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My first love is non-fiction. That’s why I’m so excited to have Molly Kendall with me on today’s episode of The Rebel Maker. Molly is a well-rounded publisher and writer whose specialty is fiction.

Molly is a kind, quick-witted, quiet Christian girl who appreciates dramatic stories, adores nature, and loves to inspire others.  Molly strives to bring hope to her readers in everything that she writes.

We talk about the writing and publishing process for fiction books, connecting with your readers, and overcoming imposter syndrome.

In this episode:

• [03:14] What inspired Molly to start writing and her Wattpad journey
• [09:37] The editing and publishing process of a fiction book and how it differs from a nonfiction book
• [15:23] What makes a good book cover and choosing a cover designer
• [22:33] Molly’s writing process and how she maps out her books
• [26:31] Connecting with your readers as a marketing tool
• [29:22] Book events as an introvert and learning from other authors
• [34:09] Imposter syndrome as an author and practical tips to combat it 
• [39:54] Molly’s book recommendation
• [40:35] The one thing Molly would do differently for her next book launch 

Resources & Links:

Read Saving Ariel and The Secret Ingredient to Falling in Love by Molly Kendall

Noteworthy quote from this episode:

“I do my general plot of okay, this is what I want to happen. And then honestly, I think about the ending. How do I want it to end? How do I want to get there? And the in-between just happens.”

“Imagine you're stuck on that one spot, you don't know how you can further progress in your story because of how the character is. By having the freedom of allowing your character to change in any way you need them to, whether it's something big or something small, you have full right to go back and change it. It's not 100% in stone.”

“Marketing is connecting with your people. Finding your audience and enjoying things together.”

“Do what works for you. Don't try to be something that you're not”

Connect with Molly
Facebook: @AuthorMollyK
Facebook Group: Author Molly K. Readers Club
Instagram: @author_molly_k
Pinterest: Author Molly K.
Website: authormollyk.com

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In this episode we talk about the global pandemic, fan fiction - and how the Formula 1 community is one of the most prominent in the subject.  We talk about the different platforms, our preferences, and everything in between.

எழுத்தும், வாசிப்பும் நம் சுவாசிப்பாய் மாறட்டும் !!
உண்மைதாங்க பல சிறந்த உலக தலைவர்கள் உருவாக அதிச்சிறந்த கரணம் இதுதான். ஒரு காலத்துல எட்டா கனியாய் இருந்த எழுத்தையும், வாசிப்பையும் இப்ப ஸ்மார்ட்போன்கள் நம்ம கைக்குள்ள கொண்டுவந்து எளிதில அணுகக்கூடியதாய் மாற்றியிருக்கு.
அதிலும் குறிப்ப பிரதிலிபி போன்ற தளங்கள், பல எழுத்தாளர்கள் ஆன்லைனில் மட்டுமே எழுத வெச்சு அவுங்க வாழ்க்கையே மாத்தி எப்படி எழுத்து உலகில ஒரு பெரும் புரட்சிய ஏற்படுத்தினாங்க அப்படின்றதா தெரிஞ்சுக்க இந்த எபிசோடை மறக்காம கேளுங்க.

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today I read a book that Belle had been recommending to me for awhile now.  This episode is covering the first book and part of the second book in the "Storm and Silence' series by Robert Thier.  This series is free to read on WattPad so check It out!  SPOILER WARNING!

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Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad
Check out our other show "It's a Blind Life" which can be found wherever you can find this podcast

Kevin is joined by David Madden, Emmy-winning producer and studio executive.

David Madden, Producer

Kevin Goetz is joined by acclaimed entertainment executive David Madden. David has had a fantastic career spanning over four decades in the film, television, and streaming industry. He's been on the front lines developing and overseeing some of the most acclaimed shows of our time. He has successfully produced movies like Runaway Bride, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and Save the Last Dance. As president of Fox Broadcasting and AMC Studios, David helped shepherd iconic series, including The Shield, The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, and The Americans. Currently, David is head of global entertainment for Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, an innovative division of Wattpad WEBTOON built around discovering undiscovered writers and creators on its online storytelling platforms, then turning their work into movies, shows, and animated projects.

Early Career at Fox (06:55)
David talks about getting his start in the early 1980s as a script reader at Fox after months of unsuccessfully trying to get a job there. He learned the importance of giving constructive feedback on scripts rather than being snarky and dismissive.

Rising Through the Ranks (13:53)
Working his way up at Fox, David discusses collaborating with producer Robert Cort on films like Romancing the Stone. He gained insights into developing scripts and making movies more marketable. David shares his experience moving to Paramount as an executive in the mid-1980s, overseeing major box office hits like Fatal Attraction and The Untouchables.

