EP347: Alan Gillespie & Emma Grae — Vernacular Voices

Alan Gillespie & Emma Grae are writers from Scotland who both have unique and distinct voices. Alan wrote The Mash House dialogue without punctuation, and Emma wrote Be Guid Tae Yer Mammy in Scottish vernacular. We talk about finding your voice as an author — and the voices of characters — who might otherwise have been overlooked by traditional publishing.

In this episode you will discover:

What to do when you write in a language that makes copy editing nearly impossible.
The pros and cons of writing dialogue without quotation marks.
And tips for the crowdfunding experience.

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

Links:

Links for Mark Stay’s book launch:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1741764076123984/posts/2815155292118185/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnSEIUuNY3A
Mr Stay’s event with Ben Aaronovitch: https://www.waterstones.com/events/ben-aaronovitch/canterbury-rose-lane
Mr Stay’s ‘How to get published’ event on the Canterbury Fringe: https://www.rockpaperscissors.co.uk/collections/rock-paper-scissors-experiences/products/author-event-publish-or-self-publish
Alan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afjgillespie
Emma on Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmagraeauthor
Unbound Firsts: https://unbound.com/unbound-firsts
SPOTLIGHT: Kell Shaw’s website: https://kellshaw.com
The Everyday Kindness Book: https://linktr.ee/EverydayKindness
THE BESTSELLER ACADEMY: bestsellerexperiment.com/academy
Pre-Order Mr Stay’s new book Babes in the Wood here: https://linktr.ee/WitchesOfWoodville
Sign up to the 200 Word A Day Challenge here: 200wordchallenge.com Here’s the 200 Word A Day Word Bank: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/bxp2020-word-count/
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Buy Back to Reality: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality/
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- And here from Audible UK
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