Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Hayley Doyle, author of 'Love, Almost' - West End actress turned writer talks about juggling life and work, overwriting, and playing with genre.
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Hayley Doyle, author of 'Love, Almost' - West End actress turned writer talks about juggling life and work, overwriting, and playing with genre.
This week we're chatting to Hayley Doyle! She's an actor who has starred in the West End, appearing in Mamma Mia and others. Recently, she's turned her hand to writing, publishing two novels, 'Never Saw You Coming' and her newest one, 'Love, Almost'.
It tells the story of Chloe, whose boyfriend of just 5 months dies, so to come to terms with things, she does all the many things they had planned to do together, alone. We talk about when she first had the idea for the story, how it came to her quickly and almost fully-formed. You can hear how she plays with what readers expect from genre fiction, giving them it but also pulling some surprises along the way.
We discuss how she juggles work, family and lockdown, and how things have radically changed over the last year. Also, how music helps her ideas, and how acting influences her writing. Hayley is a Liverpudlian, and we chat about how heritage affects the way you tell stories, and particularly why Scousers are so good at it!
You can get a copy of 'Love, Almost' here - https://amzn.to/3xXMEcz
Support the show at patreon.com/writersroutine.
@writerspod
writersroutine.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
View all episodes
By Dan Simpson
4.9
297297 ratings
This week we're chatting to Hayley Doyle! She's an actor who has starred in the West End, appearing in Mamma Mia and others. Recently, she's turned her hand to writing, publishing two novels, 'Never Saw You Coming' and her newest one, 'Love, Almost'.
It tells the story of Chloe, whose boyfriend of just 5 months dies, so to come to terms with things, she does all the many things they had planned to do together, alone. We talk about when she first had the idea for the story, how it came to her quickly and almost fully-formed. You can hear how she plays with what readers expect from genre fiction, giving them it but also pulling some surprises along the way.
We discuss how she juggles work, family and lockdown, and how things have radically changed over the last year. Also, how music helps her ideas, and how acting influences her writing. Hayley is a Liverpudlian, and we chat about how heritage affects the way you tell stories, and particularly why Scousers are so good at it!
You can get a copy of 'Love, Almost' here - https://amzn.to/3xXMEcz
Support the show at patreon.com/writersroutine.
@writerspod
writersroutine.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More shows like Writer's Routine
View all
The Penguin Podcast
148 Listeners
The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers
613 Listeners
Helping Writers Become Authors
989 Listeners
Otherppl with Brad Listi
520 Listeners
Bookclub
236 Listeners
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
445 Listeners
The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
214 Listeners
Writing Excuses
1,297 Listeners
Backlisted
581 Listeners
The Waterstones Podcast
36 Listeners
Fiction Writing Made Easy | Top Creative Writing Podcast for Fiction Writers & Writing Tips
1,431 Listeners
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
765 Listeners
Poured Over
292 Listeners
Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
355 Listeners
Writers on Writing
77 Listeners