Emma Darwin (@emmadarwin): "When Hilary Mantel won the Booker for the second time (plus two nominations for other books) she was asked if she felt she’d arrived, and she said no: with every book you’re back again at the foot of the mountain… So true."

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Mar 13, 2025

When Hilary Mantel won the Booker for the second time (plus two nominations for other books) she was asked if she felt she’d arrived, and she said no: with every book you’re back again at the foot of the mountain…

So true.

Royal Literary Fund

Mar 6, 2025

Lee Child, who created the Jack Reacher series, is one of the world’s bestselling thriller writers – but he still hadn’t got it all figured out.

I thought after two or three books I would have gotten it all figured out. But it's always the same struggle. Someone1 said you never learn how to write novels but with a lot of luck you might learn how to write the one you're working on currently, and I think that person was correct.

Royal Literary Fund

Mar 13

10:23 AM

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