Read Write Geek
A podcast about reading and writing, served with a side of geeky joy.
Episodes
This podcast celebrates the launch of your host's debut novel and brings in authors Marc DeGeorge and Michelle Darnell to talk about their experiences with in-person sales, Facebook ads, social media marketing, and whether accepted "tried and true" indie marketing strategies still work. Plus, it's Marc's birthday! Huzzah!
Books mentioned, and links to buy:
by E. Marie Robertson:
It's tough out there in traditional publishing right now. Is it time to put your current bookbaby aside? For me, it looks like the answer is yes. How can you decide?
I'm inspired by all things science, but the idea of whales being descended from a creature who originally spent most of its time on land then evolved to live in the sea instead really fires me up. I kinda wish I could live in the sea right about now.
Talking about Pakicetus the "first whale" and bacteria here on Earth that can create organosilicon compounds.
Want to read more? Here are a couple of links to get you started.
Let's make some money with fiction. Here are a few thoughts and tools on how.
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Erica Verrillo's Published to Death blog
Challenge accepted? Head on over to my blog and leave me a note about how you plan to make money with fiction!
Maybe you know about the Hugo Awards. Maybe you don't. But I'm going to try to read the 2021 nominees for Best Novel before they're handing out on Dec. 18. Read with me, and cast your very unofficial vote for your favorite!
Natalie Luhrs' Blog Pretty Terrible. Due to dastardly redirects, access the blog directly then search for HUGO Awards. The post will come right up.
The official HUGO Awards page, from DisCon III
If you've been a dreadful failure with writing goals, the problem may be THEM, not you. Here's how to set goals that won't make you feel like pond scum as you watch them fly by unmet. (Hint: Set little goals to make big ones. PS: no, "write the damn book" does not count as a goal.)
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Feeling "meh"? God knows I am. Here's some aimless rambling about "meh" and success so you don't feel so alone. You're not an abject failure, no matter what anybody says.
Celebrating the completion of the STARS read-through with a live stream! You have questions! I have answers! And cats!
Reviving the victims of Blue doesn't go as planned, more Ionians are hit with a new weaponized version of Blue, and Faith and Fallon face off against the mysterious attacker, now unmasked. This episode marks the end of Book One!
The Company is coming for Fallon and her time is running short; Arden and Graham call in favors; and that crate addressed to Faith? It's breathing. Plus, a hail Mary attempt to revive the victims of Blue.
Arden is satisfied that Graham's last secret is out, but Fallon March isn't so sure. Someone makes a brazen attempt on the lives of the entire team, and Faith learns the name of the mysterious sabouteur.
Fallon's true mission turns out to be family business, Faith learns Arden is keeping one more secret, and the team makes a disheartening discovery about the spheres recovered from Fallon's office.
Another Ionian falls victim to Blue, but before the worst can happen, an unexpected champion steps in to save the day. Now, though, the attacker will know that they're on to him, putting all of Iona at risk.
We learn what Arden has been up to all these years--and it has to do with Graham.
A harrowing discovery in Pauly's office leads to Fallon March's arrest--but is Graham complicit as well? Faith and Arden finally get clear on their issues.
Faith and Fallon March go toe-to-toe again, and the investigation team makes an alarming discovery about the crate that exploded in the Warehouse.
The Company's Operations Security Chief arrives, heavily armed and largely disinterested in operational security. Faith and Arden make a pact. Plus, meteors.
No one is happy that the Company's Operational Security Chief is coming to Iona to investigate the warehouse explosion. After Graham taps Faith to lead the analysis, she knows it's time to get some answers--starting with Arden.
A peaceful few weeks on Iona are capped off with a disastrous explosion in the Warehouse that leaves three of Iona's citizens in peril. Faith and Graham won't wait for "Company safety protocols" to be implemented when their planetmates are in trouble, and attempt a daring rescsue--one from which they may need rescuing themselves.
In the fourth installment of the readthrough of sci-fi novel Nothing Larger Than These Stars, Faith tries to ferret out whether Arden ever told Graham about their time together on Home World. We learn about Faith's brush with death, and how and why she came to Iona.
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