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Episode 122 - You’re not reading you're performing! A conversation with audiobook narrator Sean Pratt
"It's a performance, not a reading", so says audio narration expert Sean Pratt. Sean has 30 years experience as an actor and voice-over artist,...
Episode 121 Another tour of duty - surviving and thriving in the world of book marketing
This episode looks at the emotional and psychological cost of marketing and promotion for writers. There are plenty of opportunities but it's hostile territory,...
Episode 120 - A conversation with award winning travel writer and entrepreneur Tim Leffel
Tim is an award-winning travel writer, the author of a number of books including The World’s Cheapest Destinations, Travel Writing 2.0, and Make Your...
Episode 119 - The responsibilities of being a god: omniscient PoV - Point of View part 2
In this second part of a two-part series on point of view, we look at the challenge of using omniscient third person point of...
Episode 118 Getting to grips with PoV - Point of View part 1
Getting Point of View (PoV) right is one of the fundamental challenges for any writer. In the first of a two-part series on the...
Episode 117 "Who are you and why are you good to tell it?" A Conversation with Brendan O'Meara of the Creative Non-fiction Podcast
I recently spoke with fellow podcaster, essayist and award-winning journalist Brendan O'Meara. We talked about the challenges that writers of both fiction and non-fiction...