Death Of 1000 Cuts

On today's episode I chat to Millie Seaward, publicist for Little, Brown, about the art of getting books to readers. She answers questions like: - what kinds of books are easiest to sell? - what types of books get most reviews? - what makes a book an 'event'? - what's a blog tour and is it worth it? - what types of publicity sell the most books? If you'd like to support me, the podcast and all the things I'm putting out into the world, if you like what I do and would like me to do more of it, and if you'd like to be the first to read my brand new novel, please help me by pre-ordering a copy of THE ICE HOUSE. It's got an old lady pulled out of retirement for one last job, a 400-year-old forensic pathologist field medic battle nun looking to bring down an empire, psychedelics, dungeon crawls, jungle adventures, a locked-room murder mystery, intrigue, romance, minotaurs, a secret testing facility, giant sentient beetles, immortal mutant aristocrats, knife fights, an angel, larceny and ancient menaces rising from the depths. You're going to dig it and it helps me so much. Here are some places you can order now: Mr B's Emporium are an indie bookstore who deliver worldwide - I'll sign all pre-ordered copies from here: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Clare/dp/1786894815/ Or ask at your local bricks and mortar bookshop. If you'd like to read a story about a 13 year old girl investigating a secret society in 1930s Norfolk, grab a copy of my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 If you'd like to sign up to my free Weekly Writing Workout, here's the sign up form: eepurl.com/gbmfcP Here's my author page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/timclarepoet/ Here's my Twitter page: twitter.com/TimClarePoet And here's my website where you can submit your first pages or just get in touch and say hello: www.timclarepoet.co.uk And if you'd like to support the podcast, here's my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare

Today I take a look at a listener's first page and suggest ways to make it better. It's an old school Death Of 1000 Cuts 'In The Barber's Chair' episode. Hurrah! I chat a bit about exposition, writing convincing dialogue, world-building in Fantasy and Science Fiction, and centring your protagonist's conflicts. Lots of meat and potatoes stuff on editing your work to make it better. If you'd like to support me, the podcast and all the things I'm putting out into the world, if you like what I do and would like me to do more of it, and if you'd like to be the first to read my brand new novel, please help me by pre-ordering a copy of THE ICE HOUSE. It's got an old lady pulled out of retirement for one last job, a 400-year-old forensic pathologist field medic battle nun looking to bring down an empire, psychedelics, dungeon crawls, jungle adventures, a locked-room murder mystery, intrigue, romance, minotaurs, a secret testing facility, giant sentient beetles, immortal mutant aristocrats, knife fights, an angel, larceny and ancient menaces rising from the depths. You're going to dig it and it helps me so much. Here are some places you can order now: Mr B's Emporium are an indie bookstore who deliver worldwide - I'll sign all pre-ordered copies from here: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Clare/dp/1786894815/ Or ask at your local bricks and mortar bookshop. If you'd like to read a story about a 13 year old girl investigating a secret society in 1930s Norfolk, grab a copy of my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 If you'd like to sign up to my free Weekly Writing Workout, here's the sign up form: eepurl.com/gbmfcP Here's my author page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/timclarepoet/ Here's my Twitter page: twitter.com/TimClarePoet And here's my website where you can submit your first pages or just get in touch and say hello: www.timclarepoet.co.uk And if you'd like to support the podcast, here's my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare

This is the first episode of Death Of 1000 Cuts, Season 3, the podcast for writers. It's all about creative writing, and stories, and how to write more, better, and be happier as you do. In this episode I preview what I've got planned for the new season of the podcast this year, and share my writing goals for 2019. Hopefully you'll be inspired to make some of your own! If you'd like to support me, the podcast and all the things I'm putting out into the world, if you like what I do and would like me to do more, and if you'd like to be the first to read my brand new novel, please help me by pre-ordering a copy of THE ICE HOUSE. It's got an old lady pulled out of retirement for one last job, a 400-year-old forensic pathologist field medic battle nun looking to bring down an empire, psychedelics, dungeon crawls, jungle adventures, a locked-room murder mystery, intrigue, romance, minotaurs, a secret testing facility, giant sentient beetles, immortal mutant aristocrats, knife fights, an angel, larceny and ancient menaces rising from the depths. You're going to dig it and it helps me so much. Here are some places you can order now: Mr B's Emporium are an indie bookstore who deliver worldwide - I'll sign all pre-ordered copies from here: https://mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ Wordery: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Clare/dp/1786894815/ If you'd like to read a story about a 13 year old girl investigating a secret society in 1930s Norfolk, grab a copy of my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 If you'd like to sign up to my free Weekly Writing Workout, here's the sign up form: http://eepurl.com/gbmfcP Here's my author page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timclarepoet/ Here's my Twitter page: https://twitter.com/TimClarePoet And here's my website where you can submit your first pages or just get in touch and say hello: www.timclarepoet.co.uk

