The Joined Up Writing Podcast

Wayne Kelly

Hosted by writer and documentary filmmaker, Wayne Kelly, Joined Up Writing is a regular podcast for writers and book lovers. Featuring inspiration,  author interviews, writing advice, hint and tips. Tuesdays on the Web, iTunes, Android and Spotify.

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If I can do it, YOU can do it too! with AJ Campbell - JU215
08-04-2024
If I can do it, YOU can do it too! with AJ Campbell - JU215
Exclusive Audible 30 Day Free Trial Here!Find out more about my BIG SCREEN WORKSHOPSUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTIt’s episode 215 with best-selling psychological suspense author, AJ Campbell joining me to chat about her latest book, why and how she has taken both the indie route, as well as releasing books with a traditional publisher, and we’ll also discover the Book That Saved Her Life.AJ is an Amazon bestselling author of six psychological suspense novels and promises stories full of twists, turns and torment. Her fourth book The Phone Call was released in July 2022, and it topped the Amazon charts for several months. It was shortlisted for the Adult Prize for Fiction at the Selfie Book Awards 2023. Her latest book, released by Bookouture, is called My Perfect Marriage (the title changed just before broadcast of the show!) and is out everywhere right now.Find all AJ's links on her website here.WANT A FREE eBOOK WITH 2 CRIME STORIES? SUBSCRIBE TO WAYNE’S NEWSLETTER HEREDon’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – '10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot your story. More content coming soon, including videos, blog posts and loads of extra writing tips.
Safe Hands Audiobook Special with W.A. Kelly
03-03-2024
Safe Hands Audiobook Special with W.A. Kelly
Exclusive Audible 30 Day Free Trial Here!SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTIt’s episode 213, a solo episode with W.A. Kelly, taking you behind-the -scenes of the making of my audiobook and giving a special preview of the audio version of my crime thriller, Safe Hands. A few of you have asked for more information, especially as I independently released the book and have narrated the audiobook myself – and I also wanted to give Joined Up listeners a chance to hear the first couple of chapters for free, right here in this episode. If you listen to the end and like what you hear, stay tuned for a surprise listener exclusive offer.W.A. Kelly is an author, filmmaker and musician. He wrote and directed the award-winning short film, INKLING and produced the feature-length documentary, No Fare: The Sian Green Story. Since 2014, he has hosted The Joined Up Writing Podcast and in November 2023, his debut crime novel Safe Hands, was released. He is currently working on the sequel, due out in late 2024.Safe Hands is available in paperback, on Kindle and now as an Audible-exclusive audiobook.WANT A FREE eBOOK WITH 2 CRIME STORIES? SUBSCRIBE TO WAYNE’S NEWSLETTER HEREDon’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot your story. More content coming soon, including videos, blog posts and loads of extra writing tips.
Nothing is wasted with Laura Pearson - JU212
20-02-2024
Nothing is wasted with Laura Pearson - JU212
SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTWANT A FREE eBOOK WITH 2 CRIME STORIES? SUBSCRIBE TO WAYNE’S NEWSLETTER HEREIt’s episode 212 with Laura Pearson, number one best-selling author of The Last List of Mabel Beaumont and several other novels dealing with life, love and loss, including the new paperback release of a book called Missing Pieces, which I read and loved. I chatted to Laura about the joys of procrastination, or 'thinking time', as we like to call it, reading outside your genre and the journey to her current success, which has involved lots of perseverance and keeping the words and stories flowing throughout. It’s a fun conversation that I know you’ll love.Laura is the author of multiple novels, including The Last List of Mabel Beaumont which was a Kindle number one bestseller in the UK and a top ten bestseller in the US. Laura lives in Leicestershire, England, with her husband, their two children, and a cat who likes to lie on her keyboard while she tries to write and her latest release is the paperback version of Missing Pieces, which you can find everywhere right now.Check out Laura's website here and follow her on Twitter.My debut novel, SAFE HANDS is out everywhere now and Kindle Unlimited readers can even read it for FREE!Don’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot your story. More content coming soon, including videos, blog posts and loads of extra writing tips.
Charlotte Duckworth JU209
16-01-2024
Charlotte Duckworth JU209
SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTSubscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.It’s episode 209 with Charlotte Duckworth, who also writes as Charlotte Rixon, working in both psychological thrillers and book club fiction genres. I reached out to Charlotte initially because of a post she wrote about the struggle of being a full time writer, so we get to talk about that but also Charlotte’s work, her journey to publication, how she prioritizes her writing time and, of course we’ll discover which book saved her life.Charlotte is the USA Today bestselling author of The Rival, Unfollow Me, The Perfect Father and The Sanctuary. Her fifth psychological suspense, The Wrong Mother, was published by Quercus in early 2023. She started her career working as an interiors and lifestyle journalist, writing for a wide range of consumer magazines and websites and, under the pen name Charlotte Rixon, she also writes contemporary bookclub fiction. Her latest release is the paperback of The One That Got Away by Charlotte Rixon, which is out right now.Find all Charlotte's links here.My debut novel, SAFE HANDS is out everywhere now and Kindle Unlimited readers can even read it for FREE!Don’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot your story. More content coming soon, including videos, blog posts and loads of extra writing tips.
