Tag: novels

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!)
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Thanks to: Dom Currie for the jingle Emily Stay-Newton and Kai Stay-Newton for the edit 

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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!

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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! 
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LINKS

https://writengeow.com

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/

Things People say to Authors’ Dads at Comic Cons…

What made my dad so angry at this weekend’s comic con…?

Comic Con Also-Boughts… at the Canterbury Gaming Convention

I had a great time at this weekend’s Canterbury Gaming Convention and I asked the good people who bought my books what was the last book they read and loved…

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

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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
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The Ghost of Ivy Barn was released this day in 2022… Can you spot all the ghosts?

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

The ghost of ivy barn in ebook and pb
get a signed paperback from me here!

And here’s where the ghosts were hiding in plain sight…

Elwood Flynn: I’m a Nice Person | Mark Stay’s Creative Differences ep 25

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:

  • Launching a new series with multiple formats including a gift box set
  • How he once wrote a book in a day
  • And how being a fan of Westerns can be politically challenging…

And much more!

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LINKS

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/