{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/689b7bcb290bdec8f9696fb1/69fb1b10727202335990e719?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Coffee Break with Martyn Waites: The Secret Behind the C.B. Everett Pen Name","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/689b7bcb290bdec8f9696fb1/1778064111836-f068ab0a-78ec-4b92-b4bc-5072fe0b112c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to Conversation Coffee Break! In this episode, Nadine Matheson sits down with crime writer<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/martynwaites4847?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Martyn Waites</a>, writing under the pseudonym C.B. Everett, to chat about his brilliant new book, <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9781398534568\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Final Chapter</em></a>. </p><p><br></p><p><em>The Final Chapter</em> is a bold, genre-defying meta-thriller, two complete novels in one. It follows C.B. Everett (yes, Martyn's own pseudonym!) as he's asked to edit a mysteriously reappearing manuscript by a writer who vanished a decade ago. And the real story? It might be hiding in the footnotes. </p><p>In this conversation, Martyn reveals:</p><ul><li>Why he created the CB Everett pen name — and borrowed his daughters' initials to do it</li><li>The Russian doll structure of <em>The Final Chapter</em> — a spy thriller inside a literary mystery</li><li>📺 Getting knocked back by a TV production company — and what they got wrong</li></ul><p>This is a warm, witty, and wonderfully candid conversation about creativity, identity, and what it means to keep challenging yourself after 30 years of writing. </p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHXq62VCaCM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Martyn Waites Recommendation: Peacemaker</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/martynwaites4847?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Martyn Waites</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14776/9781398534568\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Buy <em>The Final Chapter</em> by CB Everett</a></p>","author_name":"Nadine Matheson"}