Interview

Episode 292 – Learning by Doing and Baptism by Pyromancy with Oskar Söderberg

Mark interviews Oskar Söderberg, a thirty-five year old husband, father of two, and full-time IT employee about his writing life and the process leading up to publishing his debut novel, The Broken Pyromancer, coming in March 2023. Prior to the main segment, Mark reads comments from recent episodes, shares a personal update, and a few… Continue reading Episode 292 – Learning by Doing and Baptism by Pyromancy with Oskar Söderberg

Interview

Episode 209 – Growing Sales, Subscribers, and Twitch Marketing with Kerrie Flanagan & Chuck Harrelson

Mark interviews Kerrie Flanagan and Chuck Harrelson about collaborating on multiple genres under two shared pseudonyms, growing global sales, increasing author newsletter subscribers, and experimenting with marketing through Twitch. Prior to the interview, Mark welcomes new patron Malcolm Coon, shares a personal update, and a word about this episode's sponsor. This episode is sponsored by… Continue reading Episode 209 – Growing Sales, Subscribers, and Twitch Marketing with Kerrie Flanagan & Chuck Harrelson

Solo

Episode 182 – What Is Wide Publishing?

In this episode Mark shares an excerpt from the introduction to the March 2021 book Wide for the Win, in which he shares his vision of what truly wide publishing is. Prior to the main content, Mark shares a brief personal update as well as a word from this episode's sponsor. You can learn more… Continue reading Episode 182 – What Is Wide Publishing?

Solo

Episode 181 – Things I Hate About KDP Select

In this solo episode, Mark shares three short sections from his forthcoming book Wide for the Win. Prior to the main content, Mark shares a brief personal update as well as a word from this episode's sponsor. You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around… Continue reading Episode 181 – Things I Hate About KDP Select

Interview

Episode 146 – Finding Yourself in Our Song with Meaghan Smith

In this episode Mark interviews Meaghan Smith about her life as a musician and a painter, about what it's like to win a Juno Award, about collaborating with her husband, releasing music as an indie artist, vs being signed to a label, about the origin of her "Our Story" projects and so much more. Meaghan… Continue reading Episode 146 – Finding Yourself in Our Song with Meaghan Smith