Could you write a Bestseller?

NaNoWrimo Awarded ‘Lifetime Contribution to Writing’ by The Bestseller Experiment

Some of the NaNoWriMo team (from left to right): Marya Brennan, Katherine Gripp, Grant Faulkner (with Blobby), and Tim Kim. The team at NaNoWrimo have been awarded a “Lifetime Contribution to Writing” by The Bestseller Experiment in acknowledgement for their incredible service to writing. Half a million writers a year benefit from the amazing not-for-profit organisation who provide free […]

EP12: Maria Semple | How To Find Your Voice As A Writer

Have you every wondered how important your “Voice” is as a writer? This week on The Bestseller Experiment podcast, New York Times success Maria Semple tells us just how essential your voice is. Maria was recently named a “Power Author” by the Hollywood Reporter, putting her alongside such giants as JK Rowling and George RR […]

EP11: Writing a Bestseller | The Story So Far

The two Marks bring you up to date on the trials and tribulations their nascent bestseller, the processes that they’re going through, and how two writers can work together without driving each other bonkers. PODCAST Thanks for listening and joining us. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below. SPREAD THE […]

Bestseller Experiment featured in the Guardian

A great interview and feature today in The Guardian with the Two Marks… The Bestseller Experiment: can you deliberately write a blockbuster book? Mark Stay and Mark Desvaux are picking up clues from publishers and authors in a new podcast, while they go about trying to write the next bestseller. Everyone may have a book […]

EP10: Robin Stevens | NaNoWriMo Success Story

Robin is the author of the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries books, a middle grade series following schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong in a 1930s English boarding school, but Robin started out on her bestselling adventure with NaNoWriMo. PODCAST Click to Tweet: “Write the book you would most like to read,” Robin Stevens @bestsellerxp […]

EP09: Joe Abercrombie | Dancing Naked in the Rain

Joe burst onto the fantasy scene in 2003 with his debut The Blade Itself. His books have climbed high up the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and he had some unusual advice for writers when we spoke to him at GollanczFest. ABOUT JOE: Joe Abercrombie is a British fantasy writer and author of […]

5 Essential Tips Writers Can Learn From Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad is one of the best, if not the best TV series ever. From incredible characters, amazing plots, terrific twists… the show has it all. Following The Bestseller Experiment’s interview with Bryan Cranston, we created a premium bonus for our listeners. Here are our five top tips from Breaking Bad that every writer should know: SUMMARY: Mini […]

The Bestseller Experiment hits BBC Radio 4

We woke up this morning to a barrage of emails from people who just heard our podcast on BBC Radio 4 (Today). Quite unexpectedly we’ve seen the podcast go viral around the world in the last few weeks. Here’s the clip played on Radio 4: https://4ks_public.s3.amazonaws.com/bestsellerxp/podcast/2016-11-15_BBCRadio4_Bryan-Cranston.mp3 Listen to the full interview with Bryan Cranston here […]

EP08: NaNoWriMo & The Muddy Middle | Grant Faulkner

We are delighted to welcome NaNoWriMo’s Grant Faulkner back to the podcast in mid-November, where we discuss strategies for coping with the ‘muddy middle’. Those second-act blues where a storyteller can get completely lost or overwhelmed. ABOUT GRANT: Grant Faulkner is the Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month – aka NaNoWriMo, co-founder of the […]

EP07: Michael Connelly | 60 Million Thriller Books

Michael Connelly is one of the most successful crime authors in the world with over 60m book sales. Having just released his new Harry Bosch thriller, he shares secrets about developing characters & writing book series – in the back of a London cab! LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Click to Tweet: “Be relentless. Write every day.” @bestsellerxp […]