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Four years ago, August 2020, I posted the last episode of the Wordslinger Podcast. I didn’t really know it would be the last episode, at the time. But 2020 changed everything for me, and not just in the ways it changed everything for all of us.
The pandemic did disrupt things, for sure. But on top of that, Kara and I had started doing full-time van life, traveling the US, moving continuously. My work at Draft2Digital quadrupled at that time. My writing career went through some dramatic changes. And so did I.
To be honest, that Fall of 2020 I found myself questioning everything about my life and career. And it all just got to be too much.
Now, in 2024, I’m in such a different place, it’s almost like I’m a different person. I left Draft2Digital to be CEO of another company. And I’ve since left that company to go back to writing and creating full time. Kara and I built a house, and we now live in the Austin area. And my writing career has continued to evolve.
It’s a new era. I’m a new Wordslinger. And I think it’s time to explore that.
What will happen with the show?
No idea. I’m winging this, to be honest. I plan to get back to weekly episodes, but I’m experimenting to figure out what that means, exactly. I’m learning a new platform, and I’m testing a new format.
One thing you might like, I’m adding a segment I call “AKA: Ask Kevin Anything.” And I mean that… literally anything.
What do the ancient Egyptians have in common with the ancient Mayans?
Who was the first baseball player?
What’s in an Irish Old Fashioned?
Which Beetle wrote “Please Please Me?” (since no one realized this was a joke, here is a side note to say “this was a joke.” huazzh!)
What’s the best way to write a novel—pants it or plot it?
Anything.
You can start right here. Just click the button below and ask your question in the comments.
I won’t promise to answer every question, but I’ll put some good ones from various places.
WPC-065 - Living in an RV with Kirsten McCay-Smith
WPC-064 - Write Better Faster with Monica Leonelle
WPC-063 - Book Review Targeting with Debbie Drum
WPC-062 - Stories for Your Younger Self with Julian Hosp
WPC-061 - Brand Mapping with Jason Arcemont
WPC-060 - Building Tribes with Jeff Goins
WPC-059 - Going for No with Andrea Waltz
WPC-058 - Author Marketing with Alinka Rutkowska
WPC-057 - Romancing the Reader with Ember Casey
WPC-056 - Sexy Entrepreneurship with Heather Havenwood
WPC-055 - Ninja Book Descriptions with Bryan Cohen
WPC-054 - Writing your way back to good with Stephen Schwertley
WPC-053 - Prosperity for Writers with Honoree Corder
WPC-052 - Feasting on Fiction with Christian A Brown
WPC-051 - Facebook Ads for Authors with Mark Dawson
WPC-050 - Powerful Words with Clark Gaither
WPC-049 - Pop-Up Entrepreneur with Seth Livingston
WPC-048 - Above Extremely Average Indie Publishing with Brian D Meeks
WPC-047 - Talking Martian with Andy Weir (the anniversary episode!)
WPC-046 - Selling Books in More Places with Dan Wood of Draft2Digital
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