So many independent authors have tons of commitments in their lives! My unique experience as a busy independent author will hopefully help you gain insight into productivity and learning as an aspiring or new independent author.
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Dan Kenner Podcasts
Each week on The Capitol Connection, you can keep yourself abreast of political developments and gain a little insight into how New York State's politicians think when you listen in as political scientist Dr. Alan Chartock holds conversations with members from the Assembly and Senate, and other political movers and shakers.
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The Capitol Connection – Dr. Lee Miringoff, Director of the Marist Institute of Public Opinion
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The Capitol Connection – New York State Senator James Skoufis
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The Capitol Connection – Max Kenner, Founder and Executive Director of The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI)
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The Capitol Connection – Chris Gelardi, Criminal Justice Investigative Reporter for New York Focus
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The Capitol Connection – Blair Horner, Senior Policy Adviser at NYPIRG
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The Capitol Connection – New York State Republican Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay
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The Capitol Connection – John Kaehney, Executive Director of Reinvent Albany
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The Capitol Connection – Dan Egan, Executive Director of Feeding New York State
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The Capitol Connection – Susan Lerner, Executive Director of Common Cause New York
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The Capitol Connection – Times Union Capitol Bureau reporter Dan Clark
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The Capitol Connection – Dr. Don Levy and the lastest Siena poll
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The Capitol Connection – Blair Horner, Senior Policy Advisor at NYPIRG
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The Capitol Connection – State Assemblymember Deborah Glick
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The Capitol Connection – Corinne Carey, Senior Campaign Director, Compassion & Choices
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The Capitol Connection – State Senator Liz Krueger
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The Capitol Connection – New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
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The Capitol Connection – NYS Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay
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The Capitol Connection – Nic Rangel, Executive Director of The Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York
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The Capitol Connection – David Lombardo, host of the Capitol Pressroom
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The Capitol Connection – State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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The Capitol Connection – Dr. Don Levy, Director of the Siena Poll
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The Capitol Connection – John Kaehny, Executive Director of Reinvent Albany
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The Capitol Connection – Jimmy Vielkind, public media reporter at WNYC
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The Capitol Connection – Republican Assemblyman Ed Ra
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The Capitol Connection – Dale Bryk, a lawyer based at the Environmental and Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School
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The Capitol Connection – David Lombardo, Host of The Capitol Pressroom
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In this episode, I talk about the troubles of sleep when you are on night duty with the kids. I continue with progress on The Hidden Heritage series and how I'm right around the corner from publishing another book, and some of the potential expansions happening to our homestead in 2025. With Urmi, we talk about her passion for writing and how her j…
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The Capitol Connection – Natasha Pernicka, Executive Director of The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York
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The Capitol Connection – NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
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Unlocking Potential through Reading with Douglas Vigliotti
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59:43In this episode, I share more about life with seven kids and will continue to share more about family life. I dive into more homestead plans for the future, and some of the challenges with cows today. I talk about progress with the six book series, The Hidden Heritage and plans for publishing all the books in the future. With Douglas, we dive into …
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The Capitol Connection – Alice Bufkin from the Campaign for Healthy Minds, Healthy Kids
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Writing As a Way of Life with Artemis Gordon
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45:18In this episode, I share more about running a homestead and some of the things you don't consider when you aren't on the inside doing the work. I share that my short story, Between Life & Death, is now available for free to any follower on Ream (https://reamstories.com/dankenner) With Artemis, she shares some sage advice for newer authors now that …
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The Capitol Connection – Steven Greenberg from the Siena College Poll
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Simplicity for Satisfaction with Amy Wiebe
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40:07In this episode, I talk about the thaw and what kinds of things we'll be dealing with now that the weather is turning around. I discuss the writing of my series, The Hidden Heritage, and some of the exciting things and challenges around that. With Amy, we dive into her vision as an author and mother, and how she strives to help others who are exper…
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The Capitol Connection – Avery Stempel, Co-Founder of New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives
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Authenticity as the Key to Success with Dana K. White
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1:03:32In this episode, I talk about some of the day to day things to consider when dealing with bitter cold weather. I talk about my progress on my authoring and changes I'm making to how I operate, i.e. using Patreon and Ream as a type of personal social media in place of other social media. With Dana, we talk about connecting with the right audience an…
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The Capitol Connection – New York state Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes
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Finding Freedom in Indie Publishing with H.H. Rune
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46:04In this episode, I talk about managing the homestead in the coldest weeks of the year, which is where we are headed for the next fourteen days. I discuss my progress on projects and look forward plans for my author business. I realize the 'subscribe' button to the email list for my podcast has been broken (but it should be fixed now!) With H.H., we…
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The Capitol Connection – New York state Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay
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In this episode, I talk about the troubles of having a cow with mastitis, and how it turned out to be a lot more work than expected. I dive into my current WIPs and how those are going, in addtion to how I'm trying to hone in my time for a more effective 2025, part of that is leaving social media, at least for awhile. With J.D., we talk about his e…
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Neurodiversity Superpowers with Katee Stein
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48:38In this episode, I catch up with where things have been for the past few weeks on the homestead and with my authoring. I discuss some of my hopes for 2025. I also talk about dealing with some of the winter challenges while having homestead animals. With Katee, we discuss what it's like writing with ADHD, how we handle the various challenges, and wh…
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The Capitol Connection – Blair Horner, Senior Policy Advisor for NYPIRG
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The Capitol Connection – Dr. Bruce Dearstyne, Author of Progressive New York
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The Capitol Connection – New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
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The Art and Satisfaction of Editing with Meghan Hoesch
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48:06In this episode, I dive into how I'm researching some of my favorite books to work on my own writing craft. I talk about the challenges we've had with getting our cow's hooves trimmed, and the effects of not having them trimmed regularly. I discuss progress on my work in progress and plans for the future. With Meghan, we discuss how she got into ed…
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The Capitol Connection – Siena College Research Institute Pollster Steve Greenberg
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Practical Advice for New Authors with Jeffrey P. Shafer
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43:32In this episode, I talk about managing winter on the homestead, from keeping water unfrozen to cleaning up pens. I dive into some additional challenges about having a flock of chickens and our gratefully increased egg production. From an author standpoint, I give updates about my writing progress on my next book, as well as a free guide that I'm wo…
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The Capitol Connection – Democratic State Senator James Skoufis
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Going Professional with Your Writing with Paul J. Bennett
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48:02In this episode, I talk about the complexity of the daily homstead chores and how I had to optimize them so that I could go on a business trip this past week. I dive into writing the fourth book of The Hidden Heritage series and some of the challenges, both good and bad, with writing a character in first person that can read people's minds.With Pau…
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