Welcome to The Publishing Performance Show, the quintessential podcast for both budding and veteran self-published authors! Join your host, Teddy, as he sits down with with successful indie authors and top experts in the publishing world, who generously share their unique journeys, creative inspirations, and future aspirations in their writing careers and the wider industry. Immerse yourself in a trove of valuable insights and actionable advice on writing, essential tools, and practical tips ...
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Hello hello! Welcome to the Badly Annotated Readers Society, a bookish podcast where two book besties yap about all things literature and annotation in a cozy, chaotic, judgement-free space. Buckle up and bring your most creative energy and unhinged reading practices with you. Be you, be weird, and annotate badly with reckless abandon. Socials & Such: Instagram: @badlyannotatedpod Hannah: @thefriendlylibrarygoblin Jess: @annotations.books YouTube: @badlyannotatedpod Email: badlyannotatedpod@ ...
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Remember the rush you got when you read your favorite fiction book? Wondering why you are unable to get that rush in your story? Unable to head forward without proper transition? Falling flat and the story seems too boring? Then this is the podcast you must listen to. Stories have been one of the most important ways to pass and retain information across millennia. No matter how much pizzazz you add to the presentation, without a story rooted in its foundation, the presentation isn't going to ...
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Hosted by James Thayer, the podcast is a practical, step-by-step manual on how to craft a novel. It presents a set of tools for large issues such as story development and scene construction (Kirkus Reviews said Thayer's novels are "superbly crafted') and it also examines techniques that will make your sentence-by-sentence writing shine. The New York Times Book Review has said Thayer's "writing is smooth and clear. it wastes no words, and it has a rhythm only confident stylists achieve.
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Audio works of Kip Gleam, author of The Existential Handbook and The Spiral System of Suicidal Progression.
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A community of 1,000,000 authors and publishing professionals. We help authors create and market the best indie books 🤓 Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud for a new episode every week!
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The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust is a nonprofit with the mission of helping writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror improve their work. To fulfill our mission, we offer Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop, an intensive, one-on-one online program, customized for each student. Top authors, editors, and agents serve as guest lecturers and guest critiquers. We also offer five-week online writing classes each winter; webinars, critiques, consultations, and coaching year-r ...
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Learning and Teaching Systemic Therapy
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Welcome to the Society for the Teaching of Marriage and Family Therapy (STMFT) podcast hosted by Dr. Sofia Georgiadou. Dr. Sofia facilitates dialogues between seasoned Marriage and Family Therapy educators and PhD students. The experienced MFT Educator(s) respond to questions PhD students in CFT/MFT have about becoming effective CFT/MFT educators. Our podcast is open to systemically trained educators of all ranks in the United States, Australia, Canada, Latin America, Africa, and Europe. The ...
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The Good Writing Podcast is a show for creative writers who want to nerd out on craft. Two friends, Emily Donovan and Benjamin Kerns, read their favorite sentences, paragraphs, and other short excerpts and present craft lessons and writing exercises for fellow writers.
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I am Shahid Rehan and i am a podcaster writer and same time editor . My podcasts language is Urdu and sometime punjabi or English . If you want to feedback me about my podcasts you can send me an EMAIL: [email protected] and Whatsapp me at 03032806808 .
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Fate and ambition and how it connects to a book called hamlet. Cover art photo provided by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@samuelzeller
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The Audio Description Network Alliance presents this interview series with professionals and other experts.
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Pod4Ham is a podcast that’s all about the musical “Hamilton.” Every episode features different groups of interesting people talking about a single track from the Original Broadway Cast Recording. In 2016 we covered every single track, week by week!
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The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan airs regular conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. The podcast has welcomed Booker and Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, such as Bernardine Evaristo, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Karen Joy Fowler, Carla Power and Maaza Mengiste. The choice of writers is representative of the world around us, naturally. https:/ ...
