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JD Kirk is the pen name of multi-award-winning author, screenwriter, and writer of comics, Barry Hutchison. Born and raised in Fort William in the Highlands of Scotland, Barry/JD wanted to be a writer from the age of nine, when a kindly librarian wrote his name on the spine of a notebook in which he’d written a terrible short story, and put it on the shelf. Since then, he has written over 140 books for children as Barry Hutchison, over 15 books for adults as Barry J. Hutchison, and is now thoroughly enjoying murdering people as JD Kirk. He has no idea what the JD stands for. He is promoting his latest novel in the DCI Logan Crime Thrillers series. One For the Ages: Age is just a number... Until yours is up. When a blood-soaked old man is spotted wandering through a sleepy fishing village in the far north of Scotland, his neighbours think he’s been in an accident. Until he leads them to his home, and to the carefully arranged remains of his late wife. It is the first murder that the remote Highland village has ever seen. It will not be the last. Someone is targeting the elderly and vulnerable in their homes. Someone they know. Someone they trust. Arriving to lead the manhunt, DCI Jack Logan finds a close-knit community closing ranks. Can Jack break down the wall of silence before more lives are lost? Or, in this twisted, sadistic killer, has Jack Logan finally met his match? #BarryHutchinson #JDKirk #Author #Comics #Scottishauthor #Childrensbooks #DCIJackLogan #Inspiration #WritingProcess #Interview #BookLovers #Journalism #CreativeWriting #InspiringConversations #SuccessStory #crimefiction ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com MERCH! The WCCS Store (creator-spring.com) THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Tosca Lee is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Line Between, The Progeny, Firstborn, Iscariot, The Legend of Sheba, Demon: A Memoir, Havah: The Story of Eve, and the Books of Mortals series with New York Times bestseller Ted Dekker. She is the recipient of two International Book Awards, Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion, ECPA Book of the Year in Fiction, and the Nebraska Book Award. Her work has finaled for the High Plains Book Award, the Library of Virginia Reader’s Choice Award, two Christy Awards, and a second ECPA Book of the Year. The Line Between was a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist for Best Mystery/Thriller of 2019. In addition to the New York Times, her books have appeared on the IndieBound bestseller list, and Library Journal’s “Best Of” lists. Marcus Brotherton is a New York Times bestselling author and coauthor dedicated to writing books that inspire heroics, promote empathy, and encourage noble living. His commendations include the Christopher Award for literature “that affirms the highest values of the human spirit.” Four of Marcus’ books are New York Times bestsellers, five are national bestsellers, four have been optioned for movies, three have received Booklist starred reviews, one received a Publisher’s Weekly starred review, and one is an international bestseller. His books have also appeared on USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly, Wall Street Journal, and ECPA bestseller lists. Together they have written The Long March Home. Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope from two New York Times bestselling authors Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire. Life in the Philippines seems like paradise—until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as Japanese warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific Theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history. What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive. #ToscaLee #MarcusBrotherton #Author #TheLongMarchHome #WW2 #Writer #Author #Screenwriter #WritingProcess #Interview #BookLovers #Veteran #CreativeWriting #InspiringConversations #SuccessStory #ThePacific #BandofBrothers ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/join/TheWCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Welcome to our exclusive interview with Cole Haddon, an accomplished author and screenwriter. In this fascinating conversation, we delve deep into Cole's creative process and learn about his journey as a writer. Cole shares insights on his latest projects, including his upcoming book and screenplay releases. Including the discussion about how he has interviewed James Cameron, George Romero, and Quinten Tarantino. We explore his influences and inspirations, and gain valuable advice for aspiring writers. Whether you're a fan of Cole's work or simply interested in the craft of writing, this interview is a must-watch. Join us as we dive into the world of storytelling with one of the industry's most exciting talents. Cole Haddon is an Australian-American novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. Dracula, his