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August 15, 2020
Our formative years, our formative music – The Undercover Soundtrack, Ricky Monahan Brown @ricky_ballboy
Most of us, when we use the term ‘formative years’, are referring to our teens, the time we began to discover who we would be. The music from that time is always stitched into our identity. My latest guest on The Undercover Soundtrack has a second set of formative years, with its own soundtrack – […]
August 9, 2020
Getting editors, spotting mistakes, publishing across many genres and author control! 4 questions from a self-publishing conference
Yesterday I gave a mini-course in self-publishing at the Jericho Writers Summer Festival. These are some of the most interesting questions that came up in the Q&A. Should I hire a developmental editor before giving my manuscript to beta readers? I wouldn’t. I’d polish the book as much as possible before you bring in the […]
August 4, 2020
How to write books for children and young adults – Ep42 FREE podcast for authors
Writing for children. It’s harder than you think. It’s simpler than you think. What are the misconceptions? What makes a really great book for children? What are the main age bands and what are the rules for each? What about YA and books for teenagers? If there’s somebody who can tell you about this, it’s […]
August 3, 2020
July 23, 2020
What’s on an author’s bookshelf? Ep 41 FREE podcast for writers
What books does a working author keep to hand? Books for reference. Books for quick answers. Books on craft. Books for inspiration. A simple question, with surprising answers. My co-host is independent bookseller Peter Snell. Stream from the widget below or go to our Mixcloud page and binge the whole lot. PS If you’d like […]
July 22, 2020
How to write a sequel – and when not to. Ep 40 FREE podcast for authors
When we recorded this, sequels were a hot topic in bookworld. Go Set A Watchman, a sequel to Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mocking Bird, had just been released. Many people were curious but also dubious. The top FAQ on Google is ‘Is Go Set A Watchman worth reading?’ So when does a book deserve […]
July 16, 2020
Music, summer, 1990s Camden – The Undercover Soundtrack, Guy Mankowski @GMankow
Guy Mankowski’s new novel Dead Rock Stars has been brewing a long time. He draws on his experiences growing up in the 1990s, teaching himself to play Nirvana songs on the guitar. (It worked. He went on to play in several bands, including Alba Nova.) Guy says the 1990s was a time when musicians seemed […]
July 13, 2020
How I became an author – interview on inspirational authors podcast
When I was a kid, I desperately wanted an artistic life. But I lived in a small village in the north of England, where the arts weren’t something you did. Moreover, I didn’t realise that was what I truly wanted, but somehow, I was aiming for it anyway. Complicated. That journey, from arty misfit to […]
July 12, 2020
‘What you do with difficult ideas is turn them into art’ – an interview with Mat Osman @matosman
My guest today, Mat Osman, is now on his second artistic career. You might already know him as a founder member of Suede, who are touring again, and now he’s published a debut novel, The Ruins. I was drawn to The Ruins because of its musical DNA. Musicians are one of my enduring interests, as […]
July 10, 2020
How to write your memoir – Ep39 FREE podcast for writers
Remember me. The haunting refrain of Dido’s Lament begins this episode. Today we’re dsicussing the most personal kind of writing – memoir. Why would you write a memoir? Revenge? Relief? To make a memorial? Or simply to find a use for your diaries? To tell the unseen things nobody ever knew about you? And here’s […]
