The Real Writing Process
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The New York Times bestselling author, @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social talks about her writing process. Caitlin discusses the importance of outlines, how her world building can sometimes change the story, and why she needed to use her child's construction paper to solve a plot problem.
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The New York Times bestselling author, @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social talks about her writing process. Caitlin discusses the importance of outlines, how her world building can sometimes change the story, and why she needed to use her child's construction paper to solve a plot problem.
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May 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The New York Times bestselling author, @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social talks about her writing process. Caitlin discusses the importance of outlines, how her world building can sometimes change the story, and why she needed to use her child's construction paper to solve a plot problem.
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Tom Pepperdine interviews author, screenwriter, and award-winning podcaster, Mark Stay, about his writing process. Mark talks about having a central dramatic argument to each story, how he develops realistic characters, and going through the five stages of grief when receiving feedback.
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April 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Tom Pepperdine interviews author, screenwriter, and award-winning podcaster, Mark Stay, about his writing process. Mark talks about having a central dramatic argument to each story, how he develops realistic characters, and going through the five stages of grief when receiving feedback.
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Our latest guest, @elizachanwrites.bsky.social, has a book release today!
The conclusion of the story that captivated us in Fathomfolk is now available in Tideborn! Eliza has a list of online outlets that have exclusive editions here: www.elizachan.co.uk/tideborn
The conclusion of the story that captivated us in Fathomfolk is now available in Tideborn! Eliza has a list of online outlets that have exclusive editions here: www.elizachan.co.uk/tideborn
Tideborn — Eliza Chan
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March 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Our latest guest, @elizachanwrites.bsky.social, has a book release today!
The conclusion of the story that captivated us in Fathomfolk is now available in Tideborn! Eliza has a list of online outlets that have exclusive editions here: www.elizachan.co.uk/tideborn
The conclusion of the story that captivated us in Fathomfolk is now available in Tideborn! Eliza has a list of online outlets that have exclusive editions here: www.elizachan.co.uk/tideborn
Tom Pepperdine interviews the #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author, @elizachanwrites.bsky.social about her writing process. Eliza explains how her frustration with traditional folklore inspires her to write, what she enjoyed about writing her first sequel, and how her appetite affects her writing.
March 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Tom Pepperdine interviews the #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author, @elizachanwrites.bsky.social about her writing process. Eliza explains how her frustration with traditional folklore inspires her to write, what she enjoyed about writing her first sequel, and how her appetite affects her writing.
Have you heard our latest interview with M. R. Carey? With a career running over 25 years, Mike discusses how writing comics helps with his novels. He also describes the experience of writing both the screenplay and novel of The Girl With All The Gifts.
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February 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Have you heard our latest interview with M. R. Carey? With a career running over 25 years, Mike discusses how writing comics helps with his novels. He also describes the experience of writing both the screenplay and novel of The Girl With All The Gifts.
Link below 👇🏻
Link below 👇🏻
This month, we've interviewed the best selling author, M. R. Carey. Mike explains how his comic writing career proved to benefit his novel writing, why his latest novel was actually a form of procrastination, and the one element of his process many other writers would consider psychopathic. Link 👇🏻
February 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This month, we've interviewed the best selling author, M. R. Carey. Mike explains how his comic writing career proved to benefit his novel writing, why his latest novel was actually a form of procrastination, and the one element of his process many other writers would consider psychopathic. Link 👇🏻
So public disclaimer, I am censoring myself in the next episode of the podcast. This is not a political issue, but rather because I dive into massive sycophantic praise as it's one of my favourite writers. I'm glad I got the opportunity to tell them, but it's not good for the audience to hear that.
February 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
So public disclaimer, I am censoring myself in the next episode of the podcast. This is not a political issue, but rather because I dive into massive sycophantic praise as it's one of my favourite writers. I'm glad I got the opportunity to tell them, but it's not good for the audience to hear that.
Tom Pepperdine interviews award winning author, @trip.bsky.social, about his writing process. Trip discusses how he discovered the most important part of learning to write, his experience of writing a novel as part of his PhD, and the benefits of dating a professional proofreader.
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January 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Tom Pepperdine interviews award winning author, @trip.bsky.social, about his writing process. Trip discusses how he discovered the most important part of learning to write, his experience of writing a novel as part of his PhD, and the benefits of dating a professional proofreader.
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January 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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In our latest episode, Tom interviews multi-award winning author, Donal Ryan, about his writing process. Donal discusses how it felt revisiting old characters for his latest novel, what techniques he uses to progress the story, and the benefits of unplugging and enjoying life.
