{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d26e496b9ed80ab57e7f4af/650b14438680f9001263cda3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 176 - RJ Barker on the worst writing advice he ever received and more","description":"<p><strong>RJ Barker</strong>&nbsp;is a critically acclaimed and award-winning author of fantasy fiction. He won the 2020 British Fantasy Society (BFS) Robert Holdstock award for Best Novel for his fourth novel,&nbsp;<em>The Bone Ships</em>. His debut trilogy&nbsp;<em>The Wounded Kingdom</em>&nbsp;(<em>Age of Assassins, Blood of Assassins</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>King of Assassins)</em>&nbsp;was nominated for the David Gemmel Award, the Kitschie Golden Tentacle, The Compton Crook and the BFS Best Debut and Best Novel awards. He followed this with the award-winning&nbsp;<em>Tide Child Trilogy:</em>&nbsp;<em>The Bone Ships</em>,&nbsp;<em>Call of the Bone Ships</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Bone Ships Wake</em>. His latest book is <em>Gods of the Wyrdwood.</em></p><p><br></p><p>This episode was recorded live at Cymera Festival in Edinburgh in July 2023, and we had a great time chatting with RJ about all things writing, Skyrim and dinosaurs... We also got an insight into his brilliant imagination as he gave us some hints about his next books, and heard about how he is such a prolific writer.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/RJ-Barker/author/B005LVVCTQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy RJ's books now!</a></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/dedbutdrmng\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow RJ on Twitter/X</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.rjbarker.com/home.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Visit RJ's website</a></p><p><br></p><p>Page One - The Writer's Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTcwZnBmNkJJWjhpMkxKaHQ2bmEzM3NyeFdNZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttUjl6YlBITU5sblhyUUIzeVR5Rll2bXVKcC1jNUVBZVdEV2lleTB2MDB5ejlqOEw2RlNZWHNBQ0E0Z2RXSE9ReHRQTGhqNmEzRVVkdHBZcGE5OHlTYWNkVzIxdlE4d2hmNDVVX25tWTBDUWJlX2Q4WQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.writegear.co.uk%2Fpage-one&amp;v=JcQfKlXfayI\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-one</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/ukPageOne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Twitter</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ukPageOne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Facebook</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ukpageone/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Instagram</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://writing.exchange/@PageOnePod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Mastodon</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/ukpageone.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Bluesky</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.threads.net/@ukpageone\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Threads</a></p>","author_name":"STET Podcasts"}