The Honest Authors' Podcast

What do we mean by foreign rights? What actually happens at book fairs? How much money can authors make from translated copies of their books? The Honest Authors grill foreign rights expert Therese Coen about all this and more. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

The Honest Authors get the chance to grill phenomenal Trapeze Books publishing director Sam Eades about the acquisitions process, what happens behind the scenes and what editors really look for in a book. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

The honest authors answer Q&As on writing processes and chat to Alison Barrow about publicity including the most effective way to promote a book. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

The Honest Authors are back! Talking full-time writing, routines, redrafts, weird messages, switching off and, er, spinning, Cardi B and Wall-E. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

In the season three finale episode, the authors talk honestly about life changes, career changes, representation changes and why it's so very hard to talk about money. Featuring an interview with the brilliant Caroline Hulse. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

Helen Cullen, author of The Lost Letters of Willam Woolf, talks to the Honest Authors about her publication journey, giving up the London rat race to decamp to rural Ireland and her writing process. Plus there's the usual bad reviews and lots of laughing. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

We interview Claire Allan and talk social media, word counts, and writing two books a year. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

We talk to debut novelist Lia Louis during an anxiety special! If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

We discuss how to have an idea, when you're reviewed poorly by people you know and how to develop a hook for your book. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

We interview Joy Rhodes and discuss pre-publication nerves! If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

In our most honest episode yet we discuss crises of confidence, abandoning projects and the etiquette of book blurbs. PLUS a really interesting interview with brilliant bestseller Fiona Cummins, author of Rattle and The Collector. A little sidenote: the sound quality in the beginning was a little iffy so please bear with us! If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and bu...

We interview bestselling author Tracy Buchanan, speak about press reviews for debuts and outlining. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

We discuss publishing news, cover reveals, light bulb moments and (to a surprisingly extensive degree) Neighbours. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

Gilly and Holly are back, with a new jingle and a lot of opinions. The honest authors discuss publishing news, violence against women, "twists you won't see coming" and... erm... floatation tanks. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

The final episode of season 1. We take questions, discuss how it feels to have second books out, reviews and writing through the chaos. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

The Honest Authors talk to author Imran Mahmood about his incredible debut You Don't Know Me, meeting about a billion famous DJs, dialling down the swearing and balancing barrister life with writing. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

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We review our year in writing, answer questions, and moan. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

We talk to forest-dwelling thriller writer Will Dean about his brilliant debut, Dark Pines, and how he writes a first draft in four weeks! FOUR WEEKS! If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

We interview Sarah Pinborough about marketing, social media, and author longevity If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

The Honest Authors talk the power of taking breaks, recommendations for brilliant plots, exploding ketchup and the usual anxieties... If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

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James Swallow, New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Nomad and Exile, joins Gilly and Holly. We talk about the route to getting published, the enjoyment of writing tie-in books about existing characters, proving naysayers wrong about 'airport books' and writing tips. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

We talk finances, 'fame' and - weirdly - air disasters. We also discuss a difficult court case that Gillian visited for research, some listeners may find details upsetting. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!

We talk events, being part time and being verified. If you enjoy this podcast episode, please remember to rate, review and buy our books!