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January 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
In our latest episode, Tom interviews multi-award winning author, Donal Ryan, about his writing process. Donal discusses how it felt revisiting old characters for his latest novel, what techniques he uses to progress the story, and the benefits of unplugging and enjoying life.
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So technically I have finished editing the last episode of 2024, but as no one would notice if I posted it now and it would be unfair to such a brilliant guest, I'll post it tomorrow as a New Year's Day treat.
December 31, 2024 at 8:45 PM
So technically I have finished editing the last episode of 2024, but as no one would notice if I posted it now and it would be unfair to such a brilliant guest, I'll post it tomorrow as a New Year's Day treat.
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A reminder that I still have this on the go so feel free to share it. There are still some spaces left for more people, too (just make sure that if you suggest someone you are not outing anyone who doesn’t want to be) 🙂
December 19, 2024 at 8:13 AM
A reminder that I still have this on the go so feel free to share it. There are still some spaces left for more people, too (just make sure that if you suggest someone you are not outing anyone who doesn’t want to be) 🙂
Our interview with the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Book of Tea duology, Judy I. Lin, about her writing process. Judy discusses her approach to world building, the benefit of listening to music whilst writing, and why her best motivator is guilt.
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December 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Our interview with the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Book of Tea duology, Judy I. Lin, about her writing process. Judy discusses her approach to world building, the benefit of listening to music whilst writing, and why her best motivator is guilt.
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Oh, quick PSA. I'll be appearing at the Leeds Waterstones late night shopping event on Thursday. I'm a late addition so I'm not on the website but I will be there if you want things signed along with a load of other great authors.
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November 20, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Oh, quick PSA. I'll be appearing at the Leeds Waterstones late night shopping event on Thursday. I'm a late addition so I'm not on the website but I will be there if you want things signed along with a load of other great authors.
www.waterstones.com/events/water...
www.waterstones.com/events/water...
Our interview with the wonderful historical fiction author, Sean Lusk. Sean discusses the benefits of writing retreats, why he based his second book on Mary Wartley Montague, and how he literally runs away from his writing problems in a forest in the Highlands.
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November 17, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Our interview with the wonderful historical fiction author, Sean Lusk. Sean discusses the benefits of writing retreats, why he based his second book on Mary Wartley Montague, and how he literally runs away from his writing problems in a forest in the Highlands.
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As Bluesky seems to be really picking up, and I have a bunch of new followers, here's an updated intro post!
I'm Dave, a novelist and short story writer. My debut novel #AReluctantSpy came out in September '24 from Headline Books. www.davidgoodman.net/books/
I'm Dave, a novelist and short story writer. My debut novel #AReluctantSpy came out in September '24 from Headline Books. www.davidgoodman.net/books/
Books
I'm a published novelist. My debut novel, A Reluctant Spy, is out now.
A Reluctant Spy
A Reluctant Spy is a contemporary spy novel about a young man who agrees to lend his identity to SIS (...
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November 14, 2024 at 2:28 PM
As Bluesky seems to be really picking up, and I have a bunch of new followers, here's an updated intro post!
I'm Dave, a novelist and short story writer. My debut novel #AReluctantSpy came out in September '24 from Headline Books. www.davidgoodman.net/books/
I'm Dave, a novelist and short story writer. My debut novel #AReluctantSpy came out in September '24 from Headline Books. www.davidgoodman.net/books/
In my rush to write this post I accidentally missed the autocorrect that changed New York Times bestselling author @timlebbon.bsky.social to Tim Lennon, presumably the singer/songwriter that has 26 subscribers on YouTube. Would like to say I interviewed the NYT bestseller, but both are very talented
Guests also include: Bonnie Garmus, Tim Sullivan, G. V. Anderson, J. L. Worrad, Anna Smith Spark, Neil Williamson, Caryl Lewis, Nilesh Shukla, Jen Williams, Tim Lennon, Adam Simcox, Tiffani Angus, Tade Thompson, Josh Winning, Nick Bradley, Helen Paris, Salena Golden, and Jo Thomas. Cont. ⅔
November 14, 2024 at 1:24 PM
In my rush to write this post I accidentally missed the autocorrect that changed New York Times bestselling author @timlebbon.bsky.social to Tim Lennon, presumably the singer/songwriter that has 26 subscribers on YouTube. Would like to say I interviewed the NYT bestseller, but both are very talented
For all new followers wondering if this podcast is any good, our guests have been:
