Activated Authors
176 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsActivated Authors is an online author community centered around principles of healthy productivity, community, and shared knowledge. Founded by international bestselling author, award-winning podcaster, and author coach, Daniel Willcocks, the group aims to help authors and creatives of all levels achieve their creative goals and thrive as part of a healthy, positive community.
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When To Start Your Business
October 31, 2022 02:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ On today’s episode, Dan and Sam talk all about how to know when it is time to start your author business and if a business is the right move for you. Claim your FREE 30 days of Activated Authors! https://activatedauthors.com/ Find out more about Daniel Willcocks https://www.danielwillcocks.com/ IG: @willcockswriter Twitter: @willcockswrit...
What Is a First Draft, Really?
October 24, 2022 01:00 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ On today’s episode, Dan and Sam dive into the idea of ‘first drafts’, ‘Pantsing’ and ‘Plotting’ and what it all means. Watch the show https://youtu.be/RTTT4sIHqzo Claim your FREE 30 days of Activated Authors! https://activatedauthors.com/ Find out more about Daniel Willcocks https://www.danielwillcocks.com/ IG: @willcockswriter Twitter:...
What Is NaNoWriMo?
October 17, 2022 01:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ On today’s episode, Dan and Sam dive into their advice and top tips on all things Nano, sharing their own experiences with the writing challenge along the way. Recommended Resources https://nanowrimo.org/ Watch the show https://youtu.be/EQUdiuwUxMg Claim your FREE 30 days of Activated Authors! https://activatedauthors.com/ Find out more ...
What Is Your Why?
October 10, 2022 01:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBWhat Is Your Why? Thanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ On today’s episode, Dan and Sam dive into their ‘Why’s’ and why, a ‘Why’ is vital for success in any thing you do. Watch the show https://youtu.be/yCvbaiS_2P8 Recommended Resources Start With Why by Simon Sinek https://www.amazon.co.uk/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone/dp/0241958229/ref=asc_df_0241958229/?tag=googshopuk-...
What Is Story?
October 03, 2022 01:00 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ On today’s episode, Dan and Sam dive into their understanding of what story is, and explore what exactly goes into the makeup of a “good” story. Recommended Resources The Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson https://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowflake-Method-Advanced-Fiction-Writing-ebook/dp/B00LWBZ696/ref=sr_1_1?crid=20CNK5PWQEV1Y&keywords=the+snowf...
J. Thorn ON: CHANGE And Moving Forward
September 19, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ J. Thorn has published two million words and has sold more than 185,000 books worldwide. He is an official member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, and the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers. J. hosts the Writers, Ink podcast with J.D. Barker and Zach Bohannon, and has interviewed som...
ONE YEAR Of Activated Authors
September 12, 2022 01:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to activatedauthors.com This week we shake up the format a little and take the time to celebrate our first birthday! Dan and Sam talk about how it started, how it’s going and where they’d like to see it go. Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and award-winning podcaster of dark fiction. He is an author coach; one fifth of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleav...
News, Updates, and to the Future (Part II)
August 02, 2022 19:18 - 52 minutes - 97.9 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ In this episode Dan and Sam talk about: The future of the podcast Sam's health updates What you get with Activated Authors Get more from Activated Authors! https://activatedauthors.com/ Find out more about Daniel Willcocks https://www.danielwillcocks.com/ Find out more about Sam Frost https://mastressofnone.com Special thanks to: Sho...
Dan Howarth ON: Finding DISCIPLINE And The Circle Of Community
July 18, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Dan Howarth is a Mancunian-born horror writer now living in Merseyside. He is the author of Dark Missives and his latest release “Territory” and his writing has appeared in numerous publications both online and imprint. Most notably, a number of Dan’s stories have appeared on The Other Stories podcast, where they have been downloaded over 100,0...
Tim Lebbon ON: TRADITIONAL Publishing, Tie In’s & Loving The Job
July 11, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Tim Lebbon is an award-winning New York Times-bestselling horror, thriller and fantasy writer from a little village in South Wales. He’s written over 45 novels, dozens of novellas, hundreds of short stories, as well as tie-in novels in the Alien, Predator, Hellboy, Star Wars, and Firefly universes, and his novel The Silence was made into a Netf...
(BONUS Ep: 003) Daniel Willcocks: Ask Me Anything
July 08, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and award-winning podcaster of dark fiction. He is an author coach and founder of Activated Authors; one quarter of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, ‘The Other Stories’,CEO of horror imprint, Devil’s Rock Publishing, and the host of the ‘...
