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    Explore "20booksto50k" with insightful episodes like "[Happy Campers Interview] Audrea Martin, Cozy Mysteries, Community, and Conferences", "107 20Booksto50k Conference Recap - You're Not Doing It Wrong", "[Happy Campers Interview] Amy Strong | The Write Crowd", "Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing EP 178 - The Wide World Vision of Judith & Michael Anderle of LMBPN Publishing" and "Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing EP 090 - Craig Martelle on Successful Indie Author Release Strategies" from podcasts like ""Stop Writing Alone", "The Gatecrashers Podcast", "Stop Writing Alone", "Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing" and "Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing"" and more!

    Episodes (5)

    [Happy Campers Interview] Audrea Martin, Cozy Mysteries, Community, and Conferences

    [Happy Campers Interview] Audrea Martin, Cozy Mysteries, Community, and Conferences

    This episode is part of the Happy Campers Interview series.

    Since April 2020, Nicole Rivera has been hosting an online writing community intensive called the Happy Campers Club. Now Nicole is writing the Stop Writing Alone book about all of her experience with writing community, and wanted to the perspective from the members in the club. This is one interview toward that end.

     

    Audrea Martin is a cozy mystery writer getting ready to release her debut novel Blue Blue Christmas. In this episode she discusses how she fell in love with cozy mystery, strove to find herself in the genre and then worked to create the stories she craved. She shares her experiences within writing community, in writing conferences, and her love of books on the craft that she has turned into a new venture with Amy Strong on their YouTube channel The Write Crowd. 

     

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    Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:

     

    When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole’s Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!

     





    Stop Writing Alone
    enDecember 02, 2021
    bouchercon
    cozymystery
    authortube
    thrillerfest
    writersofcolor

    107 20Booksto50k Conference Recap - You're Not Doing It Wrong

    107 20Booksto50k Conference Recap - You're Not Doing It Wrong

    Charis discusses her main takeaways from the 20Booksto50k 2021 indie publishing conference in Vegas.

    Amanda Luedeke is literary agent and Vice President at MacGregor & Luedeke, where she has agented since 2009.

    Charis Crowe is a marketer and freelancer who spent nearly ten years at the gates of publishing before deciding to launch her own self-publishing career.

     

    The Gatecrashers Podcast
    en-usNovember 22, 2021
    publishing
    author
    selfpublishing
    bookmarketing
    howtoselfpublish

    [Happy Campers Interview] Amy Strong | The Write Crowd

    [Happy Campers Interview] Amy Strong | The Write Crowd

    This episode is part of the Happy Campers Interview series.

    Since April 2020, Nicole Rivera has been hosting an online writing community intensive called the Happy Campers Club. Now Nicole is writing the Stop Writing Alone book about all of her experience with writing community, and wanted to the perspective from the members in the club. This is one interview toward that end.

     

    Amy Strong is the co-creator and co-host of the brand new YouTube channel and writing community called The Write Crowd. Along with Audrea Martin, Amy shares perspectives and insights about books for writers with writers. In this episode, Amy discusses this new venture, the books (yes, plural!) she’s working on, as well as the various writing communities she is a part of and growing with. 

     

    Mentioned in this episode:

     

     

    Places to connect to the STOP WRITING ALONE community and introduce yourself:

     

    When you find a group of people who lift you up on a daily basis, it is important to share their awesome. Here are links to the women in Nicole’s Mastermind group (currently going by the name The Voxer Vixens!). Please support these women who do so much to support Nicole on a daily basis!

     

    Stop Writing Alone
    enOctober 28, 2021
    nanowrimo
    stopwritingalone
    3daynovelcontest
    writingpromptparty
    20booksto50k

    Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing EP 178 - The Wide World Vision of Judith & Michael Anderle of LMBPN Publishing

    Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing EP 178 - The Wide World Vision of Judith & Michael Anderle of LMBPN Publishing

    In this episode Mark interviews Judith and Michael Anderle of LMBPN Publishing.

    This episode's sponsor.

    You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

    Prior to the interview, Mark shares a personal update on the forthcoming release of Fear and Longing in Los Angeles and the ongoing work being done on Wide for the Win. He also talks about the benefits of PLR (Public Lending Right) programs.

     

    In their conversation, Judith, Michael, and Mark talk about:

    • How they each got started in the business of publishing
    • Michael's first 90 days of writing and publishing
    • Judith's background in the medical and pharmaceutical industry and how she made Michael create a profit/loss statement for the following year for LMBPN before she decided to step in and run the company
    • How calculating the earnings of $7.50 per book per day led to the idea of the 20Booksto50K methodology, movement, and Facebook Group
    • Judith's inkling for fashion and how that led to the company name LMBPN (London Madrid Barceloni Paris New York - the fashion capitals of the word) and how the complexity of the company name provided a "great, people will talk about it" essence
    • The "Disruptive Imagination" tag line for LMBPN and the multiple pillars represented in the logo itself
    • The generosity of spirit in working with authors directly at LMBPN as well as sharing with the larger author community
    • Some of the international authors and employees of LMBPN who hail from all over the world
    • How Michael and Judith have long operated not only within indie publishing circles, but also traditional publishing venues and international book fairs
    • The recent acquisition of book industry veteran Robin Cutler as President of LMBPN
    • Michael's recent health issues related to hypertension and other conditions
    • The value of knowing yourself, and your nature, as well as understanding your strengths and weaknesses
    • The unofficial "disrupting retirement" behavior of LMBPN
    • How Judith never looks at a negotiation as a one-time business contract, but more about the benefit of the long-term relationship
    • The OPUS-X project and the multi-layers of collaboration for this wide book launch
    • Advice that Michael and Judith would give to the earlier versions of themselves when first getting into this business
    • And more...

