{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66202cf262f822001203895b/6895be54f9482328d0f48a70?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"S5 Ep11: Hamilton Nolan - Publishing laid bare","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66202cf262f822001203895b/1754770905056-1e51461b-9106-4691-8eab-de371941d1b6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>For many, the idea of having their book published is an actual dream. A beautiful, glorious, waking dream. But for others, perhaps even most writers, the dream isn't quite as dreamy as people might imagine.</p><p>So let's draw back the curtain and have a little peek at the actual, unfiltered, no-bull realities of giving birth to a beautiful baby book, with the supremely talented (and honest) journalist and author, Hamilton Nolan.</p><p><br></p><p>And if you too want to be all professional and authory, you could do a lot worse than getting yourself a copy of Scrivener.</p><p>It's a brilliant bit of software that honestly and genuinely makes writing easier.</p><p>Use our cheeky little code FAILING and get yourself 20% off the usual cost! Go to <a href=\"https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview?fpr=start2025&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22731932532&amp;gbraid=0AAAAA-P5kf3xW2MVwRu0HQzJpmfNgwsx7&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwhuHEBhBHEiwAZrvdck5uqzdIAn3N_kaWE9wzkk9oXCOmQ4bR3Jf2dZCeBZmCidbWVItsDxoCT5YQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.literatureandlatte.com</a> right now.</p><p><br></p><p>And you'd assume, wouldn't you, that THAT might be all. Because any more of this aural nourishment could easily result in indigestion.</p><p>Well no. Sorry, but you should undo your belt a couple o' notches and ready yourself for pudding. Because we've got our brand new feature starting this week.</p><p>Yep. It's HYPE-WRITER! Where you send us a bit of writing you're real proud of. Could be your novel, could be a piece of flash, could be a short story, could be an article, could be a comedy sketch, could be a play, could be a sitcom episode. OR... it could be a poem, which is what we've got this week from the talented <strong>Guy Jones</strong>, founder of Hothouse Theatre, Nottingham:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.hothousetheatre.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.hothousetheatre.com/</a></p><p>Insta: @<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hothouse_theatre/#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">hothouse_theatre</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you'd like to send us a bit of writing you're proud of so we can hype YOU up - send it over to <strong>failingwriterspodcast@gmail.com</strong> with a bit of blurb about it, and you could see your name in lights*</p><p><br></p><p>*Forgive us a bit of hyperbole. x</p>","author_name":"The Failing Writers Podcast"}