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 in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.

I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.