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Get Published, Episode 6 – The 12-Year Overnight Success, an Interview with Philippa Ballantine

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Hello everyone. I hope you are actually getting spring (or fall) weather wherever you are. I’m not sure what the weather is here. It should be spring, but the snow still insists on falling (damn snow!). This is an interview I have been looking forward to. I absolutely loved Pip’s book ‘Digital Magic’ and I’ve wanted to talk to her for quite a while. It is a fun interview which I really think comes through. Enjoy. Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published, Episode 6 Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published” 0:14 — Introduction – Show #6:  The 12-Year Overnight Success, an Interview with Philippa Ballantine Philippa Ballantine (AKA Pip) recently signed […]

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Book Review – Realmshift

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The story focuses on the struggles of Isiah, an immortal agent of the balance, as he battles to maintain equilibrium between good and evil. His mission: to retrieve the soul of an evil murderer, restore the man to life and protect him from Lucifer until he fulfills his destiny. The man he must protect is selfish, cowardly and more than willing to kill anyone to help himself. It doesn’t help that Isiah sympathizes with the side of good or that Lucifer is throwing all the powers of Hell at him. He’s a man with a job to do and nothing is going to stop him from completing his mission. The book is jam-packed with interesting characters and plenty of action. […]

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Hope Springs Eternal

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I’ll bet if you were to talk to ten published authors you would learn that most/all of them had many rejections before a publisher finally accepted their manuscripts.  Maybe I should even underline many rejections just to be especially clear. Why would a sane person put themselves through the pain of getting rejection after rejection?  Is it because he or she enjoys the interminable waits followed by the dejection of yet another “no”. Speaking as a rejected author I can tell you that isn’t it. No, each rejection slip is another badge of honor that strengthens my resolve to see my work in print.  I soldier on because I have faith in my stories and I know that if I’m […]

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