The Write and Wrong Podcast | Writing Tips, Book Publishing and Literary Agents
Aug 24, 2026 · 26 min · 13 segments
**Middle grade fantasy author, Oliver Lendon joins Jamie to talk about his traditional debut. Oliver chats about writing for the love of the craft, the differences between self-publishing and…
Oliver LendonGuestJamieHostOkay, okay, okay.
Um, okay, so you said you started writing pretty young, then took a bit of a break and started again.
So I would imagine you, you've been a reader your whole life, and I saw on your website that you are a Terry Pratchett fan.
I mean, he's one of the all-timers.
Um-
Interestingly too, he, he's kind of ...
And it's not, it's not...
I would say it's uncommon, probably not rare, but he's an author where I would say his writing spans all age groups.
Like you can read-
... that as a, as a, or like pretty young, and then you can also read it as an adult, and there's, there's so much f- for kind of both age groups.
When you're reading, obviously, you know, this is your, your debut kind of traditionally published novel.
You've, you've self-published two children's books.
When you're reading, do you mainly read books that are accessible to younger people or do you also go through some more adult works?
[lip smacks] Uh, I, I've got quite a lot at the moment that I just read anything and everything.
Okay.
[chuckles]
Okay, okay, okay.
Um, okay, so you said you started writing pretty young, then took a bit of a break and started again.
So I would imagine you, you've been a reader your whole life, and I saw on your website that you are a Terry Pratchett fan.
I mean, he's one of the all-timers.
Um-
Interestingly too, he, he's kind of ...
And it's not, it's not...
I would say it's uncommon, probably not rare, but he's an author where I would say his writing spans all age groups.
Like you can read-
... that as a, as a, or like pretty young, and then you can also read it as an adult, and there's, there's so much f- for kind of both age groups.
When you're reading, obviously, you know, this is your, your debut kind of traditionally published novel.
You've, you've self-published two children's books.
When you're reading, do you mainly read books that are accessible to younger people or do you also go through some more adult works?
[lip smacks] Uh, I, I've got quite a lot at the moment that I just read anything and everything.
Okay.
[chuckles]
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