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This character description generator will generate a fairly random description of a belonging to a random race. However, some aspects of the descriptions will remain the same, this is done to keep the general structure the same, while still randomizing the important details. The generator does take into account which race is randomly picked, and changes some of the details accordingly. For example, if the character is an elf, they will have a higher chance of looking good and clean, they wil ...
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True Love. No limits, no obstacles, no miscommunications. Only Love. "Give up, let go, leave everything behind, follow your passions, and remember how to fly, and everything you've ever dreamed of can be yours." --That's how this story goes. There's no arch villain, no dark conspiracy, not even a comedy of errors. This story goes straight to the heart of happily ever after and, like true love, it never strays. The Director's Cut of Lost and Not Found begins where one person reaches that poin ...
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Bertrand Russell wrote 'Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy' while imprisoned for protesting Britain's involvement in World War I. Russell summarizes the significance of the momentous work of mathematicians in the late nineteenth-century. He further describes his own philosophy of mathematics, Logicism (the view that all mathematical truths are logical truths), and his earlier, influential work solving the paradoxes that plagued mathematical foundations, which crystallized after ten year ...
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In this podcast, I share my journey towards making my writing dream come true: becoming a full-time fiction writer. The weekly episodes are part writing-update and part writing-related topic where I share my best tips, tricks, and mindsets shifts. My goal is to guide you towards your best writing life and inspire you to pursue your own writing dreams. If you are a writer who is starting out on your journey or if you’re discouraged from not having reached your writing dreams yet, this podcast ...
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Join Emily and the mobile recording studio as they criss-cross America, interviewing your favorite audiobook narrators and best-selling authors in the special places they call home. It’s an extravaganza of adventure, community, and a whole lot of audiobook fun!
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Virtual Fools is the first podcast named, written, and hosted by AI. It was a creative project by the Creative Services team at Oxford Road from February to September 2023 with the goal of exploring how much of a podcast can be generated with AI, one episode at a time, with as little human intervention as possible. From the artwork to the music to the editing to the voices and more. AI-powered creative tools used so far: ChatGPT, WellSaidLabs, Descript, Podcastle, CleanVoice.ai, Beatoven.ai, ...
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Apostolic-Oneness-Pentecostal Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brandon-j-nero/support
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Hi! My name is Eugen and I am the host of Laroche.fm. This podcast is a chance for me to share with you my knowledge and passions. Join me for weekly episodes about design and the business side of it. From time to time I also have a guest on the podcast that will share useful and practical insights from their experience
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AI Marketing Experts is your backstage pass to the future of marketing. Hosted by a powerhouse crew of AI-savvy entrepreneurs—Chris Hunter, Jennifer Crego, Brad Killgore, Laura Sutherly, and John Clendenning—this weekly show unpacks the tools, trends, and real-world applications of artificial intelligence in digital marketing. From next-gen automations and smart funnels to creative content, data-driven strategies, and behind-the-scenes interviews with the minds shaping the space—we explore w ...
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Celebrating skill-building and community among authors who are visually impaired is the major goal of this vibrant, interactive podcast. Authors Cheryl McNeill Fisher and Dr. Kathy King co-host this lively podcast which offers writers, new and experienced, opportunities to learn valuable writing skills, participate in guest interviews, and share strategies and insights. Writing Works Wonders is hosted weekly on a live zoom call, distributed as a podcast, and syndicated on American Council of ...
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Published in 1912, The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell is one of his most popular books. It renders philosophical issues and questions in a way in which they become relevant and accessible to the man or woman on the street, provoking them to devote time and effort into thinking about these aspects of life. Here, the great philosopher and humanist thinker Bertrand Russell examines the importance of empirical (that which can be verified by observation or experience rather than deduc ...
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In each episode Chris Jones invites a poet to introduce a poem by an author who has influenced his, her or their own approach to writing. The poet discusses the importance of this work, and goes on to talk in depth about a poem they have written in response to this original piece.
