EP456: JD Kirk — “Libraries Change Lives”

JD Kirk is the pen name multi-award-winning author, screenwriter, and writer of comics, Barry Hutchison. When he was nine, a kindly librarian wrote his name on the spine of a notebook in which he’d written a terrible short story, and put it on the shelf changing his life. Barry talks about writing over 200 books in 10 years, ignoring the naysayers, and how discovering how a condition called aphantasia may have affected his writing. Mr D reveals his secret superpower, and Mr Stay rants about comic books.

And in the extended version for Academy members and podcast Patrons, the Two Marks discuss the secret to writing crime novels, dealing with publishers, the unicorn compromise, monitoring your word count and much more!

WE DISCUSS…

How both Iain Banks and a school event changed Barry’s life
Working with publishers and the unicorn compromise
And how a condition called aphantasia affects his writing

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This Week’s Links:

JD Kirk’s blog on aphantasia: https://jdkirk.com/aphantasia-and-writing/
Discover more about aphantasia here: https://aphantasia.com/what-is-aphantasia/
Paul Ardoin’s new book From Zero to Four Figures: https://books2read.com/fromzerotofourfigures/
Our secret word contributor Sarah Ziman: https://www.sarahziman.co.uk

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