Crikey, is it really ten years since we launched the Bestseller Experiment podcast?
What are your memories of the show? Was there an author or a piece of advice that inspired you? Please pop it in the comments…
Tag: how to write a novel
POPPY T PERRY: IF NOT NOW, WHEN? | MARK STAY’S CREATIVE DIFFERENCES
Author and artist Poppy T Perry tells us how her debut, Dead Real, was partly inspired by one of her children asking the all important question, “If not now, Mummy, when?” Get inspired and get writing with a fab episode where we discuss…
- How breaking rules helps you develop your voice
- Using zines to promote your books
- And the joys of being a 5am writer (no, really!)
Or watch it on Youtube…
Thanks to: Dom Currie for the jingle Emily Stay-Newton and Kai Stay-Newton for the edit
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/
Join Simon McCleave on the Creative Differences Livestream
Join Simon McCleave, multi million-selling crime novelist, on the next CREATIVE DIFFERENCES LIVESTREAM!
Simon has worked as a scriptwriter on series such as Silent Witness, The Bill, EastEnders and many more. His first book, The Snowdonia Killings, was released in January 2020 and soon became an Amazon Bestseller, reaching No 1 in the UK Chart and selling over 400,000 copies. His twenty one subsequent novels in the DI Ruth Hunter Snowdonia Series have all been Amazon bestsellers, with most of them hitting the top of the digital charts. He has sold over 3.5 million books to date.
We’ll be discussing his latest smash hit thriller THE LIVERPOOL KILLINGS and much more. Join us live and be part of the conversation!
Or join us on Youtube…
Poppy T Perry on the Creative Differences Livestream
Poppy T Perry is an artist, an art tech and the author of the amazing Dead Real, in which Nora wants to tell her best friend and horror fan Ruby that she’s in love with her, but first there’s the small matter of the town being overrun by flesh-eating zombies.
We’ll be discussing…
- How it took a mere 15 years from Poppy’s first writing lesson to publication
- How she uses art and zines to promote her books
- And what it takes to be a 5am writer!
And much more!!
Join us live: TUESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER, 8PM BST
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Ivy Ngeow: The Mistakes Make You | Mark Stay’s Creative Differences
Award-winning author Ivy Ngeow returns with a page-turning thriller In Safe Hands.
We discuss:
- Why books are like buildings
- How art is built on observation
- Why we shouldn’t fear our mistakes and much more!
LINKS
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/
Ivy Ngeow LIVE tonight (just after the eclipse)…
Join us live: WEDNESDAY 12TH AUGUST, 8PM BST
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YT: https://www.youtube.com/live/M2sJz11mZdM?si=xVchvTNnd0Hjw2Uk
Ivy Ngeow on the Creative Difference Livestream
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
Or join us on Youtube…
Tim Sullivan: Organic Red Herrings | Mark Stay’s Creative Differences
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
Plotting for Writers who don’t Plot… A Green Room special with Paul Austin Ardoin
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!
Or watch it on Youtube…
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/
Tim Sullivan on the Creative Differences Livestream
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
- 9pm CEST
- 3pm EDT
- 2pm CDT
- 1pm MDT
- 12 noon EDT
- Tuesday 21st 7am NZST
- Tuesday 2st 5am AEST
Or on Youtube…
