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$Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where author Nick Petrie explains how talking to veterans has helped him shape his iconic character, Peter Ash.Join hosts J.D. Barker and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including more advances in Chat GPT and the rollout of Author Nation. Then, stick around as JP chats with thriller author Nick Petrie! Nick Petrie received his MFA in fiction from the University of Washington. His first novel, The Drifter, won the ITW Thriller and Barry Awards and was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Hammett Awards. Now seven books into the series, his eighth and latest Peter Ash novel, The Price You Pay, releases tomorrow, February 6, and is available for preorder n...

2024-02-0550 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where literary agent Lucinda Halpern explains the essential element to getting published.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including another ballot controversy surrounding the Hugo Awards. Then, stick around as Christine chats with literary agent Lucinda Halpern! With over fifteen years of experience in corporate and agency publishing, Lucinda serves both sides of the literary and business worlds. An editorially invested partner with a specialty in book marketing strategy, she has an “all-in” dedication and work ethic when it comes to representing authors and a track record of procuring top media placements, lecture engagements, and TV/film...

2024-01-291h 02 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where author Brock Swinson explains how to defend your time and get the writing done.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle & JP Rindfleisch as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including a look at how different generations interact with media (via WattPad.) Then, stick around as Christine chats with author, screenwriter, and podcast host Brock Swinson! Brock Swinson is an interviewer for Creative Screenwriting and host of the Creative Principles podcast, where he interviews writers, directors, actors, and musicians such as Aaron Sorkin, Ethan Hawke, and Judd Apatow, about the habits, routines, and methods of a creative life. Brock's latest book is called Ink In The Barrel: Secrets From Prolific Writers and...

2024-01-2258 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where author Jami Attenberg provides gold to help you hit your word-count goals and get your book to the finish line.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including some positive news out of Barnes & Noble. Then, stick around as JP chats with author and #1000wordsofsummer founder Jami Attenberg! Jami Attenberg has written about food, travel, books, relationships, and urban life for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times, The Guardian, and others. She is a New York Times bestselling author of seven works of fiction, including The Middlesteins and All Grown Up. Her latest non-fiction book, 1000 Words...

2024-01-1550 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where author Matthew Blake tells us how he went from writing screenplays to crafting a debut thriller that sold for millions.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including some chatter on works entering the public domain (Steamboat Willie slasher, anybody?) Then, stick around as Christine chats with speechwriter-turned-novelist Matthew Blake! Matthew Blake is a London-based author who has also worked as a screenwriter with the BBC, ITV Studios, and numerous other UK indies. Before writing fiction, Matthew worked as a researcher and speechwriter at the Palace of Westminster. His debut novel, Anna O, became an international sensation on submission, garnering 16 offers within 48 hours before going...

2024-01-0855 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where author Natalie Haynes explains how she juggles fiction, non-fiction, touring, and a radio show for the BBC.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including a damning plagiarism claim against one of indie publishing's biggest stars. Then, stick around as Christine chats with bestselling author Natalie Haynes! Natalie Haynes, author of THE FURIES (THE AMBER FURY in the UK), is a graduate of Cambridge University and an award-winning comedian, journalist, and broadcaster. She judged the Man Booker Prize in 2013 and was a judge for the final Orange Prize in 2012. Her BBC Radio 4 program, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for The Classics, is in...

2024-01-011h 08 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT bestsellers Robin & Michael J. Sullivan cover the pros and cons of indie, trad, and hybrid publishing.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including an absolutely stunning bit of self-sabotage from the debut author trenches. Then, stick around as Christine chats with seasoned publishing team Robin and Michael J. Sullivan! Michael J. Sullivan is a New York Times, USA Today, and Washington Post bestselling American writer of epic fantasy and science fiction, best known for his debut series The Riyria Revelations, which has been translated into fourteen languages. His wife, Robin, runs the business side of things and helps Michael and...

2023-12-181h 14 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Tyler Wagner explains how Authors Unite can take your publishing career to the next level.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including Sports Illustrated's AI controversy. Then, stick around as Christine chats with author and indie publishing professional Tyler Wagner! Tyler Wagner is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author and podcast host with over half a million followers on social media. He's also the founder of Authors Unite, where he helps authors learn how to become profitable and maximize their impact through publishing, editing, writing, and marketing. Check It Out! ...

2023-12-111h 01 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where bestseller Caz Frear explains why she submitted a novel for awards before she actually wrote it.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including the continued growth of the audiobook market. Then, stick around as Christine chats with bestselling author Caz Frear! Caz Frear has a degree in History & Politics, and when she’s not agonizing over snappy dialogue or incisive prose, she can be found shouting at Arsenal football matches. Her first Cat Kinsella mystery was the smash hit Sweet Little Lies. Her latest novel (a standalone) is called Five Bad Deeds and releases December 5th.

2023-12-0457 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where bestseller Wendy Whitman explains our fascination with true crime and how to incorporate it into your fiction.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including some troubling concerns around NaNoWriMo. Then, stick around as Christine chats with former Court TV producer and current crime novelist Wendy Whitman! Wendy Whitman has a unique background through her decades-long work as an executive and producer for HLN and Court TV, where she received three Telly Awards and two GLAAD nominations. Since turning her attention to writing, Whitman has published two crime thriller novels: Premonition and the sequel, Retribution, which was released back in July and is...

2023-11-2758 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT Bestseller James Ellroy details his process. How does it differ from yours?Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including some optimistic publishing predictions from the stage of the 74th National Book Awards. Then, stick around as Christine chats with crime fiction legend James Ellroy! Called "The American Dostoyevsky" by Joyce Carol Oates, James Ellroy is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s a Rover, and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. His latest nov...

2023-11-2054 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT bestsellers Beth and Boyd Morrison explain why every book should have dragons.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including an update on Simon & Schuster's new owners. Then, stick around as Christine chats with brother and sister writing duo Boyd and Beth Morrison! Boyd Morrison is a #1 NY Times bestselling author, actor, engineer, and Jeopardy! Champion. Beth Morrison is Senior Curator of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Their new novel, The Last True Templar, is a follow-up to their first collaboration, The Lawless Land, and is the second book in their "Tales From The Lawless Land" series...

