Podcasts by Richard Lowe, Hosted Series and Guest Appearances
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GhostwritingISBNs, Contracts, and the Ghostwriter’s Many Hats | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 256
April 16, 2019
The April 16, 2019 hour: editor before proofreader, cover designers versus graphic designers, Bowker ISBN packs and library cataloging blocks, styles-not-manual-formatting, the $1,000-a-book origin and the $15,000 contract one day later, seven hats priced honestly, the full contract walkthrough, and…
GhostwritingThe Art of Ghostwriting: Voice, Pricing, and the Whole Process | Sustainable Success with Chris Salem
March 21, 2019
The March 21, 2019 Voice America interview: ghostwriting as method acting across six to twelve simultaneous voices, 50-cents-a-word pricing with 25 percent down, why one keynote pays the book back, the process from free consultation to handshake termination, and why…
WritingA Bucket Full of Seeds: How to Develop Ideas for Your Book | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 253
March 19, 2019
The March 19, 2019 session on developing book ideas: nonfiction from passion without term-paper style, fiction seeds gathered by the hundreds at faires, reenactments, museums, and old folks' homes, the rings-on-a-tree expansion method, research before writing, why only-3-left never applies…
GhostwritingHow to Monetize Your Writing: Freelancing, Content Mills, and the Hustle | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 249
February 19, 2019
The February 19, 2019 hour on monetizing writing: ghostwriting demand explained through celebrity books, the gig economy, content mills at a dollar an hour versus one contract worth 75 of them, LinkedIn outreach and reference chains, the it-takes-work phenomenon, the…
Book MarketingA Snowflake in the Blizzard: Marketing Yourself When 10,000 Books Publish Every Day | The Brian “The Hammer” Jackson Show
February 8, 2019
The February 8, 2019 Hammer 96.7 BT Radio hour: the complete Focus on LinkedIn case study, the snowflake-in-a-blizzard reality of 10,000 daily releases, hobbyists versus authors with a business, why "write what you know" is terrible advice, content mills and…
CareersGrief, Belly Dancers, and Taking Control: The Full Life Story Interview | Live Your Life with Chris Baker
January 24, 2019
The January 24, 2019 W4CY interview: the four-person startup vice presidency, SCADA water systems, 20 years running Trader Joe's computers, losing his wife and refusing to keep grief as a friend, Marjani and the belly dance photography years, $4-an-hour first…
WritingWhere Book Ideas Come From, and Why Good Books Don’t Sell | The Exceptional Scribble Show, January 2019
January 15, 2019
The January 15, 2019 hour on ideas and market reality: thirty seeds generated fast, KDP Rocket research, the unbeatable coloring book wall, two winnable categories pulling up a tough one, short books as market tests, the space opera prequel strategy,…
PublishingMake a Living as a Professional Self-Published Author: The Complete Webinar | Yeadon Public Library
January 10, 2019
The full January 10, 2019 webinar for the Yeadon Public Library: why print-on-demand opened a golden age, brand-before-book, the Chicago Manual daily habit, word counts raised monthly, the woman-antagonist engagement play, Fiverr rights warnings, platform overlap traps, read-aloud proofreading, pen…
WritingIs Fear Fiction or Nonfiction? Confidence, Cold Calls, and the Dancer Who Almost Quit | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 242
December 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…
