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Hosted by Christopher Aggett · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 489 episodes
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The Writing Community Chat Show (WCCS) Ranked #3 Writing Podcast in the UK (2025) "Together as one, we get it done!" Welcome to The Writing Community Chat Show , the live-streaming podcast dedicated to the heart and soul of the literary world. Whether you are a traditionally published powerhouse, an indie trailblazer, or an aspiring author still working on your first "crap" draft, this show is your home. What We Do: We bring you the stories behind the stories . With over 380 interviews and counting, we go beyond the book jacket to explore the creative persistence, daily habits, and industry secrets of the world's most fascinating creators. From New York Times best-sellers and celebrities to the most promising indie authors , we bridge the gap between the stars and the community. What You’ll Discover Masterclass Insights: Actionable
Christopher Aggett hosts The Writing Community Chat Show, a arts show with 489 episodes published.
In this episode of The Writing Community Chat Show, we are joined by the incredible Melanie Blake for a must-listen conversation. We pull back the curtain on the book world, unpacking recent publishing drama with a profe
Our final show before we go dark for the 3-Month Writing Challenge is an absolute banger! After over 400 interviews and six years of virtually never taking a Friday night off, we are officially putting the microphones on
Welcome to another Friday night episode of The Writing Community Chat Show! In our growing archive of over 400 interviews, we've had the pleasure of sitting down with everyone from brilliant indie authors to household na
In this episode of The Writing Community Chat Show, Chris sits down with UK-based television producer, script editor, and debut author, Charlotte Robinson!Charlotte brings an incredible wealth of storytelling knowledge f
Welcome back to another fantastic episode of The Writing Community Chat Show! With over 400 interviews under our belts - chatting with everyone from indie debutants to NYT bestsellers - we are incredibly proud to continu
How do you turn the rhythm of a song into the heartbeat of a novel? In this episode of The Writing Community Chat Show, we sit down with the multi-talented Antonio Michael Downing —a writer, musician, and "creative force
One viewer described this episode as “a university lecture on creative writing.” This week, we unearth the systems behind a sustainable, profitable indie author career.Our guest is romantic suspense author and book coach
The Burden of Mental Noise: Social Anxiety & Psychic Thrills with D.I. Jolly What if you couldn’t turn off the thoughts of everyone around you? In this episode of The Writing Community Chat Show , we sit down with Berlin
The Secret Sauce to a 'Big Five' Deal with Linda Wilgus. The WCCS: Ranked #3 Writing Podcast in the UK (2025) An overnight success 21 years in the making. We were joined by the brilliant Linda Wilgus , author of the ench
Katherine Bradley: Writing The Institute, AI Fears, & The “No Tea” Rule. The WCCS: Ranked #3 Writing Podcast in the UK (2025) Are we right to be worried about technology, or are we just worried about being worried? This
Welcome back to another episode of The Writing Community Chat Show, recently ranked number 3 in the top 10 writing podcasts in the UK for 2025. In this special “eve of Valentine’s Day” edition, hosts Chris and the team d
If you tuned into our latest live stream, you know we didn’t hold back. Usually, we’re joined by New York Times best-sellers or indie superstars, but this week, it was just us, Chris and Chris, getting real with the comm
How do you write a future that feels real? We sit down with environmental scientist and war correspondent Paul E Hardisty to discuss the conclusion of his “The Forcing” trilogy and why literacy is our last defense agains
In the landscape of modern publishing, the “isolated author” is a dying breed. To succeed as an indie today, you don’t just need a gripping story; you need a community. This past Friday, the Writing Community Chat Show (
The Writing Community Chat Show is back for 2026, and we are kicking off Season 17 with a masterclass in humor. Whether you’re writing a laugh-out-loud sitcom or looking to inject a bit of levity into a dark thriller, th
The journey to becoming a published author is rarely a straight line, but few paths have been as globally adventurous, or involved a greater number of pachyderms and famous spies, as that of Vaseem Khan.From his decade l
We were thrilled to welcome back acclaimed psychological thriller author and Richard & Judy Bestseller, Lizzy Barber, to the show. Lizzy is the author of several gripping novels, including Be Mine, and has a knack for cu
In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Phoebe Morgan, the rare publishing powerhouse who has seen success on both sides of the desk. As an Executive Fiction Publisher at Simon & Schuster and a Sunday Times bestsel
The Writing Community Chat Show is proud to bring you insights from the writers dominating the charts. We recently sat down with Pip Landers-Letts, the winner of the prestigious 2025 Kindle Storyteller Award, to discuss
The challenge every successful debut author faces is the pressure to repeat themselves. When we recently sat down with acclaimed Irish author Chloe Michelle Howarth (Author of the Nero-shortlisted Sunburn), we learned wh
Antonio Michael Downing
author and musician
1 appearance on this show
William Lee
Associate Director at the National University and co-founder of Almatix
1 appearance on this show
Vaseem Khan
Chair of the Crime Writers' Association · Crime Writers' Association
1 appearance on this show
Lizzy Barber
psychological thriller author and Richard & Judy Bestseller
1 appearance on this show
Phoebe Morgan
Executive Publisher for Commercial Fiction · Hodder and Stoughton
1 appearance on this show
Nikki Allen
singer, songwriter, filmmaker, author
1 appearance on this show
Sir Tony Robinson
actor, author, television presenter · Galacticos Soccer Services
1 appearance on this show
Adele Parks
Author, The Image of You
1 appearance on this show
Attica Locke
Screenwriter & Novelist
1 appearance on this show
Elly Griffiths
bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway series
1 appearance on this show
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