2023-11-131h 01 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Sally Gardner explains why you need to take your main characters out to dinner.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including an update on Simon & Schuster's new owners. Then, stick around as Christine chats with successful theatre costume designer turned-author and illustrator Sally Gardner! Sally Gardner gained a first-class degree at a leading London art college and became a successful theatre costume designer before illustrating and writing books. Her debut novel, I, Coriander, won the Nestle Gold Award, and she is also a Costa and Carnegie prize winner. Her latest novel, The Weather Woman, was released in September by...

2023-11-061h 01 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Mariana Zapata explains how she received over a quarter BILLION views on TikTok.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including Book Riot's thoughts on the future of bookstores. Then, stick around as Christine chats with romance author Mariana Zapata! Mariana Zapata is a former indie author who recently signed a trad deal for her latest best-selling novel, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me. She also has an excellent handle on TikTok—at last check, she had over a quarter billion views! Mariana lives in a small town in Colorado with her husband and two oversized children—her beloved Great Dane...

2023-10-3050 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Andrew Child explains what goes into writing the 28th Jack Reacher book with his brother, Lee Child.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including Book Riot's thoughts on the future of bookstores. Then, stick around as Christine chats with bestselling author Andrew Child! Andrew Child is a British author who also writes as Andrew Grant. He is the author of several books, including the David Trevellyan series and the Paul McGrath series. For the last several years, Andrew has worked alongside his brother Lee Child on the latter's blockbuster Jack Reacher books in preparation for taking over the series. The duo's...

2023-10-2359 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Ashley Winstead explains story arcs and why Twilight was important.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including some exciting publishing news for our very own J.D.! Then, stick around as Christine chats with Ashley Winstead. Ashley Winstead is the author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and The Last Housewife. She holds a Ph.D. in contemporary American literature and a B.A. in English and art history. She lives in Houston, Texas, where she drinks red wine and dreams up novels. Her latest, Midnight is The Darkest...

2023-10-091h 08 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Daniel Sweren-Becker takes a stab at explaining our complicated relationship with true crime.Join hosts Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including the victorious end of the WGA Writers Strike! Then, stick around as Christine chats with novelist and TV writer Daniel Sweren-Becker. Daniel Sweren-Becker is an author, television writer, and playwright living in Los Angeles. His play Stress Positions premiered in New York City at the SoHo Playhouse. He grew up in Manhattan. He is the author of the novels The Ones and The Equals. His latest novel, Kill Show, releases tomorrow, October 3, and is available for preorder now...

2023-10-0254 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where M.P. Woodward reveals how his tech work with Amazon Prime Video inspired him to write again.Join hosts Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including a rash of "culture war" blowbacks on American libraries. Then, stick around as Patrick chats with naval intelligence officer turned thriller writer M.P. Woodward! M.P. Woodward is a veteran of both US intelligence ops and the entertainment industry. In multiple deployments to the Persian Gulf and the Far East, he worked alongside US Special Forces, CIA, and NSA. Most recently, Woodward ran international partner distribution for Amazon Prime and Prime Video. His latest novel, Dead Drop, was r...

2023-09-251h 04 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Khashayar J. Khabushani explains why you're not a real writer until you've cried over a typewriter (while passing through TSA).Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including a new lawsuit involving authors and OpenAI. Then, stick around as Kevin chats with debut novelist Khashayar Khabushani! Khashayar J. Khabushani was born in Van Nuys, California, in 1992. During his childhood, he spent time in Iran before returning to Los Angeles. He studied philosophy at California State University, Northridge, and prior to completing his MFA at Columbia University, he worked as a middle school teacher. [source] His debut novel, I Will Greet The Sun Again, was released o...

2023-09-181h 01 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Ryan Steck explains why he writes the epilogue first.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including Amazon's newly released policy on AI works. Then, stick around as Kevin chats with "Real Book Spy" and thriller author Ryan Speck. Ryan Steck is a freelance editor, an author, and the founder and EIC of The Real Book Spy. Ryan has been named an "Online Influencer" by Amazon and is a regular columnist at CrimeReads. Praised as “One of the hardest working, most thoughtful, and fairest reviewers out there” by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scot...

2023-09-111h 05 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Nicholas Fillmore explains how he turned his time with an international smuggling ring into a solid memoir.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including a conversation about Kindle Unlimited's diminishing returns. Is Amazon exclusivity still worth it for authors? Then stick around as Kevin chats with author and memoirist Nicholas Fillmore! Nicholas Fillmore is the author of Smuggler, an IndieReader Discovery Award-winning memoir. Fillmore attended the graduate writing program at the University of New Hampshire and was a finalist for the Juniper Prize in poetry. He is currently working on Sins of Our Fathers, a novel, and The Genteel Pleasu...

2023-09-0454 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Stephen King's former assistant, Marsha DeFilippo, proves it's never too late to write that first book.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including PW's look at BookTok's current publishing influence. Then stick around as Christine chats with professional assistant-turned-indie author, Marsha DeFilippo! After nearly 33 years as the King of Horror's personal assistant, Marsha decided it was time to write her own books! Entering self-publishing in 2020, DeFilippo is now five books deep, with the second entry in her Cozy Quilt Club mystery series, Finding The Treasure, available for preorder on Kindle now! Check It...

2023-08-281h 00 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Sara DiVello explains how to properly promote on social media.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including how AI is altering the audiobook landscape. Then stick around as Patrick chats with Mystery and Thriller Maven Sara DiVello! Sara DiVello is a true crime writer and the creator/host of Mystery and Thriller Mavens, a popular author series and interactive Facebook group. For her weekly live events, she has interviewed more than 300 authors, ranging from the bestselling and world-renowned (Dean Koontz, Lee Child, Karin Slaughter, and more!) to the buzziest debuts. Sara's own true-crime debut...

2023-08-211h 08 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Josh Malerman explains why every story needs a good beat.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including the demise of the controversial web app prosecraft.io. Then stick around as Patrick chats with returning guest (and all-around rockstar) Josh Malerman! Josh Malerman is a New York Times bestselling author and one of two singer-songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. His debut novel, Bird Box, is the inspiration for the hit Netflix film of the same name. His other novels include Unbury Carol, Inspection, A House at the Bottom of a Lake, P...

