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Episode 83- “Live Edits From The Classroom!”

May 19, 2013 Newbie Writers Podcast  No comments

Episode 83 The Newbie Writers’ Podcast

Draft revision, the live version

  Apologies on the audio quality. Had technical difficulties.

Draft from Catharine’s novel – Five Elements of Time (working title)

A rock shattered the stained glass window scattering shards of red glass at Charity’s feet.

She glanced up at the hole, almost perfectly round. Through it the sky hovered gray, heavy, and unchanged despite the increasing volume of the chanting outside.

Preacher John stopped Charity from reading any more from the One True Word.

A big imposing man, twice the size of slender Charity, he never the less, glanced out at the men in the congregation for approval. Charity didn’t see a single nod, or twitch from any one, but there must have been some approval.

“We will exit, thisRead More

Episode 82 – “Travels, Quasimodo and Anna Waddington-Feather!”

May 11, 2013 Newbie Writers Podcast  No comments

Episode 82 of The Newbie Writers’ Podcast

Special Guest: Anne Waddington-Feather

Recommended by Tim Leeder via Facebook. The Newbie Writers’ Group on Facebook

http://sawriters.org.au/our-authors/18-general/134-annie-waddington-feather

Annie trained as a journalist before taking to the road as a tour leader for an adventure travel company. She now lives in Blackwood and has written for a number of publications ranging from travel, historical and martial arts to business, insurance and finance trade articles. When she’s not writing for her local newspaper The Blackwood Times, her regular column for the UK publication Credit Control, also a couple of blogs, she is writing a child’s novel based in Shropshire where she grew up – watch this space!

Latest Book: From the GrandRead More

Episode 81 – “Indievisible With Jordan Rosenfeld”

May 4, 2013 Newbie Writers Podcast  No comments

Episode 81- The Newbie Writers’ Podcast

Special Guest:Jordan Rosenfeld

 

–Author of debut novel FORGED IN GRACE, “…a luminous, edgy debut…” (Patry Francis), MAKE A SCENE, and WRITE FREE (with Becca Lawton).

–Co-Creator, Indie-Visible: Literary Justice for All, a Writer’s Collective
www.jordanrosenfeld.net 

www.indie-visible.com       

https://www.facebook.com/jordansmuse
www.twitter.com/Jordanrosenfeld

Jordan E. Rosenfeld learned early on that people prefer a storyteller to a know-it-all. She channeled any Hermione-esque tendencies into a career as a writing coach, editor, and freelance journalist and saves the Tall Tales for her novels. She earned her MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and is most

recently the author of the novel, Forged in Grace (indie-visible ink).

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Episode 78 – “Getting Passionate With Keith Abraham!”

April 7, 2013 Newbie Writers Podcast  No comments

Episode 78- The Newbie Writers’ Podcast

Special Guest: Keith Abraham

www.keithabraham.com

Book: Living your Passion

He is the author of the best selling book ‘Creating Loyal Profitable Customers’ and his second book ‘Living Your Passion.’ From humble beginnings, he climbed the rung to head a team of 65 with a $15 million dollar budget at the tender age of 27. In 1999, Keith was awarded the prestigious title of Certified Speaking Professional by the National Speakers’ Association-acknowledging him as one of Australia’s top 30 professional speakers – and today he shares his thought – provoking ideas with over 175 corporate clients in 3 continents. He regularly contributes to magazines and industry journals across the country.

From:

www.passionatetribe.com.au

 Our belief is thatRead More

Episode 77 – Tap The Influencer With Vanessa Bogehold!

March 31, 2013 Newbie Writers Podcast  No comments

Episode 77 of The Newbie Writer’s Podcast

 Special guest: Vanessa Bogehold

First of all, since Catharine met you, the name of the company has changed from Blog Frog to tap influence. What influenced the change in name? And has the concept be altered or evolved as well?

Tap Influence Website

Can you walk us through the idea of influencers and explain a little about bloggers and being influential? What does that mean anyway?

It looks like this is software geared to help major brands develop relationships with social influencers. Now, back in the old fashion days, we called that selling out – what is the difference? And is there a difference?

In a recent article a professor of journalism bemoaned the idea that readers will not know if they are reading something that is straight,Read More

Episode 76: WordPressing It With Brett Bumeter!

