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)…



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.

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Ellis Blackwood on the Creative Differences Livestream

The Creative Differences livestream is back, back, back! Join me and the brilliant Ellis Blackwood for what promises to be a lively chat in which we not only discuss his super Samuel Pepys mysteries, but also a secret Youtube video that we recorded when we were young and needed the money…

Join the conversation on THURSDAY 22nd JANUARY, 8pm GMT.

Or on Youtube…

And catch up with all the previous episodes here: https://markstaycreativedifferences.com