2023-08-141h 05 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Marc Cameron explains what it's like to write for the Tom Clancy estate.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including Kickstarter's new AI policy. Then stick around as Patrick chats with thriller author (and current Jack Ryan scribe) Marc Cameron! New York Times bestselling author Marc Cameron’s Jericho Quinn Thriller Series debuted in 2011. Since then, he’s written eight Quinn novels and four Arliss Cutter novels featuring a deputy US marshal based in Alaska, including the most recent Cutter entitled Breakneck. Marc is also the author of six Jack Ryan novels for the Tom Clan...

2023-08-071h 02 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan explain the pros and cons of co-authoring.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including some thoughts on Twitter's sudden (and ill-advised?) rebranding. Then stick around as Kevin chats with horror authors Nick Cutter and Andrew F. Sullivan! Nick Cutter is the author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller The Troop (which is currently being developed for film with producer James Wan), as well as The Deep and Little Heaven. Andrew F. Sullivan is the author of The Marigold, a novel about a city eating itself, available now from ECW Press. Their latest...

2023-07-311h 06 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Kerrie Droban explains how to craft a true crime page-turner.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including Penguin Random House's layoff announcement. Then stick around as Patrick chats with celebrated true crime writer, Kerrie Droban! Kerrie Droban is a criminal defense attorney and the award-winning author of several true-crime books, one of which was made into a television series called Gangland Undercover. She is a national speaker and expert consultant on criminal pathology, organized crime, and outlaw motorcycle gangs. Her most recent release, Aurora: The Psychiatrist Who Treated the Movie Theater Ki...

2023-07-241h 08 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Josh Haven provides many reasons NOT to go to Russia (and why those reasons make a great thriller).Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including—grab your drinks—more AI news! Then stick around as Christine chats with novelist Josh Haven! Josh Haven is a novelist and former art critic who has written for the Wall Street Journal, Weekly Standard, and Jerusalem Post. His fourth (and latest) novel, The Siberia Job, release back in June and is available now where ever books are sold. Check It Out! Josh's CrimeReads Article "Scenes From The Wild...

2023-07-171h 02 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Polly Stewart explains how to write a reliable unreliable narrator.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including some recent statements on book bans and censorship. Then stick around as Christine chats with author and essayist Polly Stewart! Polly Stewart is the author of The Good Ones, which was released earlier this month by Harper Books. As Mary Stewart Atwell, she's also the author of Wild Girls (Scribner 2012). Her essays have appeared in the New York Times and Poets & Writers, among other publications. Check It Out! - Grab your copy of The...

2023-07-0356 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT Bestseller S.A. Cosby explains how he found his inner child and wrote for kids with Questlove.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including—grab your drinks!—more AI news. Then stick around as Christine chats with bestselling crime author S. A. Cosby! S. A. Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, The Guardian, and Library Journal, among others. [sou...

2023-06-2652 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT bestseller Riley Sager explains why the best twist needs a twist and how all good stories are the sum of their parts.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including their thoughts on the legacy of the inimitable Cormac McCarthy, who passed away on June 13 at the age of 89. Then stick around as Christine chats with return guest Riley Sager! Riley Sager is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, most recently Survive the Night and The House Across the Lake. His first novel, Final Girls, has been published in 30 countries and won the ITW Thriller Award for Best Hardcover Novel. His latest book, The Only One Left, r...

2023-06-191h 04 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT bestseller Richard North Patterson talks race, prejudice, identity, and how to handle them properly in your work.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including Amazon KDP's changes to how they handle categorizing books. Then stick around as Kevin chats with thriller author Richard North Patterson! Richard North Patterson is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels, including the number one New York Times bestseller, Protect and Defend, as well as a nonfiction narrative of the 2016 presidential campaign. Between 2015 and 2021, Patterson—a former trial lawyer—was a regular columnist for national publications, noted for his widely read commentar...

2023-06-121h 04 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors BONUS EPISODE! - The one where director Rob Savage explains how he scares the bejesus out of us with his new movie, THE BOOGEYMAN!On this bonus episode of Writers, Ink, JP chats with The Boogeyman director Rob Savage! Rob Savage is a British director, screenwriter, editor, producer, and creator of the viral screenlife horror hit Host. Released exclusively through Shudder on July 30, 2020, Host received largely positive reviews from critics, who praised its themes of social anxiety, its jump scares, and the chemistry of its acting ensemble. It has a notable 99% rating on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes and was included on Time magazine's list of the "17 Great Movies You May Have Missed This Summer". [source] His latest film, The...

2023-06-0746 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where #1 NYT bestseller Tessa Bailey explains how to talk dirty in your books.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including the AAP's Annual StatShot report for 2022. Then stick around as Christine chats with bestselling romance author Tessa Bailey! Dubbed the “Michelangelo of dirty talk” by Entertainment Weekly, Tessa Baileys writes with spice, spirit, swoon, and a guaranteed happily ever after. Some of her hits include It Happened One Summer, Secretly Yours, and Fix Her Up. Her latest novel, Unfortunately Yours, releases tomorrow, June 6, and is available for preorder now. Check It Out! AAP...

2023-06-0554 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT bestseller TJ Newman explains why it's so important to find your corner of the market.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics. Then stick around as Patrick chats with returning guest T.J. Newman! T.J. Newman is a former bookseller and flight attendant whose first novel, Falling, became a publishing sensation, debuting at number two on the New York Times bestseller list. The book was named one of the best books of the year by USA Today, Esquire, and Amazon, and has been published in more than thirty countries—and will soon be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures...

2023-05-291h 04 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT bestseller Kate White explains why writing a good mystery is like peeling an onion.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including a book-friendly viral tweet from an... unlikely source. Then stick around as Christine chats with bestselling suspense author Kate White! Kate White is the New York Times bestselling author of seventeen novels of suspense: nine standalone psychological thrillers, including The Secrets You Keep and The Second Husband, and eight Bailey Weggins mysteries. Her latest novel, Between Two Strangers, was released on May 16 and is available now wherever books are sold. C...

2023-05-221h 07 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where fantasy author C.L. Polk explains how she crosses genres in her work.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including Findaway Voices' big swing to draw indie audiobook authors to Spotify. Then stick around as JP chats with Canadian fantasy author C.L. Polk! C. L. Polk is the author of the World Fantasy Award-winning novel Witchmark, the first novel of the Kingston Cycle. Their most recent novel, Even Though I Knew The End—called a "must-read for those who like their queer fantasy with a little grit and a lot of soul" by Booklist—is avail...

