VIKKI PATIS

5 weeks ago, I scrapped a book I’d been wrestling with for about 2 months and pitched a new idea to my publisher. Today I finished the first draft of that new book, 77,000 words and a lot of evening & weekend writing later. Next week I’ll give it a structural edit and then it’ll…

Girl, Lost is finally available to preorder on Audible! Publication 05/11.

Recently, diversity has been at the forefront of many conversations in the publishing world, and with good reason. But as an aside to the current discussions, it’s got me thinking about how often we see characters with disabilities in books and on screen, and when we do, how those characters are portrayed. It’s why I…

A couple of days ago, Girl, Lost fell out of the top 100 and the price went up from 99p to £1.99. The first thing I felt was something akin to panic. Had it stayed in there for long enough? Would my publisher be happy with the sales? Would I be happy with the sales? Is the book…

Girl, Lost has reached the top 100 on Amazon! Writing this book was a bit of a gamble for me. It took me out of contract early on in my career, and at one point I was worried it would never find a home. So for it to be sitting at number 60 in the…