In this episode I chat to researcher, neuroscientist and psychologist Paul J Zak about the power of narrative and what goes on in our brains when we get lost in a great story. We chat about his research into oxytocin and how it affects our decisions, how the brain responds to stories versus events happening in real life, how the physiological costs of paying attention affect the types of story shapes that work best, and how to write the ultimate story that will grip, move and change people. He also gives advice on the kinds of people you must engage if you want your writing to be a hit. As well as that we discuss the purpose of villains, horror, and tragedy. Here's his book about the amazing effects of oxytocin, THE MORAL MOLECULE: https://wordery.com/the-moral-molecule-paul-j-zak-9780552164610#oid=1908_1 And his book on building trust, THE TRUST FACTOR: https://wordery.com/trust-factor-paul-j-zak-9780814437667#oid=1908_1 Here's his TED Talk on the 'moral molecule' oxytocin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFAdlU2ETjU Here's his website: https://www.pauljzak.com/ Here's the link to sign up to my new WEEKLY WRITING WORKOUT: https://timclarepoet.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e7ca46b9b92f78eed632be306&id=9233777f1e And if you'd like to try a story that will have you pumping out oxytocin, buy my novel THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 You can pre-order my next novel, THE ICE HOUSE, here: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 And if you'd like to drop the show a little something to help keep the lights on, you can do so here: www.ko-fi.com/timclare

Today I chat to writer and performer Molly Naylor, about the basics of what makes a story work, vulnerability, and constructing a career in the Arts. Molly co-wrote the Sky comedy drama After Hours, has brought several solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, is a poet, playwright and runs the night True Stories Live in Norwich, where people get on stage and tell true stories from their lives. We get into a good discussion of what makes a story work on stage, (and I think the lessons hold for any story, true or otherwise) telling stories as an identity rather than a process, making yourself vulnerable and how to handle that - loads of really useful, practical stuff. Hey! You can get Molly Naylor's poetry collection BADMINTON here: https://burningeye.bigcartel.com/product/badminton-pre-order If you'd like to check out more of her work, here's her website: https://www.mollynaylor.com/ Like to help me on the - ridiculous, hubristic - #Roadto1500 ? Pre-order my upcoming novel THE ICE HOUSE right now: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 If you pre-order via wonderful independent bookshop Mr B's Emporium, they deliver worldwide, and I'll drop in to sign all copies. If, by some miracle, they were to get over 100 pre-orders, I'll write a little bit of material to ship with each one: https://mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ And my debut novel, THE HONOURS, set in the same world as THE ICE HOUSE, is available for you to grab straight away: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Ooh. And if you'd like to drop the podcast a buck or two, you can! Right here: www.ko-fi-.com/timclare THANK YOU!

This episode I chat to Australian Fantasy novelist Garth Nix. His career spans over two decades and he's sold more than 5 million books around the world. We chat about how he got started, his love of libraries and Dungeons & Dragons, Tolkien, his time working in publishing, his breakout novel Sabriel and how he wrote it, his philosophy on planning versus discovering as you write, his writing routine, advice on what an amazing first page looks like, and more. Why not try SABRIEL by Garth Nix: https://wordery.com/sabriel-garth-nix-9780007137312#oid=1908_1 Or MISTER MONDAY: https://wordery.com/mister-monday-garth-nix-9780007175017#oid=1908_1 Or perhaps THE FALL: https://wordery.com/the-fall-garth-nix-9780007261192#oid=1908_1 Each the beginning of great Fantasy series! And oh hey, you could also read my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 Why not help me out and pre-order the sequel, THE ICE HOUSE? Out May 2019. #roadto1500 ! https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 Finally you can drop the show a few bucks via my Ko-fi page: www.ko-fi.com/timclare

