Episode 451 – Tales From the Back-Burner: A Pair of Messages to Readers

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In this solo episode Mark shares a couple of recent messages to readers in the hopes that it inspired other authors with ideas of the types of things that their readers might find interesting.

The two examples are:

1) Mark’s introduction to his recent collection of stupid dad jokes (and how that can tie to the use of making the local community the “hero” or “focus”

2) Mark’s recent author newsletter with a gift for readers and the story that updates recent changes to an ongoing series he’s writing

Links of Interest:

• Manuscript Report (Mark’s affiliate link – use MARK10 to save 10%)
• Buy Mark a Coffee
• Patreon for Stark Reflections
• Mark’s YouTube channel
• ElevenLabs (AI Voice Generation – Affiliate link)
• Mark’s Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Newsletter (Signup)
• An Author’s Guide to Working With Bookstores and Libraries
• The Relaxed Author
  • Buy eBook Direct
  • Buy Audiobook Direct
• Publishing Pitfalls for Authors
• An Author’s Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores
• Wide for the Win
• Mark’s Canadian Werewolf Books
  • This Time Around (Short Story)
  • A Canadian Werewolf in New York
  • Stowe Away (Novella)
  • Fear and Longing in Los Angeles
  • Fright Nights, Big City
  • Lover’s Moon
  • Hex and the City
  • Only Monsters in the Building
• The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles
• Yippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard
• Merry Christmas! Shitter Was Full!: A Trivia Guide to National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
• I Think It’s A Sign That The Pun Also Rises

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The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0