Karen Storey on the Creative Differences Livestream

Karen Storey is the award-winning author of the brilliant debut novel THE APPROVAL OF SHEEP. Karen is a prolific short story writer, and and her memoir pieces have been published in The New York Times and the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and… her newsletter is written by her cat Tiffany. We’re going to discuss why you should set up a website and newsletter before you’ve finished your debut novel and much more…

Join us live: MONDAY 13TH APRIL, 8PM BST

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Things People Say to Authors at Comic Cons: April 2026 edition

Here are some of the more peculiar comments from recent comic cons…

Check out my events diary here: https://markstaywrites.com/diary-and-appearances/

Andorks: Star Wars, Accents and Pizza

Andorks is an engrossing podcast that dives deep into one of my favourite shows of all time: Andor! Each episode investigates 7 minutes of screentime, and my allotted 7 minutes are right at the end of The Eye, and come right after the Aldhani raid and Nemick’s unfortunate incident. We dig into that moment with Andor and Skeen, Doctor Quadpaw’s surgery and the fallout from the raid.

We also discuss…

  • My relationship with Star Wars, including working with the wonderful Declan Mulholland
  • Accents in the Star Wars universe, including the Thames Estuary accent versus Received Pronunciation
  • And what David Cameron has in common with Jar Jar Binks
  • And much more!


Or watch/listen on Youtube…


Kathleen Whyman: Bring Your Imagination | Mark Stay’s Creative Differences Ep22

Kathleen Whyman, author of the MOTHER OF ALL COMEBACKS, reveals how her brilliantly funny novels are a combination of real life, invention and her imagination…

WE DISCUSS:

Receiving her first publisher rejection, aged 10!

How an encounter in the loo led to her debut

Balancing writing with marketing and PR…

And much more!



Or watch it on Youtube…


LINKS

Kathleen’s website

Kathleen’s Unboxing Video…

The Julie Wassmer episode

The Amazon links below are affiliate links and I earn commission if you buy with them… 

Zippo by Richard Cave

Shrinking

The Other Bennet Sister 

Don’t Make Me Laugh by Julia Raeside

Pixie by Jill Dawson

Qualityland by Marc-Uwe Kling

Katherine Priddy, These Frightening Machines

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

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