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A podcasting adventure...
I'm excited to announce a new writing project: The Promptly Written Podcast. I'm teaming up with my friend and fellow writer Matt Sugerik on a monthly writing exercise. The idea is simple. We'll each take an identical writing prompt and write two flash-fiction stories. Each episode we'll read our stories and then have a discussion about the writing process, inspirations, etc.
The fun part is you the listener will have a chance to provide input and vote on prompts from month to month. Then at the end of the year, we'll publish an anthology of the past year's stories. We may even open up a reddit so you can write along with us.
This is definitely new territory for me. Anyone who knows me understands how reclusive I like to be; I've always wanted readers to find interest in my stories rather than me personally. So it's with a bit of trepidation that I set out on this project.
Matt and I have been friends for quite some time, despite the fact that we are polar opposites on so many things. This of course will make for interesting dichotomies with respect to how we craft our narratives using the same prompt. It also puts me out there in the public sphere a lot further than I've ever wanted to be, and the inevitable scrutiny that comes with it. Matt has his sense of humor and I have mine; he has his way of speaking and I have mine. You get the idea. It's going to be an interesting ride with lots of twists and turns, so I hope you'll respect each of our creative drives as well as our viewpoints that might creep in from time to time. At the end of the day, we want to write good stories rather than use the podcast as a soapbox.
When you have a moment, check us out on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or the Prompt Written Podcast website:
https://www.promptlywrittenpodcast.com/
The fun part is you the listener will have a chance to provide input and vote on prompts from month to month. Then at the end of the year, we'll publish an anthology of the past year's stories. We may even open up a reddit so you can write along with us.
This is definitely new territory for me. Anyone who knows me understands how reclusive I like to be; I've always wanted readers to find interest in my stories rather than me personally. So it's with a bit of trepidation that I set out on this project.
Matt and I have been friends for quite some time, despite the fact that we are polar opposites on so many things. This of course will make for interesting dichotomies with respect to how we craft our narratives using the same prompt. It also puts me out there in the public sphere a lot further than I've ever wanted to be, and the inevitable scrutiny that comes with it. Matt has his sense of humor and I have mine; he has his way of speaking and I have mine. You get the idea. It's going to be an interesting ride with lots of twists and turns, so I hope you'll respect each of our creative drives as well as our viewpoints that might creep in from time to time. At the end of the day, we want to write good stories rather than use the podcast as a soapbox.
When you have a moment, check us out on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or the Prompt Written Podcast website:
https://www.promptlywrittenpodcast.com/
Promptly Written Volume 1 and the SPFBO Sampler
It's been a while since my last post. A long while. But I assure you I've been busy. I'm working on the fourth book in the Driver series which I hope to have out sometime this year--hopefully by summer. I've also been writing monthly installments for the Promptly Written Podcast, which brings me to some overdue news:
The first season's worth of stories are now available in Promptly Written Volume 1. Get a copy wherever eBooks are sold, or if you prefer paperback, hit up Amazon:
https://books2read.com/u/m2r291
The first season turned out really well, and Matt (my co-host) and I had a lot of fun tackling the prompts from month to month. I hope you'll tune in and listen at some point. We run the gamut of genres and often end up with stories 180 degrees off of one another.
I also participated in the 5th annual Self Published Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO) contest. My entry was From Legend (a Gothic Western heavily influenced by Batman). Though I didn't make it into the finals, I got a respectable review out of it and hopefully some exposure to new readers. If you haven't read From Legend yet, you can check out the first five chapters in the SPFBO Sampler, along with excerpts from many other participants in this year's and past contests. The best part is it's free. You can download it here:
https://dl.bookfunnel.com/ett75g3wn3
Well, it's back to writing. Keep an eye out for the next book!
The first season's worth of stories are now available in Promptly Written Volume 1. Get a copy wherever eBooks are sold, or if you prefer paperback, hit up Amazon:
https://books2read.com/u/m2r291
The first season turned out really well, and Matt (my co-host) and I had a lot of fun tackling the prompts from month to month. I hope you'll tune in and listen at some point. We run the gamut of genres and often end up with stories 180 degrees off of one another.
I also participated in the 5th annual Self Published Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO) contest. My entry was From Legend (a Gothic Western heavily influenced by Batman). Though I didn't make it into the finals, I got a respectable review out of it and hopefully some exposure to new readers. If you haven't read From Legend yet, you can check out the first five chapters in the SPFBO Sampler, along with excerpts from many other participants in this year's and past contests. The best part is it's free. You can download it here:
https://dl.bookfunnel.com/ett75g3wn3
Well, it's back to writing. Keep an eye out for the next book!
