Believe in the Magic with Sean Lusk - JU171

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  <a href="http://bit.ly/JoinedUpiTunes" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iTUNES</a>   <a href="http://bit.ly/JoinedUpStitcher" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">STITCHER</a>   <a href= "https://spoti.fi/2KhjnRS" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">SPOTIFY</a>   <a href= "http://bit.ly/JoinedUpOvercast" target="_blank" rel= "noreferrer noopener">OVERCAST</a></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href= "https://joinedupwritingpodcast.wordpress.com/join-the-mailing-list/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Subscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.</a></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>It’s episode 171 and a chat with Sean Lusk author of historical mystery debut <a href= "https://www.amazon.co.uk/Second-Sight-Zachary-Cloudesley-ebook/dp/B09FDYHJG1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-type="URL" data-id= "https://www.amazon.co.uk/Second-Sight-Zachary-Cloudesley-ebook/dp/B09FDYHJG1"> The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley</a>. I spoke to Sean about persistence and his long journey to publication, his writing process and why we should all believe in the magic.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Sean is winner of the 2015 Manchester Fiction Prize and the 2017 Fish Short Story Prize for <em>Dead Souls</em>, inspired by a visit to Gogol's house in Moscow. Much of his career has been spent working as a civil servant in the UK government and he’s lived and worked in England, Pakistan, Egypt, South Africa and, more recently, in rural Greece. His debut novel is <a href= "https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/285696/sean-lusk.html" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-type="URL" data-id= "https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/285696/sean-lusk.html"><em>The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley</em></a> and is out everywhere on June 9^th.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Follow Sean on <a href="https://tw