Do The Right Thing - Richard D Bailey - JU207
13-12-2023
Do The Right Thing - Richard D Bailey - JU207
SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTSubscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.It’s episode 207 with Richard D Bailey, fraud examiner turned FBI whistleblower and now author with his new non-fiction book, Pirate Cove: AN INSIDER’S ACCOUNT OF THE INFAMOUS SOUTHPORT LANE SCANDAL. We chat about how Richard used Substack to get his story out there and find an audience, his father’s brilliant life advice and of course, the book or books that saved his life.Richard D. Bailey is a Certified Fraud Examiner. For more than 30 years, he has been providing realistic financial management and corporate development services to distressed public and private manufacturing, service, and distribution companies, but now he’s an author, telling the story of a massive corporate fraud that saw him going undercover for the FBI in his book Pirate Cove: AN INSIDER’S ACCOUNT OF THE INFAMOUS SOUTHPORT LANE SCANDAL.Follow Richard on Twitter here.My debut novel, SAFE HANDS is out everywhere now and Kindle Unlimited readers can even read it for FREE!Don’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot your story. More content coming soon, including videos, blog posts and loads of extra writing tips.
SA Cosby on All The Sinners Bleed and more - JU204
22-11-2023
SA Cosby on All The Sinners Bleed and more - JU204
Episode 204 with SA Cosby, a writer I’m a huge fan of from Blacktop Wasteland, through to Razorblade Tears and his latest dark tale, All The Sinners Bleed. It’s a brilliant chat that covers why Shawn loves the noir genre, his inspiring journey to success after years of hardwork and rejection, his tips for writers trying to fit their work around a day job as well as his three choices for The Book That Saved My Life.SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTSubscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.S. A. Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, The Guardian, and Library Journal. All that, plus he’s been mentioned as one of Barack Obama’s favourite writers – twice. His latest book, All The Sinners Bleed is our right now and you should definitely give it a read if you like dark crime fiction.Follow SA Cosby on Twitter here.My debut novel, SAFE HANDS is out everywhere now and Kindle Unlimited readers can even read it for FREE!Don’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot yo
In Safe Hands with Jackie Kabler and Lauren North - JU202
05-11-2023
In Safe Hands with Jackie Kabler and Lauren North - JU202
SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTSubscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.It’s episode 202 and a unique takeover episode where two of my favourite writer people – Lauren North and Jackie Kabler take the reins and turn the tables to put me in the author hot seat. This was their suggestion and I’m so grateful of them giving up their time to interview me about the release of my book, Safe Hands which is finally out now so you can read it and judge for yourselves if the wait, and all my years of talking about it, have really been worth it. It's FREE to read for Kindle Unlimited subscribers.Lauren writes psychological suspense novels that delve into the darker side of relationships and families. She studied psychology before moving to London where she lived and worked for many years. She’s now settled with her family in the Suffolk countryside where her dark imagination never stops wondering what’s the worst thing that could happen in every situation. She also writes Book Club Thrillers under the guise of LC North, including her latest book She Says She's My Daughter, which is out everywhere now.Find all Lauren’s links on her website here.Jackie has had a long and illustrious career in broadcasting and journalism – including a nine year stint on GMTV. She’s worked freelance and for the BBC and Sky and she currently works as a presenter on QVC in the UK. She’s the creator of a successful cosy crime series but now she’s signed with Harper Collins and writes dark psychological thrillers, like her hit novel The Vanishing of Class 3b.Jackie’s Instagram Book Club is @OfficialJackieKabler and follow her on Twitter @JackieKablerDon’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWr
Don't Apologise For Being There with Ian Moore - JU200
08-10-2023
Don't Apologise For Being There with Ian Moore - JU200
BSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTSubscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.It’s episode 200 with Ian Moore, comedian turned novelist who has moved away from his usual cosy crime, with his new darker mystery, The Man Who Didn’t Burn. It’s a cracking conversation where we talk about self-doubt, determination, the unique French setting of Ian’s novels and, of course The Books That Saved His Life.Ian is a leading stand-up comedian, known for his sharp, entertaining punditry, who regularly headlines at London’s world-famous Comedy Store. A TV/radio regular who now lives in France and regularly commutes back to the UK. He’s the author of the Follet Valley cosy crime series of books and now he’s kicking off a new darker mystery series with The Man Who Didn’t Burn, which is out everywhere on October 11th.Find all Ian's links over at his website here.This week's Book Blogger's Corner is courtesy of Clare Reynolds from the Years Of Reading Selfishly blog – yearsofreadingselfishly.blog – to talk about The Couples by Lauren Mackenzie.Here’s a link to join my author newsletter and grab your free ebook.My debut novel, SAFE HANDS is now available to pre-order here!Don’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot your story. More content coming soon, including videos, blog posts and loads of extra writing tips.