2023-05-1553 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Melissa Blair tells us how she lit up BookTok by publishing her novel anonymously.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including the WGA union strike. Then stick around as Christine chats with BookTokker and fantasy author Melissa Blair! Melissa (she/her/kwe) is an Anishinaabe-kwe of mixed ancestry and the author of The Halfling Saga. Melissa has a BookTok account where she discusses her favorite kinds of books, including Indigenous and queer fiction, feminist literature, and non-fiction. Her latest novel (and follow-up to her viral smash hit A Broken Blade) is called A Shadow Crown...

2023-05-0855 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Victor Manibo explains how he uses the Story Engine card deck to help shape his novels.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including the results of a recent ALLi survey on writer income (spoilers: indies are sitting pretty good right now.) Then stick around as Christine chats with debut science-fiction author Victor Manibo. Victor Manibo is a Filipino speculative fiction writer living in New York. He is the author of the science fiction noir novel The Sleepless [available now] and is a 2022 Lambda Literary Emerging Voices Fellow. His next book, Escape Velocity, comes out in Spring 2024 from...

2023-05-011h 07 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where #1 NYT bestseller Dennis Lehane explains why working in the absolute worst hell is not as bad as writing the middle of a novel.Join hosts J.D. Barker, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including an update on the looming WGA strike and, of course, AI (take a drink!) Then stick around as Patrick chats with best-selling author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane. Lehane is the author of thirteen novels—including the New York Times bestsellers Live by Night; Moonlight Mile; Gone, Baby, Gone; Mystic River; Shutter Island; and The Given Day—as well as Coronado, a collection of short stories and a play. [source: HarperCollins] His latest novel, Small Mercies, releases tomorrow...

2023-04-241h 02 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT bestseller Caroline Kepnes tells us what it’s like to have a hit Netflix show based on her YOU series.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including updates on a recent book ban and James Patterson's beef with the NYT bestsellers list. Then stick around as Christine chats with return guest Caroline Kepnes. Caroline Kepnes is the New York Times bestselling author of You, Hidden Bodies, Providence, and You Love Me. Her work has been translated into a multitude of languages and inspired a television series adaptation of You, currently on Netflix. Her latest book in the You series, For You And Only You, drops on...

2023-04-1759 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Anthony McCarten explains what it’s like to write biopics for Winston Churchill, Queen, and Whitney Houston.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including Kobo's new subscription model! Then stick around as Patrick chats with award-winning novelist and screenwriter Anthony McCarten. Anthony McCarten (born 28 April 1961) is a New Zealand writer and filmmaker. He is best known for writing big-budget biopics The Theory of Everything (2014), Darkest Hour (2017), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), The Two Popes (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). McCarten has been nominated for four Academy Awards, including twice for Best Adapted Screenplay. His latest thriller novel, Going Zero, arrives tomorrow, April 11, 2023...

2023-04-101h 02 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Brenda Novak explains what it’s like to sell books and coffee out of your Airstream.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including—as always—discussions of AI! Then stick around as Christine chats with New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak. “When I first got the idea to become a novelist, it took me five years to teach myself the craft and finish my first book,” Brenda admits. “I learned how to write by reading what others have written. The best advice for any would-be author: read, read, read….” Brenda sold her first book, and the rest is history. No...

2023-04-031h 05 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT Bestseller Kim Sherwood explains what it was like to write a James Bond chase scene when she’s never driven a car.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including the surprising reading habits of Gen Z. Then stick around as Patrick chats with New York Times bestselling author Kim Sherwood. Kim Sherwood is an author and creative writing lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. Her first novel, Testament (2018), won the Bath Novel Award and Harper’s Bazaar Big Book Award. Her second book, Double or Nothing, is the first in a trilogy commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to expand the world of James Bond. It ar...

2023-03-271h 08 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Hugh Howey Update! Silo, Beacon 23, and More.On this bonus episode of Writers, Ink, JP catches up with previous guest Hugh Howey. Hugh Howey is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of WOOL, MACHINE LEARNING, SAND, BEACON 23, and many others. His works have been translated into over 40 languages, with millions of copies sold around the world. WOOL has been adapted into Silo, a TV show from AppleTVPlus, which premiers May 5th! Find Writers, Ink on YouTube! - https://www.youtube.com/@jdbarker_author/ Links:* J.D. Barker - http...

2023-03-2143 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Tracy Clark explains what happens after you figure out where you’re going to hide the body.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week’s publishing topics, including a blockbuster publishing deal for one of today’s bestselling authors. Then stick around as Christine chats with mystery author Tracy Clark. Tracy Clark, a native Chicagoan, is the author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series, featuring ex-cop turned PI Cassandra Raines. Her debut, BROKEN PLACES, made Library Journal’s list of the Best Crime Fiction of 2018, and CrimeReads named Cass Raines Best New PI of 2018. Her latest novel, Hide, a Detective Harriet Foster Thrille...

2023-03-201h 04 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Vaishnavi Patel explains how she hit the New York Times list with her debut novel.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including a report from Bowker that proves the self-publishing boom is still going strong. Then stick around as Christine chats with debut novelist Vaishnavi Patel about reimaging important cultural tales, TikTok, and hitting the NYT Bestseller list. Vaishnavi Patel is a law student focusing on constitutional law and civil rights. She likes to write at the intersection of Indian myth, feminism, and anti-colonialism. Her debut novel, Kaikeyi, a feminist retailing of the ancient Indian epic...

2023-03-131h 04 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT Bestseller William Landay explains why no writer of any quality can base their work on fact.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including Bookshop.org's move into ebooks and an AI-related update pertaining to audiobook voice talent. Then stick around as Christine chats with novelist and former lawyer William Landay about truth (or the lack thereof) in fiction and the crime novel as a great vehicle for exploring universal themes. William Landay is the author of Defending Jacob, which won the Strand Critics Award for best mystery novel; The Strangler, listed as a best crime novel of...

