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Hi, I’m Vanessa and welcome to my site.
In 2015, I won Bloody Scotland’s Pitch Perfect event and my first novel, Death Will Find Me, was published in February, 2019. The second Tessa Kilpatrick book will be out early next year and in the meantime, I’ll soon be launching a series of art crime thrillers.
You can find out more about me and what I’m up to by following the links at the top, and there are contact details below if you want to ask me any questions or invite me to talk at your bookshop, library or festival.
Category Archives: Writing
Writing in the dunes, imagining the scene as the German Navy surrendered…
In the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, back when I was writing an early draft of Death Will Find Me and still getting to know my characters, I saw an image from the day the German fleet surrendered to the British … Continue reading
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Tagged Death Will Find Me, out and about, Scotland, short story, World War One, writing, WW1
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Another update…
I seem to spend my life composing vague, holding posts that sit in my drafts folder, while I wait for concrete news of what’s going on with The Book. Things are happening. But slowly. I truly believe that there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Death Will Find Me, Kate Carpenter, new book, publishing, update, writing
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Writing, book deals, life… An update.
It’s so long since I posted here – I’ve been putting it off until there was news but in the meantime I’ve had a couple of messages from people asking if I’ve now turned into an actual hermit, so I’m … Continue reading
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What non-writers don’t know about literary agents. Or, it’s not like the Yellow Pages
As you know, I was recently taken on by a literary agent (still excited about that) and I’m getting down to writing my next book. More on that process later – trust me, it’s quite a change of mind-set. On … Continue reading
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Tagged agents, literary agent, other people, writing
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Writer? Four podcasts you should be listening to…
Podcasts only really appeared on my radar when Serial was a huge hit a couple of years ago. The wonderful thing about podcasts is that although some are very professional, it’s a medium that almost anyone can create content for. … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Bestseller Experiment, Joanna Penn, Lani Diane Rich, podcasts, Sarah Painter
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