The Bestseller Experiment

Hosted ByMark Stay & Mark Desvaux

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.


All Episodes

EP200: The Two Marks Celebrate Two Hundred Episodes

The Two Marks celebrate two hundred episodes of the podcast by answering some of the strangest questions they have ever been asked.

EP199 Teaser: A Happy Hustle with Bec Evans

Bec Evans is a writer, speaker, innovation coach and startup founder and her new book How To Have A Happy Hustle in which she shares the secrets of start-up founders to make your publishing dreams a reality.

EP198: Lorna Cook – A Bestseller Dream Come True

Lorna Cook is yet another listener who used what she had learned on the podcast to launch her career

EP197 Teaser: Creative Writing Courses with David Bishop

David Bishop is programme leader for Creative Writing at Edinburgh Napier University. He tells us about the variety of creative writing courses available worldwide

EP196: Kiley Dunbar – Another Listener Who Got A Deal!

Wwe speak to one of our listeners who got a book deal! Kiley Dunbar is the author of One Summer’s Night

EP195 Teaser: How To get Your Book Into An Indie Bookshop

Liz Hurley runs Hurley Books in Cornwall and is a writer herself. Here she gives us some frank and immensely useful dos and don’ts on how to get your book on the shelves of your local bookshop

EP194: Tade Thompson – Master Storyteller And Worldbuilder

Tade Thompson’s Rosewater has been nominated for pretty much every award going this year, and Tade’s skill in combining complex worldbuidling and compelling storytelling is second-to-none.

EP193 Teaser: Audiobooks Masterclass with Tina Dietz

Tina Dietz is an award-winning audiobook publisher and marketing expert and she was kind enough to answer our listeners’ questions on producing audiobooks, casting narrators and more.

EP192: One Page Punch-Ups With Juliet Ewers

In the latest of our One Page Punch-Up specials we asked our Patreon Chart Toppers supporters to send us one page from their work-in-progress

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