From journalist to first-time novelist

Many of us long for that call announcing you’ve got that book deal. But how did Hannah Jones cope with the transfer from daily paper to bookshelf? And would she survive the book signings. Continuing our series on first times, Becky Land talks to Hannah Jones about her first book deal.
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Many of us long for that call announcing you’ve got that book deal. But how did Hannah Jones cope with the transfer from daily paper to bookshelf? And would she survive the book signings.

If you listen to popular authors (and your fourth year English teacher) we all have a book in us; in Hannah Jones’ case it was already staring her in the face. A much-loved columnist, journalist and Magazines Editor at the national newspaper of Wales, the Western Mail, Hannah had been chronicling in print her hate-hate relationship with her body and the food she put into it for the past year when she found herself with a book deal.

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Becky Land
About the Author
Becky Land has been writing and broadcasting for 15 years. After working for the BBC for 12 years she now writes for websites and business and lifestyle magazines as well as offering PR training to SMEs. In her spare time she is trying to stand up on her surf board and is relearning the oboe.