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Ripollsworkshop ReadsAuthor Interview with Rod R. GarciaRod has worked in Hollywood as a literary/talent agent, and owned his own literary agency (Savant Literary).In 2016, he established EpiphanyMill LLC, a traditional publishing company.He was originally published in 2013, (a Vampire origin story) though the experience was not a good one, and he turned away from writing for the next 8 years. Instead, he focused on helping other authors avoid the pitfalls he’d run across. He has since passed control of EpiphanyMill to his wife, Erica, who is the new CEO, so that he can focus again on his writing career.Rod has fi...
2023-10-1231 min
A Gamer's Guide to ProductivityInterview Series #12 | Rod R Garcia | 📚✒️🎙️ Publisher, Author, Voice ActorAs a passionate gamer, Rod R Garcia's love for gaming started with an old-school Atari system at the age of ten. With gaming and dystopian science fiction being lifelong interests, it was only natural for the 'indGame' series to come to life.
Having worked in Hollywood as a literary and talent agent, Rod brings a wealth of experience to the table. After a challenging publishing experience in 2013, he shifted his focus to helping other authors navigate the industry. In 2016, he founded EpiphanyMill LLC, a traditional publishing company, where he now serves as the acting COO while pursuing...
2023-06-2250 min
We‘ve Got a ProblemThe RIGHT Way to Publish Your Book w/ Rod R. GarciaArizona-based author, publisher, and former literary/talent agent Rod R. Garcia joins the podcast this week to talk about how he made his way into the publishing business, his experience publishing his own work, and when and why people should self-publish instead of finding a publisher.
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If you want to know more about Rod, you can find him on his website at https://www.RodRGarcia.com and learn more about his...
2023-02-0632 min
Chronicles & CoffeeEpisode 7: All Things Books With Rod R. Garcia | Writing A Multiverse, Founding A Traditional Publishing Company, Working In Hollywood, Writing With 80+ Story IdeasThank you so much for tuning into today's episode! Our guest today was Rod R. Garcia, who had so many insightful and influential words to speak on! As someone who has opened both a literary agency and traditional publishing company, written novels, worked as a voice actor and agent in Hollywood, and so much more, this episode is a great resource for anyone!Calling all writers, readers, and book lovers! Are you enjoying the show? Head over to our website to join the site and stay updated on blog posts, social media updates, and YouTube videos too! All...
2023-02-011h 14
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: Chapter 8 - Animehem: Round Two 'Are You Sure You Want to Do This?'Once the gift-giving was over, Sir Scabby took the burlap that had covered our new weapons and draped the pieces in a crisscrossed formation over the pile of heads and hides at the edge of his camp. He then broke down the wooden crate and built what looked like a teepee over the pile. After packing away or piling up any evidence he’d ever been there he took a flint out of one of the half dozen pouches at his waist. With a few well-placed sparks, he had an impressive, if not foul-smelling fire raging.“Won’t that...
2023-01-3109 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: Chapter 7 - Animehem: The QuestPurchase indGame in paperback, e-book, or audiobookOkay, my life’s really weird. I’m the first to admit I’m not the most normal kid. I’m not a superhero or anything quite that cool, but I do know several.Let’s see. There's Pharaoh, Cool, Scalar, Hex, Yin-Yang, Dirk Claymore of the Clan McJagger, Santa Claus, and, um, Steve.Pharaoh and Cool are a part of a superhero team called The Evolutants. Pharaoh, also called the Prince of Beasts, is a hyper-evolved lion with dreadlocks for a mane. He’s wicked strong and b...
2023-01-3134 min
Tom Ray's Art PodcastRod Garcia: Writer and publisherOn this episode of the podcast, I meet writer and publisher Rod Garcia. Rod lives in Arizona and is a writer and their most recent series of books is called "indGame" in the YA genre. Rod also runs a publishing company for authors called Epiphanymill Publishing. We talk about writing books, promoting them, and what it takes to run your own publishing company.
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2023-01-0139 min
Yeah-Uh-HuhYUH 103 - Author Rod R. Garcia and "indGame"!Multi talented Rod R. Garcia ushers in the future of science fiction (and maybe the world) bringing neuro-gaming and the scary possiblities it introduces to the world in his novel indGame. Is it a harbinger of the future, or just speculative fiction? It is YUH 103, and there is free comedy included with cameos by Christopher Walken, George W. Bush and Emily Latella! #indGame #RodRGarcia #EpiphanyMill
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2022-12-311h 16
Self-Published SuccessThoughts from a former literary agent (and current novelist) - with Rod R. GarciaWant insight from the other side? (The traditional publishing side?) In this episode, we have it.
Rod R. Garcia has worked in Hollywood as a literary/talent agent and also owned his own literary agency (Savant Literary). In 2013, Rod sold his first manuscript — a vampire novel — to a publishing house, but the experience was a bad one. He avoided writing for 8 years, but has recently come back and, with the help of his wife, established his own publishing company.
In 2016, he established EpiphanyMill LLC, a traditional publishing company that publishes his works, as well as the fict...
2022-12-3029 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: Chapter 6 - GiftedPurchase indGame in paperback, e-book, or audiobookI caught my breath, an irrational wave of fear washing over me, like when you wake up from a nightmare you’re on the cusp of forgetting.All I could recall was my face burning before the dream faded like a sigh in a hurricane.It took a moment to gather my bearings, but before long the Earth came back into focus, and I remembered where I was. Safely soaring high above the planet I’d sworn to protect with my life. To date, I hadn’t foun...
