Gavin Smith is the author and co/author of 14 books, a couple of novellas and multiple short stories. His books include (but are not limited to) Veteran and its sequel War in Heaven, the Age of Scorpio Trilogy, the Bastard Legion Series and Spec Ops Z. As well as having written for Black Library, Gavin wrote the novelisation of the Sony Pictures Bloodshot movie and Marvel’s Original Sin series.
Within the games industry he has worked with Yoozoo, Ubisoft, DPS Games and CCP. In addition, he has optioned several film scripts.
And his new book ALIEN CULT is murder mystery noir set in the ALIENS universe and I can’t wait to discuss it with him!
Pernille Hughes is the author of TEN YEARS, PROBABLY THE BEST KISS IN THE WORLD and PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE; novels brimming with warmth, wit and unforgettable characters. And now she’s back with her new novel A COPENHAGEN SNOWMANCE, which is here to herald in Christmas. Yes, I said the C-word! What of it??
WE DISCUSS:
Discovering your voice
Hygge
Hero drafts
Finding your tribe
Writing on HRT and why you should lock yourself in a room with a glass of wine when writing… and much more!
Jeevani Charika (‘Jeev’) writes award nominated romantic women’s fiction and romcoms. She also writes under the name Rhoda Baxter. She is a ‘resting’ microbiologist – she used to study Rhodabacter species, which is why her other pen name is Rhoda Baxter. She lives in Yorkshire in the UK, where she enjoys eating cake, playing with Lego and, when she’s run out of excuses, writing. She has a YouTube channel teaching authors how to use Canva to make marketing graphics and her latest book How Can I Resist You is out now!
The copy edits are in! And yes, I know I’ve probably made that Richard Curtis joke already, but what do you want? It’s early. Here’s me with a gravelly voice with the update…
Lucy Strange is an award-winning children’s author whose books feel like classic children’s literature, but are written in a style that is engaging and accessible for today’s younger readers.
Most recently she’s collaborated with artist Pam Smy on their spooky, funny new series Lockett & Wilde’s Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries! Often inspired by folklore and fairy tales, Lucy combines historical settings with touches of magic and fantasy to create utterly convincing worlds in which anything might happen.
And before becoming a professional writer, Lucy worked as an English teacher for fifteen years. Having also trained and worked as an actor, Lucy narrates her own audiobooks, winning the 2019 Audie Award for The Secret of Nightingale Wood.
WE DISCUSS:
Collaborating with illustrators
What Lucy learned from abridging Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Writer’s Block and how to deal with it
And how scary is too scary when writing for children?
My Mum passed away a few weeks ago. Cancer. It came on fast and shocked us all. In the brief time between Mum’s diagnosis and her death, the team from the Prince Alice Hospice provided her with the best care we could hope for, and they took a weight from my dad’s shoulders. Whenever I encounter people like this, I am reminded that there have always been good people in the world, who are selfless and do the things that many of us cannot bear. It’s Mum’s funeral soon, and instead of flowers we’re asking folks to pop a few quid in the direction of the Princess Alice Hospice. I appreciate that few of you will have ever met my mum, and I wouldn’t expect you to donate anything. But if any of you can spare anything to help the Princess Alice Hospice to continue providing care with dignity, then I should be eternally grateful. Simply click on the button below…
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