That you're not John Terry or someone, you know? I write overlooking the Castilian countryside, trying not to be distracted by the vultures and red kites that fly past my window each day. Benedict Brown: Yeah, but it was more of a cliff edge. And I think the big thing, which a lot of people probably felt at the time, was Harry Potter. Eric brown books in order. The fonts and the frame of it. I spent a long time writing kids' books, including funny fairy tales, dystopic adventures and serious issue-based YA, before switching to murder mysteries last year. That there's no massive disconnect between your advertising and your sales page on Amazon. So the beginning stage.
James Blatch: It's absolutely part and parcel of the process. People really, really relate to his perspective on things and you've got this superior Sherlock Holmes figure in his grandfather and it worked. I'm very happy that there really aren't too many reviews, well one star reviews, or at least written ones and I remember when I got my first one on my first book and it is such a nasty... Used book that is in excellent condition. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: SPS-327: From Writing Conference to Writing Career - with Benedict Brown. Benedict Brown has written a series of 15 books. I start with the setting and what's the end result going to be and on two or three books recently I've had to change because all these great ideas I came up with when I was sitting down to write murder mysteries for the first time, I'm running out of them. Benedict brown books in order of publication date. Benedict came, interestingly, I hope people noted, he came to The Self-Publishing Show live in June and March 2020 and has not looked back since then. So in that environment every day you learn to take criticism. When I broke up with my then girlfriend, when I was living in Wales there I decided, rather than taking another job, I would become an English teacher in Spain and I would use that free time that gave me to write. If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be? The reading room, you have an allocated seat, and nice and quiet yesterday as well.
We weren't even allowed out of the house for a walk kind of like in Britain. They have gone really well over the last few weeks. I started off with silly fairy tales and I finished with a book for 16 plus about mental health. I don't think anybody takes criticism well to start off with. There was only five people on my master's. The whole way through, up until today, I've incrementally put up my spend on ads and it's worked. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer!. Well look, this sounds absolutely brilliant. So she's very much part of what I could do and again, it was another advantage that we weren't paying for you website design, we weren't paying for covers. Benedict Brown: Very good. SPS-327: From Writing Conference to Writing Career – with Benedict Brown –. The other series is Lost isn't it. Kindle Notes & Highlights. Let's talk a little bit about plots before I let you go.
It's got a special look and a sort of painterly look on it. Benedict Brown: We're in the countryside here, in a little village, just near the city and the fields are right behind us. Benedict Brown tells us his story. You're a Croydon man.
James Blatch: Of course I'm buying the drinks Benedict. Benedict Brown: That was tough to take but you get through it and I think that's what's good about working in a group or working with other authors or having feedback on your work is learning how to take that feedback.
It was bright red, which looked very secret. Benedict society book series. We were fine because we live in a cheap place, but I suddenly saw, and I saw this talk by five self-published authors from all over the world from America, Canada, Britain, I think and they were all just doing well. So there's no mismatch at any point. 95 per month after 30 days. I edit them very, very carefully, but I wouldn't be able to catch all the mistakes without my arc team.
The treaty that we'd signed in the 1930s was coming to an end. That's something I've studied over a long time and I think that comes out in my books and I think if you reread a book once you know the killer you'll realise what I've done with some of the funny situations. So let's talk about how you got from that position to today. Why he thinks it healthy to have two contrasting series to work on. You could carry off an actual flag pole in your front garden. If I go back to look at that first ad, which I still run, I think it's got almost 10, 000 likes on it. How do you work out your plot and then what do you do in terms of preparing to write it? So I flew home from Spain. James Blatch: And why children's books? A Body at a Boarding School: A 1920s Mystery by Benedict Brown, Paperback | ®. This is The Self-Publishing Show. You talked about doing creative writing course. James Blatch: So I think by tradition, I'm your first visitor in the new wings of the house. And my Ukrainian flag's out.
James Blatch: Taking criticism is very important. All items ship Mon-Fri. Benedict Brown Books in Order (15 Book Series. James Blatch: Was it the 1920s though? To test it, I turned it all my ads off and I had about a two month tail where I made a few thousand and so that was covering my salary and that wasn't sustainable but by the end of that I had the third book out and, again... I've got fans who are real diehard fans of it, but it was a cosy mystery that was set in Croydon and if anyone who is listening from abroad doesn't know Croydon, it is not-.
All my friends were sick. My wife was a graphic designer. And I thought, well, yes, we're making money, but we're not really excelling. Whenever I saw anything about self-publishing, I dismissed it thinking there's no chance of us, especially for kids' books. Who is your protagonist? And so, I was aware that realistically... So that's a seaside town in Norfolk actually, not too far from where I came from and there's a pleasure beach. Member Book Reviews. I've never done this or looked into it but occasionally talked to people. It's a chocolate box English countryside village. Why is your wife there, out of interest, Why is she there? Great Yarmouth pleasure beach. James Blatch: 13 books? You're getting a free audiobook.
When private detective Izzy Palmer is summoned to a lavish party in a grand stately home, she must deal with a host of painful memories... See More. When Izzy Palmer finds her... See More. He was a junior pilot then. James Blatch: Brilliant. It was about seven in the morning. Book is in NEW condition. I put a picture of it on Facebook actually. I didn't have 10 grand that I could say, okay, we're going to throw everything at it and then get the rank and people will find it and make money that way. I'm sure you can do it in America too. She just doesn't like the idea of draping flags around, nor do I, but I'm doing it because... That's what I meant when I said it petered out. I didn't have any other writing community and I think that's one of the amazing things in the last few years I've found and also I have to say thanks to you and Mark because you do provide the community side of things, not just the courses, which is that I found other writers now who can help me, but back then I was writing totally alone.
I'm feeling buzzing for this. James Blatch: Well, this is such a great story. I tried to find a niche that would be interesting to people and I also thought what's sweet? It looks like your browser is out of date. I love those stories and, as soon as my Izzy Palmer detective series is up and running, I hope to publish them. You research the documents you want. I love researching the stories and I even include a chapter at the back explaining my influences and the fascinating things I learnt when writing each book. Seems ever so short, doesn't it?
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