The Sopranos and Embracing Prestige Television (18:04)
David explains having an "aha moment" watching The Sopranos, realizing television could offer the same depth and sophistication as feature films. This led him to pivot his career to focus on premium cable series.

Hits Across Cable Networks (19:50)
As an executive, David helped develop acclaimed and award-winning shows, including The Shield at FX, The Americans, The Walking Dead, and Better Call Saul.

Running Programming (21:57)
David discusses serving as President of Programming at both Fox Broadcasting and AMC Networks. At Fox, he oversaw the meteoric success of Empire.

Wattpad WEBTOON Studios (27:32)
David details his current role leading content for Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, which discovers creators on its online storytelling platforms and turns their IP into entertainment properties. David explains how Wattpad operates, with over 90 million users worldwide uploading hundreds of millions of stories.

Tune in to hear David take us on a fascinating journey from his beginnings as a script reader to overseeing some of the most acclaimed shows on television. Join Kevin and David for insightful perspectives on the major shifts happening in the business, from the disappearance of mid-budget films to the explosion of streaming. His current pioneering role at Wattpad WEBTOON Studios shows how data and technology can empower new voices and transform how content is created. David’s passion for storytelling and nurturing talent shine through in everything he does, and his career is a masterclass in adapting to industry change.

In early February, I had the joy of talking with The Corvid Corner from TikTok. If you listened, then like me, you might've been blown away about the intelligence, loyalty and cleverness of crows.

As I confessed in the opening minutes of that episode, I haven't always been a bird fan. In fact, I suffered my first panic attack inside an aviary at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. I attribute it to too much Alfred Hitchcock as a kid, and not enough Mary Poppins. During the episode, I meant to share some of my early experiences with crows and how my love has grown, but a virus hijacked my brain, so this episode is a necessary supplement to the conversation.

Soon after becoming a mother, my heart changed. I saw those winged creatures like my babies, as delightful parts of our community.

Show Sources and Materials:

https://www.amazon.com/Gifts-Crow-Perception-Emotion-Thought/dp/1439198748

https://www.uwb.edu/about/crows

The Funeral by Jennifer Hotes on WattPad - Read for FREE

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/uw-professor-learns-crows-dont-forget-a-face/

https://www.thoughtco.com/crows-are-more-intelligent-than-you-think-4156896

https://worldbirds.com/crow-symbolism/

https://www.angelicalbalance.com/spirituality/what-is-the-spiritual-meaning-of-seeing-crows/

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Hello fellow ink drinkers!  Today Belle and I are going to be talking about our experiences with writing.  Today we are also announcing that our first co-authored novel is being posted to WattPad.  Working title is "A Tale of Two Beasts".  If you have some time, check it out and let us know what you think.  :)

Email us at blindgirlsbookblog@gmail.com
Follow us on Instagram @blindgirlsbooks
Check out "A Tale of Two Beasts" on Wattpad
Check out our other show "It's a Blind Life" which can be found wherever you can find this podcast

For two years Duke Depp has been avoiding reading the numerous Fanfictions that live on Wattpad about him (publicly at least). But alas, the time has come for you to endure reading one together.
  
Duke reads you the story while providing commentary and his thoughts along the way. Prepare yourself for the twists and turns of "Imagine".  A story unlike any other, with a surprise ending that left him bewildered. 

Links to Social Accounts: https://linktr.ee/willywonkatiktok

Laura Bell (@littleLo) chats about her Ashwood series and revisits the writing of A Simple Deception—a historical romance that totally made me cry. 

If you listen close enough, you can hear my necklaces clank as I press my hand to my heart with all the feels. Literally clutching my pearls over here. :)

Topics include the troubles of historical fiction. Slavery in the 1800s and today. Freedom. The vulnerability of writing. A romance writer’s high standards. Fighting against a whitewashed genre. The vulnerability of writing.  Dating apps. Justice in fiction.

LittleLo's Ashwood Series:

• Book 1: A Solemn Promise
  
  
• Book 2: An Earnest Favour
  
  
• Book 3: A Simple Deception

And a Wattpad shout out to @Kassilassie for her killer western historical fiction on Wattpad and all the other writers spinning the stories we want far better than we ever could. 

This is the last episode of this season! I hope to be back in September and if you’d like to hear from someone in particular, email me at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com.