A Marathon, Not A Sprint with Peter Swanson - JU199
26-09-2023
A Marathon, Not A Sprint with Peter Swanson - JU199
SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTSubscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.It’s episode 199 with the brilliant mystery, suspense and thriller writer, Peter Swanson talking about his latest festive chiller, as well as his journey to publication, advice to aspiring writers and the books that saved his life. I really enjoyed the conversation and I know you will too.Peter is the Sunday Times and New York Times best selling author of eight novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and finalist for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year; and The Kind Worth Saving. His books have been translated into over 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine. His new novella, The Christmas Guest is released everywhere on September 28thFind all Peter's links at his website here.Here’s a link to join my author newsletter and grab your free ebook.My debut novel, SAFE HANDS is now available to pre-order here!Don’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you pl
Joanna Wallace - It Has To Sound Real - JU198
18-09-2023
Joanna Wallace - It Has To Sound Real - JU198
SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTSubscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.It’s episode 198 with Joanna Wallace, author of the brilliant new debut You’d Look Better As A Ghost. It’s such a fascinating and fun chat about writing as therapy, staying in the story, the power of perseverance and, of course, we get to hear about the book that saved Joanna’s life.Joanna studied law at Birmingham University before working as a commercial litigation solicitor in London, during which time she represented litigants in many fascinating cases and became remarkably proficient at unjamming photocopiers. She lives near London with her husband, four children and two dogs, and is currently working on her second novel.Her debut novel You’d Look Better as A Ghost is released on Sept 21st and the screen production rights have already been optioned by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. I’m not surprised – it’s such an original story.Follow Joanna on Twitter/X here.Here's a link to join my author newsletter and grab your free ebook.My debut novel, SAFE HANDS is now available to pre-order here!Don’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot your story. More content coming soon, including videos, blog posts and loads of extra writing tips.
The Character is The Story with Charlotte Levin - JU197
10-09-2023
The Character is The Story with Charlotte Levin - JU197
SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTSubscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.It’s episode 197 with Charlotte Levin, author of If I Let You Go, brilliant follow-up to her successful debut, If I Can’t Have You. It’s a lovely chat that includes the merits of not being a planner, trusting the process and we get to find out what book saved Charlotte’s life – metaphorically speaking of course.Charlotte has been shortlisted for the Andrea Badenoch Award, part of the Northern Writers’ Awards, and for the Mslexia Short Story Competition. Charlotte lives in Manchester with her cat Opal Moon and kittens Leonard and Walter. IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU was her debut novel, and the paperback of IF I LET YOU GO is out everywhere on September 14thFind all Charlotte's links over on her website here.Here's a link to join my author newsletter and grab your free ebook.My debut novel, SAFE HANDS is now available to pre-order here!Don’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot your story. More content coming soon, including videos, blog posts and loads of extra writing tips.
Trust in The Universe with Mystery Writer Ruby Gupta
11-08-2023
Trust in The Universe with Mystery Writer Ruby Gupta
SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  iTUNES   STITCHER   SPOTIFY   OVERCASTSubscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.It’s episode 196 with Dr Ruby Gupta, author of nine books including her Agatha Christie inspired murder mystery series based around her main character, Professor Shantanu Bose. Her journey to publication is one of persistence and determination and it’s an inspiring chat.Based amidst the misty Himalayan foothills, Ruby is the best-selling author of nine books. She has been honoured as the International Writer-in-Residence at the International Agatha Christie Festival (2022) in Torquay, Devon, England. A double gold medallist in English literature, she is an awardee of the GSE by Rotary International and the recipient of the Pratibha Samman Award for her journalism. Currently working as Professor & HOD Humanities at the ACC Wing, Indian Military Academy, Ruby has published nine books, including the latest in her murder mystery series, The Secret of Leifeng Pagoda.Follow Ruby on Twitter here.Check out me singing with band The Wry Dogs on Spotify here and everywhere else here and then have a look around my own website – www.waynekellywrites.comDon’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep tweeting me, leave your comments below, check out our Facebook page and the brand new newsletter and mailing list. It’s totally free to sign up and you’ll get a FREE motivational PDF to download – ’10 Tips For Surviving NaNoWriMo, The First Draft and Beyond’ PLUS the 3 Act Story Structure Template to help you plot your story. More content coming soon, including videos, blog posts and loads of extra writing tips.