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Episode 138: Novelist Spotlight #138: Writing advice from top-selling British thriller/mystery novelist Simon Toyne
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Simon Toyne quit his job as a television producer at the BBC to pursue writing his first novel. That turned out to be “Sanctus,” the bestselling debut thriller novel of 2011 in Great Britain. He is now the author of six more novels: “The Key,” “The Tower,” “The Searchers,” “The Boy Who Saw,” “Dark Objects” and “The Clearing.” Toyne has also produced/hosted a true crime series titled “Written in Blood,” where he spoke with bestselling authors such as Tess Gerritsen and Karin Slaughter about the true crimes that inspired their fiction. He lives in Brighton, England with his wife, three children and two dogs.
We discuss:
>> The importance of having a routine
>> Writing to a music soundtracks
>> The Pomodoro Technique
>> Writing the book you want to read
>> Giving yourself permission to write badly
>> Clive Barker and Stephen King
>> Etc.
Learn more about Simon Toyne here: https://www.simontoyne.net
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.
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