Here are some of the more peculiar comments from recent comic cons…
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Tag: fiction
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 Unboxing Video…
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Don’t Make Me Laugh by Julia Raeside
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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Julie Wassmer: Libraries have a Special Meaning for me | Creative Differences LIVE
I speak to Julie Wassmer, author of the Whitstable Pearl Mysteries and screenwriter on shows like Eastenders in a special episode, recorded LIVE at the Staines Library Hub as part of the Escalate Arts Festival.
We Discuss:
How Julie’s TV experience affected the Whitstable Pearl Mysteries
Using dictation and writing by hand
The role that libraries played in Julie’s writing journey
And much more! (And there’s a lovely bit with some horsies)
Or watch it on Youtube (best choice for the horsey bit)…
LINKS
A huge thanks to Emily Stay-Newton for production assistance, to Kai Stay-Newton for the edit, and Dominic Currie for the jingle.
And a very special thank you to the team at the Staines Library Hub, Susan Dinmore at Surrey Arts and everyone who came to the recording on the day.
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Kathleen Whyman on the Creative Differences Livestream
Join me and Kathleen Whyman bestselling humorous women’s fiction author whose new book THE MOTHER OF ALL COMEBACKS is out now!
Kathleen writes for all the multi-tasking, mentally-overloaded women, who put themselves on the subs bench for the sake of their family, and are beginning to realise that they don’t have it all – they do it all!
Kathleen’s books, one of which was shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print prize, are inspired by her own struggle to juggle a career with children, housework, life admin and never-ending laundry. The laundry’s winning.
Join the conversation LIVE on Monday 23rd March, 8pm GMT
Please note that the date has changed from the one advertised on the previous episode of the podcast.
Or join us Youtube…
Things People Say to Authors at Comic Cons: March 2026
How about another round of Things People Say to Authors at Comic Cons…?
I’m going to be popping up in Staines (with Julie Wassmer!), Peterborough, Bournemouth, The British Library (with Ben Aaronovitch!), Fort Amherst, Cardiff, Herne Bay and Scarborough. More details here.
And if you like this, there’s a whole playlist of them on Youtube here…
Me. Julie Wassmer. Staines. Live!
I’ll be chatting to Julie Wassmer, author of the brilliant Whitstable Pearl series, and screenwriter for shows likes EastEnders about her incredible career live and in person at the Staines Library Hub on Saturday 14th March from 3pm!
If you want to know about writing for TV, writing a series that gets made into a TV series (surely the Holy Grail for every novelist!) then join us before the tickets sell out! Like, now!! Click on the big picture below…
Jeremy Szal: I Grew Up With The Book | Mark Stay’s Creative Differences ep20
Jeremy Szal tells us how he has grown as a writer while creating the Common Trilogy, an epic space opera with ‘messy, difficult emotional conflicts’.
WE ALSO DISCUSS:
Tips for writing short stories
And his experiences of Worldcon in China
And much more!
Or watch it on Youtube…
LINKS
Jeremy’s website
Tickets for the live show with Julie Wassmer
Ghost of Yotei
Stardew Valley
Attack on Titan
Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Marty Supreme
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky (this is an affiliate link and I can earn commission if you use it)
Strength of the Few by James Islington (this is an affiliate link and I can earn commission if you use it)
Beastars (manga) (this is an affiliate link and I can earn commission if you use it)
Mono (band)
Sigur Ros (band)
Oasis (band)
Small Prophets
SPECTATORS BY Brian K Vaughan and artist Niko Henrichon
A huge thanks to Emily Stay-Newton for production assistance, to Kai Stay-Newton for the edit, and Dominic Currie for the jingle.
Support the show:
Visit https://markstaycreativedifferences.com/
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The Rule That Drives Book Sales…
Someone in publishing went on a business course in the early 2000s and got very excited by one particular principle…😁
The Crow Folk is Five Years Old…
Crikey, is it really five years since my little book was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world?
Me, Ben Aaronovitch, British Library, 30th March…
This promises to be fun! I’ll be chatting to Ben Aaronovitch about Stone Sky at the actual British Library on 30th March. Get your tickets here.
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