Just a quick note and a shout out to the The Author Hangout. This was a great interview, and I really enjoyed being on the show. Listen in for some great tips for marketing your books (if that's your thing), or just get a bit of behind the scenes from yours truly!
Listen in here!
http://bookmarketingtools.com/blog/write-your-book-faster/
Read MoreAnxious? Irritated? Stressed?
Happy? Excited? Driven?
What do you feel, when you think of writing? And why do you believe you feel that way?
Contact me, comment on this post, or call me at 281-809-WORD (9673) to tell me what you feel and why. I'll read or play your comment on the Wordslinger Podcast, and I'll give you my own thoughts on the subject.
Because how we feel about writing determines how well we use it to shape our careers and our lives.
So when you think about writing, what does it make you feel?
Read MoreWhat's the biggest mistake you've made in the past 30 days?
What can you create from it?
February has been an interesting month, with all the contacts made and the projects that have come my way. I've met some incredibly fascinating people—many of whom I've had the absolute honor to interview for the Wordslinger Podcast. Here are some episodes that are coming up over the next few weeks—
Read MoreIra Glass (This American Life) is promoting a new spin-off podcast, "Serial." And he's brought along a friend to help him explain it how it all works!
(HINT: This works for MY podcast too! You can to gowww.kevintumlinson.com/podcast to listen online, or search for Wordslinger Podcast in the iTunes store to subscribe).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IPV2oSz8m4
Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a talker. So it shouldn't be any shock to learn that I have a weekly podcast called The Wordslinger Podcast. And I want you to tune in!
Read MoreI'm stupid excited about this one. I just posted the very first Wordslinger Podcast!
I've worked on this one for a while now, and it's been fun pulling it together. Every week I plan to feature a new story. In fact, story is the point! I'm looking at all aspects of story in our culture, in business, in indie publishing, and anywhere else I can find it. So I hope you dig it. Be sure to subscribe, and come back every week to fill your brain with the sweet, sweet tones of a man in a closet.
Studio.
I really should put both those words on the same line.
Read MoreI had the pleasure of sitting down with Rachel Parker, of Resonance Content Marketing, to chat about my author coaching business and how to use books as part of your marketing strategy (even if you're not an author). You can check out the podcast on the Resonance Content Marketing blog by clicking here!
Read MoreSo last night I was hanging out with John Scalzi ...
Ok, hanging out might be a little strong. I was at his first stop on a book signing tour for for Lock In. So there was much reading, and much signing, and everyone rejoiced.
Read MoreI've considered putting together a podcast, and my first instinct was to run it the way I produced Tom King's CompuTalk back in the late 90s. Not bad, format-wise. But as things have changed quite a bit since those wee early hours of the Internet, I'm doing some research to find tips, tricks, and tools for pulling this together. Enter Cliff J. Ravenscraft, the "Podcast Answer Man.
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