Anna Mazzola

I’m in Faversham in Kent at 1pm Saturday, talking to Abir and Vas. Don’t make me go it alone. @favlit.org @radiomukhers.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social

Tickets: www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/2026/events/...

That's it!!

Weirdly, Helen is already in the mix!

Ha!

I like Verity!

Weirdly I once worked with a Cassie Stringer.

What a name!

Wonderful.

It's set now (mostly) - her age is thirties!

Anyone fancy helping me name the protagonist in my new book? She's an American jewel historian, early thirties. Smart, determined, low self esteem. Looks a bit like Winona Ryder.

If I pick your name, you get a mention in the acknowledgements (if the book is ever published, that is!)

Aw, thank you! Such a brilliant festival.

Found the Penge Pussy!

By @whoamirony.bsky.social

Westbury Road, SE20. 🐈‍⬛

Not saying it's been raining a lot but local animals might want to pair up and find an arc.

(This is not a criticism, by the way. It makes sense. On purpose On accident.)

Funny that that Americans say 'on accident' instead of 'by accident'. Anyway, I just ran over a Californian on accident.

Notes on A Drowning is INCREDIBLE, Andrew. You will not be disappointed.

Aw, thanks!

6 Get over yourself and start writing again. Finish the terrible draft.
7 Put it in a drawer or cupboard or oven
8 Take it out again, read it quickly, and make a list of what needs to change.
9 Rewrite it entirely. Realise it’s still not right. Hit things.
10 Go back to 6.

I am writing a new novel which reminded me people like to know how to write novels. This is my formula:
1 Come up with a good idea.
2 Work out a plot, what your character wants and their arc.
3 Research enough to write the 1st draft.
4 Start sketchy draft
5 Get to 30k. Realise there’s no point. Cry.

Very good.

My favourite scam email so far. 75-year recluse Patrick Süskind, author of modern gothic classic Perfume - a man who rarely grants interviews and allows no photos - has contacted me to tell me he loves my book and wants to connect as a ‘fellow author’. I should tell him he’s misspelling his own name

Ha!

I wish people would stop referring to their own novels as their ‘babies’. We don’t generally try to sell babies in supermarkets, rate them two stars on Amazon, or pulp them into hamster bedding if not enough people like them.

No, I am the non secret solicitor. You should also @barristersecret.bsky.social’s thriller, writing as SJ Fleet. It’s brilliant.

This is the book, Notes on a Drowning.

annamazzola.com/notes-on-a-d...

Journalists/podcasters: the central premise of my Anna Sharpe novel, out last week, is that (spoiler) an Epstein-like figure corrupts a British politician in order to conceal criminal acts. So suddenly rather relevant. I'm a criminal justice solicitor as well as a writer so happy to chat.

It did. That was why it was so grim!

The finale of the Night Manager certainly gave us the cheery boost we all needed right now.

Thank you! X

Thank you!