Buy THE HONOURS: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-honours/ Pre-order THE ICE HOUSE: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ This week the podcast is dedicated to exploring my first novel, THE HONOURS. Today's episode is an unscripted chat about writing the sequel, THE ICE HOUSE. Where it came from, things I love, what matters to me as a writer. That kind of business. Also, a final, impassioned stump speech for you to join me on the Road to 1500. My hope for this week, aside from entertaining and informing you, is that you find yourself enthusiastic to support my work through buying THE HONOURS for yourself and friends, and also preordering the forthcoming sequel, THE ICE HOUSE. If you think helping me in this way would bring you some happiness, then kindly click one of the links below, and please do let me know once you've done so, so I can thank you. THE HONOURS PURCHASE LINKS Why not buy THE HONOURS via Mr B's Emporium? A brilliant independent bookshop who do worldwide shipping and are really great. They do a gift-wrap option so you can support me, an indie bookstore AND a friend who gets an ace present: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-honours/ THE HONOURS via Wordery, with free worldwide shipping: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 THE HONOURS via Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Honours-Tim-Clare/dp/1782114769 THE HONOURS Ebook: www.amazon.co.uk/Honours-Tim-Clar…ok/dp/B00O45B8JE THE HONOURS Audiobook: www.amazon.co.uk/The-Honours/dp/B00TSQKG1K THE ICE HOUSE PRE-ORDER LINKS The wonderful Mr B's Emporium have a pre-order link for THE ICE HOUSE. They deliver worldwide, and I'll make sure I pop in round publication time and sign any stock they've got, so any pre-orders via this link will - unless I have some terrible accident - by signed by me. If they get 100 pre-orders before launch, I'll make a little bit of exclusive extra content and throw that in with the books too: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ THE ICE HOUSE via Wordery, with free worldwide shipping: wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816 THE ICE HOUSE via Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Clare/dp/1786894815 THE ICE HOUSE Ebook: www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Cl…ok/dp/B07K33598R Here's the blurb for THE HONOURS. 1935. NORFOLK. Its newest resident, Miss Delphine Venner, is determined to uncover the secrets of the Hall’s elite society, which has taken in her gullible mother and unstable father. As she explores the house and discovers the secret network of hidden passages that thread through the estate, Delphine uncovers a world more dark and threatening than she ever imagined. With the help of head gamekeeper Mr Garforth, Delphine must learn the bloody lessons of war and find the soldier within herself in time to battle the deadly forces amassing in the woods . . . The Honours is a dark, glittering and dangerously unputdownable novel which invites you to enter a thrilling and fantastical world unlike any other.

Buy THE HONOURS: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-honours/ Pre-order THE ICE HOUSE: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ This week the podcast is dedicated to exploring my first novel, THE HONOURS. Today's episode dives into the research I did so I could write about 1930s England and the gun-obsessed protagonist, Delphine. I talk as honestly as I can about how I used research as a displacement activity, to avoid the scary work of actually starting the novel. And how my own life ended up providing the key piece of inspiration, when I finally remembered to look up. My hope for this week, aside from entertaining and informing you, is that you find yourself enthusiastic to support my work through buying THE HONOURS for yourself and friends, and also preordering the forthcoming sequel, THE ICE HOUSE. If you think helping me in this way would bring you some happiness, then kindly click one of the links below, and please do let me know once you've done so, so I can thank you. THE HONOURS PURCHASE LINKS Why not buy THE HONOURS via Mr B's Emporium? A brilliant independent bookshop who do worldwide shipping and are really great. They do a gift-wrap option so you can support me, an indie bookstore AND a friend who gets an ace present: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-honours/ THE HONOURS via Wordery, with free worldwide shipping: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 THE HONOURS via Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Honours-Tim-Clare/dp/1782114769 THE HONOURS Ebook: www.amazon.co.uk/Honours-Tim-Clar…ok/dp/B00O45B8JE THE HONOURS Audiobook: www.amazon.co.uk/The-Honours/dp/B00TSQKG1K THE ICE HOUSE PRE-ORDER LINKS The wonderful Mr B's Emporium have a pre-order link for THE ICE HOUSE. They deliver worldwide, and I'll make sure I pop in round publication time and sign any stock they've got, so any pre-orders via this link will - unless I have some terrible accident - by signed by me. If they get 100 pre-orders before launch, I'll make a little bit of exclusive extra content and throw that in with the books too: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ THE ICE HOUSE via Wordery, with free worldwide shipping: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816 THE ICE HOUSE via Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Clare/dp/1786894815 THE ICE HOUSE Ebook: www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Cl…ok/dp/B07K33598R Here's the blurb for THE HONOURS. 1935. NORFOLK. Its newest resident, Miss Delphine Venner, is determined to uncover the secrets of the Hall’s elite society, which has taken in her gullible mother and unstable father. As she explores the house and discovers the secret network of hidden passages that thread through the estate, Delphine uncovers a world more dark and threatening than she ever imagined. With the help of head gamekeeper Mr Garforth, Delphine must learn the bloody lessons of war and find the soldier within herself in time to battle the deadly forces amassing in the woods . . . The Honours is a dark, glittering and dangerously unputdownable novel which invites you to enter a thrilling and fantastical world unlike any other.

