150 Episodes. We have had quite a journey together thus far, haven’t we? Since I started podcasting I have had two novels released, podcast two novels and edited an anthology. How about you? How has your life changed since we started down this road? As you probably know, Jeff Hite and I are working together on an anthology titled, Dimensional Abscesses. On today’s show we talk to one of the contributors, Kevin Wohler, who created a brand new character for the book. When he was done with his story, he was so happy with the character he decided to write a full-length novel. Jeff and I talk about his story, the anthology and his resulting book ideas as well as […]
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Thank you and So Long for Now, Terry Pratchett
This was a day I have known was coming for a long time. That doesn’t make it any easier to accept or even process. Terry Pratchett, author extraordinaire died today at the age of 66. I won’t say I was his biggest fan, only because there are so many people who adored his work. I was one of those and still hold out hope that I will one day be even the tiniest smidgeon of an author that he was. What I can say is his work influences my own every single day. He influences my life in ways I can’t even begin to comprehend. And now, I won’t be able to tell him how important he has been to […]
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I haven’t done a proper update in a while so I thought today might be a good opportunity to do so. Here goes: Jack Kane and the Statue of Liberty – due to some life issues, the book will now be released in June of this year. JR Murdock and I are currently going through the ARC for final proofing. Once this one is available, JR and I will be working on the sequel to it. Most likely writing of sequel will begin in June. Mik Murdoch 3 – now titled Mik Murdoch: Crisis of Conscience, the first draft is complete. I am doing a thorough edit of the book (which is under contract to Five Rivers Publishing, btw) and […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 149 – Story Messages Discussion
My Associate Producer and evil alter-ego, Jeffrey Hite staged yet another takeover on today’s show. He decide we needed to talk about message in stories and invited Christiana Ellis to the show. It was a fun discussion but it felt so odd not controlling the conversation. And before we begin the show, I would like to remind you that if you have any questions or comments, you can send them to podcast@michellplested.net. If I don’t know the answer to your question, I will find the person best suited to answer it and play it on the show. Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 149 – Story Messages Discussion Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get […]
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