Ivy Ngeow is the award-winning author of The American Boyfriend, Heart of Glass, White Crane Strikes, Overboard and more, she writes gripping, page-turning fiction and she’s also a musician and expert on interior design and can probably solve world peace. She is definitely an author that you’ll want to catch live as she is a ton of fun.
Join us live: WEDNESDAY 12TH AUGUST, 8PM BST
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Tim Sullivan, author of the bestselling DS George Cross series talks about his latest book The Tailor, his extraordinary career in film, TV and crime fiction…
WE DISCUSS
Writing outside of your own experience
The importance of titles and why character is king
And how to write a whodunnit without knowing who did it…
Or watch it on Youtube…
LINKS
Tim’s Website: https://timsullivan.co.uk
In the Can: https://timsullivan.co.uk/about/in-the-can/
Green Room with Paul Austin Ardoin: https://youtu.be/-Ylor2NWo1k?si=NQaal4nu2AafT0G4
Thanks to:
Dom Currie for the jingle
Emily Stay-Newton and Kai Stay-Newton for the edit
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://markstaywrit
A bonus episode of the podcast with special guest Paul Austin Ardoin. Paul is the author of Fenway Stevenson Mysteries and he joined me and Green Room members to discuss his brilliant new nonfiction book, Outlining for Novelists who don’t Outline, which is packed with tips for panster writers who want more control over their story without losing their voice.
We discuss:
If you can you pants a mystery
Creating vivid characters
Coping with disappearing sidekicks and much more!
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This is the sort of stuff that we discuss in my online writing group The Green Room all the time and I’m planning on having more special guests in the future. You can join today! There’s more about the Green Room here.
LINKS
Paul’s website: https://paulaustinardoin.com
Outlining for Novelists who don’t Outline: https://paulaustinardoin.com/products/outlining-for-novelists-who-dont-outline
Bestseller Experiment Ben Aaronovitch episode: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep22-ben-aaronovitch-great-bollocking/
Join me and TIM SULLIVAN, author of the brilliant DS George Cross series, who also had an extraordinary career as a director and screenwriter including episodes Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock Holmes, working with Derek Jarman, Coronation Street, the movie Jack and Sarah, the last episode of Cold Feet, he work on Flushed Away, Shrek and My Little Pony (bet you didn’t see that last one coming).
He’s an inspiration for writers, so don’t miss it!
We’ll be discussing keeping a series fresh, screenwriting, tips for writing neurodivergent characters and more!
Join us live: MONDAY 2OTH JULY, 8PM BST
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Crikey, The Ghost of Ivy Barn is four years old today. And I’m reminded that we had a lot of fun making the unboxing video. Can you spot the Ghost of Ivy Barn? He appears four times in this video…
CREDITS
Camera and Edit: Kai Newton
Music: Dominic Currie
Sound: Emily Stay
Production Assistant: Harry Gibson
The Ghost: George Stay
Special thanks to Stewart Tophill at Keel Farm for the use of the barn
And here’s where the ghosts were hiding in plain sight…
Elwood Flynn, author of Pulp Western Hot Lead, insists that he doesn’t know where the brutal violence in his books comes from and that he’s a perfectly nice person really.
WE DISCUSS:
And much more!
Or watch it on Youtube…
Elwood Flynn https://elwoodflynn.com
How Andrew wrote a novel in a day: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep384-andrew-chapman-how-to-write-a-bestseller-in-a-day/
Joe Hill on the Bestseller Experiment https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep19-joe-hill/
OUT TODAY! Of Dread, Decay and Doom is a horror anthology featuring short stories from an incredible roster of writers, and me! My contribution is Elderflower Cordial, a story set in Woodville in 1981 and featuring a character featured in The Corn Bride… and you can only read it in this anthology. Click on the image below for all the buy links you can eat…
Elwood Flynn is the author of HOT LEAD, a pulpy Western novella that is for the kind of reader who thinks Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian is for toddlers.
We’ll be discussing Westerns, violence, pulp fiction (the category, not the movie), launching a new series and much more!
Join us LIVE on Monday 22nd June, 8pm BST
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1pm MDT
12 noon PDT
Tuesday 23rd 7am NZST
Tuesday 23rd 5am AEST
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How about another round of Things People Say to Authors at Comic Cons?
And click on the button below to discover more about the Canterbury Gaming Convention…
Michael S Jackson, author of the epic Ringlander fantasy series, reveals how he lets the first draft storytelling flow in order to leave himself material that he can use in edits and rewrites. He also shares details of his new Kickstarter campaign!
WE DISCUSS
And much more!
Or watch it on Youtube…
LINKS
Michael’s website: https://mjackson.co.uk/
Michael’s Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mikestepjack/ringlander-the-path-and-the-way-tome-edition/
Michael’s Author Interviews: https://authorinterviews.co.uk
The Miro app: https://miro.com
Modern Family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Family
Karnivool: https://www.karnivool.com
This is How You Lose The Time War – by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (this is an affiliate link and I earn pennies if you order using this link): https://amzn.to/4amdYGk
Widow’s Bay on Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/widows-bay/umc.cmc.1zzly0vah46bnvnwf0qkrjhh2
King Sorrow by Joe Hill (another affiliate link): https://amzn.to/4a8yREV
Unwelcome on Netflix! https://www.netflix.com/title/81552865
Craig Mazin’s How To Write a Movie talk… https://youtu.be/i27IKil-LXw?si=jpYDSH2xSlQ1CO3m
Thanks to:
Dom Currie for the jingle
Emily Stay-Newton and Kai Stay-Newton for the edit
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/
Mark Stay Writes 