Jon Cronshaw's Author Diary
370 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -Jon Cronshaw shares the ups and downs of his life as a visually impaired science fiction and fantasy author.
The British journalist turned independent author released his debut novel Wizard of the Wasteland in June 2017.
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Jon's Author Diary - 067 - January 13, 2019
January 13, 2019 08:00 - 9 minutes - 7.05 MBJon is back at his writing desk after the Christmas break. He wrote the first draft to The Lovers, episode seven of The Ravenglass Chronicles. He talks about not missing Twitter, his new harmonica, and how he has taken up meditation. Get the show a day early, plus regular short stories and early access to releases by joining Jon on Patreon. Visit: patreon.com/joncronshawauthor to get instant access for as a little as $1 a month. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com ...
Jon's Author Diary - 066 - January 6, 2019
January 06, 2019 15:11 - 4 minutes - 3.34 MBIt’s time to look forward. Jon outlines his goals for 2019. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com or to @jlcronshaw on Twitter. Check out Jon’s other podcasts Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Chronicles for free at geni.us/ra...
Jon's Author Diary - 065 - December 30, 2018
December 30, 2018 08:30 - 12 minutes - 8.97 MBIt’s time for Jon’s review of 2018. What went well? What didn’t? Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com or to @jlcronshaw on Twitter. Check out Jon’s other podcasts Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Chronicles for free at geni....
Jon's Author Diary - 064 - December 23, 2018
December 23, 2018 11:29 - 4 minutes - 3.42 MBJon launched The Emperor this week and outlined The Lovers, the next book in The Ravenglass Chronicles. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com or to @jlcronshaw on Twitter. Check out Jon’s other podcasts Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. Download The Fool, the first book in The ...
Jon's Author Diary - 063 - December 16, 2018
December 16, 2018 16:22 - 4 minutes - 3.08 MBJon completed his final draft of The Hierophant and got The Emperor ready for publication. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com or to @jlcronshaw on Twitter. Check out Jon’s other podcasts Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Ch...
Jon's Author Diary - 062 - December 9, 2018
December 09, 2018 18:01 - 9 minutes - 6.68 MBJon tore apart his draft of The Hierophant and rebuilt from the ground-up. He also talks about why he’s pulled back from using Twitter. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com or to @jlcronshaw on Twitter. Check out Jon’s other podcasts Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. Download ...
Jon's Author Diary - 061 - December 2, 2018
December 02, 2018 13:43 - 4 minutes - 3.61 MBThis week, Jon re-drafted the first two books in the Black Death series. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com or to @jlcronshaw on Twitter. Check out Jon’s other podcasts Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Chronicles for free ...
Jon's Author Diary - 060 - November 25, 2018
November 25, 2018 16:27 - 4 minutes - 3.34 MBJon finished the second draft of The Hierophant, episode six of his serial, The Ravenglass Chronicles. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com or to @jlcronshaw on Twitter. Check out Jon’s other podcasts Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. Download The Fool, the first book in The R...
Jon's Author Diary - 059 - November 18. 2018
November 18, 2018 12:11 - 5 minutes - 4.24 MBJon started working on the second draft of The Hierophant, episode six of his serial, The Ravenglass Chronicles. He also added more chapters to his first draft of Cleric of the Wasteland. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com or to @jlcronshaw on Twitter. Check out Jon’s other podcasts Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect cl...
Jon's Author Diary - 058 - November 11, 2018
November 11, 2018 14:40 - 5 minutes - 3.88 MBJon completed his first draft of The Hierophant, episode six of his serial, The Ravenglass Chronicles. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Chronicles for free ...
Jon's Author Diary - 057 - November 4, 2018
November 04, 2018 18:41 - 5 minutes - 4.18 MBJon is back at the writing desk after the half-term break. He ended up adding another 2,000 words to The Empress and completed his third draft of The Emperor. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. Download The Foo...
Jon's Author Diary - 056 - October 28, 2018
October 28, 2018 12:51 - 5 minutes - 3.97 MBIt’s half-term this week, so Jon has had a chance to step away from the writing and reflect on some aspects of his future writing career. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel and Otaku on Writing where Jon is joined by two other authors to dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. Download The Fool, the first book in ...
Jon's Author Diary - 055 - October 21, 2018
October 21, 2018 14:21 - 3 minutes - 3.53 MBThis week, Jon completed his second draft of the Emperor and launched the fifth collection of Otaku Stories. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Chronicles for free at tinyurl.com/ravenglass Follow Jon online: Amazon. amazon.com/author/joncronshaw BookBub. bookb...
