EP303: Mark Stay and The Crow Folk

Some chancer called Mark Stay hijacks the podcast to shamelessly plug his new novel The Crow Folk. He gets all evasive about listener questions, refuses to discuss his murky past and almost storms out of the show… three times. Nevertheless, Mark Desvaux manages to pin him down and gets the answers we all want, not least: how can I get a bar of that Crow Folk chocolate? We also have an exclusive clip from The Crow Folk audiobook read by Candida Gubbins. Many thanks to Simon & Schuster UK for the clip.

We discuss:

Choosing and developing ideas
Working with agents and editors
Writing non-sweary period dialogue
Comparing Mr Stay’s experiences in traditional publishing, self-publishing and crowdfunding
And how you really can get your hands on that chocolate…

PODCAST

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

Here are the details for Mr Stay’s launch party on 4th February: https://witchesofwoodville.com/you-are-cordially-invited-to-the-launch-of-the-crow-folk/
Join him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1741764076123984/posts/2636076690026047/
Join him on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pa-xPRQQoc
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Back to Reality is now available on Audible!
Here from Audible.com
And here from Audible UK
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Support Jenni Desvaux’s book The Very Last Monster Book: http://lastmonsters.com

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