Trisha Ashley: My Most Memorable Writing Moment.

Looking back on my long writing career, there have been many memorable moments and one totally unforgettable year – 1983, when I not only gave birth to my son, but also had my first novel accepted. Fast forward a couple of years and I’m listening to the talk by Diane Pearson of Transworld which was to lead me to my agent, Judith Murdoch, and the publication of my first romantic comedy with Piatkus, Good Husband Material.

Wind forward again to 2008, when my Avon HarperCollins novel, A Winter’s Tale, leapt straight to number one in the Heatseekers chart, after which my novels skirmished about in the lower foothills of bestsellerdom, until suddenly Twelve Days of Christmas shot like a meteorite to number three in the Sunday Times bestseller list.

The writer’s Dog, otherwise known as Ben, Old Spottynose or Daft Sausage.

Now, that really was a memorable moment, though at first I found it very hard to believe it had happened. But soon afterwards I was travelling down to London and, as the train slowly pulled into Euston station, I distinctly remember thinking how often I’d made that journey before – but never as a top ten bestselling author! And the tears came to my eyes, because I’d been faithfully following my star through several very tough years and like all the best stories, against all the odds it had come right in the end.

Now I’ve had four or five top ten bestsellers in a row, including the new reprint of my first romantic comedy, Good Husband Material, but sometimes I still have to pinch myself hard to believe there isn’t some other Trisha Ashley out there, doing these things. Trisha’s new novel, Wish upon a Star, will be published on 10th October by Avon HarperCollins.

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Laura

I'm Laura. I started Novel Kicks back in 2009 as I wanted a place to discuss books and writing - two loves of my life. As someone who has anxiety, these two things give me, and I am sure countless others, a much needed escape.
There is a monthly book club, writing exercises, prompts, reviews, author interviews, competitions and guest posts. I cover many genres and I hope there is something for everyone.
I grew up by the sea in Dorset and currently live in Poole with my husband, Chris and three cats. I love writing and have a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Falmouth University. I am writing my first book. If only I could stop pressing delete. Chris has threatened to stop it from working. Haha.
I have always loved creative writing since I was in first school and would very much like to meet my teacher, Miss Sayers, to say thank you for all the encouragement she gave me then.
When not writing, I love reading, cats, Disney, singing (I can't sing but this doesn't stop me,) and falling into a good TV show or film. If I could step into any fictional world, it would be amongst the characters in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
I love reading many genres and discovering new authors.