March 23, 2013 Newbie Writers Podcast  No comments

Episode 76 Newbie Writer’s Podcast

 Special Guest: Brett Bumeter

My website is http://softduit.com.  I am working to build out my YouTube channel this year at http://youtube.com/brettbum

I am a newbie writer in progress myself.  My books is called Peter3d Out at http://peter3dout.com .  It’s a nice little science fiction novel based prosthetic sexual devices used as drugs wrapped in a formulaic murder mystery, or at least it would be formulaic if I could follow a formula. 

A Gripping Cyber Punk ‘whodunnit’!
Filled with intrigue and erotic role reversals, Peter3d Out is a comical peep show into the future of technology, crime fighting, politics and sex.

In the spirit of Forest Gump visiting the set of Boogie Nights portrayed by the descendants of the cast of PulpRead More

Episode 75 – Tee Off The Front Nine With Productivityist Mike Vardy!

March 16, 2013 Newbie Writers Podcast  No comments

Episode 75: The Newbie Writer’s Podcast

 Special Guest: Mike Vardy

Author of “The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want Anytime You Want”
@mikevardy | http://mikevardy.com | http://www.productivityist.com

 WRITER • TALKER • PRODUCTIVITYIST

INACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS.

Bio:

Mike Vardy may spend a lot of time writing and talking, but it’s what he writes and talks about that can turn inaction into action. His work has been featured by many productivity-focused websites and publications, including Lifehack.org, Lifehacker, The Next Web, The Globe and Mail, and SUCCESS Magazine.

Mike, you describe yourself as a productivity enthusiast or, rather, a “productivityist”. Tell us what that means, and how you came to this position and vocation.

In your blog and web site youRead More

Episode 74 – Sniffles, The Mother Country and Katy Moran!

March 11, 2013 Newbie Writers Podcast  No comments

Episode 74- The Newbie Writer’s Podcast

Special Guest: Katy Moran

http://katymoran.co.uk
Tell us about your books

I liked your story about your inspiration behind your novel Bloodline, tell us that story and what else has inspired your books?

You were in publishing way back in 2009, what made you move from publishing to writing and what do you think of publishing now?

Tell us how and what you research for your books.

Tell us about your latest work.

What inspires you to write.

Your website is full of great tips and tricks for new writers. Why this angle on your site rather than other authors who just have a blog about themselves?

Word of the week is brought to you by: Author Entrepreneurship Magazine

Are you shy? Introverted? Clearly you are a writer or someone who should be. ThisRead More

Episode 73 – Fire and Water with Betsy Fasbinder!

March 2, 2013 Newbie Writers Podcast  No comments

Episode 73 Newbie Writer’s Podcast

Special Guest: Betsy Fasbinder

www.betsygrazianifasbinder.com
Betsy’s Blog: www.artfindsaway.com
Twitter: @writerbgf

She has been awarded the Floyd Salas Award, a Jack London award and two East of Eden awards for both fiction and memoir pieces.  Four of her pieces have been produced as Readers’ Theater works in the historic Nevada Theater in Nevada City, California.  She is the also co-producer of The Women’s Writing Salon in Nevada County.

See more at: http://www.betsygrazianifasbinder.com/about/

Published with She Writes an author assist program

Also organizes writing salons and reading salons
How do you organize those and what are the benefits to a new author

Tell us about your book and tell us about you journey as an author.

What advice wouldRead More

Episode 72 – ‘The Social Media Monthly with Bob Fine!’

February 23, 2013 Newbie Writers Podcast  No comments

Episode 72: The Newbie Writer’s Podcast

Guest: Bob Fine

 

Founder and editor for http://thesocialmediamonthly.com/

The Social Media Monthly Magazine

Catharine met Bob at the NMX in Las Vegas and he agreed to come and discuss launching a hard copy magazine about the digital world.

Tell us about the magazine

Tell us about your journey in creating and distributing your magazine

You also request contributions by writers or graphic artists what is your criteria and have you come across any submissions that would stand in as cautionary tales for the newbie writer?

Should a newbie writer be looking at submitting to magazines, journals and blogs what would you tell them?

Prompt:

Re-write the ending to a favorite fairy tale. What if one of the ugly stepsisters got the prince? What ifRead More