The Bestseller Experiment

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Here are some clips of what is happening over on the Deep Dive at Patreon.com/bestsellerexpiment

A Happy New Year to all our listeners! In today's special episode we conclude our thrilling countdown of our top 10 best episodes as voted for by you with our favourite clips from those shows! Who will come top? Listen now.. In this episode you will discover... - What really scares one of our horror author guests - How to cope with the infamous kitchen scene trap - What does one of our guests consider to be "bollocks advice"? - And what effect has Ben Aaronovitch's rant had on the two Marks' writing…? To hear more of this episode in our deep dive, check out patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Merry Christmas to all our listeners! In today's special episode we begin our countdown of our top 10 best episodes as voted for by you with our favourite clips from those shows! We start with, er… number 12… Course we do. In this episode you will discover... The most important lessons we've learned from our guests Which author we were most nervous about interviewing How Donald Trump was key to our success The names of those on Santa's "Nice" list To hear more of this episode in our deep dive, check out patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Mike Carey writes comics, novels and screenplays like Hellblazer, Lucifer, X-Men, the Felix Castor novels, and The Girl With All the Gifts. He's also written novels with his wife Linda and daughter Louise. Linda joined Mike for this amazing chat about story writing in all its forms. In this episode you will discover... - How comics can help you structure a story, and the key differences between comics, novels and screenplays - How co-writers can find a single voice with harmony and negotiation - How your short story can evolve into a full-length novel - How sequels can evolve from the negative space of the first story To hear more of this episode in our deep dive, check out patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

The Two Marks answer your questions in this recording of our first Patreon subscribers' live show. To hear more of this episode in our deep dive, check out patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Tad Williams is a master of the fantasy genre. Not only an incredible world builder, but he populates his books with memorable and beloved characters. He's returned to the world of Memory, Sorrow & Thorn with his latest book The Witchwood Crown and we were delighted to speak to him about returning to the past and horizontality… To hear more of this episode in our deep dive, check out patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

We hitch a ride with Victoria Aveyard, the bestselling author of the Red Queen series, and we talk unreliable narrators, copy edits and building characters. To hear more of this episode in our deep dive, check out https://patreon.com/bestsellerexperiment Our novel Back To Reality is out now https://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

On the day the Two Marks land a big feature in Publisher's Weekly, they talk with top publicists Elaine Egan, Lauren Woosey and Virginia Woolstencroft about interview tips, creating a buzz around your book, how to recognise the hook of a good publicity story, what makes a great pitch, and we discover the dos and don'ts of a great press release. http://www.bestsellerexperiment.com

Bestselling author and friend of the show Shannon Mayer joins Mark Desvaux in the final part of the launch day event for the two Marks' novel Back to Reality. Check out bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality