Write For Your Life

This week, Iain and Donna talk about personality tests, Harper Lee's upcoming novel being published (finally!), testing a book idea before you start, A is for Angelica and piracy w...

This week, Iain and Donna cover Helen McDonald's H is for Hawk winning the Costa prize; the harsh reality of publishing poetry; should you copyright your work before submitting it;...

Iain and Donna talk about the latter's most loved and hated things of 1993, Mark Zuckerberg's lame book club, and then True Detective, the willies and the (mis)representation of wo...

Iain and Donna discuss the world's top sexy creative pursuits, writing myths and what not to say to writers, baby steps at learning Danish, and do writers repeat small writing exer...

Iain and Donna talk about some extreme wind, what pages to include on your author website, Kickstarter and the Stacey Jay kerfuffle, Mark Zuckerberg's brand new book club and, seri...

In the first show of 2015, Iain and Donna look back at some highlights from last year and then forward to the writing changes ahead, including the idea of writing one novel instead...

In this Christmas special, Iain says a few thank yous before sending you off on a journey with The Little Match Girl via some marvellous music from friends of the podcast, Native a...

Iain and Donna talk about Christmas cards, family holidays, Zoellagate (again), publishing short stories, style guides for companies, and creating a style guide for your fiction....

Iain and Donna talk about writers and mistakes in job applications, the huge fuss over Zoe Sugg's ghostwritten debut novel, changes to the Pulitzer Prize, and the importance of cel...

In this week's episode, Iain and Donna talk about pronunciation wars, the #wfyl hashtag, performing at spoken word events, writing workspaces and Iain's new gold iPad, the problems...

This week Iain and Donna again try to pronounce a dear listener's name, then talk about Iain's new job, the success and storytelling of Serial, and how to include simile and metaph...

This week Iain and Donna cover Apple's App Store switch from 'Free' to Get', what we'd do if we had 10 uninterrupted days alone, and those crazy cats who still insert two spaces be...