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Blog postThis is a guide for anyone who wants to make money selling fiction work but does not already have an audience. If you’re already famous, save yourself a couple of long years of work and just hire someone who already knows how to do this stuff. If you’re like me — which is to say,…
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Blog postWhen Bad Gladiator, the audio drama my comedy group produced, came out in January, we were lucky enough to be written about by The Bello Collective in a roundup of new audio dramas out that January. That article was great for my own vanity but also because I learned about a little podcast called Gay…
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Blog postI put a course together on Udemy to help folks learn how to write funny which you can take for free. Whether you’re already funny or you’re just beginning your practice, I think you will find some interesting stuff in here. Check it out here: https://www.udemy.com/the-way-of-the-laugh/ If that link has expired, let me know at…
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Blog postThanks to everyone who came along on the Ozel the Wizard journey this year. This has been my best-performing series by far. Since Wizard’s Resolve has been out a while now I released a bundled version of all three books. Find that here. I am currently working on another book elsewhere in the same universe…
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Blog postWhat would it be like to aspire to be a gladiator as Rome is coming to an end? …and also to find out that you kind of suck at being a gladiator? We find out with the story of hopeful combatant Atticus! Bad Gladiator, an audio drama I’ve been working on with my comedy writing…
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Blog postThanks to some creative pestering in my part, Village Theatre agreed to help me stage a play I wrote called The Vulgar History of Atlanta. I was thrilled and flattered to have a number of extremely talented actors audition for the show. We rehearsed for almost three months, then put it on stage on Dec…
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Blog postI read the reviews of the Ramada Plaza & Conference Center by Wyndham Louisville before I went there, so I knew I was in for … something. “Nasty place STAY AWAY,” one review read. On the other hand, one of my author pals said that the writing conference being held there was not to be…
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Blog postI like Malcom Gladwell’s work because I want to feel smart without doing the work of research or analysis. Remember when he dropped that 10,000 hours knowledge bomb? People devoted their lives to that pup like it was god’s own pinned tweet. Well, old Gladdie’s gone and fired a shot at Satire. In doing so…
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Blog postDavid Joel Stevenson is a singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and author. He lives outside of Nashville, TN with his wife, several chickens, and thousands of honey bees. He’s working on a great series about a superhero called Victor Boone. “Victor Boone Will Save Us,” is the latest in that series. Find out all about him…
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Blog postLydia Sherrer is an award-winning USA Today bestseller and author of the Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus series. Find all of Lydia’s work on her website here: http://lydiasherrer.com/ I met Lydia on a panel at Hypericon in Nashville, which got completely derailed when I inadvertently mentioned another author’s work. That set Lydia laughing for most…
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Blog postMy guest this episode is D. Alan Lewis, possibly the bravest man alive. He leapt into an open seat on this podcast with no explanation or warning or anything. That’s a leap of faith similar to the one when Indiana Jones stepped off that ledge in the last good Indiana Jones movie and it ended…
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Blog postMy guests on this episode are Julia Jones and Jessica Bilgrad otherwise known by their two-woman powerhouse improv duo Bilgrones. Find them on Instagram here: http://instagram.com/bilgrones I invited them to be on this writing podcast first of all because they’re hilarious and fun to be around. But also because the point of this podcast is…
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Blog postOn this episode I want to take a minute to celebrate friend of the podcast Jonathan French and his “The Grey Bastards” book launch with Crown. I recorded our conversation at Eagle Eye Books at his launch event so you’ll get to hear that too. Check out Jonathan’s work at his site here: https://www.jonathanfrenchbooks.com/ In…
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Blog postI met Gil as a fellow panelist at ConNooga, a scifi con in Chattanooga. He’s a super interesting dude, as you will see when we get into the tale of the Algae of Death! Gil is working on epic fantasy with his Order of the Lion series. The Celestial Paladin is the first book in…