Jon's Author Diary - 054 - October 14, 2018
October 14, 2018 12:38 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MBThis week, Jon completed his first draft of the Emperor and brought the release date for The High Priestess forward. He also gives an update on the future of the Stop Booking Around! podcast and talks about this year’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Download The Fool, the first ...
Jon's Author Diary - 053 - October 7, 2018
October 07, 2018 11:41 - 4 minutes - 3.44 MBThis week, Jon completed his final draft of The Empress, the fourth novella in his epic fantasy series, The Ravenglass Chronicles. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Chronicles for free at tinyurl.com/ravenglass Follow Jon online: Amazon. amazon.com/author/joncrons...
Jon's Author Diary - 052 - September 30, 2018
September 30, 2018 14:03 - 4 minutes - 3.01 MBThis week Jon completed his second draft of The Empress, the fourth novella in his epic fantasy series, The Ravenglass Chronicles. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Chronicles for free at tinyurl.com/ravenglass Follow Jon online: Amazon. amazon.com/author/joncrons...
Jon's Author Diary - 051 - September 23
September 23, 2018 14:17 - 3 minutes - 2.87 MBJon is working on his second draft of The Empress and finished reading the Fellowhip of the Ring. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Chronicles for free at tinyurl.com/ravenglass Follow Jon online: Amazon. amazon.com/author/joncronshaw BookBub. bookbub.com/author...
Jon's Author Diary - 050 - September 16. 2018
September 16, 2018 13:23 - 5 minutes - 3.49 MBJon launched The Magician yesterday, started writing The Empress, and continued working on Cleric of the Wasteland. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Chronicles for free at tinyurl.com/ravenglass Follow Jon online: Amazon. amazon.com/author/joncronshaw BookBub. ...
Jon's Author Diary - 049 - September 9, 2018
September 09, 2018 08:12 - 3 minutes - 2.58 MBJon outlined the next two novellas in his epic fantasy serial, The Ravenglass Chronicles. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Download The Fool, the first book in The Ravenglass Chronicles for free at tinyurl.com/ravenglass Follow Jon online: Amazon. amazon.com/author/joncronshaw BookBub. bookbub.com/authors/jon-cr...
Jon's Author Diary - 048 - September 2, 2018
September 02, 2018 16:10 - 3 minutes - 2.3 MBJon finished his second draft of the High Priestess and The Magician is all ready for publication on September 15. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw an...
Jon's Author Diary - 047 - August 26, 2018
August 26, 2018 10:38 - 4 minutes - 2.1 MBJon continued re-drafting The High Priestess, has chosen a narrator for the Blind Gambit audiobook, and has been promoting his story Clockwork Titan. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can ...
Jon's Author Diary - 046 - August 19, 2018
August 19, 2018 08:37 - 4 minutes - 3.43 MBJon has started re-drafting The High Priestess and has launched The Fool as a free book on Amazon to get readers interested in his fantasy series. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can fin...
Jon's Author Diary - 045 - August 12, 2018
August 12, 2018 12:25 - 4 minutes - 2.96 MBAlthough Jon is still is summer holiday mode, he managed to complete another edit of The Fool and The Magician based on some great pointers from a beta reader. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. ...
Jon's Author Diary - 044 - August 5, 2018
August 05, 2018 09:46 - 3 minutes - 2.75 MBJon was on holiday in Scotland this past week and found some inspiration for his forthcoming fantasy series. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his ...
Jon's Author Diary - 043 -
July 29, 2018 07:00 - 4 minutes - 1.87 MBJon launched the first in a series of short story collections this week. Awake: Otaku Stories Volume One contains three stories inspired by the movie Akira. You can listen to the creative process that inspired these stories on the Otaku on Writing podcast. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Get your free copy of Addict of t...
Jon's Author Diary - 043 -
July 29, 2018 07:00 - 4 minutes - 1.87 MBJon launched the first in a series of short story collections this week. Awake: Otaku Stories Volume One contains three stories inspired by the movie Akira. You can listen to the creative process that inspired these stories on the Otaku on Writing podcast. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Get your free copy of Addict of t...
Jon's Author Diary - 042 - July 22, 2018
July 22, 2018 06:30 - 5 minutes - 2.71 MBJon has had another busy week. He launched a new podcast Otaku on Writing, where three authors dissect classic anime to inspire original fiction. He also finished the first draft to The High Priestess, book 2 in his epic fantasy novella series, The Ravenglass Chronicles. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Check out Jon’s other podcast Stop Booking Around!, where he his mentoring an old school friend through the process of writing his first novel. Get your free co...
Jon's Author Diary - 041 - July 15, 2018
July 15, 2018 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.95 MBStop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now live on Amazon. If you’re listening to this podcast on July 15-22, 2018, you can get the book for free on Amazon here: tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround. And, if you get something useful from the book, please leave a review. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You...
