Laura lives in North Wales in an old house that she will probably never quite finish doing up. She’ll never quite finish the house, because she’s too busy cooking up stories, building up the courage to go on social media to promote her books, and being walked by her dog, Milo. 

Laura’s family and friends assume that writing involves her sitting at her computer and cheerfully churning out chapters, when it mainly involves lying awake in the middle of the night worrying about plot, and looking for the Post-it note she scribbled that great piece of dialogue on…