The novel she wrote for no one

Hannah Plews

Published on: 30/08/2026

Virginia Evans wrote seven novels that didn't sell before her eighth won the Women's Prize for Fiction. What that taught me about starting a story, and starting again.

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What two abandoned manuscripts taught me

Hannah Plews

Published on: 14/08/2026

Two abandoned manuscripts, and the question I wish I'd asked before I let them go, before either one was finished with me.

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