Jon's Author Diary - 040 - July 8, 2018
July 08, 2018 15:26 - 5 minutes - 2.53 MBJon has been finalising his non-fiction book Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination, and outlined the next book in his epic fantasy serial, The Ravenglass Chronicles. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncronshaw.com or Jon’s author page....
Jon's Author Diary - 039 - July 1, 2018
July 01, 2018 07:30 - 2 minutes - 1.43 MBJon completed the second draft of his novella, The Magician. He also received the Stop Booking Around! non-fiction book from editor, so has been working through some of the changes. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncronshaw.com or Jon’s author page. ...
Jon's Author Diary - 038 - June 24, 2018
June 24, 2018 14:09 - 1 minute - 1.4 MBJon completed the first draft of his novella in his epic fantasy series. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncronshaw.com or Jon’s author page. Like his Facebook page at facebook.com/joncronshawauthor Follow him on Twitter @jlcronshaw. If yo...
Jon's Author Diary - 037 - June 17, 2018
June 17, 2018 10:09 - 5 minutes - 4.09 MBJon completed the first novelette in his epic fantasy series. He answers a difficult question about Blind Reset and reflects on the balance between art and business. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncronshaw.com or Jon’s author page. Like his F...
Jon's Author Diary - 036 - June 10, 2018
June 10, 2018 13:01 - 6 minutes - 4.65 MBJon had to make a difficult decision this week about Blind Reset. He talks about his progress on Cleric of the Wasteland and his epic fantasy series. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncronshaw.com or Jon’s author page. Like his Facebook page at ...
Jon's Author Diary - 035 - June 3, 2018
June 03, 2018 18:56 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBJon had much of the week off. He joined Pinterest and edited his short story for the Morecambe Steampunk Festival. As a bonus, you can listen to the live recording of the story as performed today at Morecambe’s Winter Gardens theatre. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his wo...
Jon's Author Diary - 034 - May 27, 2018
May 27, 2018 12:41 - 2 minutes - 2.25 MBAmazon #1 best-selling author, Jon Cronshaw (yes, you read that right!), carried on with the first draft of Blind Reset. It’s going a bit slower than he’d hoped. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncronshaw.com or Jon’s author page. Like his Facebook pa...
Jon's Author Diary - 033 - May 20, 2018
May 20, 2018 09:53 - 3 minutes - 1.64 MBJon started work on Blind Reset this week and wrote a slightly insane steampunk story to perform the Morecambe Steampunk Festival on June 3. He also got the cover back for the Stop Booking Around non-fiction book. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting joncro...
Jon's Author Diary - 032 - May 13, 2018
May 13, 2018 15:10 - 4 minutes - 3.18 MBJon sent his non-fiction book Stop Booking Around! to his copy editor and is geting ready to start work on Blind Reset. Blind Gambit will be available at the limited price of 99p/99c for the next few days. Click HERE to order your copy today. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to his Wasteland series, by visiting tinyurl.com/addictofthewasteland. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw an...
Jon's Author Diary - 031 - May 6, 2018
May 06, 2018 14:00 - 5 minutes - 4.02 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 030 - April 29, 2018
April 29, 2018 14:00 - 3 minutes - 2.11 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 029 - April 22, 2018
April 22, 2018 14:00 - 2 minutes - 1.82 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 028 - April 15, 2018
April 15, 2018 14:00 - 4 minutes - 3.32 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 027 - April 8, 2018
April 08, 2018 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.68 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 026 - April 1, 2018
April 01, 2018 14:00 - 2 minutes - 1.76 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 025 - March 25, 2018
March 25, 2018 14:00 - 5 minutes - 3.57 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 024 - March 18, 2018
March 18, 2018 15:00 - 7 minutes - 5.17 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 023 - March 11, 2018
March 11, 2018 15:00 - 11 minutes - 5.42 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 022 - March 4, 2018
March 04, 2018 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.8 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 021 - February 25, 2018
February 25, 2018 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.39 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.
Jon's Author Diary - 021 - February 25. 2018
February 25, 2018 11:03 - 4 minutes - 3.39 MBJon is back into writing Blind Gambit. He launched the third audiobook in his Wasteland, King of the Wasteland, and added a day to his schedule dedicated to becoming a better author. He reflects on a change he needs to make in his writing process to be more efficient in writing Blind Gambit and talks about an awesome Philip K. Dick story called The Exhibit. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his w...
Jon's Author Diary - 020 - February 18, 2018
February 18, 2018 15:00 - 5 minutes - 3.88 MBVisit https://www.subscribepage.com/ravenglass to join the VIP mailing list. You will receive free stories and be first to know about new releases.