Ep496 - Jacqueline O'Mahony - “Sheer Determination Beats Everything”
Jacqueline O’Mahony was named Young Irish Writer of the Year by the Irish Examiner when she was fourteen. After a BA, MA and PhD she worked at Condé Nast, Vogue and Associated Newspapers as an arts editor. Her debut novel, A River in the Trees, was nominated for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award and the Not the Booker Prize in 2020. Her latest book Sing, Wild Bird, Sing is set during the Irish Famine, and is a story about the indomitable will to survive-and to flourish-against nearly impossible odds. It sold over 40,000 copies in its first 5 days and has over 17,000 reviews on Amazon.
In this interview, you will learn:
How family stories are a great source for ideas for your novel
How title ideas can inspire your book.
Tips for forcing your novel across the finish line
Success is only one publisher away.
And how Sheer determination beats everything
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