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Daily we are surrounded by words which lead or take us in so many directions, most of the time, hindsight reveals them not to be favorable in the long run.It Was Found In My Heart is when people surrender their hearts to receive the abundant living word of God. And out of that abundance beats a conversational devotional, reflecting the words, promises, hope and love of God for us all. We hope that out of the abundance of our hearts, God will speak to, direct and encourage you on your life's ...
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Hosts Isaac Butler, Ronald Young Jr., and June Thomas interview creative people about how they write, compose, paint, and more.
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Our ongoing classes explaining the hadeeths of Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim, as collected in the book, 'Umdat al-Ahkaam. Wednesdays at al-Masjid al-Awwal. Instructor: Moosaa Richardson Download one of these e-books of the Arabic text and follow along: KITAAB AT-TAHAARAH: http://www.bakkah.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/UMDAT-AL-AHKAAM-TAHAARAH2.pdf KITAAB AS-SALAAT: http://www.bakkah.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/UMDAH-KITAAB-SALAAT-1MM.pdf
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Hi, my name is Eric! Welcome to Gypsy Road Effect. This channel focusses on Paranormal, Matrix, Bigfoot, Aliens/UFO's, Mandela Effect and exploring all things creepy from around the world. Join me as I research to bring you paranormal, UFO's, Bigfoot, Aliens, Paranormal Effects investigations from around the world. You'll also find ghost stories, scary urban legends, monsters and a bit of urban exploration. Subscribe To Gypsy Road YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GypsyRoad101 Websi ...
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Bridget Interviews Roy part 2: A Voice Actor’s Guide To Audio Description Performance Book
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What if the voice guiding blind audiences through your favorite show was never credited? Or never even acknowledged? In part two of her conversation with Roy Samuelson, Bridget asks more insightful questions about the unseen artistry of Audio Description (AD). From the SAG Awards adding AD to both screeners and the live broadcast, to Netflix requir…
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Cathy Lewis - The 26-Year Publicity Veteran: Why Amazon Killed the Old Book Marketing Playbook
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Cathy Lewis is the president of C.S. Lewis Publicists, a boutique publicity firm that has been specializing in nonfiction book promotion for 26 years. With seven years of prior experience in traditional publishing, Cathy brings deep industry knowledge to helping authors navigate the dramatically changed media landscape. Her firm has worked with bes…
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Blind Joy, Real Stories, and Audio Description That Hits
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A film about blindness that actually gets it right: Roy sits down with Tony Stephens of the American Foundation for the Blind to talk Possibilities, a powerful new doc that reclaims Helen Keller's legacy and centers blind voices, on-screen and behind the scenes. From international buzz to an all-blind audio description team, this episode dives into…
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Gillian Harvey - The 11,000-Review Author: How French Living Created Bestselling Women's Fiction
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Gillian Harvey is a successful author of women's fiction with nine published books, including the bestselling "The Year in the French Farmhouse" and "The Bordeaux Book Club." Living in France for many years before recently returning to the UK, she brings authentic French culture and experiences to her novels. Her latest book "The Little Provence Bo…
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Episode 183 - A key to making our sentences forceful.
