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EP101: Live Show with Emad Akhtar

Editor Emad Akhtar has worked with authors like Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin and Justin Cronin and was kind enough to join our live show and answer our listeners’ questions! To support the show, check out bestsellerexperiment.com/support Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality   PODCAST In this episode you will discover… Common pacing […]

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EP100 Teaser: Elements of a Chapter

This week’s Deep Dive is short n sweet and crammed with tips on making your chapters work as hard as possible. We’ll look at the purpose of the chapter, how it fits into the larger story, and what tools you can use when editing to ensure that your chapter earns its place in the story. […]

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EP99: Cavan Scott

We speak to Cavan Scott, an extraordinary writer who writes on licence, meaning that he is hired to write for licenced intellectual properties such as Star Wars and Doctor Who. If you’ve ever written fan fiction and dream of writing for a big franchise then you’ll find plenty of inspiration in this week’s episode. To […]

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EP98 Teaser: Audiobooks

Here’s a Teaser for Episode 98 – Options Deep Dive which is available only at https://bestsellerexperiment.com/support PODCAST BUY Back to Reality – the novel from the Podcast Find out more at https://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality   Thanks for listening and joining us. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below. SPREAD THE LOVE If you enjoyed […]

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EP97: Roz Morris

We speak to Roz Morris, a writer whose books have sold over 4 million copies, but until recently you won’t have seen her name on the covers because she is a ghost writer. Roz has written for members of the SAS, rockstar bodyguards, children’s fantasy authors and more. To hear more and support the show, […]

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EP96 Teaser: Deep Dive – Options Part 3

Here’s a Teaser for Episode 96 – Options Deep Dive which is available only at https://bestsellerexperiment.com/support PODCAST BUY Back to Reality – the novel from the Podcast Find out more at https://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality   Thanks for listening and joining us. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below. SPREAD THE LOVE If you enjoyed […]

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EP95: Richard Morgan

Richard Morgan

We speak to Richard Morgan about his novel Altered Carbon and its long journey through development hell before it went on the become the biggest show on Netflix. And we look back on his incredible career, which includes fantasy fiction and comic books, and we look forward to his long-awaited forthcoming novel Thin Air. To […]

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EP94 Teaser: Deep Dive – Options Part 2

Here’s a Teaser for Episode 94 – Options Deep Dive which is available only at https://bestsellerexperiment.com/support PODCAST BUY Back to Reality – the novel from the Podcast Find out more at https://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality   Thanks for listening and joining us. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below. SPREAD THE LOVE If you enjoyed […]

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EP93: Alex T. Smith

In the latest of an occasional series of reports from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators conference, we speak to bestselling children’s author and illustrator Alex T Smith… and Mr. D makes a big declaration! To hear more of this episode in our deep dive, check out patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment Our novel Back To Reality […]

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EP92: The Gingerbread Shortlist

  A special episode where Mr. Stay catches up with Sam Eades on the Gingerbread writing competition launched in episode 50, and speaks to the shortlisted authors, and we discover what it was about their writing that got them shortlisted… To hear more of this episode in our deep dive, check out patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment Our novel […]

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