SAY SAY SAY

04/26/24 • 41 min

They're BACK!!

After a sporadic but entertaining first season, Will Carver and SJ Watson return for more talk about books and the literary world, while sampling a few drinks along the way.

In this first episode of the new season, they discuss VOICE. What is a writing voice? Who are the most distinctive writers? What does it mean to have a voice? And does it affect success?

Current reads include, Ring, The Puppet Master and Christ on a Bike, and in the news they discuss AI again – this time with regard to apps that condense novels into a more 'manageable' size – and the fact that Will Dean has a new jacket...

There's also a new guest spot for Debbie from Dudley as Sandra, sadly, makes way for a new super-fan.

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They're BACK!!

After a sporadic but entertaining first season, Will Carver and SJ Watson return for more talk about books and the literary world, while sampling a few drinks along the way.

In this first episode of the new season, they discuss VOICE. What is a writing voice? Who are the most distinctive writers? What does it mean to have a voice? And does it affect success?

There's also a new guest spot for Debbie from Dudley as Sandra, sadly, makes way for a new super-fan.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Previous Episode

PAPERBACK WRITER

In this special publication-day episode, Will and Steve are recording live at Fourbears Books for the launch of Will's latest book, UPSTAIRS AT THE BERESFORD, where they will be talking about what should be the most exciting part of the process and how it has changed from when they started.

There are questions from the live audience as well as the usual probing insights from Kidderminster's very own Sandra.

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Next Episode

MOVING ON AND GETTING OVER

This week it's all about REJECTION.

Rejection from agents.

Rejection from publishers.

And rejection from readers.

And how writers just have to move on and get over it.

There's a short history of some famous writer rejections and Will and Steve share some of their best one-star reviews, before talking about this year's longlist for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year.

Oh, and Diane from Dudley gets a little saucy.

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