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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-084 - Soulful PR with Janet Murray
WPC-083 - Dorit Sasson - The Accidental Soldier
WPC-082 - Unleashing your creative self with Patti Clark
WPC-081 - The Writing Life with Mark Lefebvre
WPC-080 - The Fascinating Life of Arnold Logan
WPC-079 - Write anything anywhere with Ulysses Co-Founder Max Seelemann
WPC-078 - Hollywood Stunts & Beating Cancer with Mark Chavarria
WPC-077 - Writing to Market with Chris Fox
WPC-076 - Taking off your pants with Libbie Hawker
WPC-075 - Exploding Your Author Platform with Jonny Andrews
WPC-074 - Unconventional Marketing with Melissa Burch
WPC-073 - Living Well with Roland Denzel
WPC-072 - Writing for Comics with Nick Macari
WPC-071 - The Empire of Simon Whistler
WPC-070 - Sports fiction with J.D. Dudycha
WPC-069 - Writing fantasy with Garrett Robinson
WPC-068 - Happening to your career with Scott Barlow
WPC-067 - Speculative Fiction with S. Evan Townsend
WPC-066 - Happy Writers with Joey Tuccio
WPC-065 - Living in an RV with Kirsten McCay-Smith
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