2023-03-061h 07 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where New York Times Bestseller Daniel Suarez talks ChatGPT, future tech, and what it’s like to get a phone call from the pentagon after they read your book.Join hosts J.D. Barker, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including JP's undying love for keeping things local. Then stick around as Kevin chats with NYT bestselling author Daniel Suarez about indie publishing, the future of technology, and making the most of experts. DANIEL SUAREZ is the New York Times bestselling author of Daemon, FreedomTM, Kill Decision, and Delta-v. His latest novel, Critical Mass, was released on January 31st from Dutton Books [PRH] and is available now wherever books are sold. Links:* J...

2023-02-271h 03 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where #1 New York Times Bestseller James Rollins explains why villains must have a purpose and how the prologue just might be dead.Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including a major update on the HarperCollins strike as well as distributing to libraries as both traditional and independent authors. Then stick around as Kevin talks with NYT bestselling author James Rollins about villains, prologues, juggling a variety of projects at once, and writing in multiple genres. James Rollins is the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the Sigma Force series, the novelization for the blockbuster film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and the Jake Ransom...

2023-02-201h 03 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Gregg Hurwitz discusses Orphans, AWA Studios, and writing for Morgan Freeman.Join hosts J.D. Barker and Christine Daigle, along with JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell, as they discuss a wide array of publishing topics, including how allowances for machine learning have made their way into publishing contracts. Then stick around as Christine chats with NYT bestselling author and screenwriter Gregg Hurwitz. GREGG HURWITZ is the internationally bestselling author of 23 thrillers, including the Orphan X series. His novels have won numerous literary awards and have been published in 33 languages. Gregg currently serves as the Co-President of International Thriller Writers (ITW). Additionally, he’s written screenplays an...

2023-02-131h 04 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Swedish sensation Tove Alsterdal explains the importance of setting as a character.Join hosts J.D. Barker and Christine Daigle, along with JP Rindfleisch IX and Patrick O'Donnell, as they discuss the week's publishing news, including an update on the HarperCollins strike. Then stick around as Christine chats with acclaimed novelist and playwright Tove Alsterdal about the latest novel in her High Coast thriller series, You Will Never Be Found. Tove Alsterdal burst upon the Swedish book scene in 2009 with The Forgotten Dead and is the author of five critically acclaimed stand-alone novels. We Know You Remember, named Swedish Crime Novel of the Year and shortlisted for the country’s...

2023-02-0656 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where bestselling author C.J. Tudor explains why it's better to have no agent than the wrong agent.Join hosts J.D. Barker and Christine Daigle, along with JP Rindfleisch IX and Kevin Tumlinson, as they welcome law enforcement consultant Patrick O'Donnell (episode 47) to the guest host chair. Then stick around as Christine chats with best-selling novelist C. J. Tudor about finding the right agent, writing what you love no matter what, and her upcoming end-of-the-world thriller, The Drift. C. J. Tudor is the author of The Burning Girls, The Other People, The Hiding Place, and The Chalk Man, which won the International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel, the Barry Award, and the...

2023-01-301h 02 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Mary Adkins explains why you don't need an MFA (unless you do).Join hosts J.D. Barker and Christine Daigle as they welcome back JP Rindfleisch IX and invite first-time guest host Kevin Tumlinson to the show. Then stick around as Christine chats with author and book coach Mary Adkins. Mary Adkins is the author of When You Read This, Privilege, and Palm Beach, which was voted one of 2021's Best Books by The New York Post. A native of the American South and a graduate of Duke University and Yale Law School, her writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Atlantic. She is also the...

2023-01-231h 04 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Ewan Morrison explains how being a hippie, swinger, part-time Marxist prepper with his own nuclear bunker has helped shape his fiction.Join hosts J.D. Barker and Christine Daigle as they welcome guest host JP Rindfleisch IX to the studio. Then stick around as Christine chats with award-winning author and screenwriter Ewan Morrison. Described as the "most fluent and intelligent Scottish writer of his generation" by Booker Prize judge Stuart Kelly, Ewan Morrison is the author of Tales From The Mall, Close Your Eyes, and Nina X, which won the 2019 Saltire Society Scottish Fiction Book of the Year award. His eighth and latest novel, How To Survive Everything, a darkly comic thriller about a teenage girl abducted by...

2023-01-1650 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Claire Douglas explains why she writes so damn fast.Claire Douglas is the award winning author of seven stand alone thrillers, THE SISTERS, LOCAL GIRL MISSING, LAST SEEN ALIVE, DO NOT DISTURB, THEN SHE VANISHES, JUST LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS and her most recent, THE COUPLE AT NO. 9, which is a number one Amazon bestseller and reached number three on the Sunday Times bestsellers list. Her books have sold over 500,000 copies in the UK and have been translated into twenty languages. You can find Claire on Twitter at @DougieClaire, Instagram as clairedouglasauthor, or visit her Facebook page clairedouglasauthor. Links: J. D. Barker...

2023-01-0943 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Thom Carnell explains writing for magazines like SWANK isn't just about exposure.Thom Carnell is a writer whose fiction has been featured in SWANK Magazine, CARPE NOCTEM Magazine, and in the horror anthology, BLOODY CARNIVAL from Pill Hill Press. He is best known for his insightful interviews and profiles in CARPE NOCTEM Magazine, FANGORIA Magazine, and on Dread Central & Twitchfilm.com. Carnell is a graduate of the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science, and worked as a certified eye enucleist and a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist. His novels (NO FLESH SHALL BE SPARED, NO FLESH SHALL BE SPARED: DON’T LOOK BACK) and short story collections, MOONLIGHT SERENADES, A STRING OF PEARLS, an...

2023-01-0248 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where D. Eric Maikranz explains what it’s like to have Mark Wahlberg make a movie from his indie published book.D. Eric Maikranz knows a thing or two about getting your book on the big screen. By using solid strategies like crowdsourcing his marketing and pricing as low as Amazon would let him, his 2009 novel, The Reincarnationist Papers, both accrued him a large readerbase and struck him a movie deal with Netflix. Eric has backpacked and worked all around the world as a foreign correspondent, translator, and more. He’s since published two nonfiction guides, Insider’s Rome and Insider’s Venice. To check out The Reincarnationist Papers, follow the link below. From Amazon.com: D. Eri...

