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So what's up--what's up? I'm about to get into an interview with my good friend Cornelia Read where she's going to tell you about an awesome Mystery Writing Intensive Workshop here in the Berkeley on the weekend of Nov. 21 and 22. Check out more info here: http://www.berkeleymysteryworkshop.com/Home.html Boo Yah! Just like that.

Now here I am sitting down with Cornelia to talk it all out:

Q&A for Berkeley Mystery Writing Intensive

Q: So, tell me a little bit about this workshop. Who's going ...

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New Hot Tub episode, folks: The Fall, not by Camus! Listen/Download

That's right, also known as "What in the WORLD is Up," this is the episode I've been promising you for a long while: my big update on what I've been up to this fall! How sales and things are going with Jack Wakes Up, what's next for me and in the world of JACK PALMS Crime (just remember all caps...), conferences I've attended recently, Author Boot Camp, news and events. You name it!

I've been meaning to get this one out...

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Why am I putting my work out as free audio content?

Basically, I'm a young author and I'm trying to build my name in the business. I've been giving my work away for three years now for people to enjoy it. This relationship and fan base has directly helped me land a publishing contract with Random House for my first novel, JACK WAKES UP, which came out in May.

Generally speaking, if folks know and like my work, I'm betting they'll spread the word and it'll lead to book sales, a career, etc...

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My good friend Tom Piccirilli stopped by recently to talk about writing, Facebook, money, and his new novel, Shadow Season (available as of Tuesday past). I first found out about Tom via Facebook, where I was pleased to see he'd amassed a boatload of fans, friends, and posts. Good job, Tom. You pulled me in with your platform and then when I read The Coldest Mile, you had me! Fricking awesome book!

Though I usually do my thing with a recorder, Tom and I talked strictly by email. Here's the...

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Today is the day to help podcast author JC Hutchins with his major debut novel release! That's right, today 7th Son: Descent comes out from St. Martin's Press! Help with the Amazon rush by storming their clicks and buying the novel here. It's damn good and he's blazing the new trail through publishing!

Don't believe me? Give the first chapters of the book a read here with this free, special edition PDF!

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Yes, back a little while ago, Pat Holt wrote a little DIY ditty about yours truly and my road to publication. Now she's back with Part II of the column, What To Do When the Mainstream Yawns (and Spends)

In this one, I go head to head with a huge Dan Brown party that Random House (my boys!) threw at NYC's Gotham House! They had Lobster BLTs, Bellinis, waiters in George Washington costumes, and the mandatory coke off of women's breasts in the men's room! Ok, the last part isn't true.

Pat goes...

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Thanks to Christina Katz (@thewritermama) and Meryl K. Evans for hosting this great conversation featuring myself and April Hamilton. Complete transcript of the discussion on authors' platforms is here:

http://getknownbeforethebookdeal.typepad.com/

Look for future platform chats on twitter!

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Friday 10/23 I'm doing a #platform chat with Christina Katz and April Hamilton, two of the great speakers I met at this year's Writers Digest Conference.

The event takes place--where else?--on Twitter at 11AM PST/2PM EST. You'll see it on Twitter. Now you know what it is. Find more info here.

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Direct link to episode.

Yes, I had the honor of sitting down in the virtual hot tub this week with the two lovely ladies of Podio Racket and the two Podiobooks-pro podcasts there: the bi-weekly half-hour roundup Raise A Racket and the Blogtalk radio live interview show! Thanks to Heather Rhoulo and Rhonda Carpenter for the great work they're doing in the community and for coming on this show!

**This is a GREAT podcast for you new podcasters who're looking for ways into the community, onto...

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Pat Holt, pre-eminent publishing maven and overall chronicler of the domain, has just posted the first of two pieces about yours truly over at her blog, Holt Uncensored. I read this regularly, so I'm very happy to be included in her thoughts on the industry. I read one of her posts this summer about Paul Harding's book Tinkers, and she couldn't have been more dead on. Not only did this book break every mold publishing can offer, in addition it's also a truly wonderful book.

In any case, she's ...

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