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Tag: Kristin Nelson

  • Functional Nerds podcast: now featuring Yours Truly

    SF Signal will be missed. But the science fiction/fantasy world has always been chock-full of innovation. The vacuum left by SF Signal creates more room in the spotlight for fresh, entertaining podcasts like Functional Nerds. Listen in for free as I chat with the ever-entertaining and informative John Anealio and Patrick Hester about: • Fantastic new movies (and…

  • Deepest secrets revealed on RMFW podcast

    OK, so maybe not my “deepest secrets.” But this is possibly the most interesting interview I’ve ever done. When the unstoppable Mark Stevens from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers invited me onto the RMFW podcast, I had no idea he’d ask me such thought-provoking questions. A few of the many, many things we talked about: •…

  • How to Create Your First Booktrack (and Get 2,000 New Readers)

    How to Create Your First Booktrack (and Get 2,000 New Readers)

    When I first heard about Booktrack.com from my literary agent, Kristin Nelson, I was fairly skeptical of the idea. Ebooks with music and sound effects, really? But then I tried the Booktrack of the short story Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft. I’ll be honest—I was blown away. Hearing the waves lap against the side of the castaway’s lifeboat, hearing his…

  • BookGoodies.com: Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?

    BookGoodies.com: Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?

    I once got to hear Orson Scott Card talk about his writing method. He went on at great length about how the voices of his characters talked to him. The voices told him to do this, he said, the voices told him to do that. As he droned on endlessly, a friend leaned over to…