2022-12-2648 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Tim Waggoner explains why teaching is a gateway drug to learning.Author and teacher Tim Waggoner knows the secrets to refining your writing skill through educating others. During his time as a creative writing professor at Sinclair College, he’s gained a fuller understanding of writing techniques, character-writing psychology, and the editing process. Tim has published more than 50 novels over two decades and is a winner of the Bram Stoker Award and finalist for many others. His latest novel, A Hunter Called Night, is available for preorder on May 9. From Amazon.com: Tim Waggoner’s first novel came out in 2001, and he’s published close to fifty...

2022-12-1955 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Bram Stoker Award nominated-novelist Jake Bible explains Drabble.Award-winning novelist Jake Bible loves to drabble in his spare time. A short story of exactly 100 words, the exercise has helped him sharpen his editing skills, heighten his creativity, and expand his support network. Jake wrote his first novel, DEAD MECH, in 2008, and has since written over 65 books and been nominated for various awards, including the Bram Stoker Award. To order his latest novel, Out of the Stars, follow the link below. From Amazon.com: A Bram Stoker Award nominated-novelist, short story writer, independent screenwriter, podcaster, and inventor of the Drabble Novel, Jake is the...

2022-12-051h 02 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where Dan Padavona explains why failure IS sometimes an option.Dan Padavona knows the secrets to reimagining failure. Whether a book isn’t reaching the right audience or receiving negative criticism, he stresses the importance of remaining confident, persistent, and willing to pivot in the face of “the crickets” . Dan is the accomplished author of over twenty novels, including the Wolf Lake series and Thomas Shepherd series. He also co-wrote Shadow Witch with J. eight years ago. To preorder his upcoming novel, The Killer Inside, follow the link below. From Amazon.com: When you read one of my books I hope you feel like you are si...

2022-11-281h 00 $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where bestselling ghostwriter Alex Cody Foster explains how to run from the cartel when traveling with John McAfee.After Running with the Devil, ghostwriter Alex Cody Foster explores John McAfee’s descent into madness with Foster’s latest book, “The Man Who Hacked the World.” As one of the world’s most sought after ghostwriters Alex has ghostwritten eight #1 Amazon Bestsellers, wrote for one of the U.K's most successful thriller writers, and worked as John McAfee's ghostwriter for six months, which is profiled in a new Netflix documentary. Foster closely with Gotham Ghostwriters and Reedsy, two of the top ghostwriting agencies in the world. Alex writes from New York City, telling true stories from the heart with an un...

2022-11-211h 09 $The Writer\'s Serial Fiction Show$

The Writer's Serial Fiction Show And That's a Wrap!Links: Writers, Ink podcast: writersinkpodcast.com Write Away podcast: writeawaypodcast.com Christine's website: christinedaiglebooks.com JP's website: jprindfleischix.com Sound mastering by James Parenti: jamesparentimusic.com Our theme music is Voxel Revolution by Kevin McAllen: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7017-voxel-revolution License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Contact: serialfictionshow.com/contact Our transition music is by: patrickdearteaga.com

2022-11-0702 min $The Reader\'s Serial Fiction Show.$

The Reader's Serial Fiction Show.And That's a WrapLinks: Writers, Ink podcast: writersinkpodcast.com Write Away podcast: writeawaypodcast.com Christine's website: christinedaiglebooks.com JP's website: jprindfleischix.com Sound mastering by James Parenti: jamesparentimusic.com Our theme music is Voxel Revolution by Kevin McAllen: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7017-voxel-revolution License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Contact: serialfictionshow.com/contact Our transition music is by: patrickdearteaga.com

2022-11-0702 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The one where NYT Bestseller Anthony Marra discusses Mercury Pictures Presents and how films can inspire your fiction.Bestseller Anthony Marra talks about his latest novel, Mercury Pictures Presents, with new co-host Christine Daigle. Thinking about “how storytelling redeems and uplifts, and how it breaks us,” Anthony and Christine explore tales of creativity and perseverance from both the novel and his writing journey. Anthony is the NYT bestselling author of books like The Tsar of Love of Techno and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. To purchase Mercury Pictures Presents, follow the link below. From Amazon.com: Anthony Marra is the New York Times bestselling author of The Tsar of Love and Techno and A Co...

2022-11-0759 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Question and Answer Episode - April 2022In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned CARRIE on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R” Us theme song long before becoming an author. Join New York Times best-seller, J.D. Barker, and indie powerhouses J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon as they pull back the curtain on some of the world's most prolific authors. Where did they start? What is their proc...

2022-04-2538 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Question and Answer Episode - March 2022In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned CARRIE on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R” Us theme song long before becoming an author. Join New York Times best-seller, J.D. Barker, and indie powerhouses J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon as they pull back the curtain on some of the world's most prolific authors. Where did they start? What is their proc...

2022-03-2844 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Q&A Episode - February 2022In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned CARRIE on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R” Us theme song long before becoming an author. Join New York Times best-seller, J.D. Barker, and indie powerhouses J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon as they pull back the curtain on some of the world's most prolific authors. Where did they start? What is their proc...

2022-02-2843 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Q&A Episode - December 2021In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned CARRIE on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and famously wrote the Toys “R” Us theme song long before becoming an author. Join New York Times best-seller, J.D. Barker, and indie powerhouses J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon as they pull back the curtain on some of the world's most prolific authors. Where did they start? What is their proc...

2021-12-2729 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Q&A Episode - November 2021In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins. Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouses, J. Thorn and...

2021-11-2924 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Q&A Episode - October 2021In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins. Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouses, J. Thorn and...

2021-10-2522 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors 100th Episode Special: Question and Answer - September 2021In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins. Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouses, J. Thorn and...

2021-09-2742 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Question and Answer Episode - August 2021In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins. Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouses, J. Thorn and...

2021-08-3035 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Question and Answer Episode - July 2021In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins. Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouses, J. Thorn and...

2021-07-2639 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Question and Answer Episode - June 2021In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins. Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouses, J. Thorn and...

2021-06-2829 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Question and Answer Episode - May 2021In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins. Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouses, J. Thorn and...

2021-05-3139 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Question and Answer Episode - April 2021In this monthly q & a session, the guys answer listener questions. Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins. Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouses, J. Thorn and...