If you have a sec, here’s a brief feedback questionnaire on this season. Let me know any and all thoughts. Like, how was your breakfast? Have any pets? Lol ;)

Brianna (Wattpad: @XxBriannaMariexX) spills the tea on her contemporary, Afro-Indigenous romance All Over Again. 

Topics include: Memoir as processing. Romance with grey endings. Afro-Indigenous representation (or the lack thereof).  The financial risk of writing. Concentric circles of minority. Grief and break-ups. And what childhood fanfics we hide in our Wattpad drafts. ;)

Wattpad Reading Recommendations :D

How (Not) To Date a Popstar by @letmelivetonight

Constellations of You and Me by @Yehree

And Comfort the Wolves by @kcgalloway (AKA: me! >.<)

If any my links are off, let me know! ‘:)
I apologise for any sound inconsistencies. We’re learning!

Stay tuned next week for a bonus episode!
Where we dissect the plot and characters of All Over Again to evaluate their romance in terms of health. (Read: two psychology buffs riffing on the complexity and dangers of toxicity in relationships lol). 

Have you struggled with representation as a writer or reader? 
What have you processed through writing? 

Email me with any comments or thoughts (or a writer you’d like to hear from!!) at orangeinkpodcast@gmail.com. 

Hope to hear from you! >.< xx

En el ecuador de nuestro programa camino a la Feria del Libro de Frankfurt, ¡aún no hemos conseguido colarnos! Así que nos plantamos, haciendo una huelga de papel. El autor del ensayo “La furia de la lectura”, Joaquín Rodríguez, nos explica el presente y el futuro del mundo editorial, tan contagiado por el paradigma digital. Hablamos con gente que cuenta historias en Wattpad, Twitter o en el mundo fanzine y también con escritores que surgen de fuera del establishment, como el booktuber Josu Diamond, nuestra “Reina de la fiesta” y autor de la novela romántica “Un cóctel en Chueca”. Además, nuestros colaboradores habituales Arno Gimber y Anna Maria Ballester nos ayudan a profundizar en la revolución de los formatos convencionales y estrenamos nueva sección: un “Backstage” donde el poeta Ken Yamamoto nos cuenta las ventajas del Spoken Word frente al papel.

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**Who You will Hear**

Guest: John Rodzvilla (Professor in digital publishing at Emerson College)

Co-host: Luna Tang (Cloud Services Delivery Manager at Klopotek)

Co-host: Dwayne Parris (Senior Consultant at Klopotek)

In the first episode for 2022, prof. John Rodzvilla joins us to discuss digital storytelling, fiction apps, gamification, and how all of these are impacting the publishing world. Digital storytelling and fiction apps have grown considerably over recent years in many forms. John interprets some of the major representatives in the world, such as Tapas, Hooked, Wattpad, Swoon Reads, and Choices, Episodes. He also explains the evolution of how we read, create, purchase, and stay connected is changing how writers think about content creation and how they engage with readers and users. In the end, John shares his projection on gamification, education, and how a new publishing model is about to be created by the future generation of publishers.

Tell us what is going on with your publishing projects or business on Twitter (@Klopotek_AG), LinkedIn, or email us at podcast@klopotek.com.  For more information about the Klopotek software solution and technology innovations & events from Klopotek, please write to info@klopotek.com.

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In this episode we interview Alaina Lavoie, Program Manager for the nonprofit, We Need Diverse Books. Why do we need more diverse books? What is happening in the publishing industry that is helping to drive inclusion and what are some of the barriers that marginalized groups still face.  Alaina gives us peak behind the curtains of the publishing industry and the efforts to build a more inclusive world, one book at a time.

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Aishwarya talks to Devashish Sharma (Head of Wattpad India) about how Wattpad is redefining entertainment through storytelling and self-publishing.

Devashish says that Wattpad is like the world’s largest book club, by connecting writers and readers and building social communities. It creates a space for people to write about everything from small town stories to body positivity and LGBTQ themes. Aishwarya and Devashish bond over fanfiction and growing up with Shah Rukh Khan and Harry Potter. They discuss Bollywood cult films like Welcome and Hera Pheri. How much did Wattpad grow during the pandemic? What is sports romance? Tune in to find out!

Mentions: 

• Baking With Boys by Aanchal Budhiraja
• The Cricketer’s Ex-Wife by Amrita
• Human Untouched by Sydney Carvahall

Devashish is the Country Head for Wattpad - a global entertainment company. Our apps let our 90 million monthly users discover and share stories from science fiction to romance and everything in between. Leveraging the data and insights from more than 1 billion story uploads, our studios then partner with the entertainment and publishing industries to turn the best stories with built-in audiences into movies, TV shows, books, and new forms of digital media.

