The Truth about Fiction

Derek Thompson & Lynn Michell

17 Episodes

Tune in for insights, reflections and diversions about the business of writing and being published.

Join Lynn Michell, author of fiction and non-fiction and proprietor of Linen Press, in conversation with Derek Thompson, serial author and occasional gag writer, as they chat about what it means to write and to be a writer, and the state of the publishing industry. With occasional reference to biscuits.

Lynn: https://www.linen-press.com/authors/lynn-michell/ Derek: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Derek-Thompson/e/B0034ORY08

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