Me and Mr D are in a peculiar mood in this week’s podcast. I’m recovering from a cold and he’s high on cold medication, leading to some very strange conversations about streaking… No, really. But fear not, Rosie Andrews comes to our rescue with some great insights into writing historical fiction. Her debut, The Leviathan, is face out in ever bookshop I go into these days and I think we’re seeing the beginning of superstar’s career here…
Month: March 2023
My Conversation with Dave McKean
Back in January I was lucky enough to be asked to interview Dave McKean for an event at Waterstones, Canterbury. He gave an amazing talk on his career working as an artist in comics, film, theatre, music and more. It was filmed by the folk at Waterstones and you can watch it here…
Two Chickens for Laura Long Arms
There’s a new FREE short story for subscribers to the Woodville Village newsletter…
This story was previously published in November 2021 as part of the Everyday Kindness anthology compiled by LJ Ross in support of the charity Shelter. All of us were still reeling from Covid and lockdown and the idea was to put a little good out into the world.
The result was an amazing anthology with stories from a wide range of incredible authors. I do urge you to check it out and support the good work of Shelter here: https://ljrossauthor.com/book/everyday-kindness/
Regular newsletter subscribers also know that I usually record an MP3 audio version of the story for them to download. Well, in this instance someone beat me to it. And that someone is only Dame Julie Bleedin’ Bloody Walters* herself! It’s part of the same anthology over on Audible and she gives a beautiful and heartfelt reading.
I was blown away when I heard that she chose to read my story, especially as I have a wee bit of history with Julie that you can read about here.
Laura Long Arms is based a little on the legend of Jenny Greenteeth and other such nymphs who lurk at the bottoms of ponds and wells and lure people (especially children) to their doom. I grew up in a time when children were bombarded with public information films warning us about the dangers of deep and still waters, so her legend has always resonated with me, and there’s no reason why she can’t return in another tale from Woodville.
I really hope you enjoy this story where Faye learns that a little kindness can go a long way…
*To give her full honorific.
UNWELCOME is released in the USA this week…
American friends, UNWELCOME will be in selected cinemas from this Wednesday 8th March! To find if it’s showing near you simply click here, then on the BUY TICKETS button, and a list of cinemas and showtimes will pop up!
Mark Edwards on the Bestseller Experiment podcast
Anyone here remember Twinterviews? Or text-based book launches on Facebook? Mark Edwards does! He was pioneering online book launches long before Zoom and Streamyard, and in doing do he’s got an amazing connection with his readers and has sustained a career writing standalone thrillers and sold over 4 million copies of his books. He’s also a delightful bloke and it was a real treat to catch up with him again…
Mark Stay Writes 