EP154: Mark Billingham – From a shoutline to five million books sold

Mark Billingham is renowned for his bestselling crime thrillers, not least the Jack Thorne series. Having now sold over 5 millions copies of his books, Mark takes us through his incredible career which takes in acting, stand-up comedy, writing for TV, and a little bit of kidnapping.

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PODCAST

In this episode you will discover…

How a shoutline got Mark a book deal
Why he writes for an invisible reader looking over his shoulder
How breaking away from a series character can refresh you as a writer
The secret to clean first drafts
And why he’s going back to rewrite his first book…

Here are some of the links we talked about in the show…

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment
Support Jenni Desvaux’s book The Very Last Monster Book: http://lastmonsters.com
Pre-order The End of Magic: https://unbound.com/books/end-of-magic/
Back to Reality: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality/
Scrivener: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/
The Damonza Cover Competition: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/cover/
Damonza (10% off all packages with code bestsellerxp): https://damonza.com/bestsellerxp/
Mark Billingham’s website: https://markbillingham.com
Mark Billingham’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkBillingham
Mark Billingham’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkBillinghamAuthor/
Mark Billingham’s Showing Off page, with clips from Maid Marian and her Merry Men and more: https://uk.markbillingham.com/showing-off
The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers: https://funlovincrimewriters.com/about/
Mark Stay’s blog on getting quotes for your novel: https://markstaywrites.com/2018/11/26/getting-pre-pub-quotes-for-your-novel/
Aunt Marion’s books! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marion-Dante/e/B001JP2L5C/
The Steve Cavanagh episodes: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/125-steve-cavanagh/
Monty Python’s sketch about writing live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogPZ5CY9KoM
The TED talk about dancing… https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement
How Chelle celebrates finishing a draft: https://goo.gl/4RvMnf

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