The Writing and Marketing Show

AI or artificial intelligence, is the hot topic for discussion in writers' circles at the moment. However, love it or hate it, it is not going away. Today's episode is a balanced discussion about AI …

Today I talk to debut novelist  Marti M. McNair About her journey and what she is doing to promote her book. Her inspirational journey is choc full of information that will help anyone wherever they …

Today I am talking to Dystopian Fiction author L. G. Jenkins about writing dystopian fiction. She gives us hints and tips about the genre and reasons why it is so popular. From secreting to character…

As writers we often have this vision of what our life will be like - sitting in our writing cave doing nothing but writing. Then reality sets in. Today's episode is taking a look at everything an aut…

Today I am talking to Leigh Russell, author of the DI Geraldine Steele Mysteries, about writing a long running series. Leigh is now writing the 21st book in the series. We chat about developing story…

Today, I talk to Jane Brocklehurst, a professional declutterer and author of Home Freed: The Theology of Decluttering about how to declutter your life in order to boost your creativity. 

Today I am chatting to Actress and Author Sophie Neville about her creative career from starring as Kitty in the original Swallows and Amazons to a ward winning author via artist and cartographer. We…

Today I am talking to Award Winning Author Dani Pettrey about the value of attending Conferences, Events and trade fairs and how they can help boost your author career. With hints tips and advice to …

In today's episode I talk to author Ruth Leigh about writing fan fiction based on the novels of Jane Austen. We talk about how fan fiction can be commercial and the ways it can be written to engage t…

Today I am chatting to Judith Gallium Pex, the author of Walk the Land: A journey on Foot Through Israel, about writing travel memoirs. Judith gives us hints and tips about how to get started, the im…

Today I am chatting to Serena Tate about ghostwriting children's books. This is another income stream that you can think about adding to your portfolio. Well worth listening and checking out the idea…

As part of the series on apps and programmes for writers, today I am chatting to Troy Lambert who is the education lead for Plottr. Plottr is a plotting programme I recently came across and I was blo…

This is a follow on from the solo episode where I discussed my new role on setting up and running a magazine. Today I talk to Lorie Lewis Ham who has been running an online magazine for 12 years, to …

Conferences are always looking for speakers who are both knowledgable and entertaining and those who hold the relevant skills are in demand. On today's show I give hints and tips for effective public…

Often in our author business we feel like we are running to keep still. Life keeps throwing curve balls at bus and we seem to stagger from one crisis to the next, none of which we can control. During…

Evernote is yet another powerful app that should be a part of any writer's portfolio. Today I discuss what it can do to help you as a writer and just how powerful tool it is. 

Canva has grown over the years to the state where I believe it is one of the most powerful programmes for writers. Today's episode gives an overview of the different ways in which it can be used to s…

As I have recently taken over as Editor in Chief and publisher of a literary magazine, today's episode is about the reasons for and processes of setting up a digital magazine.