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What do Ernest Hemingway, Cormac McCarthy, and Elmore Leonard have in common? Powerful stories, yes. But also lean and forceful sentences. Here's how they do it. Also: in our plotting,what's an acceptable coincidence and what's a weak, story-ruining coincidence? Support the showBy James Thayer
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We Built a 3-Agent System to Book Podcast Guests - Here’s How
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We Built a AI Agent to Book Podcast Guests - Here’s How Welcome to AI Marketing Experts, the podcast where smart marketers harness AI to work smarter, not harder. In this episode, we break down a practical, three-agent workflow that finds, enriches, and books podcast guests—with human-in-the-loop approval at each step. You’ll hear how we used Claud…
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Dave Cohen - The BBC Comedy Writer's Guide: How to Make Any Novel Funnier
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Dave Cohen is a veteran comedy writer, performer, and author with an impressive career spanning BBC sitcoms, radio comedy, and children's television. His writing credits include iconic shows like "My Family," "Not Going Out," "Have I Got News For You," and "Spitting Image." Dave is perhaps best known for writing nearly 100 comedy songs for the BAFT…
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Think voice acting is just “reading into a mic”? Joan Baker once threw a creative director behind the booth. They sweated, stumbled, and left saying: “I had no idea this was so hard.” That's the point. In this episode of The ADNA Presents, Joan Baker & Rudy Gaskins, co-founders of SOVAS (That's Voiceover Career Expo + the Voice Arts Awards), pull b…
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Mark Leslie Lefebvre - Wide for the Win: How Amazon's 70% Royalty Isn't Really 70%
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Mark Leslie Lefebvre is a multi-faceted author, publishing industry consultant, and book industry veteran who has significantly shaped the indie publishing landscape. As one of the key architects behind Kobo Writing Life, the self-publishing platform for Kobo (Amazon's primary competitor), Mark helped create what many consider the most user-friendl…
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Reedsy Live: The Save the Cat Guide to Horror Writing with Jamie Nash
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🔍 Discover how you can use Save the Cat to freak out your readers with the help of horror screenwriter, Jamie Nash📝 Find the highlights for this podcast episode here:https://blog.reedsy.com/live/save-the-cat-horror/By Reedsy
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Episode 182 - Things to think about as we write the end of our story.
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After months and month if writing, we'll near the end of our story. Our novel is almost finished. Here are things we should consider as we wrap up our story. Also, for many of us editing our own story isn't as fun as writing. Here are thoughts on how we can make sure we edit enough, and how we know when to quit editing. Support the show…
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How to Use Google NotebookLM for Smarter Marketing
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How to Use Google NotebookLM for Smarter Marketing Welcome to AI Marketing Experts, the podcast where smart marketers harness AI to work smarter, not harder. In this episode of AI Marketing Experts, the hosts delve into the features and capabilities of Notebook LM, a powerful tool for marketers. They discuss its various versions, use cases in marke…
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Mike Hourigan - Why Most Book Promotions Fail
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Mike Hourigan is a book marketing expert and representative from Written Word Media, one of the most trusted names in book promotion services. Written Word Media operates several highly effective promotional platforms including Free Booksy, Bargain Booksy, and Red Feather Romance, helping thousands of authors reach new readers and boost sales. With…
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The ADNA Presents: Paul Conley: Turning Possibility Into Power
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What does hitting snooze have to do with solving a 75% unemployment rate for blind professionals? Everything. In this episode, Roy Samuelson sits down with Paul Conley, Executive Director of the TAD Foundation, to explore how possibility becomes action, and how blind talent are rewriting the rules of leadership, confidence, and career success. We c…
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James Blatch - The Self Publishing Formula: How a Former BBC Reporter Built an Indie Empire
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James Blatch is a former BBC Defence Reporter and BBFC Film Examiner who has successfully transitioned from journalism to becoming a bestselling author of military aviation thrillers. His extensive reporting career included high-profile assignments aboard HMS Invincible during Operation Desert Fox, coverage from Kuwait's Ali Al Salem allied air bas…
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Episode 181 - A critical difference between scene and summary.
