by Kevin Tumlinson | Jul 8, 2021 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast
Episode Summary Writing fiction is work. Helping authors is work. Doing both—that’s a life’s work. In this episode of SPI we dive into the red-sneakered world of novelist and author-shaper William Bernhardt. Episode Notes Author and conference organizer William...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Jun 24, 2021 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast
Episode Summary Shifting gears as an established author can take a lot of work. It’s basically reinventing yourself, while trying to hold on to the audience you’ve built. How does an author start fresh without starting over? Episode Notes A thirty-year project manager...
by Kevin Tumlinson | May 27, 2021 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast
Episode Summary Writing cross-genre can be tricky. It means cultivating more than one audience, and not only writing for that audience but marketing specifically to them. Keeping all those plates spinning can be a chore, but Timothy Cerepaka has worked out a process...
by Kevin Tumlinson | May 6, 2021 | Self Publishing Insiders Podcast
Episode Summary You may be a busy author, but you are not a Michael-LaRonn-busy author. There’s rarely anyone with more irons in the fire and more plates spinning. And in this interview, Michael talks about writing from anywhere and keeping the gears oiled and...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Mar 1, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
Throughout this series we’ve covered a variety of ways to build a better character using their actions, their dialogue, even their senses. We can add rich depth to our characters with these tools, elevating them from two-dimensional constructs to three-dimensional...