7 episodes
Bottle of Red Ross Garner
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4.8 • 8 Ratings
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A weekly podcast featuring interviews with my colleagues in the creative industries.
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17 - Reflections on podcasting
Indulgent, navel-gazing, incoherent: It must be Ross Garner's final appearance as host of the Bottle of Red podcast.
In this final episode of Series 2, Ross reflects on his time with the show before passing the torch to Justin Lee Anderson and Ross Dickie.
Series 3 will (probably) launch next year.
Thanks for all the memories.
Ross x -
16 - JJ Whitehead on stand-up comedy and the Free Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe draws comedians from around the world, but has its corporate structure turned artists into the middlemen between venues and punters? In this week's Bottle of Red, funny man Jason John Whitehead explains what drew him to the Free Fringe, as well as details of his writing process.
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15 - Marketing your writing (and giving it away for free)
Sure, you could publish your book and make it rain - but what if that doesn't work? What if you want to try a more nuanced marketing strategy to hook readers, and then make them pay?
This week on Bottle of Red, author and writing coach R.E. Vance (Ramy Habib) is back to join Ross and Justin at G&V in Edinburgh.
He'll be speaking marketing, freebies and episodic release schedules.
A few notes on this show...
The first 'episode' of Ramy's debut novel, Gone God World, is available now for free on Amazon.
If you'd like to get in touch with us on Twitter, tweet at @AuthorJLA, @RossAGarner or @BottleOfRedNet. Ramy can be reached at @GoneGodWorld.
If you'd like to support this show, please leave a review on iTunes or Like our Facebook page.
Next week, we'll be discussing planning and structure. See you then! -
14 - Coaching wannabe writers with R.E. Vance
Want to turn your passion into a book? Or have a story you're desperate to tell? Then author and writing coach R.E. Vance (Ramy Habib) is your man.
This week on Bottle of Red, Justin and Ross have taken the show to G&V in Edinburgh to record on location. We speak to Ramy about the biggest mistakes that new writers make, the misconceptions they bring to their first book, and his tips for getting started.
A few notes on this show...
The first 'episode' of Ramy's debut novel, Gone God World, is available now for free on Amazon.
If you'd like to get in touch with us on Twitter, tweet at @AuthorJLA, @RossAGarner or @BottleOfRedNet. Ramy can be reached at @GoneGodWorld.
If you'd like to support this show, please leave a review on iTunes or Like our Facebook page.
We'll be back with Ramy next week to discuss his top tips for marketing your writing. See you then! -
13 - Is sex still a taboo?
No sex please, we're Scottish. This week on Bottle of Red, author Jonathan Whitelaw joins Ross Dickie and Ross Garner to discuss sex in fiction. Does a graphic sex scene have to be erotic? Or do stories suffer because writers shy away from being honest in the bedroom? We'll be talking sexposition in Game of Thrones, feeble foreplay in Wuthering Heights, and darkly comic masturbation in Jonathan's debut novel Morbid Relations.
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12 - What even is 'good writing'?
What makes one piece of writing better than another? How can repeating a single swear word be as effective as an emotional appeal to the heart? In this week's Bottle of Red, Ross G, Ross D and Justin discuss.
Customer Reviews
Interesting and good fun
The podcast is about people who work in creative jobs. “Podfather” Ross sits down with a guest and a “bottle of red” - what we get is the fruits of their discussion. Each episode has good production, continuity and pacing. But, more importantly, I enjoy spending time with Ross and his guests! Love it.
Very Interesting
Having listened to the first 6 podcasts now and I can wholly recommend this podcast. The 4 star rating perhaps was closer to 3 stars on the strength of the earlier episodes but the quality of the product has increased as the weeks have gone by and I am confident in asserting that I expect the quality to increase further and I shall continue to subscribe and look forward to future episodes arriving.
The interviewer has become more confident and assertive in his questioning, perhaps his questions were slightly overly long in the early episodes as he struggled to pin down what exactly he was seeking from the guest(s) but he has always been an engaging and welcoming presence.
You feel welcomed into his conversation with the guests, who are clearly at ease. The focus each week or a different aspect of the creative process is a compelling and strong focus that has allowed a strong structure and narrative to develop.
The editing is very well done, the length of podcast complements the editing, leading you wanting more and never outstaying its welcome.
Very well done and excellent quality.
Fascinating insight into creative media
I've listened to the first three episodes of this new podcast and I've really enjoyed the relaxed conversational style combined with a fascinating insight into creative media. I'm already looking forward to next week's episode which is a sign I've found a new podcast to asked to my subscription list.