The Power of Failure with Nick Bradley - JU192

<p>SUBSCRIBE NOW ON –  <a href='http://bit.ly/JoinedUpiTunes'>iTUNES</a>   <a href='http://bit.ly/JoinedUpStitcher'>STITCHER</a>   <a href='https://spoti.fi/2KhjnRS'>SPOTIFY</a>   <a href='http://bit.ly/JoinedUpOvercast'>OVERCAST</a></p><p><a href='https://joinedupwritingpodcast.wordpress.com/join-the-mailing-list/'>Subscribe to the newsletter for free stuff and bonus content here.</a></p><p>It’s episode 192 with Nick Bradley author of Four Seasons in Japan, following on from his successful debut, The Cat and The City. We talk about the book-within-a-book genre, hardwork vs talent and how you can harness the power of failure.</p><p><b>Nick </b>was born in Germany in 1982 and grew up in Bath. After graduating with a master’s degree in English literature, he moved to Japan, where he lived and worked before returning to the UK to complete a Creative Writing MA.</p><p>He has worked in a variety of jobs, including: Japanese teacher, English teacher, video game translator, travel writer, and photographer. He speaks Japanese fluently, and holds a PhD focussing on the figure of the cat in Japanese literature.</p><p><a href='https://www.nickbradleywriter.com/cat'><em>The Cat and The City</em></a><em> </em>was his first novel and his second, <a href='https://www.nickbradleywriter.com/seasons'><em>Four Seasons</em></a><em> in Japan</em> is released everywhere on June 22nd.</p><p>Find all Nick&apos;s links on his <a href='https://www.nickbradleywriter.com/about'>website here</a>.</p><p>Check out me singing with band <a href='http://bit.ly/WryDogs'>The Wry Dogs on Spotify here</a> and everywhere else <a href='http://bit.ly/WryDogsDistro'>here</a> and then have a look around my own website – <a href='http://www.waynekellywrites.com/'>www.waynekellywrites.com</a></p><p><b>Don’t forget – this is YOUR SHOW so keep </b><a href='http://www.twitter.com/JUPodcast'><b>tweeting me</b></a><b>, leave your comments below, check out our </b><a href='http://www.facebook.com/joinedupwritingpodcast'><b>Facebook page</b></a><b> and the brand n