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January 1, 2015 · 1:55 pm

Libbie Hawker in the house: Rocking Self-Publishing Podcast #80

One of my favorite indie authors on my favorite indie-author podcast:

http://rockingselfpublishing.com/episode-80-18-month-retrospective-with-libbie-hawker/

Woot.

*Update: I just finished listening to it, and I don’t think I’ve ever said this before about anyone, but Libbie’s an absolute gas. You’ll love it. Lots of incredible information for those of you interested in writing historical fiction. Also for indie authors interested in succeeding with standalone novels (spoiler: you go hybrid with an Amazon imprint).

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December 31, 2014 · 1:03 pm

Important Indie News for 2014: Sell More Books Show

sell_more_booksWith so much information available on absolutely everything, isn’t it great to have a single place you can go to find out the most important stuff that happened in a year on a specific subject? Well the “specific subject” here is self-publishing, and these guys are the best at what they do: providing information on the self-publishing industry.

Episode 39 – 2014: The Year in Review

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December 31, 2014 · 11:07 am

TBR Podcast update

TBR_PodcastSo last week, I got word that Patrick Stemp of the TBR Podcast had started reading my first book, Kick. I was pretty happy, but also a little nervous. What if he didn’t like fast-paced, edge-of-your seat action with spunky sidekicks quipping cheeky catchphrases?

Waiting to hear what someone thinks of your book is a little like waiting to see if poison gas is about to kill Shrodinger’s Cat: maybe he’ll love it, maybe he’ll hate it. But hurray for me (and the cat) — he liked it!  In fact, the other hosts (Michael La Ronn, Jamie Maltman) now want to read it. There’s a lot of competition on their personal “to be read” lists, with Michael wanting to read Wonderbook by Jeff VanderMeer, and Jamie  wanting to read the Light Bringer series by Brent Weeks (awesome author).

I’ve been listening to this podcast for a few months now. If you like the show, maybe leave a review for them on iTunes?

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December 29, 2014 · 8:22 pm

Enjoying “Kokomo’s: Flagler Beach Fiction Series”

So there’s this writkokomos_flagler_beacher guy named Armand Rosamilia, and he’s got this big fancy podcast thing (showoff), and he wrote this fiction series about Flagler Beach, a place where I once caught an enormous flounder when I was about thirteen years old.

What a great collection of stories. Love the characters, the description, the little insights, and found myself smiling and laughing a few times. Still not done with it, and I consider that a good thing — more joy to come.

Quick example of the quirky writing. In one story, a grumpy sort of grump is watching two young people sitting at a table, a guy and a girl. He observes: “Just a couple of young kids with a full life ahead, thinking they’d met their dream companion, and they’d spend the next fifty years in wedded bliss. Charlie wanted to go out there and punch them both in the face. Knock some sense into them.”  And in case you think that’s some sort of spoiler, you need to read this story to the end.  Beautiful, marvelous perfection. This was from the story “Maybe I Don’t Know.” I’m jealous.

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December 24, 2014 · 3:25 pm

The “To Be Read” Podcast is reading my book

So there’s a cool podcast I started listening to a couple of months ago, after first hearing about it on Kboards. The reason I like it is because it’s presented by authors like me, talking about the books they love. More than that, they talk about books I’ve actually read before. Authors I admire, like Larry Niven, Patrick Rothfuss, Neil Gaiman, and Jim Butcher, as well as lots of indie authors I’m interested in reading. Because of this show, I’d put “The Martian” on my own personal To Be Read list. So what a joy when I found out today that Patrick Stemp is reading my book. He’s currently 1/4 in and seems to like it — and that’s good enough for me! Haha, I’ll take it. Tune in next week for when he passes judgment on the rest of the book (queue the ominous music).

Special thanks to host Jamie Maltman for having downloaded it and mentioning it to Patrick.

Hearing people talk about your book is probably the greatest thing about being an author, short of buying my own island with robot attack dogs. If you get a chance, why not check out the podcast?  They have a backlist of 28 episodes. Why not get started today so you’re caught up for episode 30 next week? 🙂

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December 10, 2014 · 10:36 am

My interview with TJ Redig of Scrivener Soapbox

j_l_m_bio_photo_tinyI just had my first ever interview on a podcast. In it I talk quite a bit about the Awesome Indies, my book (of course), and about various things that’d be interesting to writers.  Things like marketing, productivity, and craft.  If you find yourself with time to kill, maybe give it a listen.  If you do, I’d love to know what you think. If you have/use iTunes, maybe drop a review in for TJ’s cool show. I’ve listened to about 8 episodes now.

2014-12-10: #34 John L. Monk

 

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December 1, 2014 · 7:37 pm

Great episode: Kev & Steve’s Indie Publishing Adventure w. Harry Dewulf

I first heard Harry Dewulf on the Rocking Self-Publishing Podcast, episode #12. I thought he was amazing. On the RSP, he mainly talked about how he approaches editing, how writers should go about hiring an editor, etc.  Here he talks to Kev & Steve about the mistakes he found in the early chapters of their self-published book.  It’s sort of funny how he dishes it out — lots of self-deprecating jokes from the hosts over various mistakes they’d made, quite informative and fun. Harry ends the podcast talking about his editing services, the different tiers, etc.  A worthy episode in this up-and-coming indie publishing podcast.

Episode 6:

http://app.stitcher.com/splayer/f/55719/36129280

Harry Dewulf:

Kev & Steve:

 

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