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March 22, 2016
Episode 93 |Richard Gleaves On Plot Vs Character
Richard Gleaves, author of the Jason Crane series, joins me to discuss the difference in focusing on plot vs character development, and where the two intersect.
March 14, 2016
Episode 92 | Will Swardstrom Interview
Will Swardstrom is a high school history teacher and the writer of numerous novels and short stories.
He lives in Southern Illinois with his wife and daughter. Also inhabiting his house are two cats and a very high-maintenance dog. Swardstrom used to work in radio and newspaper before beginning his teaching career six years ago and just recently began self-publishing short stories and books in May of 2013. He credits Hugh Howey with inspiring him to begin writing books.
His books include a short story, Perfect Game, the novel, Dead Sleep, a Silo Saga novella The Veil, and another short story called Ant Apocalypse.
He can be found on Twitter at @wswardstrom and Facebook at www.facebook.com/wswardstrom, or at his blog willswardstrom.wordpress.com.
March 7, 2016
Episode 91| Terry R. Hill Interview
Writer and NASA engineer Terry R. Hill joins me on the show today.
Terry R. Hill, a Texas native, was trained with two degrees in aerospace engineering. He has worked for NASA since 1997 with a very satisfying career as an engineer and project manager spanning programs from the international space station’s navigation software, to next generation space suit design, to exploration mission planning, to mitigating the health effects of space on astronauts. While supporting the manned space program has been a lifetime passion, writing of different worlds, alternate futures and the human condition has filled his spare time.
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March 4, 2016
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It’s been my distinct pleasure to host the Author Stories Podcast, and to bring you quality content each week. I hope to continue bringing you the story behind the stories, and the storytellers for years to come.
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March 1, 2016
Episode 90 : Geeks of a Certain Age
This week I wanted to introduce the Author Stories audience to a new podcast that I’m hosting with my friend Chris Pourteau. Chris had the idea for this show a few months ago and we’ve been working behind the scenes ever since to put together something that allows us to hang out and share with each other (and you, the audience) things that we love.
We both are geeks, and connected with the sense of nostalgia that Ernest Cline so deftly brought to the surface with Ready Player One. We hope you will join us each week on Thursdays for Geeks of a Certain Age. Find the show at geeksofacertainage.com.
February 23, 2016
Episode 89 | Arwen Elys Dayton Interview
Today I interview Arwen Elys Dayton, author of Seeker, Traveler, and Resurrection.
From Arwen’s website: Arwen Elys Dayton spends months doing research for her stories. Her explorations have taken her around the world to places like the Great Pyramid (which she explored by a single fading flashlight when researching Resurrection), Hong Kong and its many islands, and lots of ruined castles in Scotland. She enjoys creating complete worlds inhabited by characters who charm, frustrate or inspire.
Arwen lives with her husband and their three children on the West Coast of the United States. You can follow her @arwenelysdayton on Twitter and Instagram, or reach her by email at arwenelysdayton@gmail.com.
February 19, 2016
Episode 88 | Chris Fox Interview From Writing Habit to Writing Career
Chris Fox is a writer of paranormal fiction and non-fiction alike. Chris has an awesome story that he shares with me today of how he went from having a writing hobby to having a full time writing career.
Chris is about to begin a 21 day writing challenge where he will demonstrate, live in front of the world, how his principles work. From his website:
Do you think it’s possible to write a full length novel in 21 days? What if I said you didn’t have to just write it, but you also needed to do a full edit in that time? I’m betting many of you would call me crazy.
Many of those who do believe it’s possible would claim that the resulting novel would be terrible, and would need extensive edits before it saw the light of day.
I’m here to prove both groups wrong. Want to follow along? Sign up Here.
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What is the 21 Day Novel Challenge?
Using the principles taught in 5,000 Words Per HourI’ll write a 70,000 word novel, then edit the resulting draft exactly once. After that the book is considered done.
I won’t be using a developmental editor. I will not be sending the book to beta readers.
I will send the manuscript to a proofreader, fix whatever typos they find, and then publish the book on Amazon.
Each day I’ll post a video showing my progress, complete with screen sharing. You’ll get to see my Scrivener project. Everything from plot notes to chapter headings are laid out for your inspection.
You’ll see every part of how a I write a novel so quickly, and learn why that novel will be a book readers enjoy.
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Writing to Market
Writing a novel in 21 days is awesome, but what about selling the thing when I’m done? Will my challenge novel sit there at rank #2,000,000, or will readers actually buy it?
I’m betting they’ll buy it, because I’m writing this novel to market, just like I teach in Write to Market .
My goal is to launch the book into the top #2,000 on Amazon, and have it stay in the top #10,000 for the first thirty days. That’s a bold claim, and you’ll get to watch live as I either pull it off or fall on my face.
What will I be Writing?
Most people say that Romance is where it’s at if you want to be successful as an author. I’m going to do it with Science Fiction. My novel is entitled Destroyer, and fans of Battlestar Galactica or Mass Effect will love it.
GIVEAWAY!!! Chris has offered an ebook copy of all three of his writing books, Write to Market, 5000 Words per Hour, and Lifelong Writing Habit. All you have to do is share this episode on your social media, blog, online forum, or where ever you interact with people. Share in the comments of the show that you did and you’ll be entered in the drawing. Each separate platform that you share on enters you another time in the drawing. A winner will be picked at random on Friday February 26.
February 16, 2016
Episode 87 | Dan Wells Interview
Dan Wells joins me today to talk about his new book Bluescreen. Dan is the author of the John Cleaver series, the Partials series, and is releasing the first book in a brand new series today, Bluescreen. Dan was my guest on episode 10 as well, and you can listen to it here.
He has been nominated for both the Hugo and the Campbell Award, and has won two Parsec Awards for his podcast Writing Excuses.
Don’t forget to enter the drawing for a FREE Kindle preloaded with AMERICAN NOCTURNE and the entire Cohesion Press ebook catalog. Enter here, the drawing is Friday February 19.
February 11, 2016
Episode 86 |Hank Schwaeble Interview
Hank Schwaeble joins me this week to discuss writing horror, crafting compelling characters, writer’s work ethic and so much more.
Hank Schwaeble is the two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the novels Damnable (Jove 2009), Diabolical (Jove 2011) and (coming soon from Cohesion Press) The Angel Of The Abyss. His short fiction has appeared in anthologies such as Alone on the Darkside , Five Strokes to Midnight , ZVR: No Man’s Land , V-Wars: Night Terrors and X-Files: The Truth Is Out There, among other outlets. Also a former World Fantasy Award nominee, he is an ex-Air Force officer and military Special Agent, a 
practicing attorney, and a licensed pilot. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, playing guitar and flying planes. He lives in the Houston, Texas, area with his wife (fellow author) Rhodi Hawk and their many animals.
Hank’s new book AMERICAN NOCTURNE is available now from Cohesion Press. Pick up a copy on Amazon.com here.
Hank Schwaeble and Cohesion Press have graciously provided an e-ink Kindle that is pre-loaded with AMERICAN NOCTURNE, as well as the entire Cohesion Press ebook catalog. We will draw a winner at random from comments on this post. Here’s what you need to do to win. Listen to this episode and comment with the name of Hank’s biggest influence as a child. We’ll draw a winner on Friday, February 19th.
AUDIBLE PODCAST PICK OF THE WEEK: V Wars: Night Terrors: New Stories of the Vampire Wars
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