{"id":1062,"date":"2022-09-08T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T11:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2022-09-08T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T11:18:15","slug":"novelised-memoir-published-under-pen-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/?p=1062","title":{"rendered":"Novelised memoir published under pen name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I’ve published Only Hummingbirds Fly Backwards under the pen name of Rosie Parker. This is because it’s a change from my usual genre, and also because it’s a novelised memoir.<\/p>\n

The novel took me many years to get to this stage, as I struggled to find the right form in which to publish this story of a young man who goes out on his motorbike one sunny April’s day, has a freak accident, and is changed forever. Loosely based on my own brother’s brain injury, I wanted to fictionalise it so that I could write in a more honest and authentic way than if I was constantly worried about what our parents, or his family might have to say!<\/p>\n

I’m very proud of this novel. Indeed, Lola Jaye, the prize-winning author of Attic Child, said: “Rosie Parker has woven together a poignant tale of heartbreak, love and loss – done so with her familiar mix of warmth, humour and empathy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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I have also given an interview for the RNA writer’s blog where I discuss why and how I wrote this novel:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/romanticnovelistsassociation.org\/2022\/09\/rosie-parker-only-hummingbirds-fly-backwards\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently I’ve published Only Hummingbirds Fly Backwards under the pen name of Rosie Parker. This is because it’s a change from my usual genre, and also because it’s a novelised memoir. The novel took me many years to get to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1063,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions\/1063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/WritingTutors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}