EP267: Deep Dive – Indie Children’s Publishing with Karen Inglis
Karen Inglis is a bestselling indie children’s author based in the UK. Her books have sold over 100,000 copies and in this Deep Dive episode she answers our listener questions on finding illustrators, printing, marketing, blurbs, age-ranging, the craft of writing children’s books and tips on running great school events. PODCAST Hear more at https://bestsellerexperiment.com/support […]
Continue readingEP262: James Swallow Listener Q&A – A Deep Dive
Ahead of our main episode with James Swallow in a few weeks, we have this exclusive Q&A with James where he answers our listener questions on working in rooms with other writers on series like The Black Library, and he gives us great tips on pace, characterisation, balancing realism and the fantastic, writing for games, […]
Continue readingEP260: Barbara Poelle – The Hook, The Book & The Cook
In this exclusive Deep Dive episode for our Patreons: Barbara Poelle is a New York literary agent and author of Funny You Should Ask: Mostly Serious Answers to Mostly Serious Questions About the Publishing Industry. She answers our listener questions on trends, genre, slush piles, getting an agent, and generally de-mistifying the publishing industry. This […]
Continue readingEP259: Science Fiction – A Deep Dive with Hannu Rajaniemi
In the first of an occasional series where we dive into specific genres, we look at science fiction with Hannu Rajaniemi, award-winning author of The Quantum Thief, The Fractal Prince, The Causal Angel, Summerland and more. We answer listener questions on defining the genre, keeping up on scientific developments, world building, how to generate story […]
Continue readingEP255: The Itty Bitty Indie Experiment – A Deep Dive
When Robyn Sarty set up her own publisher, Belwood Publishing, she approached Sage Gordon-Davis about writing a series of sweet romance novels. In the first of a series we’ll be following Robyn and Sage through the year as they develop the books and prepare them for publication. They tell us how the idea came about, […]
Continue readingEP253: Kickstarter Tips with A.Y. Chao
Author A.Y. Chao tells us how she funded her debut novel Soul Affinity on Kickstarter in just 4 days! If you’ve never tried Kickstarter before, but always wanted to give it a try, this is a great episode to see just how it works and what strategies you could use to make your novel a […]
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 readingEP243: Networking for Writers – With Dana Kaye
Dana Kaye is the author of Your Book, Your Brand and is the founder of Kaye Publicity, specialising in publishing and entertainment. She gives us great insight into how you can network while overcoming anxieties, and she answers our listener questions on building relationships with bloggers, reviewers and readers. Links Kaye Publicity: https://kayepublicity.com PODCAST Hear […]
Continue readingEP241: A Blurbs Masterclass with Kate Harrison
Kate Harrison returns to the podcast with a Deep Dive special where she takes a look at blurbs from our listeners’ books and gives tips on how to make them stand out and convert browsers to readers. Kate’s forthcoming book Pitch Power gives authors the guidance they need to give their blurbs a boost! PODCAST […]
Continue readingEP239: From the Faber Academy to Publication with Awais Khan
Awais Khan is the author In The Company of Strangers. After studying at the University of Western Ontario and Durham University he returned to Lahore to write his debut novel and enrolled in the six month novel writing course at Faber academy online course. Awais takes us through his experience on the course and how […]
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