2021-04-2630 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The Benefits of Drafting on Paper with NY Times bestseller, Tess GerritsenTess Gerritsen uses the benefits of drafting on paper to her advantage. By handwriting first drafts and only using technology to print out digital versions, she allows her writing to be flawed, catches these mistakes early, and ends up with final drafts that are polished. Tess is an internationally bestselling author who is well known for writing the medical thriller Harvest and the Rizzoli & Isles series, the latter of which inspired a TV series of the same name. She is also the proud co-creator of Magnificent Beast, a documentary that chases the ancient origins of the pork taboo. Gerritsen’s...

2020-08-1741 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Writing Fresh and Believable Fiction with ITW Interim Executive Director, KJ HoweInternational thriller author KJ Howe has mastered the art of writing fresh and believable fiction. Armed with an extensive knowledge of her subject matter and a commitment to shedding light on underrepresented character traits, she is able to write novels that feel impressively accurate and relatable. KJ is well known for her Freedom Broker series, which follows the elite hostage negotiator Thea Paris as she takes on the world’s most dangerous kidnapping cases. She is also the Interim Executive Director of the International Thriller Writers organization and has previously been the Executive Director of ThrillerFest. Howe’s most rece...

2020-08-1058 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Unlocking the Authorpreneurial Mindset with Jim Kukral of UnskippableJim Kukral is no stranger to the authorpreneurial mindset. For decades, he repeatedly struggled to create a stand-out book or brand, and the pressure to become a self-sustaining writer only increased when children and a mortgage were thrown into the mix. Regardless, through his unerring drive and determination for success, he eventually found the foothold he deserved. Jim is a non-fiction author, entrepreneur, and online marketing expert. He is well-known for his inspirational life guide, Your Journey To Becoming Unskippable, and for his talent as a keynote speaker. Kukral’s latest publication, The Unskippable Handbook For Dealing with Jerks, Id...

2020-08-0348 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Optimizing and Automating Amazon Ads with Dierk Demers of PrestozonDierk Demers knows the secrets to optimizing and automating Amazon ads using Prestozon. By developing a software to automatically schedule and create ads, provide useful analytics, and update keywords in real-time, he has helped authors around the world successfully capture new readers while leaving the stress of manual advertising behind. Dierk has thrived in the e-commerce industry for years, managing information and designing software for various companies. To learn more about Demers and Prestozon, visit prestozon.com.From LinkedIn.com:As the Head of Ad Strategy and Partner Support at Prestozon, I help Amazon...

2020-07-2741 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Dreaming and Writing with the President of the H.W.A., John PalisanoJohn Palisano is a master of using dreams to write. Ever since his childhood, he has struggled with frequent and vivid nightmares. However, by preserving his dreams through notes or sketches, John incorporates their wacky contents into his scenes and plot points to create thrilling and unique stories. Palisano is an accomplished horror author and president of the Horror Writers Association. He was awarded the Bram Stoker Award in 2016 and is well known for Nerves and Dust of the Dead, two sci-fi horror novels with unique twists. His latest publication, All That Withers, is available now....

2020-07-0649 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Marketing on Amazon with Dave ChessonThrough dissecting the website's algorithms, understanding the relationship between keywords and sales, and applying an entrepreneurial mindset, master coder Dave Chesson has gained a solid understanding of how to market a book on Amazon. Chesson is the mastermind behind Kindlepreneur, an online blog and podcast that shares his extensive marketing knowledge with authors around the world. He is also the creator of Rocket, a self-publishing software that provides authors with useful analytics and keyword suggestions for their books. Links to Kindlepreneur and Rocket can be found below.From Kindlepreneur.com:When I’m not li...

2020-06-2950 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The Secrets to Writing Nonfiction with Honorée CorderHonorée Corder is a master of nonfiction writing who has shown that, through structuring writing time, conducting in-person research, gaining experience co-writing and managing projects, and making connections across different industries, writing in the genre can serve as a profitable and sustainable career choice. Corder is an established author with over fifty books released and over four million sales worldwide. She is most known for her Miracle Morning and Successful Single Mom series, which discuss proper morning routines and give advice to struggling single moms. Her most recent publication, You MUST Write a Book, is available now.

2020-06-2252 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Finding Time to Write with Tim RyanOhio Congressman Tim Ryan has proven that, no matter how hectic life can get, anyone can find time to write. As a hard-working, travel-inclined politician and father of three, his schedule is always full. However, by taking short writing retreats and working out a chapter or two over the course of three or four days, he has managed to publish two books and has plans for a third one. Congressman Ryan has served in the House of Representatives for seventeen years and, while he certainly has a love for politics, Healing America and The Real Food Revolution shine light...

2020-06-1546 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Maximizing Your Reach as an Indie Author with Lindsay BurokerLindsay Buroker knows how to maximize her reach as an indie author. By writing under multiple pen names across multiple genres, following a rapid release model to generate interest, and running a podcast to help uphold her brand, she continues to expand her audience and influence across the writing landscape. Buroker is a full-time independent author who focuses primarily on the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Among her impressive number of successful series are Death Before Dragons, Dragon Blood, and Star Kingdom. She is also known for co-hosting Six Figure Authors, a podcast dedicated to providing writers with...

2020-06-0848 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Write What You Know with James BlatchFirst-time author James Blatch is already a perfect example of the “write what you know” mentality. While drafting his debut novel, The Last Flight, he has employed his genuine love of aircraft and his father’s personal experiences as a pilot to create both a story that feels authentically him and a brand that will undoubtedly lead him to success. Blatch is currently a director of the Self Publishing Formula, an online course for aspiring authors. He also co-hosts the SPF Podcast with Mark Dawson. James’ debut novel will be available this year.From JamesBlatch.com:Jam...

2020-06-0146 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Using StoryOrigin to Grow Your Platform with Evan GowEntrepreneur Evan Gow is the mastermind behind StoryOrigin. Fueled by a love of technology and writing, he created an all-in-one platform for authors to connect, team up for group promos, build and swap mailing lists, upload reader magnets, and more. With the unique opportunities StoryOrigin provides, Evan has helped thousands of authors get discovered, build communities, and become successful. StoryOrigin is currently in open beta and can be used for free at storyoriginapp.com.Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The da...

2020-05-2538 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors The Business of Writing with Scott NicholsonInternational bestselling author Scott Nicholson knows a thing or two about the business of writing. With experience in both the traditional and independent publishing worlds as well as the overseas market, he is able to make his already thrilling reads even more appealing by clever use of advertising and market knowledge. Nicholson has written over a hundred thrillers and short stories and has sold millions of copies worldwide. He is most known for his Sheriff Littlefield series, centered around the chilling mystery of a haunted Appalachian church. Scott’s latest addition to the series, McFall, is available now.

