PeopleDecember 18, 2018
The December 18, 2018 hour on confidence: publish the imperfect first book, the freelancer as salesperson, approaching agents through conversation, Richard Branson's accept-and-figure-it-out, fear as fiction, the pretend-no-savings mind game, Bonnie's 80,000 words at 78, the pop-and-lock dancer nobody clapped…
PeopleDecember 4, 2018
The December 4, 2018 call-in the night before the Yeadon Public Library webinar: the complete agenda preview, the Book Empire courses and 500-idea prompt books, the 15,000-word novelette visibility strategy, self-paced practical training, and daily promotion that flows outward instead…
Book MarketingNovember 20, 2018
The November 2018 hour on the professional line: turning passion into a scheduled career with a defended writing space, why the author sells and the book follows, book signing realities, the Fiverr goldmine used safely, negotiate-down-never-up pricing, rate floor math,…
GhostwritingNovember 15, 2018
Ghostwriter and historical novelist John Lynch joins Author Talks to discuss writing about common people, professionalism, and no writer's block.
FictionNovember 11, 2018
Catherine Meyrick joins Author Talks to discuss Forsaking All Other, self-publishing historical fiction, research, and letting characters lead.
FictionNovember 11, 2018
Former drummer John DeHart joins Author Talks to discuss trading music for writing, cathartic psychological suspense, and making his hometown a character.
PeopleNovember 11, 2018
Horror writer Richard Rumple on moving from radio and standup into fiction, character-driven horror, and his short-story collection Gabriella: Tales from the Demon Cat.
CareersOctober 16, 2018
The October 2018 hour on the economics of writing: vanity publisher and rights-grab warnings, the remote screen-share publishing walkthrough, why autobiographies rarely sell, series-first fiction strategy, what ghostwriting, LinkedIn profiles, copywriting, and blogging each pay, job board scams, and the…
FictionOctober 14, 2018
Alison Morton joins Author Talks to discuss the Roma Nova series, treating writing as a profession, research, and marketing.
Book MarketingOctober 13, 2018
Brenda Haire joins Author Talks to discuss Save the Buttertubs, merging a memoir with her grandmother's story, and building a 700-person launch team.
BusinessOctober 10, 2018
The 2018 session of an annual tradition: a business school consulting class taught from Richard's book, with live answers on vetting consultants, telling a CEO he's wrong without saying so, the time-quality-money triangle, the $10 million Trader Joe's lesson, scope…
PeopleOctober 10, 2018
Science fiction author Stephen Oram on writing near-future short fiction, collaborating with scientists, self-publishing, and his collection Eating Robots and Other Stories.
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