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gemma Amor, Zen Cho, Max Turner, Emma Newman, Christopher Fielden, Harriet Kline, Timon Singh, Joanne Harris, Ross Jeffrey, Helen Sheppard, Sophie Haydock, Tej Turner, Temi Oh, RJ Barker Cont. 1/3
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gemma Amor, Zen Cho, Max Turner, Emma Newman, Christopher Fielden, Harriet Kline, Timon Singh, Joanne Harris, Ross Jeffrey, Helen Sheppard, Sophie Haydock, Tej Turner, Temi Oh, RJ Barker Cont. 1/3
November 14, 2024 at 1:13 PM
For all new followers wondering if this podcast is any good, our guests have been:
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gemma Amor, Zen Cho, Max Turner, Emma Newman, Christopher Fielden, Harriet Kline, Timon Singh, Joanne Harris, Ross Jeffrey, Helen Sheppard, Sophie Haydock, Tej Turner, Temi Oh, RJ Barker Cont. 1/3
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gemma Amor, Zen Cho, Max Turner, Emma Newman, Christopher Fielden, Harriet Kline, Timon Singh, Joanne Harris, Ross Jeffrey, Helen Sheppard, Sophie Haydock, Tej Turner, Temi Oh, RJ Barker Cont. 1/3
Good morning everyone. Lovely to see so many new followers. I feel my ears have been burning. However, I hope your ears are in fine shape. Got a great episode coming on Sunday 😊
November 14, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Good morning everyone. Lovely to see so many new followers. I feel my ears have been burning. However, I hope your ears are in fine shape. Got a great episode coming on Sunday 😊
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New faces — HEY, I'm Gemma & I write fantasy. I live in novel-draft-land now but here's a selection of my short work:
Das Steingeschöpf
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Waterbirds
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We, the Folk
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/we-t...
Welcome. 😀
Das Steingeschöpf
strangehorizons.com/fiction/das-...
Waterbirds
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/wate...
We, the Folk
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/we-t...
Welcome. 😀
November 11, 2024 at 1:38 PM
New faces — HEY, I'm Gemma & I write fantasy. I live in novel-draft-land now but here's a selection of my short work:
Das Steingeschöpf
strangehorizons.com/fiction/das-...
Waterbirds
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/wate...
We, the Folk
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/we-t...
Welcome. 😀
Das Steingeschöpf
strangehorizons.com/fiction/das-...
Waterbirds
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/wate...
We, the Folk
www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/we-t...
Welcome. 😀
Our interview with Sunday Times best selling author, @lissakevans.bsky.social about her writing process. Lissa discusses the importance of libraries and research, her approach to complex characters, and why it takes over two years for her to finish a manuscript.
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November 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Our interview with Sunday Times best selling author, @lissakevans.bsky.social about her writing process. Lissa discusses the importance of libraries and research, her approach to complex characters, and why it takes over two years for her to finish a manuscript.
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Going to be posting about previous episodes over the next few days to try find out audience on here. Feel free to share, like and comment 😀
November 3, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Going to be posting about previous episodes over the next few days to try find out audience on here. Feel free to share, like and comment 😀
One from the vault, our episode about the real writing process of author and scriptwriter, @georgemann.bsky.social
George describes the difference in writing novels to comics, what it's like working on existing franchises, and why he drinks biscuit tea.
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George describes the difference in writing novels to comics, what it's like working on existing franchises, and why he drinks biscuit tea.
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November 3, 2024 at 9:41 AM
One from the vault, our episode about the real writing process of author and scriptwriter, @georgemann.bsky.social
George describes the difference in writing novels to comics, what it's like working on existing franchises, and why he drinks biscuit tea.
player.captivate.fm/episode/cd02...
George describes the difference in writing novels to comics, what it's like working on existing franchises, and why he drinks biscuit tea.
player.captivate.fm/episode/cd02...
NYT Bestselling author, Isaac Marion, discusses his writing process.
What's it like having his novel adapted into a film, what he learned working in a writer's room, and why he moved to write in a shed in the wilderness.
You can listen to the episode here: player.captivate.fm/episode/62ec...
What's it like having his novel adapted into a film, what he learned working in a writer's room, and why he moved to write in a shed in the wilderness.
You can listen to the episode here: player.captivate.fm/episode/62ec...
November 3, 2024 at 9:05 AM
NYT Bestselling author, Isaac Marion, discusses his writing process.
What's it like having his novel adapted into a film, what he learned working in a writer's room, and why he moved to write in a shed in the wilderness.
You can listen to the episode here: player.captivate.fm/episode/62ec...
What's it like having his novel adapted into a film, what he learned working in a writer's room, and why he moved to write in a shed in the wilderness.
You can listen to the episode here: player.captivate.fm/episode/62ec...