EP417: Harriet Tyce — “Trying to Outdo Myself.”

Harriet Tyce tells us about her brilliant new thriller It Ends at Midnight, how the amazing reception to her debut Blood Orange made her wonder if she could do it again, and how she gets herself into trouble by trying to outdo what she’s written before.

And in the extended version for Academy members and podcast Patrons, the Two Marks discuss the halo effect, difficult second novels, going too far, changing your mindset and much more!

WE DISCUSS…

Why Harriet abandoned her second novel.
The moment she discovered what her USP was.
And why she writes about things that make her cross.

PODCAST

THIS EPISODE’S SPONSOR is PLOTTR: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/plottr

Love the show? Support the podcast today and get exclusive content: bestsellerexperiment.com/support

THIS WEEK’S LINKS:

Our previous episode with Marcus Sedgwick: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/145-mr-stays-hot-tub-alpine-retreat-with-marcus-sedgwick-and-dawn-kurtagich/
Discover more about Harriet Tyce here: https://www.harriettyceauthor.com/about
Harriet’s author photo © Rory Lewis photography
A blog on how this week’s Academate Matt Athanisiou nearly quit writing: https://www.mattathanasiou.com/journal/a-small-note-on-an-important-event
Karen Storey’s story ‘Spaceship Head’ is featured in this collection: https://www.scottishartstrust.org/results-story
Denise McGahan’s Alys Larsson: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BM4N1RRQ
GB Ralph’s Milverton Mysteries: https://gbralph.com/the-milverton-mysteries/
Chandra Finaughty’s Am I Human is featured in this anthology: https://www.amazon.co.uk/May-break-your-bones-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0BL7RPLXT
Osman Haneef’s UBL Literary Award: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClHaTlcLTby/

Release dates for Mr Stay’s film UNWELCOME…

UK: 27th Jan
USA: March 17th (St Patrick’s Day)
https://www.warnerbros.co.uk/movies/unwelcome

Permalinks…

THE BESTSELLER ACADEMY: bestsellerexperiment.com/academy
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/
Support the podcast and join our exclusive Facebook Group: bestsellerexperiment.com/support
Buy Back to Reality: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality/
Back to Reality is now available on Audible!
Sign up to Mr Stay’s newsletter for free books here: https://witchesofwoodville.com/#library
The Unofficial Bestseller Experiment Book Club… https://www.facebook.com/groups/252973655872910 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 this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.

SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW ON ITUNES

Please do subscribe on iTunes and leave an honest review for The Bestseller Experiment Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Don’t forget, when subscribing to the show on iTunes you will get automatic updates.