The life of a writer revealed
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Since early January, UK novelist Louise Doughty has been baring her soul for The Telegraph, charting the frustrations and triumphs of her life as a writer. Where does the inspiration for a book come from, how do characters take on a life-like shape, and what does a writer actually do all day? Her latest column reveals her addiction with checking her Amazon rating, even when "a long out-of-print edition of my third novel, Honey-Dew...is storming the charts at 751,595."Since early January, UK novelist Louise Doughty has been baring her soul for The Telegraph, charting the frustrations and triumphs of her life as a writer. Where does the inspiration for a book come from, how do characters take on a life-like shape, and what does a writer actually do all day? Her latest column reveals her addiction with checking her Amazon rating, even when "a long out-of-print edition of my third novel, Honey-Dew...is storming the charts at 751,595."