2020-05-0445 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Mastering the Creative Process with #1 NY Times bestseller, David BaldacciDavid Baldacci has mastered the creative process. By employing what he knows about plausible plot lines, character development, and field research, he can bring his ideas together into books that feel amazingly believable. Baldacci is a bestselling author who has sold more than 130 million books worldwide. He is most known for his political thriller, Absolute Power, which follows the captivating tale of a murder in the White House. David’s most recent publication, Walk the Wire, is available now.From Amazon.com:David published his first novel, ABSOLUTE POWER, in 1996. A feature film followed, wi...

2020-04-2745 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Transitioning Between Careers with Romona RobinsonRomona Robinson knows a thing or two about successfully transitioning between careers. After working as one of Cleveland’s most respected news anchors for over thirty years, she took a leap of faith when she left her job to write full-time. Backed by passion, hard work, and smart marketing, Romona was able to publish two successful books in her first two years of writing and continues to inspire women and men everywhere to find their purpose. Her latest publication, Your Voice is Your Power, is available now.From Amazon.com:Romona Robinson is an ei...

2020-04-1352 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Author-Agent Relationships with Alec ShaneAlec Shane has been fostering authentic author-agent relationships since 2012. Whether he is mediating disputes between authors and editors or selling books to publishers, Alec and others like him serve as the backbone of the writing industry. During his time at Writers House, Shane has worked with many successful authors and groups, including Mark Stein, Mike Thomas, and the Horror Writers Association. For submissions and queries, Alec can be reached at ashane@writershouse.com.From ManuscriptWishlist.com:Alec Shane majored in English at Brown University, a degree he put to immediate use by moving to...

2020-04-0642 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Captivating Readers with #1 NY Times bestseller, James RollinsJames Rollins has been captivating readers for decades. By running ideas past his critique group, traveling to story locations and speaking to locals, and sticking to a ninety-day research plan, he attains enough knowledge to create settings and storylines that feel authentic. Rollins is well-known for his bestselling Sigma Force series, a thrilling collection of tales following the strange and somewhat otherworldly encounters of an elite covert operations force. His brand-new fantasy series, Moon Fall, will be released next year.From Amazon.com:James Rollins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of international...

2020-03-3048 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Crafting Cinematic Scenes with NY Times bestseller, Blake CrouchBlake Crouch excels at crafting cinematic scenes. Through the manipulation of memory and reality along with the infusion of self-experience, Crouch creates scenes that feel both surreal and believable. He is well known for his bestselling Wayward Pines Trilogy, which became a top-rated TV series. He has published more than a dozen other novels and has had work in various publications, including Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Blake is currently adapting his bestselling thriller, Dark Matter, for the big screen while Shonda Rimes and Matt Reeves are bringing Recursion to Netflix.From Amazon.com:

2020-03-0941 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Tapping Into Your Reader's Emotions with Chuck PalahniukChuck Palahniuk is a master at tapping into his readers’ emotions. Whether through sympathetic attachment, comedic relief, or intense realism, Palahniuk manipulates emotion to create breathtaking novels that engage his readers throughout the entire story. He is most well-known for his debut novel, Fight Club, a dark satire following the thrilling story of an office worker with insomnia as he falls into insanity. After Fight Club’s success, Chuck continued creating captivating and award-winning stories, including Choke, Lullaby, and Guts. His most recent work of nonfiction, Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different, is avai...

2020-03-0240 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Becoming a Successful Author as a Stay-at-Home Mom with Mercedes YardleyMercedes Yardley knows how to become a successful author as a stay-at-home mom. With a husband working and a child requiring special needs, Yardley took up writing as an emotional outlet, and her thrilling style soon became recognized. She won the Bram Stoker Award in 2015 for her psychological horror novella, Little Dead Red, and wrote the Stabby Award-winning Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love. She is also a member of the Horror Writers Association and co-chair of the Las Vegas HWA Chapter. Mercedes currently lives in Las Vegas with her family and rescue animals.

2020-02-2438 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Taking Advantage of Opportunity with Meg GardinerTaking Advantage of Opportunity with Meg GardinerMeg Gardiner knows how to take advantage of opportunity. After reading Stephen King’s column in Entertainment Weekly, Meg saw her name in his recommendation and her career has soared since but not without hard work and strong writing. Gardiner’s newest book in the UNSUB series has been acquired by Amazon and she is attached as a producer. Her latest book in the series, The Dark Corners of the Night, is out now and it is the story that will be created for Amazon’s streaming servic...

2020-02-2128 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Creating a Magazine and Brand with NY Times bestseller and founder of Cemetery Dance Magazine, Richard ChizmarGreatly influenced by his DIY attitude, Richard Chizmar built a successful magazine and brand from scratch. Chizmar is a bestselling author and founder of Cemetery Dance magazine. He has written various novels, screenplays, and teleplays, including Gwendy’s Button Box, a bestselling novella, with Stephen King. Richard also works as an editor, with his work appearing in over thirty-five anthologies.From Amazon.com:Richard Chizmar is the author of Gwendy's Button Box (with Stephen King) and A Long December, which was nominated for numerous awards. His fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including El...

2020-02-1757 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors Thriving with Asperger Syndrome and a Manuscript UpdateDespite being diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome as a young man, J.D. continues to thrive while challenging all stereotypes and stigmas. In fact, Barker has become an international bestselling author and millionaire. The emphasis AS puts on structure has given him a unique approach to outlining his writing and creating interesting character backstories. By pursuing a career that compliments a disorder, J.D shows that anyone can be successful. In the second half of the episode, J. talks through the next steps of his manuscript with J.D.Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a...

2020-02-1033 min $Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world\'s most prolific authors$

Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors A New Podcast for WritersA New Podcast for WritersJ.D. and J. met at Thrillerfest in New York City and developed an instant connection around the love of dark fiction, podcasting, introversion, and helping other authors navigate the business of writing.Both Barker and Thorn have an extensive background in author education and mentoring, therefore a new podcast seemed like the perfect venture in which to join forces and help struggling writers become career authors.Welcome to the show!Links:J...

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