first television commission, was produced by NBC and Sky Living starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and he has gone on to develop dozens of feature films and TV series around the globe – most recently Genocidal Organ for director Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) and the rock musical Zombie Broadway for The Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart and director Jonas Åkerlund (Lords of Chaos). His graphic novels have been published by Dark Horse and others. His articles have appeared in the Melbourne Age, Sydney Morning Herald, and Village Voice Media, amongst others. Psalms for the End of the World, his first novel, will be released on 1 September 2022. He lives in the Blue Mountains of Australia with his wife and two children. We will be discussing his latest novel: PSALMS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD It’s 1962 and physics student Grace Pulansky believes she has met the man of her dreams, Robert Jones, while serving up slices of pecan pie at the local diner. But then the FBI shows up, with their fedoras and off-the-rack business suits, and accuses him of being a bomb-planting mass-murderer. Finding herself on the run with Jones across America’s Southwest, the discoveries awaiting Gracie will undermine everything she knows about the universe. Her story will reveal how scores of lives – an identity-swapping rock star, a mourning lover in ancient China, Nazi hunters in pursuit of a terrible secret, a crazed artist in pre-revolutionary France, an astronaut struggling with a turbulent interplanetary future, and many more – are interconnected across space and time by love, grief, and quantum entanglement. Spanning continents, centuries, and dimensions, this exquisitely crafted and madly inventive novel – a triple-disk, concept-album of a book – is a profound yet propulsive enquiry into the nature of reality – the perfect immersive read for fans of David Mitchell, Emily St. John Mandel, Neil Gaiman, and Margaret Atwood. BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/42MPmAC #ColeHaddon #ColeHaddonauthor #Author #ColeHaddoninterview #PsalmsForTheEndOfTheWorld #Writer #Author #Screenwriter #WritingProcess #Interview #BookLovers #Writersstrike #CreativeWriting #InspiringConversations #SuccessStory #hollywood #Writersassociation ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/join/TheWCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Author Sam Holland returns to The WCCS just in time for the birth of her brand new book The 20! The novel that is being called a chilling addictive serial killer thriller that will keep you up all night in 2023! Having always been fascinated with the dark and macabre, Sam Holland studied psychology at university then spent the next few years working in HR, before quitting for a full-time career in writing. A self-confessed serial killer nerd, her debut novel, The Echo Man, shocked and enthralled readers and reviewers alike with its sinister depiction of a serial killer copying notorious real-life murderers of the past. The 20: ‘Some authors spook you. Some authors unnerve me. Very few authors frighten you — but very few authors are Sam Holland. The Twenty is smart and brooding, icepick-sharp and shadow-dark; best of all, though, it’s scary as hell. Think you’re tough? Pick up this novel and prove it’ AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window ‘Bodies (lots of them), grisly crime-scenes pored over by complex characters with even more complex relationships. What's not to love? With The Twenty Sam Holland establishes herself as a very bright new star in the dark crime writing firmament’ Simon Toyne, author of Dark Objects ‘Fierce, frightening, twisted and addictive. The Twenty grips you by the throat and keeps on squeezing until the very end.’ Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End ‘So dark you almost have to look away yet so compelling you can't stop turning the next page’ Tim Glister, author of Red Corona The countdown has begun. Who will die next? A shocking crime scene… DCI Adam Bishop has never seen anything like it. Five murder victims – all with numbers written above. And the spray-painted daubs reveal a horrific truth: the killer is counting down… A case that twists and turns… When Dr Romilly Cole learns of the murders, they trigger memories of a traumatic past she has tried hard to forget. But getting involved with the case is a bad idea. She and Bishop have history – and working together could never end well. A race against time to stop a killer… Adam and Romilly soon realise the truth lies in a decades-old case, and only Romilly holds the key. But they must act quickly, because with every passing day, there are more victims. And as the numbers edge toward zero, the murders get closer to home… #SamHolland #TheEchoMan #Author #TheTwenty #SamHollandauthor #Writer #Author #Inspiration #WritingProcess #Interview #BookLovers #Thriller #CreativeWriting #InspiringConversations #SuccessStory ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/join/TheWCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Bestselling author Ann is also a leading journalist in Ireland, Ann O'Loughlin has covered all major news events of the last three decades. Ann spent most of her career with Independent Newspapers and is now a senior journalist with the Irish Examiner newspaper. Ann has also lived in India. Originally from the west of Ireland she now lives on the east coast with her husband and two children. The Judge's Wife was shortlisted in the Epic Romantic Novel category of the 2017 RoNA awards. The Ballroom Cafe and The Judge’s Wife were both bestsellers for several weeks in Ireland. Ann’s books have been translated into eleven languages. The Irish House is Ann's latest novel and is out with Bookouture on 14th April. You can find it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BS6ZR7LF/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 #AnnLoughlin #NationalNewspaperJournalist #Author #TheIrishHouse #Ireland #Writer #Author #Inspiration #WritingProcess #Interview #BookLovers #Journalism #CreativeWriting #InspiringConversations #SuccessStory ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

In this interview, we will delve into the thrilling world of Adler & Dwyer thriller series author, Matthew Farrell. He will share with us his inspiration for writing this psychological thriller, the challenges he faced during the writing process, and what readers can expect from his latest book, The Woman at Number 6. He will also discuss the themes of loyalty, secrets, and betrayal that run throughout the novel. This interview will leave you wanting more from this incredible author. Follow Matthew Farrell on social media to stay updated on his work and get a behind-the-scenes look at his writing process. You can find him on on Twitter @mfarrellwriter, Facebook - Matthew Farrell Books, Instagram - mfarrellwriter and Tik Tok @mfarrellwriter. His latest novel: The Woman at Number 6: A loyal wife. A handsome husband. Which one of them will kill to keep their secret? When I first met Malcolm, I knew that he was everything I had ever wanted. When we had our beautiful, blue-eyed son Finn I felt like my life was finally complete. The past eight years have been the happiest of my life. Until now. Because Malcolm’s been lying to me. I’ve been following him. I finally saw him with her. How could he betray me and my darling boy? Of course, we all have our secrets. But everything I’ve done, I did for my son. So I have a plan. When the police knock on our door tomorrow morning, Malcolm will have no clue what’s in store. All I need to do is pick up Finn and we can start our new life together. But I don’t notice the car tailing me. The sudden crushing impact takes my breath away. As my heart pounds and my car is forced towards the rushing river below, my only thought is for my precious Finn. Because I know with certainty that if this is happening to me, then he’s in grave danger too… Did Malcolm know what I was planning after all? Is this his revenge? Or worse, have my own secrets and lies finally caught up with me—and has my time finally run out? “The best book I've read this year… by a mile!!… Omg!… So many twists and turns that you absolutely do not see coming. My jaw was on the floor more than once! Original, shocking, fast-paced, suspenseful, tension-filled, jaw-dropping… An amazing read that you won't be able to put it down.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #MatthewFarrell #TheWomanatNumber6 #AdlerDwyer #psychologicalthriller #WashingtonPost #AmazonCharts #writingprocess #loyalty #secrets #betrayal #suspense #thriller ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

In this captivating interview, we sit down with Kate Foster, a national newspaper journalist with over two decades of experience in the field. Kate's love for her hometown of Edinburgh and its rich history has led her to become a successful author, with her debut novel "The Maiden" winning the prestigious Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect 2020 prize for new writers. Join us as Kate shares her insights into the world of journalism, her creative process as an author, and how Edinburgh's past has influenced her writing. Don't miss out on this inspiring conversation with Kate Foster! Her latest book is THE MAIDEN: Synopsis 'A masterpiece. A thrilling historical murder tale but so much more. Vivid, evocative and full of humanity' – Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal and The Twyford Code Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's The Maiden is a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving a voice to women otherwise silenced by history. "In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me." Edinburgh, October 1679. Lady Christian is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess. Only a year before, Lady Christian was newly married, leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn't the only woman in Forrester's life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead . . . 