May 2025 Q&A with Deb Jordan on The River Whispers

Welcome to Kelly's Writerly Q&A, a monthly blog series that is now a podcast!

Listen to my second podcast episode where I chat to Deb Jordan, debut author of The River Whispers. Her women's suspense novel will appeal to fans of Holly Craig's, The Shallows.

We discuss:

Are you a plotter/planner or just a natural?

How different was the earlier version of this manuscrirpt?

Holly Craig's Write Club and Deb's favourite course.

Who does the best flashback transitions?

The beauty of harsh critique.

What noise cancelling earphones Deb can't live without.

Thank you for listening!

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With thanks:

Music credit to Ievgen Poltavskyi from Pixabay

Chapters

• 0:30 Meet Deb Jordan
• 1:01 Are you a plotter/planner or just a natural?
• 2:29 How different was the earlier version of this story?
• 3:36 Will the rhinoceros story be resuscitated?
• 4:30 Do you have a favourite Write Club course?
• 6:14 Flashback transitions
• 7:37 The beauty of harsh feedback
• 12:10 The noise-canceling earphones Deb recomends.