All you ever wanted to know about creative writing. The author has published 18 novels and written for screen and television as well as judging many literary prizes and awards. She's served on the Executive committee of PEN and the Society of Authors and is a member of BAFTA, the Writer's Guild and the Royal Society of Literature. Her reminiscences reveal insider information from the importance of the well-honed sentence (euphony) to the benefits of choosing and using a suitable agent, as she takes us on a barnstorming tour of the writing profession which promised to be so lucrative and yet is so baffling to beginners.