'Threat hangs over every page like the awaiting guillotine, but the women in this book gleam sharper. Witty, gritty and full of heart, their voices rise through the brutality and hardship of 17th century Edinburgh, battling to be heard' – Cari Thomas, bestselling author of Threadneedle. #KateFoster #NationalNewspaperJournalist #Author #TheMaiden #BloodyScotlandPitchPerfect2020 #Edinburgh #History #Inspiration #WritingProcess #Interview #BookLovers #Journalism #CreativeWriting #InspiringConversations #SuccessStory ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

In this exciting episode of our writing community chat show, we sit down with bestselling author Matt Johnson to discuss his journey to becoming a successful writer. From overcoming writer's block to mastering the art of storytelling, Matt shares his insights and experiences that have led to his success. We will be discussing just how, after just two years as a published author, Matt Johnson was voted at #22 in the WH Smith list of all-time best crime writers! Matt's first novel is 2016 John Creasey CWA Dagger listed 'Wicked Game', which was also listed by Amazon UK as the highest-rated rising-star novel of 2016. Following on from the success of this novel, two further books in the series - Deadly Game and End Game - were released in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Wicked Game and Deadly Game both entered the top 10 Amazon (all books) in both the UK and Australia. Wicked Game as an audiobook peaked at #1. Matt is a founder member of CRIME CYMRU the Wales Crime Writers collection and is co-chair of Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival, the very first Crime Literature Festival for Wales, scheduled for April 2022. Join us as we delve into the world of writing and learn from one of the best in the business. Whether you're a seasoned writer or just starting out, you won't want to miss this interview! Matts latest novel is set for release in June of 2023, see the blurb below. No Ordinary Day : Espionage, betrayal, terrorism and corruption - the truth behind the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher: ‘An important book, especially now’ Lee Child ‘Espionage, betrayal, terrorism, corruption and murder. All the ingredients of a Le Carré novel, only it’s real’ Matthew Hall ‘A powerful and timely account’ John Sutherland As WPC Yvonne Fletcher lay mortally wounded, having been shot from within the Libyan People’s Bureau in London on 17 April 1984, her friend and fellow police officer John Murray promised he would see those responsible brought to justice. That promise would take him 37 years to fulfil, during which time he uncovered a startling web of intrigue involving big business, politicians and our intelligence agencies. This is John Murray’s story. Buy it here: https://amzn.to/3Kv87AM #MattJohnson #WritingTips #WritingCommunity #BestsellingAuthor #Interview #Crimewriting #Crimewritingfestival #Publishing #AspiringAuthor #GreatStories ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

In this exclusive interview with Hanna Jameson, author and screenwriter, we get a glimpse into the secrets of her success. Jameson shares her writing tips, process and journey, as well as her insights into the writing community. If you're an aspiring author or just love great stories, you won't want to miss this interview! Hanna wrote her first book at the age of seventeen, which was later nominated for the John Creasey Dagger Award. She's a bestselling author (Something You Are, Girl Seven, Those Crazy Freeways, The Last) and is currently working on screen projects. Her latest novel, Are You Happy Now, was called one of the best novels of 2023 by Sara Collins. It was released in February of 2023, see the blurb below. At a New York City wedding, on a sweltering summer night, four people are trying to be happy. Yun has everything he ever wanted, but somehow it's never enough. Emory is finally making her mark, but feels the shame more than the success. Andrew is trying to be honest, but has lied to himself his whole life. Fin can't resist falling in love, but can't help wrecking it all either. And then the world begins to end. The four of them watch as one of the wedding guests sits down and refuses to get back up. Soon it's happening across the world. Is it a choice or an illness? Because how can anyone be happy in a world where the only choice is to feel everything - or nothing at all? Buy it here: https://amzn.to/3UdePjF #HannahJameson #WritingTips #WritingCommunity #Bestsel lingAuthor #Interview #MasterStoryteller #SecretsOfSuccess #Publishing #AspiringAuthor #GreatStories ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

