EP252: Scott Pack – Tips from a Publisher
Scott Pack celebrates 20 years in publishing in 2020, having worked as head of buying for Waterstones, and as a publisher at HarperCollins, Unbound, Eye and Lightning Books and more. His new book Tips from a Publisher is crammed with advice for writers at all levels and is essential reading. Scott will inspire you with […]
Continue readingEP251: The 2019 Christmas Special
We take stock of the year so far and read out some of the messages we’ve had from our amazing listeners. And we look forward to 2020 and the BXP2020 Challenge. And yes, it’s that time of year when Mr. Stay wheels out his terrible Santa impression for the sponsor message… and we announce the […]
Continue readingEP250: Live Show BXP 2020 Challenge FAQs
As we approach the end of the year, we contemplate hibernating after NanoWriMo before gearing up for the BXP2020 challenge in the New Year. We answer our listener FAQs about the 2020 Challenge and Mr. D reveals the experiments that he’s been running on our listeners. PODCAST In this episode you will discover: Tips for […]
Continue readingEP249: One Page Punch-Ups with Emad Akhtar
We are delighted to welcome back Orion Publisher Emad Akhtar to critique our latest round of One Page Punch-Ups. These are pages sent in by our Chart Topper Patreons. We read them and critique them and all learn a little something that we can use in our writing. And you can read along too by […]
Continue readingEP248: Comedy Women in Print with Helen Lederer, Kirsty Eyre & Martha Ashby
Another one of our listeners is an award winner! Kirsty Eyre won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print “Unpublished” award for her novel Cow Girl this year. We speak to Kirsty, Harper Fiction editor Martha Ashby and comedy legend Helen Lederer about the award and how you can get involved along with great tips on […]
Continue readingEP247: Pitch Power with Kate Harrison
We welcome Kate back to the podcast to celebrate the release of her new book for writers Pitch Power- discover what makes your book irresistible & how to sell it. Most authors hate writing pitches and queries but Kate LOVES IT. The book outlines seven steps to perfect your book’s pitch. Kate also takes some […]
Continue readingEP246: A ProWritingAid Masterclass with Chris Banks
We took a chapter from Mr Stay’s new work-in-progress and ran it through ProWritingAid. PWA founder Chris Banks was on hand to give us greater insight into how to use PWA’s reports on readibility, style, dialogue, repetition, sticky sentences and glue indexes, more effectively. PODCAST For the special Black Friday deal mentioned in the show, […]
Continue readingEP245: Swearing Is Good For You with Dr Emma Byrne
“Bad language” is a divisive issue for writers. Some revel in it, others work hard to keep it clean. Dr Emma Byrne is the author of Swearing Is Good For You, which takes a look a scientific at the benefits of cussing. In this really entertaining and informative episode we talk to Emma Byrne about […]
Continue readingEP244: Join the BXP2020 Challenge
The highlights from our latest live show in which we swap productivity tips and launch our biggest ever challenge yet – the BXP2020 challenge. If you want to make 2020 your best writing year, you’ll want to hear this. In this episode you will learn… How to create a lifetime writing habit How you can […]
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