The Failing Writers Podcast

S4 Ep14: How to become a full-time author... maybe

Do you have what it takes to quit your day job and follow your dreams to become a full time author?Well, there's only one way to find out...and that's to listen to our interview with J C Duncan!Hear how he bravely decided to give himself a year to become a professional writer and, even bravelier, decided to tell everyone about it!Plus home made knives, Vikings and our usual top quality chat! Find out more about our most excellent guest (and check out that sword!) HERE: <a href="http://www.jcduncan.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jcduncan.co.uk</a>. Buy his Vikingly books here: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/J-C-Duncan/author/B08WCYR1DR" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/J-C-Duncan/author/B08WCYR1DR</a> And check out his #oneyeartopro threads here:<a href="https://x.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1707002271010079150" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1707002271010079150</a><a href="https://twitter.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1708465357424365671" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1708465357424365671</a><a href="https://twitter.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1719670719628358012" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1719670719628358012</a><a href="https://twitter.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1732823188453650477" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1732823188453650477</a><a href="https://twitter.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1741821890270798104" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1741821890270798104</a><a href="https://twitter.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1753131464768532959" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1753131464768532959</a><a href="https://x.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1755575800626073768" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/JCDuncanauthor/status/1755575800626073768</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Join three success-starved wordwranglers as they stumble towards their shared ambition: to become proper writers! Learning from guests like bestselling authors and BAFTA-winning writers. Setting themselves writing tasks and trying to improve their craft. Discussing how to get past all the things that stop us writing. And hopefully taking you on a journey with them to become successful writers! Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.