In this exclusive interview, we delve into the world of bestselling author Rachelle Atalla and gain unique insights into her creative process, inspiration, and experiences as a writer. Rachelle shares with us the secrets behind her success, the challenges she's faced along the way, and the stories that have captivated readers around the world. From her early days as a writer to her latest works, we explore it all in this intimate conversation. Whether you're an aspiring writer, a fan of Rachelle's work, or simply curious about the life of a bestselling author, this interview is not to be missed. Rachelle Atalla is a Scottish-Egyptian novelist, short story writer and screenwriter based in Glasgow. Her short stories have been published widely in literary anthologies and she is the recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. Her first short film screenplay Trifle was commissioned by the Scottish Film & Talent Network and she is developing her first feature length screenplay with BBC Film. The Pharmacist was her first novel and shortlisted for the Scottish Fiction Book of the Year; Thirsty Animals is her second. #RachelleAtalla #ThePharmasist #interview ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

One of Britain’s bestselling novelists, Anthony Horowitz is the author adult and children’s fiction, films, plays and journalism. His best-known work for children and teens includes the Alex Rider spy series and the Diamond Brothers series. His adult fiction includes the new Sherlock Holmes novels House of Silk and Moriarty, the new James Bond series novel Trigger Mortis and Forever and a Day, and standalone novels The Word is Murder and The Magpie Murders. Internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz's third James Bond novel, After Forever and a Day: It is M's funeral. One man is missing from the graveside: the traitor who pulled the trigger and who is now in custody, accused of M's murder--James Bond. Behind the Iron Curtain, a group of former Smersh agents want to use the British spy in an operation that will change the balance of world power. Bond is smuggled into the lion's den--but whose orders is he following, and will he obey them when the moment of truth arrives? In a mission where treachery is all around and one false move means death, Bond must grapple with the darkest questions about himself. But not even he knows what has happened to the man he used to be. WITH A MIND TO KILL: M's funeral. One man missing from the graveside. The traitor accused of his murder. Bond. ***** Behind the Iron Curtain, a group of former Smersh agents want to use the British spy in an operation that will change the balance of world power. Bond is smuggled into the lion's den - but whose orders is he following, and will he obey them when the moment of truth arrives? In a mission where treachery is all around and one false move means death, James Bond must grapple with the darkest questions about himself. But not even he knows what has happened to the man he used to be. Discover the latest chapter in the world of 007, brought thrillingly to life by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. ***** PRAISE FOR TRIGGER MORTIS AND FOREVER AND A DAY: 'Ian Fleming would be proud' - GUARDIAN 'Fast-paced, skilfully written . . . leaves you wanting more' - THE TIMES 'A worthy successor to Ian Fleming, putting 007 back in his true domain' - THE SCOTSMAN 'So cunningly crafted and thrillingly placed that 007's creator would have been happy to own it' - FINANCIAL TIMES 'Exciting high drama . . . Horowitz stays loyal to the fabulous Fleming formula' - DAILY EXPRESS BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/42OLwrc #AnthonyHorowitz #JamesBond #interview ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Samantha Baines is an entrepreneur and philanthropist: an award-winning comedian, award-winning actress and award-winning broadcaster. A deaf activist and hearing aid wearer, Samantha is the author of two children's books with deaf protagonists; the award-winning Harriet Versus the Galaxy which she also voices on Audible and Bloomsbury Education book The Night the Moon Went Out and new book Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness: a guide to owning it and loving it. Samantha likes to keep busy and you may have seen her keeping busy in acting roles in Netflix’s The Crown, Call the Midwife, Silent Witness or Magic Mike Live (directed by Channing Tatum) or personal appearances on ITV's Loose Women, Sky News and Andrew Neil's This Week. After seven years of stand-up comedy, two sell out Edinburgh Fringe runs and a UK tour, Samantha has proved her comedy chops but these days sticks to being funny on social media, speaking events, radio and in her books (due to her sound sensitivity). If you don't like watching things, you may have heard her keeping busy presenting on BBC Radio London, BBC Radio Kent, Virgin Radio, hosting Q and A's at the BFI. She also hosts her multi-award nominated, smash-hit podcast The Divorce Social, which