Daniel Willcocks: International Bestselling Author, Award-Winning Podcaster, Author Coach, and Professional Speaker
Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author, award-winning podcaster, author coach, and website designer. He is one quarter of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, ‘The Other Stories’;’ and CEO of horror imprint, Devil’s Rock Publishing.
Dan is furiously passionate about all things story. He has written 70+ books across the genres of horror, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi, urban fantasy, thriller, and non-fiction since 2015 for himself and on behalf of ghostwriting clients. Dan also provides author website design services at devilsrockpublishing.com/websites.
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How Can I Help You?
Speaking Topics
Listed below are a number of topics that I can deliver talks on. These are suitable for full-day events, shorter sessions within a full-day event, and can be delivered at in-person events, or digitally over Zoom.
If you’re interested in booking me for a book club, just follow the same contact sheet at the bottom of this page and let me know how I can best help you!
making it as a self-published author
After starting my journey in 2015, I went full-time as an author in 2019 and haven't looked back.
Productivity for authors
Discover how I went from publishing 1 book in a year, to 26 books in 2020.
Writing horror fiction
How to write and build an audience around your horror fiction.
finding the 'right' readers
Building an engaged, activated base of readers for your work.
Bespoke topics
Don't see what you're looking for, but think I'd be perfect for your event? Get in touch at the bottom of this page!
The Self-Publishing Blueprint
The road to self-publishing your book: from market research to publication, based on my bestselling book "The Self-Publishing Blueprint."
HITTING "BIG" WORD COUNTS
How I've helped 80% of my author community beat NaNoWriMo (smashing the 15% international average).
Podcasting for authors
I am a co-founder of multi-million download fiction podcast, The Other Stories, as well as hosts of Next Level Authors, Great Writers Share, and The Story Studio podcast.
coaching for authors
What services can YOU offer to authors, and what makes a good author coach?
making it as a self-published author
After starting my journey in 2015, I went full-time as an author in 2019 and haven't looked back.
Productivity for authors
Discover how I went from publishing 1 book in a year, to 26 books in 2020.
Writing horror fiction
How to write and build an audience around your horror fiction.
finding the 'right' readers
Building an engaged, activated base of readers for your work.
Bespoke topics
Don't see what you're looking for, but think I'd be perfect for your event? Get in touch at the bottom of this page!
The Self-Publishing Blueprint
The road to self-publishing your book: from market research to publication, based on my bestselling book "The Self-Publishing Blueprint."
HITTING "BIG" WORD COUNTS
How I've helped 80% of my author community beat NaNoWriMo (smashing the 15% international average).
Podcasting for authors
I am a co-founder of multi-million download fiction podcast, The Other Stories, as well as hosts of Next Level Authors, Great Writers Share, and The Story Studio podcast.
coaching for authors
What services can YOU offer to authors, and what makes a good author coach?
As Featured On
Archive
Podcasts, Radio, Video, and Public Talks
2024
The Way We Word Podcast; Interview with Daniel Willcocks (November 5 2024)
2023
Draft2Digital; Overcoming Author Hurdles with Daniel Willcocks (August 31 2023)
The Creative Penn Podcast; Writing Fast, Collaboration, and Author Mindset with Daniel Willcocks (July 31 2023)
The Writer’s Mindset Podcast; Writing Ghost Stories (April 24 2023)
The Write Better Fiction Podcast; The Author Mindset with Daniel Willcocks (April 24 2023)
The Indy Author Podcast; Don’t Stake Everything on Your First Book with Daniel Willcocks (February 14 2023)
