Vinyl Rules, Digital Drools: An Interview with Andrew Cartmel, Author of the Vinyl Detective Series

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Welcome to Episode 7 of the Art In Fiction Podcast!
Meet Andrew Cartmel, author of the hilarious Vinyl Detective series. Andrew talks about the joys and challenges of writing a series with recurring characters and shares his advice about writing.
Highlights:

• Inspiration for the Vinyl Detective series
• Developing the Vinyl Detective character
• Music genres in the Vinyl Detective series
• Recurring characters in the series: core and secondary
• A name for the Vinyl Detective (or does he have one?)
• Reading from Low Action: Chapter One
• Low Action and punk rock in the 1970s
• Basing a series on what you know
• Humor in the Vinyl Detective series
• Publishing advice

Andrew Cartmel is a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. His work for television includes Midsomer Murders and Torchwood, and a stint as Script Editor on the legendary Doctor Who series. He has also written plays for the London Fringe, toured as a stand-up comedian, and is currently co-writing with Ben Aaronovitch a series of comics based on the bestselling Rivers of London books.

Press Play right now and be sure to check out Andrew Cartmel's Vinyl Detective series on Art In Fiction.

Written in Dead Wax
The Run-Out Groove
Victory Disc
Flip Back
Low Action
Andrew Cartmel's website: http://venusianfrogbroth.blogspot.com/
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Music Credits
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Chapters

1. Vinyl Rules, Digital Drools: An Interview with Andrew Cartmel, Author of the Vinyl Detective Series (00:00:00)

2. Inspiration for the Vinyl Detective series (00:01:20)

3. Music genre for each novel in the Vinyl Detective series (00:03:32)

4. The Vinyl Detective and pretentious characters (00:04:46)

5. Developing the Vinyl Detective characters (00:06:56)

6. The cats in the Vinyl Detective series (00:07:55)

7. A name for the Vinyl Detective (or is there one?) (00:09:47)

8. Reading from Low Action: Chapter 1 (00:12:31)

9. Low Action inspiration: punk rock in the 1970s (00:16:22)

10. Advertisement: AuthorBuzz.com (00:20:10)

11. Writing advice (00:21:19)

12. Will the Vinyl Detective go Scandi Noir? (00:24:20)

13. Publishing advice (00:33:40)