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Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing

De: Mark Leslie Lefebvre
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  • Perspectives and reflections on the writing and publishing life. Mark Leslie Lefebvre, a writer, bookseller, digital publishing advocate, professional speaker, and publishing consultant explores inclusive and collaborative opportunities for writers and book publishing professionals via interviews, discussions, and reflections about the industry. (Mark's personal website is www.markleslie.ca)
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  • EP 371 - Rambling Reflections From The Road July 2024 Edition

    EP 371 - Rambling Reflections From The Road July 2024 Edition
    Jul 19 2024
    In this solo episode, Mark reflects and talks his way through a several week stretch where there are many things to do and too little time to get them done. Links of Interest: EP 301 - Procrastinating Partners: Collaborating with Liz AndersonDropCap Marketplace Use coupon STARK20 to get 20% off Cruising WritersBuy Mark a CoffeePatreon for Stark Reflections How to Access Patreon RSS Feeds An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and LibrariesThe Relaxed Author Buy eBook DirectBuy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for AuthorsAn Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & BookstoresWide for the WinMark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story)A Canadian Werewolf in New YorkStowe Away (Novella)Fear and Longing in Los AngelesFright Nights, Big CityLover's MoonHex and the CityOnly Monsters in the Building The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and AutomobilesYippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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    30 m
  • EP 370 - Questioning & Reflecting with Becca Syme

    EP 370 - Questioning & Reflecting with Becca Syme
    Jul 11 2024
    Mark interviews Becca Syme, an author and a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach who has been helping writers with coaching success alignment for more than a decade. Prior to the interview, Mark thanks Patrons and Buy Me A Coffee buddies, shares comments from recent episode, a personal update, and a word from this episode's sponsor. Learn more about this self-publishing/WIDE-publishing focused cruise. In the interview Mark and Becca talk about: How Becca deals with unexpected situations such as someone being late for a virtual meeting (Mark was 20 minutes late getting to this interview) and how this aligns with her strength of "Arranger"The Clifton Strengths personality metric and how Becca uses it to help writersMark's top 5 strengths and Becca's top 5 strengthsThe pros and cons that come with a strength such as EmpathyHow emotions can have residue - that emotions are not false just because they're fictionalBecca first taking the Clifton Strengths in 2005 and then immediately wanting to become certified and to figure this out; which is when her coaching beganThe "Dear Writer"/"Question The Premise" books that Becca has written to help writersHow Becca's first book "Dear Writer You Need to Quit" has become a running joke, especially from people who have never read the book and have only heard the titleThe challenge related to the new place Becca lives and trying to get audiobooks recordedPeople who are pressure-prompted and the leveraging external motivation VS internal motivationA look at home office versus having an office space separate from the home and how that can work better for some peopleHow our visions of ourselves are not correct because so much of it is based on impressions we were fed before we were able to effectively grasp a more pure vision of ourselvesBeing able to look at what's often seen as a weakness as a strengthHow even the more benign moments and experiences in childhood can have a dramatic life-long impact upon usThe way that Becca questions almost everything, including the thoughts and feelings that she hasBeing an intuitive writer verses writing a book to outlineHow 100% of the things that "everyone says" are for everyone, are definitely NOT for everyoneThat most people are not lying to you, but they are lying to themselves, often because they just don't understandHow a person who NEVER questions themself is a major red flagThe "reach for my phone" game that Becca plays when she's traveling or out in publicThe 12-Hour WalkBecca dating someone who was comfortably disconnected from their phone, rarely ever reaching for it, but just being in the momentThe problem with interrupting the thought cycle and being able to get all the way to the bottom of the cognitive processAnd more . . . After the interview Mark reflects on a handful of things that came up in their conversation, which he felt was a lot of good therapy for him. Links of Interest: Becca Syme's Better Faster Academy LinksThe QuitCast BlogQuitCast Podcast for WritersBecca Syme YouTubeEP 359 - The DIY Writer with Kaye Lynn BoothDropCap Marketplace Use coupon STARK20 to get 20% off Cruising WritersBuy Mark a CoffeePatreon for Stark Reflections How to Access Patreon RSS Feeds An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and LibrariesThe Relaxed Author Buy eBook DirectBuy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for AuthorsAn Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & BookstoresWide for the WinMark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story)A Canadian Werewolf in New YorkStowe Away (Novella)Fear and Longing in Los AngelesFright Nights, Big CityLover's MoonHex and the CityOnly Monsters in the Building The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and AutomobilesYippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard Becca Syme (MATL) is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and has been coaching success alignment for more than a decade. She is the author of the Quitbooks for Writers series and the popular Write Better-Faster course. She also writes mystery novels in her spare time and lives on one of the thousand lakes in Minnesota. The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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    1 h y 15 m
  • EP 369 - The DIY Author With Kaye Lynn Booth

    EP 369 - The DIY Author With Kaye Lynn Booth
    Jul 5 2024
    Mark interviews Kaye Lynn Booth about her writing life and her new book The DIY Author. Prior to the interview, Mark thanks Patrons and Buy Me A Coffee buddies, as well as a word from this episode's sponsor. Learn more about this self-publishing/WIDE-publishing focused cruise. In the interview Mark and Kaye Lynn talk about: Kaye having written since 1994 and selling her first poem in 1996Having always wanted to take a DIY approach to her creativitySigning up for a booth at a local fair without having anything to sell and how that led to a creative way of selling her poemsKaye's poem "Voices" and the perfect painting she found to use with it that was also called "Voices" and how that led to another collaborative poem and paintingThe early blog-related writing that Kaye had done when the internet was still "young"Creating the Writing to be Read brand on her blog/website and writing reviews for books she had readHow Kaye's blog remains her biggest marketing toolThe blog team that Kaye has writing specific content for her siteGetting degrees in genre fiction and screen-writing and then going back with the concentration in publishingKaye's perspective on what the harder part of writing and publishing isThe long-term outlook that Kaye has taken when it comes to creating and building an audience with her blogThe breakdown and sections of Kaye's book THE DIY AUTHORKaye's first poetry collection: Small WondersThe children's books that Kaye has writtenThe various genres that Kaye writes in as she follows her passionAnd more . . . After the interview Mark reflects making do with what you have and the creativity that can come when you find you've painted yourself into a corner. Links of Interest: Kaye Lynn Booth's Writing to be Read WebsiteEP 356 - The Midlist Indie Author Mindset with T. Thorn CoyleDropCap Marketplace Use coupon STARK20 to get 20% off Cruising WritersBuy Mark a CoffeePatreon for Stark Reflections How to Access Patreon RSS Feeds An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and LibrariesThe Relaxed Author Buy eBook DirectBuy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for AuthorsAn Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & BookstoresWide for the WinMark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story)A Canadian Werewolf in New YorkStowe Away (Novella)Fear and Longing in Los AngelesFright Nights, Big CityLover's MoonHex and the CityOnly Monsters in the Building The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and AutomobilesYippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard For Kaye Lynne Booth, writing is a passion. Kaye Lynne is an author with published short fiction and poetry, both online and in print, including her short story collection, Last Call and Other Short Fiction; and her paranormal mystery novella, Hidden Secrets; Books 1 & 2 of her Women in the West adventure series, Delilah and Sarah, and her Time-Travel Adventure novel, The Rock Star & The Outlaw. Kaye holds a dual M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing with emphasis in genre fiction and screenwriting, and an M.A. in publishing. Kaye Lynne is the founder of WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services and WordCrafter Press. She also maintains an authors’ blog and website, Writing to be Read, where she publishes content of interest in the literary world. The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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    46 m
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