Episode 904: All Lost in a Supermarket

Needed to hit the pharmacy for some allergy medication and stumbled upon the supermarcato of supermarcatos. They sold everything but cars, and maybe they sell those too. For a socialist country, Italy is down with its Capitalism. That's a good thing. I literally got lost and had to ask directions on how to get out! Oh and the sun's shining now!

Episode 903: Walk in Rome

Walking in Rome in between writing sprints. I also have some advice for using ATMs on your travels abroad.

Episode 902: Making a Living

I was asked to discuss making a living as a full-time writer, so here goes.

Episode 898: Bestseller Troy Lambert has his Finger on the Industry Pulse

Bestselling author and president of the Idaho Writer's Guild, Troy Lambert and I discuss what's happening in the industry including big changes at the Zon, Spotify''s rights grab, and what's happening in Hollywood. We also talk about how the writers as rock star is gone baby gone.

Episode 878: Sore Losers

Every now and again I run into an old high school "buddy" I haven't seen in decades and I'll get the inevitable, "Are you still writing?" It used to bug me. Now I have nothing to prove, I have some fun with it.

Episode 877: Apartments, Story Ideas, and The Metamorphosis

You don't need to write your story ideas down. If they stick around between your ears for a while, chances are the story is a winner and must be written.

Episode 875: Do Not Do This!

I cant help myself. Even though I have more fiction projects than I can handle at present, I got an idea when I was lifting weights this morning, and what did I do? I started the story...Oh well, you can't stop the muse...

Episode 874: Joel Fishman

Bestselling author, former agent, and New York City editor, Joel Fishman and I talk shop and chat about a whole bunch of other stuff too. Pure entertainment for podcast fans.

Episode 871: Get Your Rights Back! Get Back on the Lists!

IP is everything in the new independent network society where all things woke do not belong, and censorship does not exist. The legacy system is dead to us. Long live the indie revolution!

Episode No. 869: I Don't Remember! I Don't Recall!

I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Fran Lewis podcast this morning out of NYC. She wanted to talk all things, The Moonlight Falcon. Problem is, I wrote it last year and don't remember it all that much.

Episode No. 865: Communists

A Cuban American writer sounds off about the indoctrination happening at the last remaining NYC publishers and what it means for writers going forward. Mostly it means going indie.

Episode No. 854: AI Translation for Your Books

Soon, AI will translate your novel into just about any language you choose. It will do it instantly, and for free. But the technology isn't there quite yet. But keep your good eye on it. When it arrives, it will be a boon for authors.

Episode No. 853: Jobs Make No Sense

Are you doing precisely what you want with your life? Have you lived the life you envisioned for yourself? Or did you choose another, more difficult but more satisfying path? We're constantly tuned into an abstract (at best) future while ignoring the ever-present now.

Episode No. 852: How to Make a Good Living with Your Fiction

Just a little how-to/pep talk for all you writers who wish to make a living writing pulp fiction. 

Episode No. 846: Stanley James II

Urban fiction master Stanley James II joins me for a discussion about his urban fiction/non-fiction label, Gangtales Publishing, plus his own books like The Bust. We also talk the Crips, the Boy Scouts, being on the run from the law, and even Mozart. A must see!

Episode no. 839: More AI BS

New companies are springing up all over the internet whose sole purpose is to help you create an AI eBook in as little as 24 hours. Scammers are taking advantage of this new tool to get rich at the expense of real writers. My opinion is that publishing platforms like KDP need to put an end to it quickly.

Episode No. 826: Tuesday Musings and Emotional Outbursts

Do you find yourself laughing or showing emotion when you're writing? If not, you're probably doing something wrong.

Episode No. 829: The Myth Behind the Writer

Some writers of yesteryear felt they needed to create not just words but a sort of mythical personality...a cult of personality, if you will. There was Hemingway the womanizer and brawler. Fake. There was Hunter Thompson, drug addict, drunk, suicidal maniac. Not entirely true at all. There's more of course. I guess I've created my own myths, but then, I don't feel they are myths. What you see is what you get.

Episode No. 826: Write What the Muse Tells You to Write

This one is inspired by my friend and colleague in the pulp trade, Harvey Stanbrough and his most recent Substack: https://harveystanbrough.substack.com/p/crashing-bores

Episode No. 826: 1000 Dedicated Buyers? No. The Real Number is...

The old wisdom is that an indie writer only needs 1,000 dedicated buyers to purchase all their books. While there's some truth to this, if you are prolific and can put out even three products per month, you can make a nice living depending on where you live.