Helen Cullen, author of The Lost Letters of Willam Woolf, talks to the Honest Authors about her publication journey, giving up the London rat race to decamp to rural Ireland and her writing process. Plus there's the usual bad reviews and lots of laughing.

We interview Claire Allan and talk social media, word counts, and writing two books a year.

We talk to debut novelist Lia Louis during an anxiety special!

We discuss how to have an idea, when you're reviewed poorly by people you know and how to develop a hook for your book.

We interview Joy Rhodes and discuss pre-publication nerves!

In our most honest episode yet we discuss crises of confidence, abandoning projects and the etiquette of book blurbs. PLUS a really interesting interview with brilliant bestseller Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle and The Collector.

A little sidenote: the sound quality in the beginning was a little iffy so please bear with us!

We interview bestselling author Tracy Buchanan, speak about press reviews for debuts and outlining.

We discuss publishing news, cover reveals, light bulb moments and (to a surprisingly extensive degree) Neighbours.

Gilly and Holly are back, with a new jingle and a lot of opinions. The honest authors discuss publishing news, violence against women, "twists you won't see coming" and... erm... floatation tanks.

The final episode of season 1. We take questions, discuss how it feels to have second books out, reviews and writing through the chaos.