Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing EP 171 - Reflections on 2020

In this episode Mark shares a look at his 2020 goals and accomplishments, as well as a look at the publishing industry.

Prior to the main content, Mark shares a word from this episode's sponsor.

 

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Mark's goals for 2020 included:

1. Audio - Author's Guide to Working with Libraries and Bookstores
2. Audio - Killing it on Kobo
3. Audio - Canadian Werewolf in New York
4. Audio - Stowe Away
5. eBook edition - Stowe Away
6. Print - Stowe Away
7. Fear and Longing in Los Angeles
8. Audio - I, Death
9. Audio - One Hand Screaming
10. Too Macabre for Montreal - eBook
11. Screaming Skulls and Other Haunted Objects
12. Weird Waterloo
13. Other Non-Fiction Paranormal Ghost Story Project
14. New Short Story Collection - Nocturnal Saves -(turned into Nobody's Hero)
15. Exclusive Audio Project
16. Viability of Indie Publishing Insider Secrets

 

Books Publishing

• Nobody's Hero (Story Collection) - Jan 14, 2020
• Taking the Short Tack (Dalrymple) - Jan 31, 2020
• Stowe Away (Cdn Werewolf 1.5) - Aug 15, 2020
• Unexpected Strangers (Nocturnal Screams #5 - WIDE) - Sept 8, 2020
• Thriller Sampler (Tumlinson & Leslie) - Sept 30, 2020
• Z is for Zombie (Noctunral Screams #6 - WIDE) - Oct 10, 2020
• Too Macabre for Monteral - (Krishnasamy) - Oct 16, 2020
• *Strange Sudbury Stories - (Costello, Leslie, Overton) - Oct 20, 2020
• Something Wicked (Nocturnal Screams #7 - WIDE) - Oct 26, 2020
• Phantom Itch (Nocturnal Screams #8 - WIDE) - Nov 9, 2020
• *Beyond Obsessions (Exclusive Kickstarter anthology)
• *Obsessions (anthology - editor) - Nov 24, 2020
• Nocturnal Screams (All 8 Volumes) - Nov 26, 2020
• *Rude Awakenings from Sleeping Rough (Peter Mitchell) - December 1, 2020

Mark also shares the rough calculation of percentages of his eBook earnings as well as a look at the industry in general and his thoughts on what's coming soon for authors.

Links of Interest

• Findaway Voices
• Wide Writer Survey
• Wide for the Win Submission Form
• Parodys
  • Stuck in this House Here with You (Music)
  • Isolation Parody Songs - K-Tel (Medley Parody)
  • You Call Me Fever (Music)
  • There Is No Monster Mash (Music)
  • A Christmas Howl (Christmas Carol Dad Joke)
  • Dramatic Exit (Stupid Dad Joke Short)
  • You Better Knock First (Stupid Dad Joke Short)
  • Mark's Tavern (Cheers Parody)
  • A Pandemic Christmas (K-Tel Medley Parody)
  • Sharing Broadband Streams - Collaborative Parody Project
• The 2020 Aurora Awards Ceremony
• Patreon for Stark Reflections

 

 

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