Luke Kondor ON: SYSTEMS n’ Books & Stuff
July 04, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Luke Kondor started writing on his computer in his early teens and never looked back… and now he has very sore eyes. He also runs and produces a short story podcast called The Other Stories, which has amassed over 9-million downloads and has a monthly listenership of ~200k downloads. Currently he works from a dining room table in the middle of ...
Kathy Murray ON: RECALCULATING & Taking The Leap
June 27, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Kathy Murray is a certified personal trainer with over thirty years’ experience in the fitness industry. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University where she was a member of the 1983 National Cheerleading Championship Team. After college she competed in and won the United States Aerobic Championship in 1986 and spent the year traveling the...
Robin Waite ON: Being FEARLESS With Integrity & Alignment
June 20, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com Robin Waite is the Founder of Fearless Business, regular speaker at various business events and bestselling author of several books, including Online Business Startup, Marketing Machine and the recent popular release Take Your Shot. He puts his 2 decades of business experience to work, coaching clients to reach their goals, create more time and...
News, Updates, and to the Future
June 13, 2022 01:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ In this episode Dan and Sam talk about: Introduce a new co-host [01:32] Where they are at in their journeys [06:21] What the future looks like for the podcast [13:01] Dan's Lotr Shaming [35:56] Get more from Activated Authors! https://activatedauthors.com/ Watch the show: https://youtu.be/q2NTyqOYz2U Find out more about...
Philip Duncan ON: BUILDING Your Way From Rock Bottom
June 06, 2022 01:00 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Philip Duncan is an award-winning and best-selling self-published author. His debut novel, Blood Ties, won the gold medal for military thrillers at the 2022 Global Book Awards for Self-Publishing. Philip was born and raised in East Tennessee, where he still lives. Since the age of sixteen, he has had many jobs including landscaping, farmha...
(BONUS Ep 002) Daniel Willcocks: Ask Me Anything
June 03, 2022 01:44 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and award-winning podcaster of dark fiction. He is an author coach and founder of Activated Authors; one quarter of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, ‘The Other Stories’,CEO of horror imprint, Devil’s Rock Publishing, and the host of the ‘...
Ella Barnard ON: FINDING Your Value & Knowing It Could Be Better
May 30, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBElla Barnard is the host of the Author Like a Boss podcast and owner of Author Boss Academy. She is an author and publishing coach who loves helping creative people connect with their audiences and with each other. Her superpower is finding the most effective and least complicated tools for every step of publishing and marketing. She is also a cat lady, obsessed with dragons, and passionate about helping creative people make money with their craft. Ella is committed to using positivity to ...
Emme Grange ON: Finding The FUN Of Being Only Yourself
May 23, 2022 01:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Emme Grange lives on stories of hope, on tales that tell us we can. She believes we don’t have to change to be good enough. We already are, just by being ourselves. Growing up near the Golden Gate Bridge, she spent years searching for the missing manual, "How to Be Normal." Emme knows what it's like to be a reluctant rebel, a modern misfit, a ...
Daniel Willcocks ON: The PURSUIT Of Creative Freedom
May 16, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and award-winning podcaster of dark fiction. He is an author coach and founder of Activated Authors; one quarter of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, ‘The Other Stories’,CEO of horror imprint, Devil’s Rock Publishing, and the host of the ‘...
Renee Gallant ON: RETURNING to Writing and Putting Yourself First
May 09, 2022 01:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Renee Gallant spent the biggest part of her childhood growing up in north Texas, hiding behind bushes or sitting in trees immersed in stories of mystery and adventure and scratching out her own Trixie Belden fan fiction. But it was only after reaching middle age, having an empty nest, and being bitten by a creepy little eight-legged foe that...
Mark Leslie Lefebvre ON: HEART, Passion and Collaboration
May 02, 2022 01:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Mark has published more than twenty-five books under the name Mark Leslie that include thrillers and fiction, paranormal non-fiction and anthologies. Under his full name he writes books to help authors navigate publishing which include The 7 P’s of Publishing Success, An Author’s Guide to Working with Libraries and Bookstores, and Wide for the ...
Thomas Fenton ON: QUALITY Work and the Practice of Creativity
April 25, 2022 04:27 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBThomas Fenton is an American screenwriter whose writing credits include SAW IV, I Spit On Your Grave 2, Slay Per View on CryptTv. Chain Letter (drft) and the Max Payne (drft). He is also the author of The Scream Writers Handbook: How to Write a Terrifying Screenplay in 10 Bloody Steps. Thomas has worked with Paramount Pictures, DC, and Lionsgate (to name a few), and on top of an active writing and directing career, also takes the time to teach future screenwriters at workingscreenwriter.com...
