Crikey, is it really five years since my little book was unleashed upon an unsuspecting world?
Tag: The Crow Folk
The Crow Folk is back in stock!
I sold out of The Crow Folk at a Ren Faire last weekend, but now it’s back in stock in my store. If you want signed copies of any of my books, pop along to the Woodville Village Bookshop…
The Crow Folk & Babes in the Wood for just 99p you say?
The Crow Folk and Babes in the Wood are 99p on Kindle throughout January 2025!
I’m down the Red Rabbit Hole!
I was delighted to be kidnapped and dragged down into the Red Rabbit Hole by Lisa & Nicky for their splendid podcast. We talk about terrifying scarecrows, getting bellringing right in fiction, and my high fibre diet (that’s more interesting than I make it sound… probably). And I believe there’s a second instalment coming next week! But have a listen to part one by clicking on the image below…
The Crow Folk paperback is half price for one week only…
It’s been two years since The Crow Folk was unleashed upon an unsuspecting public! And to celebrate I’m selling the paperback for half price for one week only exclusively at the Woodville Bookshop. That includes signed copies and the bundles of the three Woodville books and the complete collection.
THE CROW FOLK paperback is half price exclusively in the Woodville Bookshop from now until 10th February while stocks last and all that! Click on the images below to grab your copy…
Amazing Crow Folk Art from Harry Goldhawk…
If you’ve read my Witches of Woodville books, you’ll have no doubt been blown away by the incredible cover art by Harry Goldhawk. Indeed, in my recent reader survey, the love for Harry’s work was overwhelming.
So you can imagine how delighted I was when Harry sent me two illustrations he’s done of the Crow Folk and Faye. Just take a moment to enjoy these, please…
If you want to check out more of Harry’s amazing work, pop over to Papio Press here.
Talking Scary Things with the Talking Scared Podcast
I had a great time chatting with Neil McRobert of the Talking Scared Podcast about how my writing has been influenced by a warped childhood of Bagpuss, Camberwick Green, Chorlton and the Wheelies, Dennis Potter and more. You can listen on all the usual podcast providers here.
Babes in the Wood – An Unboxing Video Gone Wrong…
I decided to go down into the woods to do one of those unboxing videos that are all the rage. Big mistake…
Get your copy here: https://witchesofwoodville.com/#babesinthewood
Huge thanks to:
Kai Newton – Camera and Edit
Dominic Currie – Music
Emily Stay – Production Assistant
TRANSCRIPT:
I was hoping to do one of those unboxing videos for my new book, but they’ve delivered the book… here.
Babes in the Wood is the second of the Witches of Woodville books. And… After the events of The Crow Folk life has returned to normal for Faye and her fellow Witches. Then a group of children arrive…
They are kindertransport children fleeing the Nazis. They finally have a safe haven in Woodville.
But then their guardian mysteriously dies.
Something is hunting the children.
And only Faye Bright can save them.
It’s in the trees… It’s coming! Run!
How To Market Your Book On YouTube – Episode 15
Blog tours! What are they? How do you get one? Are they worth the effort? In this sort-of follow-up to last week’s episode, we speak to the wonderful Anne Cater of Random Things Blog Tours about the world of blog tours…
The series is a real-life case study – as we catalogue the book marketing journey of Mark’s latest book ‘The Crow Folk’ (Simon & Schuster).
Each episode comes laden with book marketing tips, offers insights into book publishing, indie publishing as well as ideas about author marketing.
In this episode we cover:
– book blog tours (and why they’re critical to a post-launch book marketing strategy)
– how to find your dream book editor
– beta readers (why you need them, and how to find them)
– using StreamYard for virtual book launches
Ten Things About Me
The lovely people at the Hair Past A Freckle asked if I could tell them ten things about me as part of the blog tour for The Crow Folk, so here goes…
Mark Stay Writes 