‘The Book People’ is brought to you by Bound, a company that creates stories and helps individuals and brands tell their stories. Writer and booklover Aishwarya Javalgekar interviews people whose lives and careers revolve around books. Read more: https://boundindia.com/the-book-people-podcast/

Soundtrack: Fork and Spoon  

Looking for a way to make your book memorable? Talk to us about book marketing! Send us an email at connect@boundindia.com. 

Check out our FREE research report on ‘Demystifying Indian Publishing’: https://boundindia.com/demystifying-the-indian-publishing-industry/

I could not think of a better guest for EPISODE 50 🥳then the Founding CEO of Times Bridge, Rishi Jaitly.

Beginning late 2016, Rishi envisioned, architected and scaled a new business to help purposeful ideas travel more evenly around the world. Today, Times Bridge, the global investment and partnership arm of Times Group, is the U.S.'s largest venture firm bringing the world's best ideas and technology to India and Asia.

We talk about our relationship with our Indian identity as Indian-Americans and how it’s evolved through the years, how we both made soulful decisions when it came to our professional journeys, how his interest in India was more of a anthropological one versus a social one, and what it means to be a place-based person.

We of course discuss about how we were both surprisingly fell in love with cricket and what his team at Times Bridge considers when meeting and talking to entrepreneurs.

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Mallorca-based author Emily Benet was only 25 years old when she signed her first publishing contract in 2009 – achieving many bloggers’ blog-to-book dreams. She then became a ‘Wattpad sensation’ with her next book. Her seventh book and latest novel ‘Tipping Point’ was published during the pandemic and is set on the sunshine island where she lives.

Emily is a hybrid author who has self-published her last four books. She reveals how she achieved publication for her first two; her favourite authors; how motherhood has changed her writing life, and details of her next creative project. 

www.emilybenet.com

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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.

This week we — Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace -- had more than a little to noodle over, but not so much that we blocked out a second episode. We try to stick to our current format, but, may do more shows in the future. Have a thought about that? equitypod@techcrunch.com is your friend and we are listening.

Now! We took a broad approach this week, so there is a little of something for everything down below. Enjoy!

• Hims is going to SPAC itself onto the public markets, which should prove interesting for other D2C startups eyeing the same move.
• The final quarter of 2020 and the full year brought an ocean of capital to bear on US startups, something that we delighted in chewing on. Fintech is also hot as all heck.
• Plaid is building a fintech accelerator, which we thought was cool.
• An edtech startup based in Nigeria raised a $7.5 million Series A on the back of a really neat distribution model. The march of live, tech-powered tutoring lives on!
• TripActions raised a pallet of new capital despite having had a somewhat rough 2020 due to the pandemic. It's a fascinating wager, and one that we will track as it earns out.
• There was lots of news in the movement space, including Microsoft helping put $2 billion into self-driving startup Cruise, electric vehicle startup Rivian raising $2.65 billion from Amazon and others, and Bolt Mobility expanding to new markets.
• Danny's GPS story.
• Wattpad exits for $600 million, leading to Alex detailing his love of science fiction.
• a16z is doubling-down on its in-house media project, and Forbes is building out a paid newsletter service that we think is very neat.

Like we said, it's a lot, but all of it worth getting into before the weekend. Hugs from the team, we are back early Monday.

Credits: Equity is hosted by TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm and Mary Ann Azevedo. We are produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products.

Marina LOVED reading Wattpad - a website written by teenage girls for teenage girls. But she couldn’t tell anyone. “How was I supposed to tell my dad that I like reading about… werewolves?” It was just too embarrassing. Today, Marina opens up and sets the record straight about the dirty word, ‘guilty pleasure.’ She also talks to her younger sisters. Plus, a dramatic reading of a scene from “Babysitting the Bad Boy.” (Are you intrigued? Oh yeah.)

小鬼新生 Marina 透過歐美超狂 “同人創作” 平臺 Wattpad，來探索內心最私密的罪惡歡愉（Guilty Pleasure）．其實，信任自己的觀點擁抱自己的喜好就夠了～ 一點都不需要覺得羞愧！

References in the episode: Babysitting the Bad Boy (Wattpad) - http://w.tt/3srTGDX
Jennifer Weiner (Glamour Magazine) - http://bit.ly/2LNmtlw
Nikki Roberts (14East) - http://bit.ly/35GyS1R

Written, edited, produced by Marina Chang
Production coordination by Trevor Liu

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