Simon McCleave is the multi million-selling crime novelist of the DI Ruth Hunter Snowdonia Series. Simon takes us from his first play at the Edinburgh Festival through being a script editor, screenwriter and novelist, and he gives us the secret to his prolific output...

WE DISCUSS:
How he took the pace of TV writing and applied it to fiction
How a ride-along with the police taught him some important lessons
And he has tons of tips for writers new to self-publishing...

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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/

Author and illustrator 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!)

LINKS
Poppy's website https://www.poppytperry.com

Our previous episodes with GB Ralph and Mike Shackle...
https://markstaycreativedifferences.com/2024/12/02/episode-4-with-mike-shackle/
https://markstaycreativedifferences.com/2024/12/12/episode-5-with-gb-ralph-share-the-excitment/

Support the show

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/

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
https://writengeow.com

Support the show

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/