Hello! Does anybody listen to writing podcasts? Do you have a favourite? I’m always looking for new podcasts to listen to so please post them below!
I am completely biased. I listen to a bunch but I have a favourite and I want to share it with you.
The Bestseller Experiment: probably the nicest place on the internet.
I’ve made a little video about it.
TikTok is a social media app that mostly involves lip syncing teenagers and dance routines. It is not a place for literature… Seems like the perfect place to chisel out a niche.
If you are unfamiliar with the format, here are the basics:
There are three ways to post content; a 15 second video, a 60 second video, or a photo montage.
You can easily add special effects and filters. You are limited to 100 characters in your description, which must include your hashtags.
You film your short video, post it, and with any luck you start to amass likes and followers.
I am new to TikTok but I thought it might be interesting to share any insights and tips that I glean along the way.
Here is the first TikTok I made with my manifesto –
I’m writing a dark fairy tale horror based on the Brothers Grimm story, Gnome. I will be documenting my progress and process regularly.
I will also be posting writing tips (sometimes serious, and sometimes not so serious, as in the TikTok below).
It is important as authors that we experiment with different ways of reaching and interacting with readers. This TikTok thing might crash and burn, but it might not. Either way I’ll be doing weekly updates with stats right here on my blog. So please follow me if you are curious about how this goes. Maybe you’ll decide to take to TikTok too, in which case you must let me know; we’ll do a duet.
I’ll get into TikTok duets in another post but, should I gain momentum, a duet is a way of giving new TikTokers an introduction to like minded followers. We’ll grow together.
The link below will take you straight to my TikTok profile. Feel free to cringe at my early attempts at content. Eesh. It’s a learning process, right? And don’t forget to press that follow button!
So, I’ve been on TikTok for three days so far. At the bottom of each TikTok update on this site I’ll publish my stats so you can see my growth and decide if it would be a worthwhile venture for yourself.
I’ll share my failed posts, my successful ones, everything; the good and the bad. Things are going to get experimental and weird. Until next time.
Andy
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I submitted the first page of my new book to The Bestseller Experiment podcast to be criticised in what they call a One Page Punch Up. There were many submissions but, to my joy (and sudden apprehension), I got selected!
And so best-selling author, Mark Stay (author of Back to Reality and the film Robot Overlords starring Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley) and Juliet Ewers (Publishing Associate at Orion Publishing who has previously worked with Ian Rankin and Michael Conolly) critiqued the opening page of Shelley Town RPG, my latest novel (it’s a Stephen King-esque horror).
The episode came out. Me and Rachel pressed play and listened. A grin started to spread across my face. By the time it was done we were speechless.
If you want yo hear what these two respected experts had to say about my writing you can listen on the link below! They reviewed five pages. Mine is first so you won’t have to scroll through the audio trying to find me.
Me and Rachel Howells woke up this morning, had a full English, and put on the Bestseller Podcast, as per. AND Rachel and her book were only bloody mentioned! Words like “bestselling” and “author” and “amazing” were thrown around.
Have a listen!
The book is available to buy via Amazon on Kindle and in paperback now! Go get it! What are you waiting for?
Holding the proof copy of Wode House by my beautiful and talented partner, Rachel Howells (@rachypetalface).
We are one day away from the big launch! Tomorrow, Monday, 3/6/19, is the day. Write it in biro on the back of your hand so you don’t forget. Put a post-it note on the foreheads of your children (in case the ink rubs off your hand). Spray paint the side of your vehicle so you are reminded on the way to work. Whatever you do don’t miss the opportunity to be one of the first to read this highly anticipated debut novel.
Click on one of the link below to get your copy.
Or, if link-clicking isn’t your thing, search for Wode House Rachel Howells, in the Amazon search bar.
Andrew Chapman / Author and Screenwriter 