Marisha Pink's Blog

In case you missed the live broadcast, here is a recording* of my interview on Sunny and Shay’s show on BBC London 94.9FM from Mother’s Day. It’s 10 minutes of discussion about my new book, Last Piece of Me, motherhood, my experiences as a writer and the Alliance of Independent Authors. *The recording has been edited from the original ...

I’m hugely excited to announce that my new video and podcast series, Escape Artists, will be launching in one week’s time (Friday 20th June 2014) across my website, YouTube and iTunes. You can read more about Escape Artists here. Many of the interviews have been filmed or scheduled, editing is underway, and I’ve even picked (what I hope is inspiring) ...

In case you missed the live broadcast, here is a recording* of my interview on Sunny and Shay’s show on BBC London 94.9 FM. It’s 15 minutes of discussion about all things escape, crowd-funding, self-publishing and, of course, Finding Arun. *The recording has been edited from the original broadcast for brevity and to respect the copyright of music featured during ...

A short trailer detailing Marisha Pink’s journey to writing and publishing her debut novel, Finding Arun, in September 2013, including discussion of the book’s themes, crowd-funding success and her influences and inspirations. Directed and produced by Jashn Films.

A recording of the Finding Arun online book launch event which was streamed live at 8pm BST across YouTube and this website, using Google’s Hangouts On Air. In this video, Marisha answers viewers’ questions about the book, the creative process and self-publishing, submitted through Facebook and Twitter.

NB:This update originally appeared on crowdfunding website Kickstarter on 9th August 2013 and was intended for backers of the successful campaign to fund the publication of Finding Arun, my debut novel.

Happy Friday you beautiful backers!

I hope you’re all well and looking forward to the weekend – I know I am!Just a little update from me this morning, asking for a lot of help from you (again!).

Beta-reading, Blood, Sweat and Tears

After a huge amount of blood, sweat and tears, Finding Arun is fin...

NB:This update originally appeared on crowdfunding website Kickstarter on 11th July 2013 and was intended for backers of the successful campaign to fund the publication of Finding Arun, my debut novel.

Morning you beautiful backers!

How’s it going?It’s been another good few weeks since I last wrote, so there’s lots to update you on.

First and foremost, aHUGE, BIG FAT, MASSIVE, SUPER DUPER THANK-YOUto all of you that have filled out the recently issued Kickstarter surveys. This has been a great h...

NB:This update originally appeared on crowdfunding website Kickstarter on 4th June 2013 and was intended for backers of the successful campaign to fund the publication of Finding Arun, my debut novel.

Afternoon Team Kickstarter,

Hope you are all doing well and my deepest apologies for the radio silence.

I am in a fabulous mood today for two reasons. Firstly, it’s sunny, and since I’m in London this is a miracle (yes, even in June!). Secondly, and more importantly,I’ve finally finished editing th...

NB:This update originally appeared on crowdfunding website Kickstarter on 7th May 2013 and was intended for backers of the successful campaign to fund the publication of Finding Arun, my debut novel.

Howdy Team Kickstarter,

I hope those of you in the UK enjoyed the sunny Bank Holiday weekend; the rest of you are probably enjoying the sun that usually comes guaranteed with Spring!

I am back from Africa and (courtesy of my Dad and a 3 amp fuse) finally have power again for my laptop – hurrah! I am...

NB:This update originally appeared on crowdfunding website Kickstarter on 22nd April 2013 and was intended for backers of the successful campaign to fund the publication of Finding Arun, my debut novel.

Howdy Team Kickstarter,

Hope you’re all doing well.

Things were going swimmingly here in Africa. The wedding festivities had subsided and I was cracking on with more editing, when disaster struck yesterday: a power cut blew the power cord for my laptop I’m now completely out of battery and can’t...