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Why should almost all of our story be scenes rather than summaries? Here's how we can avoid summaries and instead write moment-by-moment real-time scenes in our fiction. Also: here are perhaps the most beautiful sentences ever written in fiction. Support the showBy James Thayer
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You’re Using ChatGPT-5 Wrong! Do This Instead (10x Better Responses) w/Jonathan Mast
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You’re Using ChatGPT-5 Wrong! Do This Instead (10x Better Responses) w/Jonathan Mast Welcome to AI Marketing Experts, the podcast where smart marketers harness AI to work smarter, not harder. In this episode, we’re joined by Jonathan Mast, an AI-forward strategist who reveals the truth about how to actually get results with AI without getting overw…
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Victoria Gerkin - The Audiobook Empire: How Podium Entertainment Publishes 2,600 Books Annually
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Victoria Gerkin is the Publisher at Podium Entertainment, a leading audiobook publishing company that specializes in transforming independent authors' works into professional audio productions. With over 22 years of experience in traditional publishing, including roles at Penguin Random House, Little Random, and A.A. Knopf, Victoria brings deep ind…
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Dakota Krout - The LitRPG Method: How Gaming Logic Creates Bestselling Fantasy Fiction
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Dakota Krout is a pioneering LitRPG author and visionary founder of Mountaindale Press, one of the leading publishing houses specializing in LitRPG, GameLit, and cultivation fiction. With a unique background combining computer science expertise and military communications experience, Dakota brings systematic, logical thinking to both his world-buil…
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From Unicorn to Community: John Stark and the Rise of Blind Film Critics (John Stark Part 2)
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In this episode, blind film critic John Stark shares his lifelong passion for movies and how it led him to watch and review over 500 films a year for more than two decades. From his early days reading Entertainment Weekly at age nine and being inspired by Jurassic Park, to becoming a recognized critic on Rotten Tomatoes, Stark explains what fuels h…
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Ep 13: Integrating Systemic Therapy & Somatic Practice: Dr. Tequilla Hill on Therapist Self-Care, Creative Healing, and Teaching MFT
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Today's guest is the amazing Dr. Tequilla Hill! She is a licensed systemic psychotherapist, seasoned somatic educator, healing artist, and mindful entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in wellness and behavioral health. Grounded in systemic psychotherapy and somatic practices, she integrates talk therapy, meditation, breathwork, and somatic…
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Episode 180 - The critical distance between the reader and the action.
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The reader is like a camera as the scene unfolds. Where should that camera be? How far away from the characters and the action? Here are thoughts on authorial distance, about the benefits of placing the camera--the reader--near or far. Plus, how Charlotte Bronte worked. Support the showBy James Thayer
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AI Is Changing Search: A No-Fluff Guide for Small Businesses
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Shelby Leigh - TikTok Marketing Meets #BookTok: A Viral Success Formula
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Shelby Leigh is a breakthrough mental health poetry author who has masterfully leveraged social media to transform her writing career from self-published obscurity to traditional publishing success. With over 103,000 Instagram followers and viral TikTok content that reaches millions, Shelby has become a case study in how modern authors can use digi…
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Requested Reads V - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
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Welcome to the latest Requested Read! Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is based on a true story following the life of Agnes, a young woman charged with murder in 19th-century Iceland. This book brought out quite the range of mixed feelings to say the least. Come hang out and we'll tell you all about it! Burial Rites was requested by Mary, @pagesandmary …
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Stuart Grant - How to Build an Author Site That Actually Sells Books
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Stuart Grant is the founder of Digital Authors Toolkit, a specialized digital agency that has revolutionized how authors establish their online presence. With over a decade of deep experience in the publishing industry and more than 300 author websites in his portfolio, Stuart has become the go-to expert for writers who want to transform their digi…
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Episode 179 - The critical writing techniques all in one episode.