has been featured in international publications as well as being a 'Times Podcast of the Week' and a No.1 relationship podcast on itunes. The podcast recently won the bronze award for Best Sex and Relationship podcast at the British Podcast Awards 2022. ​ If you don't like watching or listening then you must like reading surely! Samantha has written for publications including The Guardian, Time Out, Huffington Post and Stylist Magazine. Samantha's debut children's book Harriet Versus the Galaxy was listed in the Independent's Best Children's Books of the Year 2019, Book Trust's Great Book Guide 2020 and won the Coventry Inspiration Book Award 2021. Samantha's second children's book The Night the Moon Went Out was released in August 2021, published by Bloomsbury and was been nominated for The People's Book Prize. Her new non-fiction book is being published by Headline in April 2023. Samantha is a self appointed 'accidental activist', a proud Ambassador for the Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID), leads talks on deaf awareness and has spoken to MPs at the House of Commons about tinnitus, as well as fronting the RNID 'Subtitle It' campaign. Samantha is also founder and director of successful social media marketing company Penguin in the Room, which she set up after she left drama school. Penguin in the Room have managed social media output for the likes of Susan Calman, The Guilty Feminist, Helen George, Lucy Porter and Ruby Wax's charity Frazzled Cafe and employ a team of creative freelancers who work for the company to support their other artistic endeavours. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Hearing-Loss-Deafness-owning/dp/1035401509/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1666619238&sr=1-2 #WritingCommunity #SamanthaBaines #Livingwithhearinglossanddeafness ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Season 11 is right around the corner. Be sure to join us for our live shows this season. Joining live supports our author guests and this show! You are the reason this show continues to exist. We are super excited to kick off season 11 and we have some fantastic guests lined up for you. Make sure you subscribe on our YouTube channel and if you can, please leave reviews for our podcast wherever you listen! The WCCS - TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Reading, Writing & Romance, with Nikki Twisted. NT Anderson has lived in multiple countries and states and is currently hunkered down in the Endless Mountain Region of the Northeast US. Her chosen professional path was restaurant management and hospitality services until 2009 when she turned her passion for writing into a career as a content creator. In 2019, she took it several steps farther by diving into the world of fiction. She is also the founder of Indie publishing imprint, Tepris Press. And also the DJ for an audio production company that creates quality content for radio. Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/46z3SQai6as Her latest novel is Acts of Commitment (The Acts Series Book 3) which was released in July 2022. Acts of Commitment: What if endings really are...new beginnings? It all started with a simple need. A desire to seek closure on a passionate crush that burned within me for decades. Incendiary memories drove me to the doorstep of the sexy and mysterious Jack Perry. That fateful night led to another, exactly one year later, where the backdrop to a dreamlike romance was exposed…and confessions were made. But that is all in the past. A closed book, complete with an ending and an understanding from both of us that we had our moment. Cherished and full of love…but over. However, fate has intervened, bringing all that came before sharply into focus. Now I must decide…should I dwell on the past or embrace the future? Fear threatens to hold me back from the man who is the sentry at the doorway to my every fantasy. Will I let it keep me from a love more passionate than I could ever have imagined? #Writingromance #Romanticfiction #Actsofcommitment ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

This week we invite a new type of creative onto our show. A podcaster! Yes, that's right, Talking Scared Podcast will chat to us about the creative life of a podcaster, plus horror! The genre in which Neil McRoberts' podcast focuses on. He has also written articles on horror for Esquire. Neil is the host of Talking Scared, which has conversations with the biggest names in horror fiction. A podcast for horror readers who want to know where their favourite stories came from . . . and what frightens the people who wrote them. We will have fun with our audience and we will enjoy our Friday night. So, why not tag along and be part of it? You can find Neil's podcast, Talking Scared, here: https://talkingscared.buzzsprout.com/ #Horror #Horrorfiction #TalkingScared ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Charles Ardai is an entrepreneur, writer, editor