies that have kept her stories fresh and her readership devoted for over two decades.
​We’ll also explore:
​How Adele ideates, plots, and writes her bestselling novels
​Her move from romance to thrillers, and what each genre has taught her
​Why she “interviews” her fictional characters to unearth their secrets
​The discipline and routine behind writing a book a year
​How she stays motivated and imaginative decades into her career
​Her approach to dealing with criticism and self-doubt
​About Adele Parks
​British born author Adele Parks is the author of 24 bestselling novels including the recent Sunday Times Number One hits Lies Lies Lies and Just My Luck. Over six million English editions of her work have been sold and her books have been translated into 31 different languages. She is an ambassador of the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency: two charities that promote literacy in the UK. Adele also writes for national media including The Times, Guardian, The Telegraph and appears regularly on TV as a spokesperson for the publishing industry. In 2022 she was awarded an MBE - a British order of chivalry – by His Majesty King Charles III for services to literature.
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​Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti are the co-founders of the London Writers' Salon, creators of the webby-nominated Writers' Hour daily writing sessions, and hosts of the London Writers' Salon podcast.
​Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
​Matt Trinetti is a writer, publisher, TEDx speaker, and facilitator. In addition to running LWS, Matt designs programs to help unfulfilled professionals pursue creative work, start businesses, and reinvent their careers. Matt's work has appeared in Quartz, Observer, Creative Mornings, and on his blog GiveLiveExplore.
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