So, you’ve written your first book, but how to get it published? Here’s what you need to know about getting a book published for the first time, finding an agent and working with an editor.

“You can only find out your characters sometimes by writing them ... happens at the end of the first third,” she says. “Even if it’s not going to be a novel that works in thirds ...

I went to one of those when I was writing my first book, it was hugely helpful. And join a writers’ group.” Susan Hill: You will only learn by your own mistakes “You’re in the driving seat.