and producer. He is the founder of the early internet service Juno and of Hard Case Crime, a line of pulp-style crime novels by authors ranging from Stephen King, Michael Crichton and Gore Vidal to Cornell Woolrich CC 1925 and Brian De Palma ’62. Ardai himself is the author of five novels, among them the 2007 Shamus Award-winning Songs of Innocence, set partly on the Columbia campus and which The Washington Post called “an instant classic.” In addition to the Shamus, he has also received the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Ellery Queen Award for mystery writing. Ardai was a writer and producer on the TV series Haven, and in 2016 produced the acclaimed all-female Central Park production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Watch the full episode on #YouTube here: https://youtube.com/live/EvaaWFf7vuM His latest novel, Gun Honey Vol.2 is due for release in April 2023. Blurb: Fans of the first graphic novel and classic pulp crime fiction will get a thrill out of this fast-paced, mystery thriller. Joanna Tan is back, sexier and deadlier than ever… She’ll get you the weapon you need, when you need it, where you need it -- no matter how impossible. But this time, somebody else is planting the weapons. Somebody who’s causing a lot of trouble. And with Joanna’s MO, the authorities are making her their number one suspect. It’s now up to Joanna to prove her innocence, and find the woman responsible for framing her for murder! BUY IT HERE: https://amzn.to/3Y1glWQ #HardCaseCrime #CrimeFiction #CharlesArdai ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE, WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Formerly a bar owner, a criminal defense investigator, and an English teacher, James Kestrel is now an attorney practicing throughout the Pacific. His writing has won advance praise from Stephen King, James Patterson, Dennis Lehane, Lee Child, Meg Gardiner, James Fallows, Pico Iyer, and numerous other authors. A sailor and world traveler, Kestrel has lived in Taiwan, New Orleans, and a West Texas ghost town. He lives in Volcano, Hawaii. Also available on YouTube: Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel, James Kestrel on The WCCS. - YouTube Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Novel FIVE DECEMBERS: “War, imprisonment, torture, romance…The novel has an almost operatic symmetry, and Kestrel turns a beautiful phrase.” -New York Times Five Decembers is a gripping thriller, a staggering portrait of war, and a heartbreaking love story, as unforgettable as All the Light We Cannot See. NOMINATED FOR BEST THRILLER IN THE 2022 BARRY AWARDS FINALIST FOR THE HAMMETT PRIZE 2021 "Read this book for its palpitating story, its perfect emotional and physical detailing and, most of all, for its unforgettable conjuring of a steamy quicksilver world that will be new to almost every reader." - Pico Iyer December 1941. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. Because the trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves; and though the U.S. doesn't know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor. This extraordinary novel is so much more than just a gripping crime story—it's a story of survival against all odds, of love and loss and the human cost of war. Spanning the entirety of World War II, FIVE DECEMBERS is a beautiful, masterful, powerful novel that will live in your memory forever. #JamesKestrel #FiveDecembers #Writers __________________________________________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Alexandra Heminsley is a Sunday Times bestselling author, journalist, broadcaster and speaker. Her work has included writing Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers, interviewing names as diverse as Courtney Love, Billie Jean King and Kate Atkinson, and her work has been nominated for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. She has also written about the incalculable value of LGBT+ families, Valley of the Dolls, and Strictly Come Dancing. She is author of three books about women, bodies and sport, including bestselling memoir RUNNING LIKE A GIRL, which has now been published in thirteen countries, and the recently published SOME BODY TO LOVE: A Family Story (March 2022). She continues to be a sought-after ghost-writer, having co-written Judy Murray’s bestselling and William Hill Sports Book of the Year nominated KNOWING THE SCORE, Sara Davies’ WE CAN ALL MAKE IT, and a handful of other bestsellers. She has also worked with brands such as Nike, American Express and Unilever. Her debut novel UNDER THE SAME STARS is published by Little, Brown in July 2022, and her introduction in included in the recent reissue of Jackie Collins’ LOVERS AND GAMBLERS (March 2022), which is being adapted for Netflix by Sarah Phelps. After 8 years as the books editor at Elle, and 10 years at BBC Radio 2’s Claudia Winkleman Arts Show, she is now focussed on her own books. She continues to write features