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Come and meet and talk to us on www.facebook.com/waitingforcallback
or via the contact form on the website www.waitingforcallback.com ! (We're running a writing comp right now, check it out on the website)

I used to be the least numerate tax barrister ever to practise at the English bar but now I'm writing at last and it's the best 'job' in the world - not least because I'm writing funny teen books with my 18 year old daughter, Honor Cargill. Hon has just joined Good Reads - go and say hi to her!

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Perdita Cargill Hi Janessa! I'm so sorry I didn't notice this message. Thank you! Well, I guess that our biggest tip would be to have fun along the way. We couldn't w…moreHi Janessa! I'm so sorry I didn't notice this message. Thank you! Well, I guess that our biggest tip would be to have fun along the way. We couldn't write together unless we had lots of laughter. We don't write side by side though - we both nee dour own space and we email each other drafts (sometimes even if we're in the same house!). I think if you're collaborating with someone play to your strengths too - so, for example, Hon is super good at dialogue but really bad at proofing and spelling (she's dyslexic) so I tend to take control of those bits. Anyway hope you enjoy the books and have a fab 2017! Perdita x(less)
Perdita Cargill One of the good things about collaborating is that we don't tend to get stuck at the same time on the same bits. On the other hand, one of the bad thi…moreOne of the good things about collaborating is that we don't tend to get stuck at the same time on the same bits. On the other hand, one of the bad things about collaborating with a 17yr old is that writer's block or no writer's block very little writing gets done during exam times...(less)
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There's a flash giveaway for Waiting for Callback:Take Two

Our lovely publishers have put 5 copies of Waiting for Callback: Take Two up for grabs but only until 24/1. It's January so everyone needs a giveaway in their lives - especially a funny book giveaway.

It's UK only but we'll put up an international giveaway in a couple of months so check back in for that.

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Perdita Cargill Perdita Cargill said: " Katherine and Elizabeth Corr have written a perfect complex ending to the Witch’s Kiss trilogy. Read them all for their visually rich, dark and exciting world building (well, worlds - the narratives slip cleverly between ancient and contemporary) and ...more "

 

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Messalina by Honor Cargill-Martin
"This was just so good, the way the author approached the ancient sources was masterful and never boring. She reconstructs a female historical narrative without trying to place it into male terms, and male understanding. She works in the blind spots a" Read more of this review »
Messalina by Honor Cargill-Martin
"This book is a biography about Messalina, the third wife of Roman Emperor Claudius. Valeria Messalina was born into the infamous Julio-Claudian dynasty. She was a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus, second cousin of Emperor Caligula and cousin of E" Read more of this review »
Messalina by Honor Cargill-Martin
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It’s no easy feat to write anything factual on the ancient world whilst in the modern day, because a lot of what we know was passed down mostly through hearsay and text, and as is the way, it’s all told from certain perspectives that are col" Read more of this review »
Messalina by Honor Cargill-Martin
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It's incredibly hard to write modern biographies of ancient women. Not least because most ancient historians didn't care that much about women as individuals; they only mattered when they intersected with men (... not too differen" Read more of this review »
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