Buy THE HONOURS: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-honours/ Pre-order THE ICE HOUSE: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ This week the podcast is dedicated to exploring my first novel, THE HONOURS. This second episode looks at four figures who achieved notoriety between the wars in Britain, and re-examines their reputations - in the eyes of many - as 'monsters'. Who were they? Why were they so quickly forgotten? And do monsters really exist? My hope for this week, aside from entertaining and informing you, is that you find yourself enthusiastic to support my work through buying THE HONOURS for yourself and friends, and also preordering the forthcoming sequel, THE ICE HOUSE. If you think helping me in this way would bring you some happiness, then kindly click one of the links below, and please do let me know once you've done so, so I can thank you. THE HONOURS PURCHASE LINKS Why not buy THE HONOURS via Mr B's Emporium? A brilliant independent bookshop who do worldwide shipping and are really great. They do a gift-wrap option so you can support me, an indie bookstore AND a friend who gets an ace present: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-honours/ THE HONOURS via Wordery, with free worldwide shipping: wordery.com/the-honours-tim-cla…82114765#oid=1908_1 THE HONOURS via Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Honours-Tim-Clare/dp/1782114769 THE HONOURS Ebook: www.amazon.co.uk/Honours-Tim-Clar…ok/dp/B00O45B8JE THE HONOURS Audiobook: www.amazon.co.uk/The-Honours/dp/B00TSQKG1K THE ICE HOUSE PRE-ORDER LINKS The wonderful Mr B's Emporium have a pre-order link for THE ICE HOUSE. They deliver worldwide, and I'll make sure I pop in round publication time and sign any stock they've got, so any pre-orders via this link will - unless I have some terrible accident - by signed by me. If they get 100 pre-orders before launch, I'll make a little bit of exclusive extra content and throw that in with the books too: mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ THE ICE HOUSE via Wordery, with free worldwide shipping: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816 THE ICE HOUSE via Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Clare/dp/1786894815 THE ICE HOUSE Ebook: www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Cl…ok/dp/B07K33598R Here's the blurb for THE HONOURS. 1935. NORFOLK. Its newest resident, Miss Delphine Venner, is determined to uncover the secrets of the Hall’s elite society, which has taken in her gullible mother and unstable father. As she explores the house and discovers the secret network of hidden passages that thread through the estate, Delphine uncovers a world more dark and threatening than she ever imagined. With the help of head gamekeeper Mr Garforth, Delphine must learn the bloody lessons of war and find the soldier within herself in time to battle the deadly forces amassing in the woods . . . The Honours is a dark, glittering and dangerously unputdownable novel which invites you to enter a thrilling and fantastical world unlike any other.

Buy THE HONOURS: https://mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-honours/ Pre-order THE ICE HOUSE: https://mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ This week the podcast is dedicated to exploring my first novel, THE HONOURS. This first episode is about adventure stories, their roots in social justice, and how the British establishment used them to send a generation to their deaths. My hope for this week, aside from entertaining and informing you, is that you find yourself enthusiastic to support my work through buying THE HONOURS for yourself and friends, and also preordering the forthcoming sequel, THE ICE HOUSE. If you think helping me in this way would bring you some happiness, then kindly click one of the links below, and please do let me know once you've done so, so I can thank you. THE HONOURS PURCHASE LINKS Why not buy THE HONOURS via Mr B's Emporium? A brilliant independent bookshop who do worldwide shipping and are really great. They do a gift-wrap option so you can support me, an indie bookstore AND a friend who gets an ace present: https://mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-honours/ THE HONOURS via Wordery, with free worldwide shipping: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1 THE HONOURS via Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Honours-Tim-Clare/dp/1782114769 THE HONOURS Ebook: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Honours-Tim-Clare-ebook/dp/B00O45B8JE THE HONOURS Audiobook: https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Honours/dp/B00TSQKG1K THE ICE HOUSE PRE-ORDER LINKS The wonderful Mr B's Emporium have a pre-order link for THE ICE HOUSE. They deliver worldwide, and I'll make sure I pop in round publication time and sign any stock they've got, so any pre-orders via this link will - unless I have some terrible accident - by signed by me. If they get 100 pre-orders before launch, I'll make a little bit of exclusive extra content and throw that in with the books too: https://mrbsemporium.com/shop/books/the-ice-house/ THE ICE HOUSE via Wordery, with free worldwide shipping: https://wordery.com/the-ice-house-tim-clare-9781786894816#oid=1908_1 THE ICE HOUSE via Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Clare/dp/1786894815 THE ICE HOUSE Ebook: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-House-Tim-Clare-ebook/dp/B07K33598R Here's the blurb for THE HONOURS. 1935. NORFOLK. Its newest resident, Miss Delphine Venner, is determined to uncover the secrets of the Hall’s elite society, which has taken in her gullible mother and unstable father. As she explores the house and discovers the secret network of hidden passages that thread through the estate, Delphine uncovers a world more dark and threatening than she ever imagined. With the help of head gamekeeper Mr Garforth, Delphine must learn the bloody lessons of war and find the soldier within herself in time to battle the deadly forces amassing in the woods . . . The Honours is a dark, glittering and dangerously unputdownable novel which invites you to enter a thrilling and fantastical world unlike any other.