Julie Hiner ON: AUTHENTICITY And Following Your Passion
April 18, 2022 01:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Julie Hiner is an author, storyteller, and blogger. She has independently published an inspirational work of non-fiction and two dark crime novels. Several of Julie’s short horror stories have been published, and she has collaboratively released a horror anthology. Julie’s home-base is KillersAndDemons.com where she serves up toxic cocktails of...
Bekka Willcocks ON: Food FREEDOM and Listening To Your Body
April 11, 2022 03:13 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBBekka Willcocks ON: Food FREEDOM and Listening To Your Body Thanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Bekka Willcocks is a level 4 qualified nutrition coach dedicated to helping others to gain a better understanding and relationship of food to further achieve their goals. Bekka wants to help others find their own food freedom and gain a sustainable balance when it comes to their nutri...
”Writing Short Horror Stories” Graduates ON: The POWER Of Short Stories & Investing In Your Craft
April 04, 2022 01:00 - 52 minutes - 47.5 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and award-winning podcaster of dark fiction. He is an author coach; one fifth of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, ‘The Other Stories‘;’ CEO of horror imprint, Devil’s Rock Publishing; and the co-host of the ‘Next Level Authors’ podcast. D...
Samantha Frost ON: MENTAL HEALTH, Neurodivergence and the Dance of Recovery
March 28, 2022 01:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Samantha Frost A.K.A. “Mastress of None,” Sam is a video-editor, poet, writer, painter, actor and creator. Based in the south of England (but not born there, that’s an important distinction) Sam is passionate about helping creatives while battling the will of a medium sized human and the “affectionate” sneezes of a smaller sized pug. In this e...
Kristina Adams ON: CREATING The Path That Works For You
March 21, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Kristina Adams is the author of seventeen books and too many blog posts to count. She helps writers overcome their creative obstacles on her blog, podcast, and courses, over at The Writer’s Cookbook. When she’s not writing, she’s inflicting cooking experiments on her boyfriend or playing with her dog, Millie. In this episode we go deep into: ...
(BONUS Ep 001) Daniel Willcocks: Ask Me Anything
March 18, 2022 05:43 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and award-winning podcaster of dark fiction. He is an author coach; one fifth of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, ‘The Other Stories‘;’ CEO of horror imprint, Devil’s Rock Publishing; and the co-host of the ‘Next Level Authors’ podcast. D...
Crys Cain ON: Your RELATIONSHIP with Work and Finding Your Value
March 14, 2022 01:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBTo find out more and how you can help 'Writers for Ukraine' head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ukraine/ now. Thanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Crys Cain Through her super-secret alias, Crys has gone from homeless to six-figures, selling over 300,000 copies of her books. When she isn’t writing, she edits with an eye toward emotional power and teaches craft and busines...
Katlyn Duncan ON: Systems, Reversions and LEARNING AS YOU GO
March 07, 2022 02:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBTo find out more and how you can help 'Writers for Ukraine' head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ukraine/ now. Thanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Katlyn Duncan is a hybrid author of adult and young adult books, and has ghostwritten over 40 novels. When she’s not writing, she’s obsessing over many (many) television series’, and hanging out on YouTube where she shares her...
Helen Scheuerer ON: EMBRACING what you want and Riding the Learning Curve
February 28, 2022 02:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Helen is the YA fantasy author of the bestselling series, The Oremere Chronicles and the Curse of the Cyren Queen. Her work has been highly praised for its strong, flawed female characters and its action-packed plots. Helen holds a Bachelor of Creative Writing and a Masters of Publishing. Now a full-time author, Helen lives amidst the mountains...
Jeff Adams ON: ACCESSIBILITY and the MENTAL GAME of Being an Author
February 21, 2022 02:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Jeff Adams has written stories since he was in middle school and became a published author in 2009 when his first short stories were published. He loves hockey and musicals, and you’ll usually find at least one of those elements in his stories. Along with his husband, Jeff co-hosts the “Big Gay Fiction Podcast,” a show for avid readers and pass...
Jeff Daniels ON: ACCESSIBILITY and the MENTAL GAME of Being an Author
February 21, 2022 02:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Jeff Adams has written stories since he was in middle school and became a published author in 2009 when his first short stories were published. He loves hockey and musicals, and you’ll usually find at least one of those elements in his stories. Along with his husband, Jeff co-hosts the “Big Gay Fiction Podcast,” a show for avid readers and pass...
Jonathan Yanez ON: How to be YOUR OWN Champion
February 14, 2022 02:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBThanks for tuning in to the Activated Authors podcast. If you're ready to ACTIVATE your author career, head on over to https://activatedauthors.com/ Jonathan Yanez is an author and screenwriter who owns his own publishing and production company. Current projects in development range from foreign translations and audiobooks to film and video games. In this episode we go deep into: - Social Media and being transparent [3:53] - The only way to be defeated [3:28] - Jonathan’s 5am Routin...
Welcome to the Activated Authors podcast
January 26, 2022 15:10 - 28 minutes - 64.3 MBWelcome to the Activated Authors podcast! Daniel Willcocks is BACK with his unique dose of author advice, featuring guests from across the creative spectrum. In today's episode, we look at what the Activated Authors podcast will bring to your ears, and introduce our newest member of the Activated Authors team, Sam Frost. Find out more about Activated Authors at https://activatedauthors.com Be sure to subscribe to never miss an episode, and ACTIVATE your author career today!
#080: So I guess this is goodbye...
March 26, 2021 00:01 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBOn this, the final episode of the Great Writers Share podcast, Daniel Willcocks is joined by Holly Lyne, John Crinan, and Faye Trask as they recount their time on the show, and discuss the reasons that the show will be drawing to a close. A huge thank you to everyone who has made this possible. Thank you to everyone who has graciously given their time to be a guest on the show. Thank you to Karl Hughes and Persephone Rose for giving the show its professional tune, voice, and edge. Thank ...
#079: Jennifer Anne Gordon – Gothic horror, winning the Kindle Award, and experimenting in all mediums.
March 19, 2021 00:01 - 50 minutes - 48.4 MBJennifer Anne Gordon was born a strange, pale, and quiet child, a ghost scared of ghosts.... Originally from New Hampshire, she studied acting at The New Hampshire Institute of Art. She grew up to become an actress, magician's assistant, artist, writer, dancer, and muse. She currently haunts lonely places in New Hampshire, though she is not dead. Her debut novel, "Beautiful, Frightening, and Silent," earned Jennifer the Kindle Award for Best Horror/Suspense 2020, the Best Horror 2020 in the...
#078: Miranda Oh - Taking inspiration from life, working from home, and podcasting your way to better writing
March 12, 2021 00:02 - 56 minutes - 53.6 MBMiranda Oh is the author of the successful Chick Lit series, Chin Up Tits Out! Author Miranda Oh, a girl of Metis tradition and descent is your typical girl: She loves the sunset, loves long walks on the beach, world travels, and when not playing the corporate part she can be found sipping wine and spending all her hard-earned money on nice shoes. Among her friends and family, Miranda Oh is known to be the storyteller of the group, always recapping crazy life stories and situations. Her pers...
#077: Suzy Vadori – Making it past the “half-books,” diversifying income streams, and bonuses of book coaching.
March 05, 2021 00:01 - 47 minutes - 45.1 MBSuzy Vadori is a Book Coach, Editor, Public Speaker and the Calgary Bestselling Author of The Fountain Series, a fantastical Young Adult Series which has received two Aurora Nominations for Best Young Adult Novel, as well as Five Stars and a bronze medallion from Readers’ Favorite Book Awards. Suzy lives in Calgary, Canada with her husband and three children and is an involved member in the writing community. She is a Program Manager for Calgary’s When Words Collide (WWC), teaches writing a...
#076: Marc Watson – Approaching the right small presses for your book and writing in a way that feels right for your life.
February 26, 2021 00:01 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MBMarc Watson is an author of genre fiction of all lengths and styles. His works include the novels Death Dresses Poorly, Catching Hell: Journey, and Catching Hell: Destination, as well as having short stories in the collections Enigma Front 5: The Stories we Hide, and A Land Without Mirrors. His newest release, a collection of science-fantasy short stories Between Conversations: Tales From the World of Ryuujin, is available now! He began writing at the age of 15 and continues to be a part-tim...
#075: J Benjamin – Learning from your failures, writing authentic LQBTQ+ characters, and networking with authors.
February 19, 2021 00:01 - 51 minutes - 47.8 MBJ. Benjamin is a sci-fi writer with a passion for space opera and aliens. He’s been writing since the 7th grade. However, it wasn’t until 2019 that he published his first novel, A Spacetime Tale. J.’s love for understanding the universe started as a kid, growing up in South Florida, watching the space shuttles take off from his backyard. He studied at the University of Arizona, which only deepened his curiosity for science. J. loves to imagine what is possible. He looks at the Universe, t...
#074: Michelle Raab – The psychology of writing and selling and redefining the world of work and family.
