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The Freelance Game Podcast Ep 5 — Interview with Joystiq’s Susan Arendt

Hey, we’re getting the hang of this! We’re psyched to see the podcast is getting great positive reviews and continues to grow. This episode features the awesome insights and upbeat vibe of Joystiq’s managing editor Susan Arendt, our second special guest interviewee! As you’ll soon hear for yourself, she’s full of greatstories and super valuable insights into the realm of freelancer-editor relationships. We also spend time talking about TakeThis.org.

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New eBook + Audio Book Launching Soon!

*Tap* *Tap* *Tap* Hello, testing, is this thing on? Right. Greetings Internet humans! I’ll be once again populating this blog with actual helpful blog posts soon, but in the meantime I figured I’ddrop a quick update to give you a heads up on my new book Freelance Writing Hacks: 55 Tips For Word Mercenary Success that’s launching on May 1st! Having lots of different book projects in the pipeline gives me the opportunity try out cool new experiments with each launch, so I’ve got something inter...

The Freelance Game Podcast Ep 4 — Building Momentum as a Freelancer

After taking a few weeks off to launch the podcast, it’s exciting to dive back in and officially start our biweekly schedule with Episode 4 of The Freelance Game podcast! The grab-bag fun of the intro catch-up and listener question segments continues to evolve as we dig deeper into the personal ebb and flow of our own freelance lives. For our main topic, we talk about building momentum as a freelancer and how you can turn your initial successes into a solid career.

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No Fooling: my book UUDDLW is on sale for $2.99 today!

Rather than pull off some elaborate April Fools stunt, I figured you might appreciate something less fooly-fooly… like a crazy ebook SALE! For a limited time, the Game Journo Guides Series‘ flagship book,Up Up Down Down Left WRITE: The Freelance Guide To Video Game Journalismis on sale for the stupid low price of $2.99!(Reg price $8.99) With over 230 pages of super in-depth advice for navigating the ins and outs of freelancing in the video game industry, this book is a great addition to your...

My New Podcast “The Freelance Game” is Live!

So a crazy thing happened yesterday evening. I launched a podcast! More specifically, a podcast about freelance writing, video game journalism, and making a living writing about geeky things. It’s called The Freelance Game, and I can’t wait for you to hear it!We can’t wait, actually. I’m co-hosting the show with long-time freelance comrade, Mac|Life editor, and Game Journo Guides book editor Andrew Hayward. We’ve been working tirelessly behind the scenes for the past few months to get the fir...

Guest Post: Why I Wrote A Book on Fandom Journalism

I know guest posts are a bit of a rarity on this site, but I wanted to take a quick moment to let you know about my colleague Lauren Orsini’s new book, Otaku Journalism, that just launched today on Kindle! Lauren is a skilled writer and her enthusiasm for reporting on geeky topics is absolutely infectious. I’m already a few chapters into reading her new book and love it, so I highly recommend you grab a copy today! Here’s a post from Lauren talking a bit more about the project:

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Pardon the mess!

Doing a bit of blog redesign work and housekeeping stuff this weekend. So expect some wonkiness for a few days before I tidy things up! Cheers! – Nathan

The Quest for #1 (And How You Can Help Today!)

So this crazy thing happened yesterday. I kicked off a four day Kindle Countdown sale for the first time, using my latest book Interview Fu: The Game Journo Guide to Conducting Killer Interviewsas the guinea pig. I dropped the price to $0.99, which is basically giving the book away for free. I get a pretty minimal cut at that point, so it’s more about visibility than the money. And DAMN did it get visible! But here’s where I need your help. I’m on a quest to hit #1, and I’m SO CLOSE. I just n...

Interview Fu Kindle Countdown Sale!

If you’ve been holding off on picking up my new book Interview Fu: The Game Journo Guide To Conducting Killer Interviews, then NOW is the time to take ninja-action! I’m doing a weeklong Kindle Countdown sale starting today, however,the book is available for $0.99 TODAY ONLY. The price will slowly creep up $1 a day until it’s back to full price at the EOD on Friday.

Grab your copy today while it’s dirt cheap. I promise the value you’ll get from this book will faroutweigh your meager $0.99 inves...

Game Journo Guides 50% Off LoveFest

Can you feel the mushy-gushy love in the air? Meh. How about a sale instead? I’ve got TWO fun Game Journo Guide Series-related sale activities for your today!

1) You can grab 50% off a print copy of my first book Up Up Down Down Left WRITE: The Freelance Guide To Video Game Journalism TODAY ONLY if you use this code:VQ36J7FN during checkout here. Woo! (That code will only be good until 9am EST on Sat. Feb. 15th)

2) Already have UUDDLW? If you leave a review at the book’s Amazon page TODAY, then...