EP349: Katie Khan — X meets Y Equals Bestseller

Katie Khan is the author of the bestsellers Hold Back the Stars and The Light Between Us, and now she’s a tutor at the Novelry, bringing her experience from both the film world and the book world to her students. Katie talks about inspirational teachers, writing around a day job, how getting feedback too soon can be counterproductive, and the lessons she’s learned from working with the likes of Paramount and Warner Bros.

Links:

• The trailer for Mr Stay’s new film Unwelcome: https://youtu.be/vQCAgCKQ5WY
• The new date for Mr Stay’s event with Ben Aaronovitch: https://www.waterstones.com/events/ben-aaronovitch/canterbury-rose-lane
• The new date for 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
• Katie’s website: https://katiekhan.com
• SPOTLIGHT: Mark Hood: https://markhoodauthor.com/
• Mark Hood’s Academy All Stars episode: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/academy-all-stars-mark-hood/
• 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/
• Back to Reality is now available on Audible!
  • Here from Audible.com
  • And here from Audible UK
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