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Knowing Your Audience

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I thought I would talk about audience today. Specifically, knowing who you are writing for and how you can ensure that you’re hitting the mark. I’ve been shown the value of understanding who might want to read my stories several times. When I sent in Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero originally, I kind of knew who I expected my eventual readership to be: boys, ages 9 – 15. Simple enough, right? After all, the book is about a boy in that age category who wants to be a superhero. I expected some girls might like it and the occasional adult too. Then my editor, Robert Runte, and I had the chance to meet last Fall. He told me that when he […]

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Guest Post – Books that Inspired – Finding New Horizons – by Christopher Walker

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I was a fairly dense kid while growing up. I wasn’t stupid. I easily managed A’s and B’s throughout school. I just wasn’t very aware of anything outside of my own immediate interests. I wasn’t aspiring to anything. I just ducked my head, hoping I’d make it to the next day, and missed out on lots of pop culture as a result. When my brother got me my first adult novel for Christmas when I was fourteen, I didn’t even notice that it was the last book in a series. “Star Wars: X-wing: The Bacta War” ignited my love for space opera and fantasy. I felt like I could have been Corran Horn in another life. I loved the starfighter […]

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Please Help Me Cross Promote

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There is one major area that I need to do some serious development in and that is asking others to help. I think it is because I always try to be respectful of other people’s time and commitments. Whatever the reason, I am always reluctant to ask others to give me some of their time unless I can give them something in return. But, promotion is very important to a new, upcoming book so I think it is important that I ask, no matter how difficult the asking may be. Even still, in the asking, I’m hoping I can give you a little something in return. In this case some cross-promotion. So, here goes. Are you ready? Okay, enough stalling. […]

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Get Published Episode 81 – Paul E. Cooley, The Fiendmaster, Speaks

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Mik Murdoch, Boy superhero is almost ready for the Advanced Reader Copies to go out. I’m busy proofing the galley right now. In fact, I stopped working on it to get this episode ready for you. Exciting times! I also wanted to put the word out to all of you mad scientists out there. Jeffrey Hite and I are co-editing an anthology of advice for the up-and-coming supervillain. Submissions are open until May 31. We have some good submissions so far, but we need more. If you are interested, check out http://madscientistanthology.wordpress.com/. Finally, before we get into the show I wanted to mention that it is once again Parsec awards season. I would dearly love to have Get Published nominated […]

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