    After the interview Mark reflects on the ground-breaking changes that LMBPN is ushering in. He also thanks patrons of the podcast.

    Links of Interest

    LMBPN is the publishing company for the Kurtherian Gambit, Oriceran, Protected by the Damned and other Universes. In addition to Michael Anderle, they have have published in eBook, print, and audio format collaborations with Justin Sloan, Craig Martelle, TS Paul, CM Raymond, and LE Barbant, Paul C. Middleton, Amy Hopkins, Ell Leigh Clarke, PT Hylton, Candy Crum, Martha Carr, Sarah Boyce, A. L. Knorr, Sarah Knoffke, and many others.

     

     

    The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

    Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing
    enFebruary 18, 2021
    sciencefiction
    selfpublishing
    ingram
    20booksto50k
    lmbpnpublishing

    Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing EP 090 - Craig Martelle on Successful Indie Author Release Strategies

    Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing EP 090 - Craig Martelle on Successful Indie Author Release Strategies

    Mark interviews bestselling science-fiction author Craig Martelle about his journey into and through writing, the 20Booksto50K™ group and conferences, and his new book Successful Indie Author Release Strategies.

    Prior to the interview, Mark shares a personal update about his recent visit to Calgary, Alberta for the When Words Collide conference, where he sat on panels, did 1:1 author consultations, and gave a couple of presentations, including a new one on The 7 P's of Publishing Success based on his book of the same name.

    Mark then shares comments on Episode 88 from Michelle Norry and Tracy Arial, discusses the comments, and reminds them that they are now entered into a chance to win a signed copy of David Wind's book The Indie Writer's Handbook. (Contest is over end of day Friday August 16, 2019 and winners will be announced in Episode 91).

    He also thanks patrons of the show, and reminds them that they are all already entered in a chance to win the other one of two signed copies. This is one of the bonuses for patrons, which include the additional "Stark Reflections on other Podcasts" special episodes. Mark shares that he recently pushed out a special patron-only reflection on other podcasts for Episode 85 of The Career Author Podcast where hosts J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon talked about using pen names.

    Mark then shares a word from this episode's sponsor...

    You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

    In their chat, Mark and Craig talk about:

    • Craig's belief in working hard, putting in 12 to 14 hours a day for seven days a week
    • Being close to the epicenter of the origin of Dungeons and Dragons and the influence that had on Craig's reading and creative mind
    • The "Amateurs talk tactics and professionals talk logistics" philosophy from the Marine Corp that influences Craig's author business approach
    • Applying a business consultant approach to writing and the 100,000 word first novel that Craig wrote that took 61 days
    • The importance of practice
    • Craig's experience selling the rights to his first book to a traditional publisher (an imprint of Simon & Schuster)
    • How Craig uses data to help him make decisions, and how data that doesn't help a person make decisions isn't necessarily important data
    • Why he put an editor on salary early in his career so that the waiting period on an editor was as short as possible
    • The origin of the 20Booksto50K(TM) movement initiated by Michael Anderle and the in person writing conferences that Craig runs
    • Why the 20Booksto50K Facebook group is so locked down in terms of comments/self-promotional posts, etc.
    • How if you want to be carried that this business isn't for you
    • How writing his non-fiction books is mostly Craig's way of saving himself a lot of time answering the same questions repeatedly
    • Elements from Craig's book SUCCESSFUL INDIE AUTHOR RELEASE STRATEGIES, such as what is far more important than the volume of books you produce in a particular time period: consistency and establishing and keeping your promise to the reader
    • The recent overseas conference plus writing retreat that Craig ran which went well above his initial expectations
    • How this year's 20Booksto50K conference will have a significant number of live-streamed videos to the Facebook Group so that those authors unable to attend can benefit from it

     

    After the interview, Mark talks about how Craig's experience playing Dungeons & Dragons reminded him of his own experience playing that game as a youth, and how it inspired the very first book he wrote at the age of 14.

    Mark reflects on the cartoon to text process he used when imagining the story, changing the main character's name from Conan to Aaron (in recognition of copyright), and the struggle to sit at the typewriter over his summer vacation as a young teen instead of being outside and playing.

    He reflects on how indie authors today can and often might release a book that isn't yet ready for prime time and what that impact can be; particularly in relation to a book he recently read. He is thankful that this first terribly written novel never saw the light of day because of when it was written.

    In the midst of reflecting on this trunk novel, he fondly remembers the first young woman to truly capture his heart, and the important role that she played as a creative spirit and fellow writer, in helping to shape and guide him into a writing life. He thinks about how there are people in your life who likely never come to learn just how much of a positive impact they have had on you.

    Mark then shares how listeners can win one of 4 copies of Craig's new book. Listeners can leave a comment or reflection on Episode 90 of the podcast at starkreflections.ca for a chance to win one or 2 copies. And all patrons will also be entered in a chance to win one of 2 other copies of the book.

    Entrants will be collected until Sept 1, 2019 and the winners will be announced in the next week's episode.

     

    Links of Interest:

     

    The music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

     

     

    Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing
    enAugust 16, 2019
    fiction
    science
    indie
    publishing
    writing
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