Della Galton sold her first story in 1987. Since then she has sold hundreds of stories and serials here and abroad. She lives with her husband Tony in a 400-year-old cottage and enjoys walking her dogs in the beautiful Dorset countryside.
My first sale was…
A poem to Pony Magazine when I was eight!
My family think my writing is…
All based on them.
The best/worst thing about writing short stories for magazines is…
They’re very short. That’s the best and the worst thing.
Long hand first or computer?
Computer.
On completing a story I feel…
Relieved.
When I run out of ideas I …
Don’t often run out of ideas to be honest.
Ideas come to me when…
I’m driving, chatting, doing housework, walking the dogs, all the time really.
My biggest tip for new women’s mag writers would be…
Read the magazines constantly.
3 authors – dead or alive I’d like to invite to dinner would be…
Teresa Ashby, Nick Hornby and Daphne du Maurier.
Favourite writing outfit?
Soft fleece and comfy trousers, plus hot water bottle. Our house is freezing.
Favourite writing snack?
Chocolate. Favourite any time snack actually!
Daily Mail or Guardian?
Mail – much better for plot lines!
Corrie or Eastenders?
Corrie – brilliantly written.
Best woman’s magazine story I’ve read during the last three months is…
The Leftover Cat by Teresa Ashby
Della has published two novels - "Passing Shadows" (2006), "Helter Skelter" (2007) and "How To Write and Sell Short Stories" (2008) - all with Accent Press,
My first sale was…
A poem to Pony Magazine when I was eight!
My family think my writing is…
All based on them.
The best/worst thing about writing short stories for magazines is…
They’re very short. That’s the best and the worst thing.
Long hand first or computer?
Computer.
On completing a story I feel…
Relieved.
When I run out of ideas I …
Don’t often run out of ideas to be honest.
Ideas come to me when…
I’m driving, chatting, doing housework, walking the dogs, all the time really.
My biggest tip for new women’s mag writers would be…
Read the magazines constantly.
3 authors – dead or alive I’d like to invite to dinner would be…
Teresa Ashby, Nick Hornby and Daphne du Maurier.
Favourite writing outfit?
Soft fleece and comfy trousers, plus hot water bottle. Our house is freezing.
Favourite writing snack?
Chocolate. Favourite any time snack actually!
Daily Mail or Guardian?
Mail – much better for plot lines!
Corrie or Eastenders?
Corrie – brilliantly written.
Best woman’s magazine story I’ve read during the last three months is…
The Leftover Cat by Teresa Ashby
Della has published two novels - "Passing Shadows" (2006), "Helter Skelter" (2007) and "How To Write and Sell Short Stories" (2008) - all with Accent Press,