2022-11-1821 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: Chapter 5 - String Theories - Sector 2 (The Particle Accelerator)Purchase indGame in paperback, e-book, or audiobookStan laid on his stomach at the back of the room, an M2 Browning – a .50 caliber badass mo-fo were Stan’s exact words – positioned on a low, wide-based tripod in front of him, aimed directly at the door. Brad and Becky were hunkered behind a metal table we’d upended and set up as a potential line of defense against the spiderlings and whatever else might have joined the unholy, alien congregation in the hall. They were both armed and ready to fire at the potential wave of monsters, just like Sta...
2022-11-0915 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: Chapter 4 - String TheoriesPurchase indGame in paperback, e-book, or audiobookLaboratory 311, home of the Waller-Lobue Particle Accelerator.It was the perfect day for a high school field trip. The sun was shining, birds were singing, and the staff was… well, dead. All of them. Dead.“Welcome to Laboratory 311”, the tour guide had said, but when she went to check on the screams coming from the particle accelerator viewing chamber, she never came back.To the best of our teacher’s understanding, some sort of accident caused the emergency protocols to kick in. That meant a comple...
2022-11-0726 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: Chapter 3 - Marshal BloodPurchase indGame in paperback, e-book, or audiobook My horse shuddered nervously as I guided her into the narrow passageway between the boulders. “Easy girl,” I whispered, stroking her mane gently. “We’re okay.” I was lying, of course. Whisper knew my vocal tones as well as the flies that followed us knew the reach of her tail. I knew the canyon that lay ahead of us was a deathtrap, plain and simple. Between the bloodthirsty savages still calling the territory home, and the murderous train robbers I was trailing, and were almost certainly lying in wait for m...
2022-11-0620 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: Chapter 2 - Packard CampbellPurchase indGame in paperback, e-book, or audiobook Like I said, my name’s Packard Campbell. Most people just call me Pack, except my dad, but I don’t mind Packard. So many people stress about how their birth name sounds. Rodneys become Rod, Jakobs become Jake, Richards become Dick. You know what I’m talking about. And why? Because it sounds more mature? Because it rolls off the tongue more easily? Whatever. My name is my name, and I’m proud of it. Anyway, my name isn’t the problem. It’s everything else.It’s weird...
2022-11-0204 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: Part One - Memory Dump: Chapter 1 - Tournament of WarlordsPurchase indGame in paperback, e-book, or audiobook 1Tournament of Warlords The beast drew back his arm, clenching his broad, blood-encrusted fist so tightly, it shook like a centenarian with a bad case of the tremors. Sharp, bony protrusions appearing to serve as knuckles popped audibly, and I braced myself for the next blow. The crowd roared as I raised my arms in a defensive move, activating a plasma shield that ran between ceramic nodes permanently implanted in my forearms. With my fists balled, and my arms in close enough proximity t...
2022-10-2605 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: ProloguePurchase indGame in paperback, e-book, or audiobook“Take one. indGame commercial. Mic live in 3… 2… 1…” Exciting electronic music begins to play. It sounds like the ‘80s are getting a second wind.~ Welcome to indGame! Welcome to a future without boundaries! Have you ever wanted to scale Mount Everest? Maybe your secret dream has always been to explore the Mariana Trench. Or perhaps a game of hopscotch on the dark side of the moon would be more your speed. Tired of your day job? How does facing down gladiators in...
2022-10-2602 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: Credits, Dedications, and QuotePurchase indGame in paperback, e-book, or audiobookCredits, Dedications, and QuoteindGame, Written by Rod R Garcia, Narrated by Rod R GarciaFor Dylan ‘Doritos’ Dirodis, my friend.You are missed.P.S. Packard would have appreciated your t-shirt collection almost as much as me.SPECIAL THANKS TO:BETA READERS:Patrick MatthewsPat MuxieJeremy LelleMichael FosterCOVER ART CLEANUPWhendell SouzaCOVER ART PHOTOGRAPHYBetsy PonceCOVER ART MODELJake AshtonQUOTEVide...
2022-10-2600 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdindGame: TeaserPurchase indGame in paperback, e-book, or audiobookComing to iTunes, Spotify, Audible, and more in November of 2022, indGame, the electrifying 1st book in the indGame series, written by Rod R Garcia.Packard Campbell has made a life out of gaming. He’s logged thousands of hours in Neural Reality simulators, playing the most in-depth, mind-bending games available.When an accident forces an unconventional fusion between the NR and cutting edge, experimental tech, Packard’s understanding of reality changes forever.Now, Packard and the people he cares about most, will have to take...
2022-10-0501 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdExploding Buddha: TeaserComing to Audible, Amazon, and iTunes in the Spring of 2022 – Exploding Buddha – the breakout first book in the exciting 'Gideon Jones Detective Series', written by Paul Leonard Williams.Business has been slow, which is never a good thing when you have bills to pay. It’s much worse when you owe money to the most notorious crime boss in San Francisco. So, when a beautiful anthropology professor walks into Gideon’s office asking him to determine the whereabouts of an ancient artifact called the Horn of Ryujin, he naturally takes the case.Gideon is not the only...
2022-01-1901 min
EpiphanyMill Presents: The First ThirdWelcome to EpiphanyMIll Presents, The First Third! Here's what you can expect!Welcome to EpiphanyMIll Presents, The First Third!Here, you will find the first third (give or take) of every book that EpiphanyMill produces as an audiobook. Each chapter will be released weekly as an episode until roughly 1/3 of every book has been shared. This hybridized experience bridges the gap between podcast and audiobook, presenting a unique, extended 'try before you buy' opportunity for our fellow audiobibliophiles.It is our hope that you'll find something in our ever-expanding library, that you will ultimately wish to add to your own digital bookshelf!On the very ne...
2022-01-0801 min