The Bestseller Experiment
BookmarkMark Stay & Mark Desvaux
The Bestseller Experiment is a arts podcast hosted by Mark Stay & Mark Desvaux. It has 300 episodes, with the latest published February 2025.
Join author and screenwriter Mark Stay with coach, entrepreneur and recording artist Mark Desvaux, as they discover the secrets to writing a bestseller and challenge themselves and you to write, market and self-published a bestselling book in just one year. Each week, they are guided by and interview million-selling, chart-topping authors, publishers on the inside, editors, agents, social media specialists, and many more big names who play a part in the bestseller process. From the writing to marketing, plotting to publishing, learn the secrets to help you write your way to the top of the charts.
arts ·en-GB ·300 episodes
Ep540 - David Koepp – Everything You Write Moves You Forward
Ep539 - Sarah Moorhead and Stuart Turton — Teacher, Student & Metempsychosis
Ep538 - Michelle Paver | Research To The Extreme
Ep537 - Maria Semple | How To Find Your Voice As A Writer
Ep536 - A Christmas Special with Ian Rankin
Ep535 - Behind Sarah Pinborough’s Eyes!
Ep534 - John Connolly | No Formulas & Finishing Books Author
Ep533 - Shannon Mayer - Million-Selling Indie Author
Ep532 - LJ Ross – Rebel with Four Million Sold
Ep531 - Joanne Harris — Squeeze Your Characters
Ep530 - Angela Marsons - on getting a 12-book deal
Ep529 - Michael Connelly - How to Write Every Day
Ep527 - Joe Abercrombie Returns
Ep527 - Steve Cavanagh: “A Masterclass in How to Hook Your Readers”
Ep526 - Kate Mosse: “Unlocking the Secrets of Kate Mosse”
Ep525 - Dean Wesley Smith - How to Stop Listening to Your Critical Voice
Ep524 - Linwood Barclay - How to Be a Bestseller Rulebreaker
Ep523 - Dean Koontz: “The Soul of Dean Koontz. All-Time Bestselling Author”
Ep522 - You Are Not Alone
Ep521 - B.J. Fogg — Tiny Habits
Ep520 - Philip C. Quaintrell — The Bestseller Breaking All The Rules
Ep519 - Richard Armitage Returns - “Hobbits, Audiobooks and How to Manifest Your Dreams”
Ep518 - Kim Bretton – Working with ACX Audiobooks Producers
Ep517 - Our Listeners’ Challenges and Triumphs
Ep516 - Writers & Mental Health – Live Show Highlights
Ep515 - Angela Marsons – 3 million sold in 3 years
Ep514 - Defying the Odds with Sherrilyn Kenyon
Ep513 - Ask the Editor with Emad Akhtar
Ep512 - Steve Cavanagh – Author on the verge of a massive breakthrough
Ep511 - Into The Woods With John Yorke
Ep510 - Gareth L Powell – How to sing a space opera
Ep509 - Joanne Harris | Chocolat & Sheds
Ep508 - Mark Billingham – From a shoutline to five million books sold
Ep507 - Taylor Jenkins-Reid – Breaking The Rules = Bestseller
Ep506 - Mark Victor Hansen - “Your Life Story”
Ep505 — Heather Morris — “Shut up and Listen!”
Ep504 - Mark Desvaux - “The Hallmark Habits of Highly Successful Authors (Part 2)”
Ep503 - Mark Desvaux - “How to Create a Writing Habit for Life”
Ep502 - Mark Desvaux - “The Hallmark Habits of Highly Successful Authors (Part 1)”
Ep501 - Brandon Sanderson
Ep500 - Mark Desvaux - “The Six Life-Changing Reasons You Write”
Ep499 - Michael Connelly | 60 Million Thriller Books
Ep498 - Karen Storey - “How to Become a Short Story Superstar”
Ep497 - Ben Aaronovitch and the Great Bollocking…
Ep496 - Jacqueline O'Mahony - “Sheer Determination Beats Everything”
Ep495 - Joe Abercrombie - “The Best Writing Advice Ever”
Ep494 - Rachel Lynch - “Speed Drafts, PTSD & The Rich”
Ep493 - Bryan Cranston on... Writing, Breaking Bad and Donald Trump
Ep492 - Lucinda Halpern - “Get Signed! How to Pitch to an Agent”
Ep491 - Lucinda Halpern - “Get Signed! Why You Need an Agent”
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