{"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/69dd618b0f4c4bd4d132b79f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 263 - Gareth Hanrahan on the difference between writing novels and RPGs","description":"<p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/DlMMzsKeKxs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Watch as a full video episode here</a></p><p><br></p><p>Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan is a writer and game designer. Originally qualified as a computer programmer, he took a three month break to see how “this writing thing” would go. More than fifteen years later, he’s still on that break. The writing thing seems to be going. Gareth has published more role-playing games and supplements than he can even recall, including the award-winning&nbsp;<em>The Laundry RPG, The One Ring&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em>The Dracula Dossier. </em>His debut novel,&nbsp;<em>The Gutter Prayer</em>&nbsp;was published by Orbit Books in 2019. His next book, The Dungeon Book, comes out later this year.</p><p><br></p><p>We had great fun chatting to Gar about his writing career, hearing how Nanowrimo is what got him started with novel writing and talking about how he juggles writing novels with writing for tabletop roleplaying games (which you can hear him talk about in more detail on an upcoming episode of our sister podcast, Narrative Damage!)</p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=gareth+hanrahan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy Gareth's books now</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mytholder2/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Gareth on Instagram</a></p><p><a href=\"https://garhanrahan.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Gareth's website</a></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to Narrative Damage on your <a href=\"https://linktr.ee/narrativedamagerpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">podcast app</a> and on <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@narrativedamagerpg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></p><p><br></p><p>Support us on Patreon and get the podcast early and ad-free, along with other great benefits, including a bonus episodes: <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/ukpageone\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/ukpageone</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://www.facebook.com/ukPageOne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Facebook</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ukpageone/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Instagram</a></p><p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/ukpageone.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Bluesky</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.threads.net/@ukpageone\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Threads</a></p><p><br></p><p>Page One - The Writer's Podcast is part of <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@stetpodcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">STET Podcasts</a> - the one stop shop for all your writing and publishing podcast needs! Follow STET Podcasts on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stetpodcasts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a> and <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/stetpodcasts.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky</a></p>","author_name":"STET Podcasts"}