The End of Magic 99p offer EXTENDED

The 99p/99c offer on The End of Magic ebook has gone so well that I’m going to keep it going! As before, it’s available from all good and evil eBook retailers, but you can also get it direct from me. Just click on the image below…

And it only seems fair that I should also bring down the price of the End of Magic eBook Omnibus edition to a sprightly £7.99. Again, this is available from Kindle, Kobo, Apple and the like, but you can get it direct from me by… yes, you’ve guess it! By clicking on the image below…

And thanks to everyone who has read the books, left a review/rating and spread the good word. You’re all marvellous!

Me. Julie Wassmer. Staines. Live!

I’ll be chatting to Julie Wassmer, author of the brilliant Whitstable Pearl series, and screenwriter for shows likes EastEnders about her incredible career live and in person at the Staines Library Hub on Saturday 14th March from 3pm!

If you want to know about writing for TV, writing a series that gets made into a TV series (surely the Holy Grail for every novelist!) then join us before the tickets sell out! Like, now!! Click on the big picture below…

Jeremy Szal: I Grew Up With The Book | Mark Stay’s Creative Differences ep20

Jeremy Szal tells us how he has grown as a writer while creating the Common Trilogy, an epic space opera with ‘messy, difficult emotional conflicts’. 

WE ALSO DISCUSS: 

Tips for writing short stories

Stand-offs with copy editors

And his experiences of Worldcon in China

And much more!

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

Or watch it on Youtube…

LINKS


Jeremy’s website
Tickets for the live show with Julie Wassmer

Ghost of Yotei
Stardew Valley
Attack on Titan
Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Marty Supreme
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky (this is an affiliate link and I can earn commission if you use it)
Strength of the Few by James Islington (this is an affiliate link and I can earn commission if you use it)
Beastars (manga) (this is an affiliate link and I can earn commission if you use it)
Mono (band)
Sigur Ros (band)
Oasis (band)
Small Prophets
SPECTATORS BY Brian K Vaughan and artist Niko Henrichon

A huge thanks to Emily Stay-Newton for production assistance, to Kai Stay-Newton for the edit, and Dominic Currie for the jingle.

Support the show:

Visit https://markstaycreativedifferences.com/
Join The Green Room: https://ko-fi.com/markstaywriter/tiers
Buy my books here: https://witchesofwoodville.com/#bookshop
And there’s more about me at: https://markstaywrites.com/

The Rule That Drives Book Sales…

Someone in publishing went on a business course in the early 2000s and got very excited by one particular principle…😁

The End of Magic eBook for 99p this weekend

It’s my birthday this weekend! And to celebrate, I’m promoting The End of Magic for a mere 99 pence ( or ‘cents’ if you’re in the colonies) all weekend.

It’s available from Kindle, Kobo and Apple etc, but if you feel like helping out an ageing author then you can get it direct from me by clicking on the image below. You can download the file in Kindle, Kobo and Apple flavours.

If you’ve already got the book, then do please share this post with anyone you think might also enjoy a bit of magical fantasy mayhem! Thanks in advance and happy reading!

Jeremy Szal on the Creative Differences Livestream

Join me and Jeremy Szal, who was born in the outback of Australia and raised by wild dingos (it says here!). He is the author of the Common trilogy, a dark space opera, and was a guest of honour at the 81st Worldcon in China. We’ll be discussing writing epic science fiction, forging a career as a writer in an uncertain world and much more! 

Join in the conversation live on TUESDAY 17TH FEBRUARY, 8PM GMT

Join Us ON FACEBOOK

Or join us on Youtube…

The Crow Folk is Five Years Old…

Crikey, is it really five years since my little book was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world?

GET A COPY FROM ALL GOOD RETAILERS
OR GET A SIGNED PAPERBACK HERE

Ellis Blackwood: I Hate Plotting | Mark Stay’s Creative Differences Ep19

Ellis Blackwood is the author of the brilliant Samuel Pepys Mysteries, and also had a previous career writing about his love of Doctor Who, David Bowie, and he once made a very strange video with me on Youtube (we were young and needed the money)…

WE ALSO DISCUSS…

Rapid Publishing & Series arcs

Historical accuracy versus story

And why he hates plotting (but does it anyway)…

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

Or watch it on Youtube…

LINKS

Ellis Blackwood’s books

Dalek, I Loved You video

The End of Gods Unboxing Video

Shire Books

Plottr

The Traitors

Ski Sunday

The Winter Olympics

Public Service Broadcasting

Ben Elton (this is an affiliate link, so I earn money if you buy using this)

A huge thanks to Emily Stay-Newton for production assistance, to Kai Stay-Newton for the edit, and Dominic Currie for the jingle.

Support the show:
Visit https://markstaycreativedifferences.com/
Join The Green Room: https://ko-fi.com/markstaywriter/tiers
Buy my books here: https://witchesofwoodville.com/#bookshop
And there’s more about me at: https://markstaywrites.com/

Me, Ben Aaronovitch, British Library, 30th March…

This promises to be fun! I’ll be chatting to Ben Aaronovitch about Stone Sky at the actual British Library on 30th March. Get your tickets here.

Join me and JULIE WASSMER for a LIVE recording of the podcast

As part of the Escalate Arts Literature Festival, I’m going to be interviewing bestselling author and screenwriter JULIE WASSMER at the Staines Library Hub on Saturday 14th March, 2026 from 3-4pm… and we’re recording it for the Creative Differences podcast! And you can join us live!

Julie wrote for Eastenders for over 20 years and is the author of Whitstable Pearl mysteries, which is now a hit TV series starring Kerry Godliman, and I can tell you from past experience that Julie is a brilliant guest, so generous with advice and very funny: you don’t want to miss this! 

Join us in person…

BOOK TICKETS HERE