Latest Episodes
Episode 146 - A request to hear about YOUR writing challenges and it's time for a story!
This episode starts with a request. Tell me your writing challenges! What are the technical craft problems you're facing? Give me the challenge of...
Episode 145: Own it! How to take charge of your own destiny as a writer with Abidemi Sanusi
My guest for this episode is Abidemi Sanusi. Abidemi is a Nigerian born former human rights worker turned author, and has been writing and...
Episode 144 What writers can learn from 'Emeralds of Oz'. A conversation with Peter Guzzardi
My guest for this episode has spent over 40 years in the publishing business, editing everyone from Professor Stephen Hawking to Douglas Adams. And...
Episode 143 Disrupted! How self-publishing became the most significant thing to happen to the publishing business for centuries - with Orna Ross
This episode is the second part of my conversation with Orna Ross: poet, author and founder and Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors...
Episode 142 The renaissance in poetry: new opportunities in poetic expression with Orna Ross
The combination of new social media platforms and the rise of opportunities for self publishing has led to an amazing renaissance in poetry and...
Episode 141 So why did it take you 10 years to write this book? And other awkward questions for writers
This episode features a conversation with me about my book "The Centauri Survivors" which is published today, and explores some of the lessons any...