Welcome to Two Black Critics Minus One with the award winning author Mark T. Sneed. Mark also wrote the #1 Amazon Afrofuturistic Science Fiction novel , Onto a Sea of Stars. In this podcast Mark talks about the Big 5 in Publishing and Hatchette and what they own. Mark also speaks of Amazon and its 60% of the self-publishing industry. In Art of the Story he also discusses pacing of the backstory. In the second part of the podcast Mark discusses the end of February Boycott bombshell of Scream 7. He also talks about March movies to look forward to in the next few weeks.

Welcome to 2 Black Critics Minus One with Mark T. Sneed, the award winning author of Bully Nation and #1 Amazon Afrofuturistic Science Fiction Novel, Onto a Sea of Stars. In this episode Mark talks about publishing and the Big 5 and their incredible control of things written, as well as Amazon and the largest online retailers power, before discussing the Art of the Story and the value of backstory. In the second half of the podcast Mark breaks down A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Shelter with Jason Statham, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, Anaconda, and Crime 101.

Welcome to another episode of 2 Black Critics Minus One with Mark T. Sneed, award winning author and amateur movie critic. This is the podcast where Mark talks about Random House/Penguin and all the publishing imprints they own to make them the biggest publishing house in the word, as well as Art of the Story, Backstory, and a detailed movie review of Cold Storage. Enjoy. 

Welcome one and all. This is Two Black Critics Minus One with Mark T. Sneed. In this podcast that is devoted to self publishing and movie critics Mark talks about gatekeepers in publishing, writing for purpose, once you have written minority distribution, and in the second part of the podcast Mark talks movies from abroad, 2025 the running man, and how it could have been better. Enjoy. Like. Subscribe. Comment.

This is the Two Black Critics Minus One episode with Mark T. Sneed where the award winning author and #1 Amazon Afrofuturistic Science Fiction author of Onto a Sea of Stars talks about Minority Publishers, minority voices, as well as explains a few terms used in publishing to help in writing, and does some movie reviews and introduces How It Could Have Been Better. All in under 40 minutes. Enjoy. Subscribe. Like. Comment.

This is the episode where Mark talks about plot, pacing, and gives a list of award winning Independent Publishers, and reviews 28 Years Later: Bone Temple, and goes through the best movies for 2026 all within less than 40 minutes. Like. Subscribe. Comment. 

2BCMinusOne s2.3 this is the episode where Mark talks about the attack on independent writers, plot, all before his January quick reviews, and his attempt to discuss the highs and lows of the two comic book studios; DC and Marvel. It is a fast-paced romp through the topics from a particularly different point of view. Check it out. Like. Subscribe. Comment. 

In this second episode of the New Year Mark starts out hot roasting the Big 5 and Amazon for their billionaire agenda and attempts to restructure the successes of independent, self-published authors, he also spends time talking about the value of a good setting in a story in the Art of the Story section and the essentials of publishing if you have goals outside of vanity publishing. In the second part of 2BC Minus One Mark discusses the WB and Netflix deal and then spends some time talking about being a comic book reader and the differences of DC and Marvel. Mark spends time talking about what is coming in January and ends the episode talking about Black Celebrity Worship and sellouts. There's a list. If you like the podcast please like, subscribe, and comment. Thanks a lot. 

This is the first episode for the second season of 2BC Minus One with Mark T. Sneed. This is the episode where Mark talks about his New Year Resolutions for the podcast. He breaks down the Big 5 and Amazon and the billionaire publishing agenda, to a small part. Mark spends a little time trying to explain Amazon and the largest online retailers publishing algorithims. There is a brief discussion about writing in the time of AI.  Of course, Mark talks about the Art of the Story before beginning the second part of the podcast. In the second part of 2BC Minus One, Mark talks about the long list of movies Mark is looking forward to for 2026. Mark tries to give a detailed list of things he is looking forward to including Spiderman and the still to be filmed Amazon Bond series. Enjoy. Like. Subscribe. Comment.

In this 26th podcast of Two Black Critics Minus One Mark T. Sneed talks about publishing, travel, and the best and worst of 2025. In the first half of the podcast Mark talks about some significant changes in 2BC. As an independent and self-published author Mark talks about the changes in the Big 5 and the power of the combined publishers to redefine self-publishing. Mark then segues and talks about the AI threat and AI vs. AGI. In the second half of the podcast Mark discusses the sale of Warner Bros. to Netflix, It: Welcome to Derry, and Fallout. Mark ends the podcast with the Best and Worst of 2025 and the mistakes being made with Doomsday's release. Like. Subscribe. Comment.