Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Pip Landers-Letts is a contemporary sapphic author and the winner of last year's Kindle Storyteller Award for her novel Pyg — but her path to that podium ran straight through a wall of query rejections.
In this conversation, recorded live at Ireland's Publishing Show, Pip shares how she found her way to self-publishing, what it was like to discover her editor, Sophia Blackwell, through Reedsy, and what's coming next.
Whether you're deep in the querying trenches or already self-publishing, this one's worth your time.
🔗 Pip's next book, Chameleon: amazon.com/Chameleon-Contemporary-Sapphic-Novel-Leamington-ebook/dp/B0GR76TNB4
🔗 Pip's editor, Sophia Blackwell, on Reedsy: reedsy.com/sophia-blackwell
🔗 Indie Network Ireland: indienetworkevents.com
⏱ Chapters
00:00 What Is Ireland's Publishing Show?
01:53 How Pip Landers-Letts Started Writing
02:13 What Inspired Her First Novel
03:14 How to Query Literary Agents (and What Went Wrong)
03:39 Discovering Reedsy and self-publishing
05:06 Writing her second book
06:26 The Kindle Storyteller Award
07:39 What's Next for Pip Landers-Letts?
Authors and books discussed: Pip Landers-Letts, Clare Lydon, George Bernard Shaw (Pygmalion), David Nicholls. Writing courses mentioned: Curtis Brown Creative.
Pip Landers-Letts is a contemporary sapphic author and the winner of last year's Kindle Storyteller Award for her novel Pyg — but her path to that podium ran straight through a wall of query rejections.
In this conversation, recorded live at Ireland's Publishing Show, Pip shares how she found her way to self-publishing, what it was like to discover her editor, Sophia Blackwell, through Reedsy, and what's coming next.
Whether you're deep in the querying trenches or already self-publishing, this one's worth your time.
🔗 Pip's next book, Chameleon: amazon.com/Chameleon-Contemporary-Sapphic-Novel-Leamington-ebook/dp/B0GR76TNB4
🔗 Pip's editor, Sophia Blackwell, on Reedsy: reedsy.com/sophia-blackwell
🔗 Indie Network Ireland: indienetworkevents.com
⏱ Chapters
00:00 What Is Ireland's Publishing Show?
01:53 How Pip Landers-Letts Started Writing
02:13 What Inspired Her First Novel
03:14 How to Query Literary Agents (and What Went Wrong)
03:39 Discovering Reedsy and self-publishing
05:06 Writing her second book
06:26 The Kindle Storyteller Award
07:39 What's Next for Pip Landers-Letts?
Authors and books discussed: Pip Landers-Letts, Clare Lydon, George Bernard Shaw (Pygmalion), David Nicholls. Writing courses mentioned: Curtis Brown Creative.
