Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and podcaster of dark fiction. He is one fifth of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, co-producer of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, 'The Other Stories,’ as well as the host of the 'Great Writers Share' podcast, in which he breaks down the strategies, tricks, and productivity habits of some of the best writers in the game today.
Residing in the UK, Dan's work explores the catastrophic and the strange. His stories span the genres of horror, post-apocalyptic, and sci-fi, and his work has seen him collaborating with some of the biggest names in the independent publishing community.
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Find out more about Dan:
www.danielwillcocks.com
Links from the show:
Collaboration for Authors https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLn
J Thorn’s "American Demon Hunters" https://books2read.com/u/4AKKVK
Craig Martelle "Collaborations: When the Whole Is Greater than the Sum of the Parts"
https://books2read.com/u/b5ZZ1k
J Thorn & Joanna Penn “Co-writing a Book” https://books2read.com/u/m2ZZNR
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Show theme: Karl Hughes
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#047: Jeff Adams & Will Knauss – Getting started with gay romance fiction, collaboration, and keeping the creative passion burning.
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