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Episode 493 – Reflections on Spines, Thumbnails, and Showing Up

In this solo episode Mark shares a couple of recent articles that share perspectives of the logistics related to "spine marketing" and "thumbnail marketing." This episode is sponsored in part by... Mark's forthcoming book A BOOK IN HAND. Click here to get to the Kickstarter listing and be notified when the Kickstarter for the book… Continue reading Episode 493 – Reflections on Spines, Thumbnails, and Showing Up

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Episode 488 – You Don’t Need Permission

In this solo episode leveraging Mark's voice clone from ElevenLabs, Mark shares an excerpt from his recent book STARK REALITIES: Stacked-up Lessons Every Writer Needs To Know About The Business of Writing and Publishing. The chapter is called "You Don't Need Permission: On Passion, Authenticity, and Writing from the Nichest of Niches." Learn more about… Continue reading Episode 488 – You Don’t Need Permission

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Episode 485 – On Failure, Mistakes, and the Gift of Getting It Wrong

In this solo episode Mark reads Chapter 5 (The Beautiful Mess: On Failure, Mistakes, and the Gift of Getting It Wrong) from his book STARK REALITIES: Stacked-up Lessons Every Writer Needs to Know About the Business of Writing and Publishing. Prior to the main content, Mark welcomes new patrons, and shares a word about this… Continue reading Episode 485 – On Failure, Mistakes, and the Gift of Getting It Wrong

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Episode 480 – Rambling Reflections From The Road: Returning From Camping & Vitamin N

In this episode Mark shares a solo reflection recording pm his return from a couple of nights spent camping on the shores of Lake Huron at Point Farms Provincial Park. Prior to the interview, Mark shares a brief personal update (which includes a segment from Joanna Penn's latest episode of The Creative Penn Podcast) and… Continue reading Episode 480 – Rambling Reflections From The Road: Returning From Camping & Vitamin N

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Episode 478 – STARK REALITIES Book Excerpt: The Pinocchio Problem

This episode features an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Mark's book STARK REALITIES: Stacked-up Lessons Every Writer Needs To Know About The Business of Writing and Publishing. The chapter is called "The Pinocchio Problem." Prior to the main content Mark shares a brief personal update and a word from this episode's sponsor. This episode is… Continue reading Episode 478 – STARK REALITIES Book Excerpt: The Pinocchio Problem