Join author and screenwriter Mark Stay with coach and entrepreneur Mark Desvaux, as they discover the secrets to writing a bestseller and challenge themselves and you to write, market and self-published a bestselling book in just one year. Each week, they are guided by and interview million-selling, chart-topping authors, publishers on the inside, editors, agents, social media specialists, and many more big names who play a part in the bestseller process. From the writing to marketing, plotting to publishing, learn the secrets to help you write your way to the top of the charts.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 days 6 hours 17 minutes
episode 268: EP268: Emergency Good News Special
We scrambled to put this episode together in which we try and put some positive vibes out into the world.
episode 269: EP269: Deep Dive - Blog tours with Heather Fitt
Heather Fitt is the founder of Overview Media and organised our recent blog tour for the audiobook of Back to Reality. Heather takes us through the benefits of a blog tour and how they are organised and answers our listeners’ questions on costs,...
episode 270: EP270: Mel Sherratt — Pressing That Button Changed My Life
Bestselling author Mel Sherratt tells us why she never gave up after twelve years of rejection.
episode 271: EP271: Ayisha Malik — Just Get Through It
Ayisha Malik, author of This Green and Pleasant Land, gives us amazing tips on first drafts, sequels, publicity, social media and why writing commercial, comedic fiction doesn’t mean you can’t tackle big themes, and how being a ghostwriter taught her
episode 273: EP273: Liz Moore — Bestsellers Worth Waiting For
Liz Moore tells us how she crafts each of her books, and the Two Marks debate the pros and cons of the slow novel approach.
episode 274: EP274: Adele Parks — Choose to be Positive
Adele Parks has published 20 novels in 20 years and every one has been a Sunday Times bestseller. With over three and a half million copies sold in the UK, she is a phenomenon, and her latest novel Just My Luck hit the top spot again, but it all began...
episode 275: EP275: Newsletters with Caimh McDonnell
Caimh McDonnell is the bestselling author of the Dublin Trilogy and has one of the most entertaining and engaging newsletters out there with 10,000 subscribers and an astonishing open rate
episode 277: EP277: Perseverance Pays Off — Live Show Highlights
It’s all too easy to give up when your writing has been rejected, so how do you find the energy and the will to keep going?
episode 278: Ep 278: James Swallow — Fuelled by Rage
James Swallow is the internationally bestselling author of the Marc Dane thrillers, and he takes us through his remarkable career.
episode 279: Ep 279: Sadie Jones — Writing is a Marathon
Sadie’s Jones’ debut novel The Outcast was a smash hit, selling over half a million copies, but Sophie’s road to publication was a long one with over 15 years of rejection. Sadie tells us what she discovered about her writing in those years and...