EP399: Elissa Soave — “My Story is Worth Telling”

Elissa Soave is the winner of the inaugural Primadonna Prize, an accolade awarded to unpublished and unrepresented writers. Ginger and Me is her debut novel, a part-coming of age and part-mystery novel featuring vivid characters. Elissa reveals how her writing career started with just 500 words and the realisation that her story was worth telling.

WE DISCUSS…

What Elissa learned writing for theatre
What surprised her most about the publishing process
And the role that Tunnocks wafter biscuits played in the story…

PODCAST

This Week’s Links:

Discover more about Elissa here: https://twitter.com/elissa_soave
Our episode with entertainment lawyers: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep32-legal-eagles/

JOIN US AT A LIVE SHOW TO CELEBRATE 400 EPISODES OF THE BESTSELLER EXPERIMENT

Join co-presenter Mark Stay with a panel of amazing writers including Rowan Coleman, Pernille Hughes, Nadine Matheson and Julie Wassmer. After six years and 400 episodes, we’ll be asking if writing is a job for life. In these uncertain times, can an author really earn a living from just their writing? Our guests share their experiences of being an author in an ever-changing world. Oh, and this is a celebration! There will be wine, cake, a chance to meet the authors, a book signing and plenty of surprises.

In person: Wednesday 31st August 2022, 18:30 BST at Waterstones, Canterbury – Rose Lane
Online (Youtube): https://youtu.be/cv-gwfOGnw4

Forthcoming events with Mr Stay:

Mr Stay will be signing with David Lee Stone at Waterstones, Thanet Saturday 27th August 12-2: https://www.waterstones.com/events/meet-david-lee-stone-and-mark-stay/thanet

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