Not All Diamonds Are Worn by Avril Henry

• Author: Avril Henry
• Memoir
• Started life as a novel

The novel that became a memoir

Not All Diamonds Are Worn is Avril Henry’s memoir. When Avril first came to me, she was planning a novel. I talked her into writing the memoir instead.

That’s one of the least popular and most valuable things I do: telling someone, early, that the book they’re planning isn’t the book they should write. Better a hard conversation in week 1 than a year spent on the wrong manuscript. Avril trusted it, and the result is the book with her real story in it.

“My book coach, Crystal Adair-Benning, in Canada who convinced me to write my memoir rather than my first novel. I learnt so much about writing and the magical impact of the written word from this word magic genius. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, experience, and excellent methodology for writing books.”Avril Henry, author of Not All Diamonds Are Worn (from the book’s Acknowledgements)

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