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Here are the most important fiction writing techniques boiled down to twenty-five minutes. I've talked about all these elements in prior episodes but sometimes it's useful to hear things again. This episode is a refresher. Support the showBy James Thayer
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We Built AI Video Ads in 10 Minutes (ChatGPT + Envato + Descript)
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We Built AI Video Ads in 10 Minutes (ChatGPT + Envato + Descript) Welcome to AI Marketing Experts, the podcast where smart marketers harness AI to work smarter, not harder. AI is reshaping marketing roles at lightning speed and if you’re a marketer, coach, or entrepreneur… This video is your wake-up call. In this episode, we’re discussing the recen…
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Kevin J. Anderson - 24 Million Books Sold: The Bestseller's Guide to Traditional and Indie Success
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Kevin J. Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author and literary powerhouse with over 24 million books in print worldwide. Best known for his groundbreaking work expanding the Dune universe alongside Brian Herbert and his extensive contributions to the Star Wars expanded universe with 54 novels, comics, and young adult series, Kevin has helped…
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The ADNA Presents: The Movie Lover Who Doesn't Give Up: John Stark, part 1 2025
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Studios hate him. A blind film critic dropped one review on Rotten Tomatoes and suddenly producers are begging him to reconsider… and he might, if they add audio description in film. That's power. That's disruption. That's John Stark. He launched the Blind Film Critic Society with Alex & Lee (because if the Razzies can start in a living room, why c…
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Craig Martelle - The 20 Books to 50K Method
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Craig Martelle is a powerhouse in the indie publishing world with nearly 200 published works, including over 110 full-length novels. A retired Marine and former lawyer turned bestselling author, Craig is the visionary founder of the 20 Books to 50K community—one of the largest and most supportive author networks in the world. His journey from milit…
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OpenAI GPT-5 vs. Claude Opus 4.1 — 2025’s AI War Who Actually Wins?
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OpenAI GPT-5 vs. Claude Opus 4.1 — 2025’s AI War Who Actually Wins? Welcome to AI Marketing Experts, the podcast where smart marketers harness AI to work smarter, not harder. AI is reshaping marketing roles at lightning speed and if you’re a marketer, coach, or entrepreneur… this video is your wake-up call. In this episode, We’re diving into GPT-5 …
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Ep. 29 - Guess the Book from Comically Simplified Descriptions (Happy Anniversary BARS)
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Greetings fair listeners! This episode we bring you something of a challenge; a game, if you will. The rules are simple: take a book we've read and discussed, give a hilariously bare-bones description of the plot, and see if the other person can guess which book. Come join us, and feel free to play along! Leave us a review if you enjoyed hanging ou…
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We may be writing a comic novel or we may want to add humor to our thriller or romance or horror or literary novel. Humor adds a strong element to most any story. Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas: “Funny how? I mean, funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh?" Well, yeah. Let's see how we can make readers laugh. Support the show…
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Isabelle Knight - The PR Secrets That Made JK Rowling Famous (And How You Can Use Them)
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Isabelle Knight is a celebrity publicist turned author branding expert who has worked with literary icons including JK Rowling and major organizations like the BBC. As founder of Build Your Author Brand, she brings insider knowledge from the world of high-profile publicity to help everyday authors develop powerful personal brands, connect with thei…
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Dave Chesson - How to Beat Amazon's Algorithm with Strategic Keywords
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Dave Chesson is the founder of Kindlepreneur and creator of Publisher Rocket, one of the most trusted keyword research tools in the publishing industry. With years of experience helping authors crack Amazon's discovery algorithm, Dave has become the go-to expert for book marketing and keyword optimization. His platform Kindlepreneur has helped thou…
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Bridget interviews Roy part 1: A Voice Actor's Guide To Audio Description Performance Book
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Tables turned! Bridget Melton sat in the host chair for The ADNA Podcast, grilling me about my new book A Voice Actor's Guide to Audio Description Performance. We dug into privilege, allyship, and why I open the book by addressing the awkward-but-important question: “Why listen to a sighted guy talk about AD?” Bridget appreciated that the book stay…
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AI Marketing Experts Reveal How Roles Are Evolving
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AI Marketing Experts Reveal How Roles Are Evolving Welcome to AI Marketing Experts, the podcast where smart marketers harness AI to work smarter, not harder. AI is reshaping marketing roles at lightning speed and if you’re a marketer, coach, or entrepreneur… this video is your wake-up call. In this episode, We’re diving into how AI marketing expert…
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Episode 177 - The description double duty technique.
