In this episode, Rob chats to the very successful self-published novelist Caimh McDonnell about (surprise surprise) self-publishing, stand-up comedy, agent merry-go-rounds, MAs in Creative Writing (yes, again) and his very funny quadrilogy of comic Crime novels. Rob and Kate talk Writers’ Mental Health (or lack thereof), Good literary agencies, death studies, the corporate elite and (just for a change) working class writers.

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Links to stuff mentioned in the podcast:

• The British Psychological Society – Class is still written into our psychology – Working class folk are more empathic, selfless, vigilant and fatalistic
• The Good Literary Agency
• Ben Myers shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize
• The Edge Hill Short Story Prize
• The Atlantic – Writers are twice as likely to commit suicide
• The Altrincham Word Fest

Namechecks:

Nikesh Shukla, Julia Kingsford, David Hayden, Adam O’Riordon, Nicholas Royle, Ben Myers, Stephen King, Scott Pack, Rick O’Shea