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Provides support and encouragement for like-minded writers. Brought to you by writer and business owner, Sarah Banham. Sarah has written a dozen book in fiction, non-fiction, and ghost written for others. Through her business, FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS (loveofbooks.co.uk), she offers creative writing services including coaching new writers, editing, proofreading, and ghost writing, and is also a freelance writer. In 2020 she received a degree. She is available for hire. The Versatile Writer podcast is one of the freebies offered through her business.
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Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
TVW reads from crime thriller Guardian Angel by SJ Banham. Chapter 4: Tim and Jayne encounter an aggressive side of Jayne's agent. Afterwards they have dinner which turns into a date.
Monday Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
In Chapter 3, Tim and Jayne learn more about each other and Jayne loans him a treasured first edition.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Chapter 2: After discussing the murder at the precinct and dealing with the paperwork, Detective Tim Angel drives Jayne Murray home.
Monday Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
In last week's podcast, The Versatile Writer talked about the importance of story-telling. This week* begins the first of 12 chapters to be read on the podcast.
*some episodes may be released sooner than the following week.
A little background: this novel was first self published in 2008 and was the third novel from SJ Banham. It will soon be edited and e published.
Synopsis: A serial killer with a weakness for brunettes, is on the streets of Boston, Mass. Detective Tim Angel and his partner Dale Faulkner are assigned the case. But to make matters muddier crime writer Jayne Murray has hitched a lift every night for a week to gain insight into the seedier side of life for her next novel. Will Tim stop the murderer before another citizen is killed or will Jayne become the next victim?
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
In the spirit of entertainment in this isolating times, The Versatile Writer offers to read chapters of 3 different novels: Dicing with Danger, Guardian Angel or Jenna's Dad (to be retitled as First Time in LA), all written by SJ Banham and self published between 2006 and 2008. There is also a fourth book, an anthology of short stories and first chapters.
Sarah is awaiting your say-so. Please let her know via Face Book Sarah Banham or her business page For the Love of Books, Twitter @sjbwrites or via her website www.loveofbooks.co.uk
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Episode 22 is 9.5 mins of looking at the history of story telling from cave men drawings through to camp fire stories, from the Modernism movement to current day.
The Versatile Writer considers the sharing, narrating, hearing, watching and writing of stories. Included is a bit about Joss Whedon's sci-fi western series, Firefly.
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
The Versatile Writer considers how our accents yield judgement - good and bad - from others.
Do our accents help us get friends, a job, a partner? Do you judge others on how they speak and the words they use?
Do you change how you speak when you are with your family? Your friends? Your co-workers? Do you use different words?
Are you drawn to specific accents from around the world?
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
After a short gap over the festivities, regular guest Hannah from Pages, Places and Plates joins me to discuss her thoughts on 3 books she's recently read.
In this episode, Hannah reviews The Gift of Happiness by Holly Martin, Though the Wall by Caroline Corcoran and Salvador Dali at Home by Jackie De Burca.
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
For my 20th episode, via Skype I'm speaking to Dr Philippa East, author of Little White Lies, published by HQ/Harper Collins.
We talk about how Philippa's day job merges with her writing career and how she gets into the heads of her characters, especially for her debut novel, Little White Lies, available from February 2020.
The quality of this Skype call was a little wobbly at first but do stick with it :O)
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
This week's The Versatile Writer considers several topics: Indie publishing, success, legacy and attitude. I take each one and give it thought as I apply it to my past and future career.
I hope you enjoy it. As always, if you'd like to respond to any of the topics I've raised, please contact me through sarah@loveofbooks.co.uk
I'm also available on Twitter @sjbwrites and Face Book Sarah Banham.