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Good descriptions of characters should do double duty: they can let the reader know what the character looks like and the description can also suggest something about the character's personality. Here are examples and thoughts on double duty descriptions. Also, how Alice Walker works. Support the show…
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What does Jiu-Jitsu have to do with digital accessibility? For Jeremy Seda? Everything. In this episode, the North Idaho College IT Accessibility Coordinator shares how his love of storytelling, empathy, and positive reinforcement shapes his fight for inclusion, both in tech and on the mat. With deeply personal stories, a refreshing call for progre…
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Episode 176 - Inventing a fabulous title.
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The title is the book browser's first impression of our novel. The title should tempt the browser to pick up and open the book. Here are thoughts on how we can give our story a strong, enticing title. Also, how do famous authors edit their own manuscripts? Maybe we can learn from them the best way to self-edit our stories. Support the show…
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If You're Not Training AI on Your Business, You're Already Behind
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If You're Not Training AI on Your Business, You're Already Behind Welcome to AI Marketing Experts, the podcast where smart marketers harness AI to work smarter, not harder. In this episode, we’re diving deep into why training AI on your business is no longer optional — it’s the new competitive edge. The conversation explores how custom AI systems c…
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Ep 12: Experiential Learning in Systemic Therapy: An Australian Perspective with Dr. Kate Owen
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Today's very special guest is Dr. Kate Owen! Dr Kate Owen is a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Family Therapist based in Australia. She runs a private practice supporting individuals, couples, and families, and provides clinical supervision to practitioners, and both government and non-government mental health and counselling teams. With a passi…
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The ADNA Presents: accessibility strategist Erin Lucas
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In this episode of The ADNA Presents, accessibility strategist Erin Lucas shares how her career journey took her from art school to government tech, a Chicago startup, and Microsoft, all while shaping a human-centered approach to accessibility. Erin discusses how familiar voices build trust, and why accessibility is more than compliance. From build…
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Kathleen Sweeney - 300+ 3D Book Mockups: Why Visual Marketing Beats Text Every Time
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Kathleen Sweeney is the COO of Book Brush, a comprehensive design platform specifically created for authors since 2018. Book Brush specializes in helping authors create professional marketing graphics, book covers, 3D book mockups, video trailers, and social media content without requiring design expertise. The platform offers over 300 3D book vers…
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We can write dialogue that makes readers laugh. Here are thoughts on creating funny conversations between our characters. Plus, we don't need to have our character look into a mirror to describe herself, which has been done time and again. Here are ways to avoid the mirror. Support the showBy James Thayer
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Top AI Marketing & Branding Tools & Strategies (w/ AI Marketing Experts)
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Welcome to AI Marketing Experts, the podcast where smart marketers harness AI to work smarter, not harder. This conversation explores the intersection of AI and branding, emphasizing the importance of understanding customer personas, maintaining brand consistency, and leveraging AI tools for content creation. The panel discusses various strategies …
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Dan Miller - Why AI Content Can't Be Copyrighted (And What Authors Need to Know)
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Dan Miller is the founder of The Copy Detectives, a specialized service that helps authors navigate copyright permissions and AI content disclosure requirements. With extensive experience in copyright law and clearance processes, Dan assists authors in understanding when they need permission to use quotes, images, and other content in their books. …
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Kevin Tumlinson - How to Hire a $7.50/Hour Author VA That Actually Understands Your Author Business
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Kevin Tumlinson is a bestselling author and Chief Brand Officer for Author Anchor, a service that connects authors with trained virtual assistants from the Philippines. With extensive experience managing multiple business ventures while maintaining his writing career, Kevin understands the challenges authors face in balancing creative work with bus…
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The ADNA Presents: Steph McCoy of Bold Blind Beauty (with a call to action)
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In this episode of The ADNA Presents, Roy Samuelson sits down with the unstoppable Steph McCoy, founder of Bold Blind Beauty, and all-around inclusion trailblazer. Steph opens up about her personal journey from losing her sight to finding her purpose, building a global community along the way. From the heart of her platform (think AIR: Access, Incl…
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