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Blog postIf you know me from my mountain climbing books, you know that I try to inject a little humor into mountain climbing, which is a sport whose practitioners often take themselves too seriously. Let me be clear: you should not ever take yourself seriously, especially not when in the great outdoors. But you should respect…
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Blog postThe podcast is back! I get into it a little bit. But yes, we will be back with more Outliners episodes. I hope you’re enjoying them. Our guest this time is Dan Jolley, an American novelist and comic book writer. I met him at Connooga and we chatted about the importance of outlines, so I…
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Blog postI met Geoff Graham a couple of years back when I was still doing web sites for a living. Working with him was one of those rare professional experiences where things get done, but everyone is still in a good mood. Can you imagine? Enjoying your working life? Geoff posted the following question on the…
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Blog postThis year I have challenged myself to write one million words of fiction. I’m sure I’ll be glad I did it once it is done, but for now it’s a real pain in my hind parts. I feel like someone who has finished a delicious steak and then declared, loudly, “I could eat that every…
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Blog postI have found no evidence that I made out with “Sarah,” if that’s even a person’s name. Perhaps there was some bad judgment, like when I accidentally took off my shirt. But bad judgment, as we all know, does not a slobbery-frantic makeout sesh make. I went to Skylar’s party at 8:00. Sarah might have…
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Blog postI’ve been to MidSouthCon two times previously, but this was my first trip purely as a vendor. I wasn’t sure what to expect in terms of book sales, given that I wasn’t paneling at all, but it was Kool and the Gang. As with every one of these we go to, we made a bunch…
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Blog postWe spent the weekend knocking around Chattanooga for Connooga 2018, which was a lot of fun. My wife Meghann’s desire to cosplay is growing with every one of these cons we attend. The only thing that’s holding her back now is free time. I keep telling her she’d make a great Rey. Thanks so much…
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Blog postOne wisdom oft heard in the indie publishing industry is that we should write fast, write to market, and write in a series. The theory goes that more books in a series make it more attractive to the reader. I intend to spend this year putting it to the test. I got into Terry Pratchett’s…
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Blog postI met Jeremy when we were both panelists at a science fiction conference. I believe it might have been JordanCon. We ended up being buddies. Jeremy recently had the honor of being the Artist Guest at HallowCon, which was also attended by past podcast guest Bobby Nash. Jeremy is the author of the Cycle of…
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Blog postThis is a new style of The Outliners I’m calling Spoiler Alert. There are spoilers in it. Watch out. I thought it might be helpful to take some popular works and break them down into their composite parts. We spend a lot of time going the other direction with our authors, making them come up…
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Blog postI was introduced to Aaron Cross by our mutual friend Jonathan French. After taking one look at the titles of his books I knew he’d be a great podcast guest. I’m talking about titles like “Robocopter Ski Patrol” and “Ruben’s Cube Alaska: Bullet Point 2: Judgment Day: This Time It’s Real.” Quality work there, folks,…
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Blog postI sent an email to my mailing list last night announcing that Ten Thousand Gods was free on Kindle this week when it was actually just 99 cents. Well, shit. I got a flurry of emails over the next few hours from people pointing out my mistake. Thanks for catching that, folks. I am a…
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Blog postRick and Morty is an animated science fiction show on Adult Swim. It has a lot of craft to it, and enjoys a rabid fanbase as a result. It doesn’t grab me the way it seems to grab so many people, but as a writer, I want to acknowledge up front that the show has…
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Blog postThis is a sketch I wrote for the Atlanta performing troupe Sketchworks. It was performed a few years ago to great acclaim. It being Columbus Day today, I thought we all might enjoy it once again. Columbus has syphilis (PDF) Enjoy!
