Get Published Episode 84 – Mike Plested Talks Publishing & Promotion

I am kicking the marketing and promotion machine into high gear. Or, at least, I’m trying to. This part of the process is all new to me and it is a challenge to know what to do and when and where. So, I’ve been blogging and tweeting about Mik Murdoch, but it seemed to me that, since I have my own podcast about getting published, I should talk more about the book here. Yes, I know what you are thinking: Mike has already talked about the book on several episodes. What I haven’t done is have someone else ask me the kinds of questions I normally ask my guests and so, the idea for this episode was born. I asked […]

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The Action Pack Podcast is Now Fully Available

When we conceived the idea of the Action Pack Podcast, we wanted to do a few different things. We wanted to combine three different authors with three different stories in a single podcast. We wanted the stories to each be a single story arc that lasted a year and lastly, we wanted to give our audience two ways to experience the stories: the free audio podcast; and the eVersion (ePub, Mobi and PDF) for $0.99. We thought, if we did it this way, it might widen our audience because there are those people who don’t do podcasts but read and vice-versa. We also hoped that if you enjoyed the stories, you might support us through the purchase of the eVersion […]

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Collaboration: Communications is Key

I have had the pleasure (and continue to have) of collaborating with several extremely talented people and I have learned the key to successfully collaboration. Another ‘C’-word: Communication. Without proper communication, any project will likely fail. When you are working with another person who is also busy, that failure is practically guaranteed. Take, for example, the Action Pack Podcast, which is scheduled for release the end of this month. Scott Roche, JR Murdock and myself are each writing a story in serial form with a new episode every month. That means writing, recording and production of the podcast each and every month. If even one of us fails to have our individual story element finished, the whole thing falls down. That means we need […]

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More Things to Share

It has been a busy last few months and things are really starting to roll for me. I have a book coming out in August, the anthology Jeffrey Hite and I have been working on now has a publisher (Five Rivers Publishing) and I have a brand new podcast about to debut this month. The new podcast is one of those projects that just feels right. I had the original idea flash through my brain when I heard what two of my online friends (JR Murdock and Scott Roche) were planning this year. They both have some pretty aggressive writing schedules for this year. Somehow, their plans made me think of a TV show I watched when I was young. […]

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