This week on Writers Behaving Badly: We welcome New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth! She joins us to chat about her incredible career, from the book that changed everything (The Mother-in-Law) to billboard moments in Bourke Street Mall, optioned screen adaptations, and why resilience beats luck every time. She also confesses to once dictating Lisa’s plotting process with a stack of index cards (but she might have won that argument in the end 👀)

Plus: Sally and Brooke bond over ‘town water’…

This week’s write-along winners 🏆👏

Kylie

Casey

Erin

Cath P

Cath G

Linda

Lucinda

Sue Ann

Athena

What You'll Learn:

How to write (and survive) through personal upheaval.

The role of consistency in building a career and a brand.

How it’s okay to experiment with process.

How to handle bad reviews, awkward encounters, and emails from Estelle in Wisconsin.

Segments Inside:

✍️ Sins & WinsLisa smugly climbs back on the podium with scene cards in hand, Brooke battles the corporate commute, Annie claims ‘it’s all sinny in Philadelphia’ and our community of writers bring their A-game to the page.

📚 Author Interview – Sally Hepworth Part OneFrom resilience to screen adaptations and The Mother-in-Law changing everything—Sally tells us the truth about publishing highs and lows, her flexible process, and why the most successful authors often struggle the most to give writing advice…

Our next Badly Behaved Write-Along is on Tuesday 23rd September @ 7:30 pm. Come and join us!

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