Food Freedom with Bekka; How to Form Sustainable Habits in 2023 (January 5 2023)31
2022
Storytellers Faceoff; Daniel Willcocks on The Writer’s Mindset (October 30 2022)
Coffee & Words; Panel Discussion with Award-Winning Horror Authors and Podcasters (October 31 2022)
Author Powerhouse Summit: Authoring Is Just An Extension Of Who You Are (Aug 2 2022)
Activated Authors: The Pursuit of Creative Freedom (May 16 2022)
Total Body Reset: Productivity and Habit-Building (May 12 2022)
Coffee & Words: To Fail Is Not To Try (April 15 2022)
This Is Horror: Daniel Willcocks on Activated Authors, Healthy Writing Life, and Stopping Ghostwriting (April 11 2022)
Indie Author Mastermind: Author collaborations – an interview with Daniel Willcocks (March 31 2022)
2021
Creator Dad Podcast; Building A Creative Life As A Single Dad (December 21 2021)
Children’s Book Mastery Conference; “Writing As A Passion vs As A Career” ( November 8–13 2021)
MiblART Instagram Takeover; Live Q&A (November 2 2021)
Turning Readers into Writers; The Benefits of a Connected Community with Daniel Willcocks (October 28 2021)
Be A Bestseller 2.0: The Roadmap to Resilience; “The Power of Community” (October 7 2021)
Scribbler; Exclusive Live Q&A (September 10 2021)
This Is Horror: This Is Horror Awards 2020 (September 6 2021)
The Writer’s Mindset; Self-Publishing 101 and the Horror Genre (with Daniel Willcocks) (Sept 2 2021)
The Rebel Author Podcast; 092 The Self-Publishing Blueprint with Daniel Willcocks (June 30 2021)
Luke’s Massive Storytelling Podcast Thing; Persistence and Passion W/ Daniel Willcocks (June 28 2021)
Unstoppable Authors; 100 Sustaining a Writing Career with the Right Mindset (June 28 2021)
Katlyn Duncan; The Self-Publishing Blueprint by Daniel Willcocks (June 7 2021)
Unstoppable Authors; 096 Why You Need An Author Coach with Daniel Willcocks (May 31 2021)
PenPodcast; Episode 156: Daniel Willcocks (May 18 2021)
Wish I’d Known Then podcast; Daniel Willcocks on How Authenticity Pulls in Your Ideal Readers (May 11 2021)
The Stephen King Podcast; Bonus Ep 33 – Writer/Podcaster Daniel Willcocks (Mar 13 2021)
The Douglas Coleman Show VE; with Daniel Willcocks (Mar 10 2021)
Creative Principles Podcast; Ep258 – Daniel Willcocks, Podcaster & Author 40+ Books in 4 Years (Feb 26 2021)
2020
iWriterly; Co-writing: How to co-write fiction and non-fiction (Dec 9 2020)
IndieFire Conference; Collaboration for Authors (28 Nov 2020)
Writing with Jenna Moreci; Writing Horror (28 Oct 2020)
Big Gay Author Podcast; Ep 62: Daniel Willcocks on Short Stories and Serialized Fiction (23 Sept 2020)
iWriterly; Self Publishing Q&A (23 Sept 2020)
Big Gay Author Podcast; Ep 58: “Next Level” Q&A with Daniel Willcocks and Sacha Black (29 Aug 2020)
The Self Publishing Show; SPS-235: Collaboration for Authors: Writing in Someone Else’s World – with Daniel Willcocks (17 Jul 2020)
Big Gay Author Podcast; Ep 52: Collaboration with Daniel Willcocks (11 Jul 2020)
The Self Publishing Spotlight; 038: Daniel Willcocks (11 Mar 2020)
University of Lincoln, Creative Writing BA (Hons) Students; “Going Indie – Making a living from self-publishing” (6 March 2020)
Unstoppable Authors; Co-Authoring and the Writing Community with Daniel Willcocks (20 Jan 2020)
2019
How Do You Write?; Ep. 157: Daniel Willcocks on Writing Fast and Getting into Flow (13 Dec 2019)
The Rebel Author Podcast; 002 – Co-writing for Indie Authors with Dan Willcocks (25 Sept 2019)
The John Crinan Podcast; Daniel Willcocks (12 Aug 2019)
University of Lincoln, Creative Writing BA (Hons) Students; “Going Indie – Making a living from self-publishing” (7 March 2019)
2018
The Career Author Podcast; Talking Podcasts with Luke Kondor and Daniel Willcocks of Hawk & Cleaver (22 Feb 2018)
2017
Self Publishing Podcast; SPP277 Being Fiercely Indie with Hawk and Cleaver (11 Aug 2017)
Paul Teague’s Writing & Marketing Podcast; SPJ088 Dan Willcocks, Horror and Thriller Author (6 Nov 2017)
Book Dan to Speak
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