Episode 171 – Reflections on 2020

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In this episode Mark shares a look at his 2020 goals and accomplishments, as well as a look at the publishing industry.

Prior to the main content, Mark shares a word from this episode’s sponsor.

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Mark’s goals for 2020 included:

1. Audio – Author’s Guide to Working with Libraries and Bookstores
2. Audio – Killing it on Kobo
3. Audio – Canadian Werewolf in New York
4. Audio – Stowe Away
5. eBook edition – Stowe Away
6. Print – Stowe Away
7. Fear and Longing in Los Angeles
8. Audio – I, Death
9. Audio – One Hand Screaming
10. Too Macabre for Montreal – eBook
11. Screaming Skulls and Other Haunted Objects
12. Weird Waterloo
13. Other Non-Fiction Paranormal Ghost Story Project
14. New Short Story Collection – Nocturnal Saves -(turned into Nobody’s Hero)
15. Exclusive Audio Project
16. Consider the viability of Indie Publishing Insider Secrets

* Items marked in bold were the ones completed/achieved

A list of Books Published in 2020

• Nobody’s Hero (Story Collection) – Jan 14, 2020
• Taking the Short Tack (Dalrymple) – Jan 31, 2020
• Stowe Away (Cdn Werewolf 1.5) – Aug 15, 2020
• Unexpected Strangers (Nocturnal Screams #5 – WIDE) – Sept 8, 2020
• Thriller Sampler (Tumlinson & Leslie) – Sept 30, 2020
• Z is for Zombie (Noctunral Screams #6 – WIDE) – Oct 10, 2020
• Too Macabre for Monteral – (Krishnasamy) – Oct 16, 2020
• *Strange Sudbury Stories – (Costello, Leslie, Overton) – Oct 20, 2020
• Something Wicked (Nocturnal Screams #7 – WIDE) – Oct 26, 2020
• Phantom Itch (Nocturnal Screams #8 – WIDE) – Nov 9, 2020
• *Beyond Obsessions (Exclusive Kickstarter anthology)
• *Obsessions (anthology – editor) – Nov 24, 2020
• Nocturnal Screams (All 8 Volumes) – Nov 26, 2020
• *Rude Awakenings from Sleeping Rough (Peter Mitchell) – December 1, 2020

Mark also shares the rough calculation of percentages of his eBook earnings as well as a look at the industry in general and his thoughts on what’s coming soon for authors.

Links of Interest

• Findaway Voices
• Wide Writer Survey
• Wide for the Win Submission Form
• Books Mentioned
  • Canadian Werewolf Series
    • This Time Around (Prequel Story)
    • A Canadian Werewolf in New York (Book 1)
    • Stowe Away (Book 1.5)
    • Fear and Longing in Los Angeles (Book 2)
  • Books for Writers
    • The 7 P’s of Publishing Success
    • Killing it on Kobo
    • An Author’s Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores
    • Wide for the Win
    • Taking the Short Tack (with Matty Dalrymple)
  • Nobody’s Hero
  • Nocturnal Screams (All 8 Volumes)
  • Too Macabre for Montreal (with Shayna Krishnasamy)
  • Strange Sudbury Stories (with Sean Costello & Scott Overton)
  • Rude Awakenings from Sleeping Rough (Peter C. Mitchell)
• Parodys
  • Stuck in this House Here with You (Music)
  • Isolation Parody Songs – K-Tel (Medley Parody)
  • You Call Me Fever (Music)
  • There Is No Monster Mash (Music)
  • A Christmas Howl (Christmas Carol Dad Joke)
  • Dramatic Exit (Stupid Dad Joke Short)
  • You Better Knock First (Stupid Dad Joke Short)
  • Mark’s Tavern (Cheers Parody)
  • A Pandemic Christmas (K-Tel Medley Parody)
  • Sharing Broadband Streams – Collaborative Parody Project
• The 2020 Aurora Awards Ceremony
• Patreon for Stark Reflections

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