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Blog postA video made the rounds last week of Miley Cyrus and Jimmy Fallon, dressed as Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers, singing “Islands in the Stream.” It’s two people going to great costuming- and set-design lengths to have some silly fun, which is what TV should be, really. In the process of having that fun, though,…
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Blog postI thought it might be fun to gather some of my local Atlanta author friends and have a relaxed hangout, and I’m pleased to say I was right about that. I grabbed my pals Jonathan French, Catie Hogan, Robert Bevan, and Bobby Nash. We all piled into my friend Boyd’s coworking space in Candler park…
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Blog postBobby Nash is an award-winning writer from the wilds of Georgia and I can tell you, having been around him in person, he’s every bit as much fun in person as he is on this episode. I had some technical problems with recording this one, plus some brain problems telling Bobby when exactly it would…
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Blog postYou may use these in your work, if you like. All I ask is a walk-on role in the eventual movie adaptation. Jack Hardcliffe Torn Abripple Cord McShoulders Mason Huntington Sean O’Commitment Janice Faintsaway Fen Waypark Esmerelda Richnpouty Burt Larch Nancy Fantzeigh-Pantci
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Blog postI started wishing there was a small, laid-back literary event that I could go to with a bunch of my local writer pals. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything like that to be had so I had to make it myself. I present WONDERBOOK! On Saturday (Sept. 30th) we will take over Wondershop, the coworking space in…
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Blog postGarrett puts me in the hot seat when he’s editing my work, so it’s only fair I should get to force him to come up with a novel idea on the spot, right? Right! Today is that day, my friends! He edited Heart’s Racing and Ten Thousand Gods for me and did excellent work. I…
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Blog postWordPress is like a robot companion who fights alongside you, facilitates your livelihood, but also might explode into a cloud of fart gas and flying turds at any moment. You might be wondering: “How the hell did that robot get so full of organic fecal matter?” Sorry. That information is proprietary. The fact is, though,…
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Blog postSpecial miniguest this week, the Girl Child makes an appearance while waiting for the bus. Our actual guest is Paul Dale, author of the amazing Dark Lord’s Handbook. I love Dark Lord’s Handbook because it has such a reverence for fantasy tropes even as it is defying them or turning them on their heads. It’s…
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Blog postFeel free to use these in your work if you like. You don’t have to credit me if you do, but I’d love to hear about it. Also, I want a walk-on role in your TV/movie adaptation. Tarn Bwango Debbil Flot Scinious the Vile Soup Clatter Bowneedle Zekchiff Ustle Futsie Canwhistle Duntson MacGibbon Shedley Farson…
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Blog postRhonda Parrish is a shapeshifter with talents to match her every incarnation- magpie tenacity for picking the shiniest submissions, nightingale notes for crafting tales, and bright, feline eyes for seeking out her photographic subjects. She balances on the knife-edge of darkness and light, a sorceress of both realms. Find her on the web here: http://www.rhondaparrish.com/…
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Blog postI would say the best thing about being on the cutting-edge of a developing sport is that a lot of the stuff I’m coming up with now will have whatever name I give it forever. You know, like Tony Hawk and the 900. These days on the pro zip lining circuit we’re seeing the Purple…
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Blog postI am pleased to announce that I have a new non-fiction work up for pre-order: How to Mount Kilimanjaro, a mostly serious guide to climbing Africa’s highest mountain. Find it here on Amazon (or the image at right): How To Mount Kilimanjaro: A Mostly Serious Guide to Climbing Africa’s Highest Mountain (Mostly Serious Guides) I’ve…
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Blog postI have been a Leanna Adams fan ever since I got the chance to work alongside her with the group Sketchworks here in Atlanta, GA. She’s in high demand these days so it was tough to get this episode recorded. At last, she had a break and was able to shoehorn us in. You’ve most…
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Blog postI hunted Jim McDoniel down and respectfully demanded that he be a guest on this podcast because I loved his book “An Unattractive Vampire” so much. I highly recommend it. In the book, an ancient and properly evil vampire, Yulric Bile, awakens in our modern age to discover that vampires are fit, sexy, and worst…
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Blog postI was helping my brother-in-law move furniture. It was a long few days because of a death in the family. Trying to lighten the mood, I started riffing on how much I hate birds, most of all the Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), which should have its genus and species renamed to Branta assholis. My riff…
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Blog postScott Meyer is the hilarious author of Off to Be the Wizard, The Authorities, and the new book Run Program. His fans, your humble host included, love his work for its deft implementation of humor while still telling an exciting story. That is something easier said than done by far. But Scott has put in…
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Blog postCatie Hogan is my friend and fellow sketch writer from Sketchworks here in Atlanta. When she started submitting sketches to Sketchworks, the rest of us in the writer’s room had to re-evaluate the level of our work to try to get up on the bar she raised. She’s that kind of good. She’s also been…
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Blog postJohn G. Hartness is a teller of tales, a righter of wrong, defender of ladies’ virtues, and some people call him Maurice, for he was named Maurice by his parents. No, not really. He is also the best-selling author of the EPIC-Award-winning series The Black Knight Chronicles from Bell Bridge Books, a comedic urban fantasy…
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