Andrea and Nolan discuss remakes/reboots, believability, pacing, looking suspicious but no one noticing, good and bad luck as a plot point, knowing your genre and your audience. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea, Nolan, and guest Tristi Pinkston/Amelia C. Adams discuss Nazis (grammar and otherwise), knowing what you’re getting into, making your narrative fit the genre, and character growth, interaction, and choices. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0...

Andrea, Nolan, and guest Michael Brent Collings discuss Michael’s Screenplay Barricade, diving into building a cohesive script and story, showing instead of telling, intelligent characters, little details and using an unreliable narrator, pacing, and juxtaposition. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative...

Andrea, Nolan, and guest Joshua discuss being willing to fail, perfect timing, confusing character interactions, doing research and dealing in probability, overused tropes, doing your research, not invalidating your premises, reasonable character responsibilities, and teenagers leading for no reason. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod...

Andrea and Nolan touch on technical snafu, future schedule, fighting to the death, promotions on various sites, fighting the Amazon algorithm, and getting better results. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea, Nolan, and guest Joshua discuss professional websites (quick correction by Josh. Wix DOES have a way to measure distance, but it isn’t relative. So, if you have two elements on the site, you have to eyeball measuring between them using the ruler at the top and side — think microsoft word– a very poor way of measuring and aligning important objects on a site.) They also discuss believability and research, “science” in a movie “work”place, unintentional comedy, scenes doing more than...

Andrea and Nolan with guest Joshua discuss character roles, establishing normal, epic showdowns and gradual buildups, cliches, unnecessary characters, getting to know characters, and snakes in the glade. Remember to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss helping others, setting up a professional website, humor that lasts, deaths, tying up loose ends, keeping track of character plots, double roles, and being disappointed with skinny legs by skipping leg day. Remember to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss the amazon ads redesign, book repricing and price point testing, large character arcs, minor and major character flaws, cliche’d sidekicks, attractive characters but not too attractive, swoon-worthy romances, and starting a story with a heartbreak. Remember to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss life events, language in audiobooks, and amazon ads. Remember to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss Ads, audiobooks, titles that match the movie, brand recognition, character believability, good plot devices, great timing and pacing. Remember to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss updates, being prolific, knowing if writing is right for you, what you need as a fresh author, the importance of newsletters and an online presence, and how you can manage and scale your business. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss the character relationships, interactions, and realism, characters vs reality, blending genres, breaking the 4th wall, breaking rules and having fun with it, and not always going for the obvious thing and knowing your audience. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss audiobook narrators, building confidence, characters fitting their roles, character challenges, introducing a character quickly, highlighting a character’s strengths and weaknesses and finding unique ways to use them. NOTBLACKFRIDAY (Expires the 15th of December, 2018) Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0...

Andrea and Nolan discuss character development, story predictability, character deaths, humor, villain power and how they can use it, rules of challenges, and series predictions. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss industry news, emotions, strong personalities are great, trigger emotions, out of the ordinary events, and finding reasons to be with together in a romance. storybundle.com/nano Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss not putting things off because of the time commitment, adapting to the market, being open to change, planning for failure and success, learning how to invest in a series, and navigating Hollywood without getting ruined. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss interviews with the Passive Guy, Mark Leslie LeFebvre, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kevin J. Anderson, Dean Wesley Smith, and Damon Courtney on topics such as writing prolifically, staying focused on your career, bookfunnel tips, the passive voice blog, finding inspiration, and working your social media. BUNDLES: https://storybundle.com/nano https://storybundle.com/fantasy Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin...

Andrea, Nolan, Kevin, and Rebecca discuss trying till you succeed, back cover blurbs, writers writing, dictating, when to edit and when to write, writing clichés, how to be a respectful writer, and steampunk laptops. Art with Nolan links: WIP: https://www.instagram.com/p/BpNxbjKn3qG/ Finished: https://www.instagram.com/p/BpQPEGDHfgT/ Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By...

Andrea and Nolan discuss a quote by Earl Nightingale in depth, including topics like what sells, passion in your projects, being in control of your content, being consistent, finding your sweet spot, and keeping the course. The 2018 NaNoWriMo Writing Tools Bundle: http://storybundle.com/nano Nolan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artwithnolan/ Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative...

Andrea and Nolan discuss starting and stopping writing, character motivations, plot vs character, simplicity, and sticking to the fundamentals. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss believable twists, probable and interesting action, romance, and an opening scene that fits the tone. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss Patreon Q&A, ads, publishing, writing rate, taking breaks, staying motivated, and paying attention to the industry. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea, Nolan, and Joshua discuss interesting main characters, tragedy and a good way to handle it, doing proper research and following the rules you set, and bombs that always have to beep. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Andrea and Nolan discuss documentary styling, try-fail cycle, formulated stories, believable character relationships, and mullets and chest hair. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/