Writers, Ink Podcast: Research, research, research with “White River Crossing” author, Ian McGuire

BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing.

J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R” Us theme song long before becoming an author.

Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript in to your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business — editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins.

This Week’s Episode

Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, and JP Rindfleisch as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including stories about bookfluencers, Audible and DNF shelves. Then, stick around for a chat with Ian McGuire!

Ian McGuire co-founded the Centre for New Writing with John McAuliffe in 2007 and co-directed the Centre with John until 2017. He is the author of Incredible Bodies (2006), The North Water (2016) The Abstainer (2020) and White River Crossing (2026) and one critical monograph, Richard Ford and the Ends of Realism (2015). The North Water won the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award, was long-listed for the Man Booker prize and has been made into a BBC television mini-series starring Colin Farrell and Jack O’Connell.