and interviews for the nationals including the Guardian, Telegraph and Sunday Times, as well as women’s magazines such as Vogue and Kinfolk magazine. She regularly chairs author interviews and panels for bookshop and festival events, and has spoken about her own work at several festivals including Latitude and Greenwich. She travelled to Mexico with the British Council in 2015, and was a judge for 2011’s Costa Novel of the Year Award. Under the Same Stars: Find escape with the beautiful, moving literary debut fromSunday Times-bestselling author Alexandra Heminsley, a stunning story of sisterhood and wilderness. Clara Seymour is trying to find her feet in London, living away from home for the first time. Brought up by her domineering mother, treasuring time any time with her adoring father, Clara's world is brought to a standstill when her dad abruptly dies. Then, a mystery comes to light in a letter from him. I am sure you are aware that before I met your mother I had a previous marriage. But what we never discussed is that we had a daughter. So begins a journey of discovery that takes Clara to remote Norway and a landscape as brutal as it is bewitching, a voyage fraught with personal and emotional danger to reveal who her father really was - and find the sister she's never met. Buy it here: https://amzn.to/3HgeAiA Alexandras website: http://www.alexandraheminsley.com/ #AlexandraHeminsley #Underthesamestars #Somebodytolove __________________________________________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE, WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Rachel Harrison is the National Bestselling author of CACKLE, SUCH SHARP TEETH, and THE RETURN, which was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Her short fiction has appeared in Guernica, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading, as an Audible Original, and in her debut story collection, BAD DOLLS. Her next novel, BLACK SHEEP, is out September 12th 2023. Her latest novel, Crackle, was released 23 Sept. 2022. Crackle: All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her long-time boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching job that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. Her new home is picturesque and perfect. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is lovely too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation. Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend. More importantly, she wants Annie to stop apologizing and start living for herself. That’s how Sophie lives. Annie can’t help but gravitate toward the self-possessed Sophie, wanting to spend more and more time with her, despite the fact that the rest of the town seems… a little afraid of her. And, okay. Sophie’s appearance is uncanny and ageless, her mansion in the middle of the woods feels a little unearthly, and she does seem to wield a certain power… but she couldn’t be… could she? Crackle book link: https://amzn.to/3iwGwp9 Rachels website: https://www.rachel-harrison.com/ #Crackle #RachelHarrison #Horror ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE, WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

How to write 'Mad, sad and funny' with author Bobby Palmer. Bobby Palmer is the author of the Saturday Times bestselling novel Isaac And The Egg. His writing has appeared in GQ, Esquire, Men's Health, Time Out, Cosmopolitan and More. He is also co-host of the Book Chat podcast with Pandora Sykes! You can find a link to that, and his book below. Book chat: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/book-chat-with-pandora-and-bobby Isaac And The Egg: https://amzn.to/3VE294d Isaac And The Egg: ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐ The love story of a lifetime, over in a phone call. Two strangers who meet at exactly the right moment. Hope, it seems, can come in all shapes and sizes... When Isaac Addy walks into the woods on the worst day of his life and finds something extraordinary there, he already knows he's going to take it home. A grieving Isaac and his curious new friend are unlikely companions. They don't even speak the same language. But their chance encounter will transform Isaac's life in ways he cannot yet imagine. And maybe he will finally be able to tell the truth. The only way to find out what happens next is to begin. #Isaacandtheegg #BobbyPalmer #Authorinterview ______________________________________ Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.Com THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE, WE GET IT DONE! If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS FOLLOW US ► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS ► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs ► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286 Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals! https://streamyard.com/pal/4835638006775808 This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement