The New York Times bestselling author, @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social talks about her writing process. Caitlin discusses the importance of outlines, how her world building can sometimes change the story, and why she needed to use her child's construction paper to solve a plot problem. Link below.

Tom Pepperdine interviews author, screenwriter, and award-winning podcaster, Mark Stay, about his writing process. Mark talks about having a central dramatic argument to each story, how he develops realistic characters, and going through the five stages of grief when receiving feedback. Link below.

Our latest guest, @elizachanwrites.bsky.social, has a book release today! The conclusion of the story that captivated us in Fathomfolk is now available in Tideborn! Eliza has a list of online outlets that have exclusive editions here: www.elizachan.co.uk/tideborn

Tom Pepperdine interviews the #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author, @elizachanwrites.bsky.social about her writing process. Eliza explains how her frustration with traditional folklore inspires her to write, what she enjoyed about writing her first sequel, and how her appetite affects her writing.

Have you heard our latest interview with M. R. Carey? With a career running over 25 years, Mike discusses how writing comics helps with his novels. He also describes the experience of writing both the screenplay and novel of The Girl With All The Gifts. Link below 👇🏻

This month, we've interviewed the best selling author, M. R. Carey. Mike explains how his comic writing career proved to benefit his novel writing, why his latest novel was actually a form of procrastination, and the one element of his process many other writers would consider psychopathic. Link 👇🏻

So public disclaimer, I am censoring myself in the next episode of the podcast. This is not a political issue, but rather because I dive into massive sycophantic praise as it's one of my favourite writers. I'm glad I got the opportunity to tell them, but it's not good for the audience to hear that.

Tom Pepperdine interviews award winning author, @trip.bsky.social, about his writing process. Trip discusses how he discovered the most important part of learning to write, his experience of writing a novel as part of his PhD, and the benefits of dating a professional proofreader. Link in bio.

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In our latest episode, Tom interviews multi-award winning author, Donal Ryan, about his writing process. Donal discusses how it felt revisiting old characters for his latest novel, what techniques he uses to progress the story, and the benefits of unplugging and enjoying life. Link in bio.

So technically I have finished editing the last episode of 2024, but as no one would notice if I posted it now and it would be unfair to such a brilliant guest, I'll post it tomorrow as a New Year's Day treat.

A reminder that I still have this on the go so feel free to share it. There are still some spaces left for more people, too (just make sure that if you suggest someone you are not outing anyone who doesn’t want to be) 🙂

Our interview with the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Book of Tea duology, Judy I. Lin, about her writing process. Judy discusses her approach to world building, the benefit of listening to music whilst writing, and why her best motivator is guilt. player.captivate.fm/episode/a427...

Oh, quick PSA. I'll be appearing at the Leeds Waterstones late night shopping event on Thursday. I'm a late addition so I'm not on the website but I will be there if you want things signed along with a load of other great authors. www.waterstones.com/events/water...

Our interview with the wonderful historical fiction author, Sean Lusk. Sean discusses the benefits of writing retreats, why he based his second book on Mary Wartley Montague, and how he literally runs away from his writing problems in a forest in the Highlands. player.captivate.fm/episode/7367...

As Bluesky seems to be really picking up, and I have a bunch of new followers, here's an updated intro post! I'm Dave, a novelist and short story writer. My debut novel #AReluctantSpy came out in September '24 from Headline Books. www.davidgoodman.net/books/

In my rush to write this post I accidentally missed the autocorrect that changed New York Times bestselling author @timlebbon.bsky.social to Tim Lennon, presumably the singer/songwriter that has 26 subscribers on YouTube. Would like to say I interviewed the NYT bestseller, but both are very talented

For all new followers wondering if this podcast is any good, our guests have been: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gemma Amor, Zen Cho, Max Turner, Emma Newman, Christopher Fielden, Harriet Kline, Timon Singh, Joanne Harris, Ross Jeffrey, Helen Sheppard, Sophie Haydock, Tej Turner, Temi Oh, RJ Barker Cont. 1/3

Good morning everyone. Lovely to see so many new followers. I feel my ears have been burning. However, I hope your ears are in fine shape. Got a great episode coming on Sunday 😊

New faces — HEY, I'm Gemma & I write fantasy. I live in novel-draft-land now but here's a selection of my short work: Das Steingeschöpf strangehorizons.com/fiction/das-... Waterbirds www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/wate... We, the Folk www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/we-t... Welcome. 😀

Our interview with Sunday Times best selling author, @lissakevans.bsky.social about her writing process. Lissa discusses the importance of libraries and research, her approach to complex characters, and why it takes over two years for her to finish a manuscript. player.captivate.fm/episode/7e6c...

Going to be posting about previous episodes over the next few days to try find out audience on here. Feel free to share, like and comment 😀

One from the vault, our episode about the real writing process of author and scriptwriter, @georgemann.bsky.social George describes the difference in writing novels to comics, what it's like working on existing franchises, and why he drinks biscuit tea. player.captivate.fm/episode/cd02...

NYT Bestselling author, Isaac Marion, discusses his writing process. What's it like having his novel adapted into a film, what he learned working in a writer's room, and why he moved to write in a shed in the wilderness. You can listen to the episode here: player.captivate.fm/episode/62ec...

New episode with crime thriller author L D Smithson. Leona discusses how she writes around her job as a psychologist, being inspired by the real world, and why it takes a glass of wine and 24 hours to deal with editorial feedback. open.spotify.com/episode/4AQUgU…

Hello! I have claimed my username and will be posting about future episodes of the podcast on here. Also, happy to answer questions and discuss writing in general.