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The Crow Folk and Ghost of Ivy Barn for 99p, you say?

Yes, that’s right! To celebrate what we must all now call #SPOOKYSEASON the digital gods have selected both The Crow Folk and The Ghost of Ivy Barn for Kindle and Apple promotions throughout October.

For a mere 99 of His Majesty’s pence, you too can enjoy the thrills of the first and third Witches of Woodville books! And, because I love our American cousins, I have also dropped the price of the Kindle in the United States of Yankee Doodle Land to a mere 99 cents. That’s out of my own pocket, people! I’m cutting my own throat! (To quote a character from a much admired author’s books).

Now, the odds are that if you subscribe to this blog you probably have these books already, so any shares on the various social media platforms would be much appreciated. Where might I find these links, you might ask? Well, I will be spaffing the internet with posts on a near-daily basis, so if you already follow me on the socials (eps Facebook and Instagram) it will be hard to miss. Thank you in advance for any shares you see fit to, uhm, share…

Here are some links…

CROW FOLK: KINDLE UK 99pGHOST OF IVY BARN: KINDLE UK 99pCROW FOLK: KINDLE USA 99cGHOST OF IVY BARN: KINDLE USA 99cCROW FOLK: APPLE UK 99pGHOST OF IVY BARN: APPLE UK 99P

Writers: Join me in the Green Room on 9th & 30th October

The Green Room is a twice-monthly Zoom session with me and a bunch of wonderful writers where you can ask me questions about the craft of writing, your WIP, or the business of publishing. Step backstage and let’s figure out practical solutions to your writing problems!

It’s all run through my Ko-Fi page and costs just £20 a month.

ENTER THE GREEN ROOM

Episode 2 with LJ Shepherd

My special guest on the podcast this month is LJ Shepherd, author of the stunning debut novel The Trials of Lila Dalton. We discuss first lines and …

Episode 2 with LJ Shepherd

I’ll be at FantasyCon in October!

FANTASYCON 2024

11th-13th October at The Queen at Chester Hotel, City Road, Chester.

I’ll be attending FantasyCon this year and they’ve asked me to do a few panels. Here’s my schedule…

FRIDAY 11th, 9pm: I’ll be reading something horrific (as in from the horror… unless you really want to hear my first drafts?) in the Gladstone Room.

SATURDAY 12th, 9am: MUPPETS MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER in the Prince Albert room.

SATURDAY 12th, 3pm: RESPECT AND KINDNESS IN WRITING in the Collonades.

SUNDAY 13th, 10am: BUILDING AN AUTHOR BRAND in the Palazzo

SUNDAY 13TH, Noon: SO YOU’VE FOUND YOURSELF IN A WORLD RULED BY DRAGONS? A SURVIVAL GUIDE in the Edwards Room.

SUNDAY 13th, 1pm: I’ll be reading something fantastical in the Gladstone Room.

Are you looking forward to the Muppets one as much as I am? It’s going to be a fun weekend and I hope to see you there. You can get tickets for the festival here.

Join me live with author LJ SHEPHERD on Friday 20th September

Join me live with author LJ SHEPHERD on Friday 20th September.
LJ Shepherd is author of the stunning debut novel THE TRIALS OF LILA DALTON, which has…

Join me live with author LJ SHEPHERD on Friday 20th September

MCM COMIC CON, LONDON, 25-27TH OCTOBER

I’ll be at the MCM Comic Con in London for all three days, selling and signing my books and maybe even popping up on a panel. More details to follow!

GET YOUR MCM TICKETS HERE

Mr Tickle needs to go on a Course and other topics on the WCCS…

I had an absolute blast chatting with the two Christophers on the Writing Community Chat Show last night! We covered all kinds of stuff about writing, publishing, which fictional character I’d like to slip into the Witches of Woodville series and, indeed, why Mr Tickle needs to go on a course. Urgently. You can watch the replay here…

If you want to support the two Christophers, then pop over to Substack (where I think you can get a 7-day free trial, so what’s stopping you??).

Join us in the Green Room tonight…

Tonight is the first Green Room session for writers and it’s not too late to get involved.

I’ve already had great questions on editing a first draft, finding agents, writing for TV, collating research, writing series summaries and more! Even if you don’t have a question, do please come along as something might occur to you in the moment and those can be the best questions of all.

All you need to do is pop over here and become a Green Room member for £20 a month.

Twice a month, I’ll be running a 30-minute live session on Zoom where you can ask me questions about the craft of writing, your WIP, or the business of publishing. The sessions will be fun and informal and chatty. You can send me questions in advance. They’ll be recorded live and saved on Kofi for exclusive access to Green Room supporters.

There’s no long term commitment. With Kofi, you can support for just a month, or for as long as you like. Pop in, pop out: whatever works for you. My goal is to be able to give supporters advice that will make a real difference to their writing and career, because the way I see it: having worked in this industry as a salesperson, bookseller and author for over 30 years, I’ve made every mistake, so you don’t have to.

JOIN THE GREEN ROOM HERE

Alien Romulus and Newtonian Custard on the Authorized Podcast

It’s always a delight to be asked to guest on the Authorized Podcast, but this was a particular joy as we discussed the film Alien Romulus, and my fellow guest was writing chum Gavin G Smith who took umbrage to a line of description in one of my books. As well as discussing the many pros and cons of the film, we also, somehow, got on to the subject of Newtonian Custard. It’s… it’s simpler if you just have a listen…

The Creative Differences Podcast is now Live!

Last night saw the launch of the first episode of MARK STAY’S CREATIVE DIFFERENCES: a monthly livestream where I talk to writer friends about those little things that make a big difference to their craft and careers in the hope that we can give readers some insight to the creative process, and writers and creative folk practical advice that they can actually use!

You can join me and my guests live and ask questions and get in on the conversation. Or you can listen back to the audio podcast. Here’s the first episode with my special guest SC Gowland, curator of The Law of Consequences, a brilliant fantasy short story anthology. Other topics include the big mistakes we’ve made, happy accidents and Japanese all girl punk bands. Yes, really…

Please subscribe here or on Youtube for details of the next episode, or find me on your preferred podcast provider…

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