This week on Writers Behaving Badly: We’re back with New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth for Part Two of our rollicking chat. Sally dishes on the realities of social media (hint: don’t waste time building a platform before you’ve written the book), resilience in the face of one-star reviews, and the myth-busting advice every aspiring author needs to hear.

She also spills some tea on a library event with Lisa that went hilariously sideways—complete with Maud heckling from the front row…

Plus: Lisa can’t take an ugly photo of Sally (no matter how hard she tries), and Brooke yells the F-word directly into Sally’s face. You couldn’t script it if you tried.

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What You'll Learn:

Why social media can wait until you’ve actually written the book.

How to find (and keep) your voice online without hating it.

The art of laughing at one-star reviews (including Rhonda’s epic takedown).

Why every writer needs resilience and a good sense of humour.

Our next Badly Behaved Write-Along is on Tuesday 23rd September @ 7:30 pm. Come and join us! (We’ll be announcing more end of year dates shortly 😊)

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