February 12, 2021 00:01 - 57 minutes - 54.3 MBMichelle Raab is not the biggest fan of talking about herself unless you ask her about what her current passion project is, then she’ll talk your ear off. If she’s into something, she’s all in. She is currently working on a sci fi dystopian novel, has founded a group of indie creatives called the World Indie Warriors, is a branding and marketing consultant for indie creatives and freelancers, and is a middle-aged mom of a preschooler. So yeah. She’s tired. She holds a doctorate in psychology...
#073: JD Barker – On working with James Patterson, professional from the get-go, and grasping every opportunity.
February 05, 2021 00:01 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBJ.D. Barker (Jonathan Dylan Barker) is an international bestselling American author whose work has been broadly described as suspense thrillers, often incorporating elements of horror, crime, mystery, science fiction, and the supernatural. His work has been revered by the likes of Stephen King, Josh Malerman, Tosca Lee and many more, and his career has seen collaborations on a number of projects including writing the official sequel to Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” with Stoker’s great-grandnephew...
#072: Jenna Greene – Writing YA, the art of balance, and podcasting to complement your writing.
January 29, 2021 00:01 - 35 minutes - 33 MBJenna Greene is a YA fantasy author from Alberta, Canada. She is known for the award-winning novel, REBORN, as well as the IMAGINE series. When she isn’t writing (or teaching), she is co-hosting the podcast “Quill and Ink: A Podcast for Book Lovers” with Miranda Oh. In this episode, we go deep into: How Jenna got her to start writing What a dragon boat coach is Finding balance between teaching and writing What makes a good YA novel How YA audiences have changed over the years What it’...
#071: Laura Kendrick – A Master's degree in Creative Writing, fan fiction, and being authentically you.
January 22, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBLaura Kendrick is a Manchester based multi genre author with a love of the strange and unusual. After years of putting off publishing properly (and one slightly failed attempt in 2018), in 2021 she hopes to finally unleash her madness on the world. This year will see the release of the swashbuckling fantasy adventure novels The Silverdeer Chronicles 1 & 2, plus a dystopian YA novel called Collarless. She is in the process of getting her Masters in Creative Writing and starting a podcast w...
#070: Paul Michael Anderson – Writing moral murkiness, making short stories work, and prioritizing life.
January 15, 2021 00:01 - 57 minutes - 53 MBPaul Michael Anderson is the author of the collection Bones Are Made to Be Broken, which Jack Ketchum called “a dark carnival of rigorous intelligence and compassion, the title novella alone of which is well worth the price of admission”, as well as the novellas I Can Give You Life, and How We Broke (with Bracken MacLeod), and dozens of short stories, articles, and reviews. His new novella Standalone launches tomorrow (as of the time of recording), and Stephen Graham Jones describes it a...
#069: Chris Allen – Games writing, storytelling through role-play & “Aren’t we all writing fanfic, anyway?”
January 08, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBChris Allen has written, edited, and designed dozens of tabletop gaming products since 2005, including roleplaying games, board games, and miniatures games, and shows no signs of stopping any time soon. He has contributed to major game lines such as the World of Darkness and Trinity Continuum, and worked on licensed tie-ins for a broad spectrum of properties including Starship Troopers, Babylon 5, and 2000AD. His design work extends to live action roleplaying, where he served on the plot te...
#068: NEW YEAR SPECIAL – 2020 highlights, plans for 2021, and Patreon Q&A (ft. Daniel Willcocks, Holly Lyne, John Crinan, and Faye Trask)
January 01, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBIn this weeks’ episode, Daniel Willcocks, Holly Lyne, John Crinan, and Faye Trask sit down as a group to discuss the things they’re thankful for in 2021, what they plan to achieve in 2021, and we answer questions from Patreon (with an extra special song worthy snippet thrown in). From all of us at the Great Writers Share team, we hope you have a prosperous and productive 2021! Find out more about your hosts: https://danielwillcocks.com/ https://hblyne.com/ https://www.johncrinan.com/ h...
BONUS: The "Writes and Wrongs" of Bad Behaviors for Authors, feat John L. Monk (A Great Writers Learn miniseries, ep 6 of 6)
December 31, 2020 00:01 - 27 minutes - 26 MBIn this episode of the Great Writers Learn miniseries, "Writes & Wrongs,” bestselling authors John L. Monk and Daniel Willcocks talk about their experiences with bad behaviors, highlighting bad author practices, suggesting alternatives, and holding each other to account on past mistakes. Discussing personal stories from their collected decade of publishing experience, you’ll get the breakdown of their top tips to ensure you’re author journey is unmarred by the mistakes of the past. Listen...