A Daily Cup of Jo

Your hostess with the mostest, Jo Michaels, of the Jo Michaels blog, interviews author Rachael Brownell about her book convention, Great Lakes Book Bash, happening in Kalamazoo, MI, October 27-28, 2017.

We'll be discussing why she holds GLBB, what inspired her to do the first one in 2015, and what plans she has for the fun in 2017! Conventions are popping up all over the United States, but so many authors have been duped out of their money. Know where to go and who to trust. Only the most trusted conventions and signings are talked about on A Daily Cup of Jo.

Follow Rachael on Facebook and Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/RachaelBrownellAuthor  and  https://twitter.com/HoldingOn2013

Check out the conference website: https://greatlakesbookbash.com/

Your hostess, Jo Michaels, of the Jo Michaels blog, talks about author conventions. Some she's attended, some she hasn't, but all are worth checking out. Plus, a special announcement (or two). Be sure and pop back by Friday as I'm joined by Author Rachael Brownell to discuss Great Lakes Book Bash! But, for today, here are the links you'll need:

http://roanokeauthorinvasion.com

http://utopiacon.com

http://chaptercon.weebly.com

http://ozarksindiebookfest.com

http://greatlakesbookbash.com

If you missed my interview with the amazingness that's Liz C. Long, the lady behind RAI, you can find it in my podcast archives or click here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/adailycupofjo/2015/07/24/roanoke-author-invasion-information-with-liz-c-long

If you're dying to find out more about Ann Aguirre, you can find her online here: https://www.facebook.com/ann.aguirre or here: https://twitter.com/MsAnnAguirre

And you can find her books on Amazon here: Enclave (book one of the Razorland Trilogy) and Mortal Danger (read chapters 1-5 here on Amazon for free).

Author Jo Michaels discusses earnings of Indie authors and those published with a small press as well as those published with one of the big five.

If you've ever wondered why you should go Indie, this radio show gives you one reason: author payouts. If you take marketing and all the other jazz out of publishing, and just focus on the earnings numbers, it might give you some insight into just how many books you have to sell in order to make a certain amount of money.

I'll be breaking it down for you. Be sure you have pen and paper handy. This is going to be fun!

Our base numbers will be $4.99 for the ebook against earnings of $5k. I will NOT be factoring in KU pages read numbers or earnings.

Book mentioned on the show can be found here: Bean Counting for Authors: Helping Writers and Creative Business Owners Grasp Accounting and Taxes by Christina Mercer

You get a book review and reading of blurb and opening pages from A. R. Torre's The Girl in 6E. That link will take you to the book's page on Amazon so you can purchase it if you want (and if you're over 18 years of age, you want). Other books in the series include Do Not Disturb and If You Dare. Those links also go to Amazon.

I reference my earlier blurb fest for my Utopia 2016 book haul here on BTR during the show. You can find that episode here.

If you'd like to give Alessandra Torre a follow on all the social media stuffs, head on over to Twitter or Facebook. Those links go to her individual pages so you can click "follow" or "like."

You can find my text review on my blog here.

Your host, Jo Michaels, of the Jo Michaels blog, dives into the number skewing happening in the book world by the big publishing houses, and she warns you why you shouldn't believe everything you read.

Prefacing all serious discussion is a book review of the fourth and final novel in the Award-Winning, YA, Tala Prophecy series by Tia Silverthorne Bach. In the series are: Chasing Memories (book one), Chasing Shadows (book two), Chasing Destiny (book three), Chasing Eternity (book four), and Chasing Forgiveness (the companion novella). Those links will take you to Amazon where you can pick up Chasing Memories FREE and get started on this amazing series.

I mention my reviews for the previous books during the show. You can find them on my blog via the following links:

Chasing Memories

Chasing Shadows

Chasing Forgiveness

My Utopia con 2016 book haul. Blurbs, authors, and all things bookish. Here are the books I'm talking about today:

Myst by Stacie Wilson

Starstruck by Brenda Hiatt

The Girl in 6E by A. R. Torre

Dream Girls - Piper by Carrie Thomas

Infallible by Bailey Quinn

Unwilling by K. D. Wood

Unloved by K. D. Wood

Revolution Anthology by several authors

Bean Counting for Authors - Helping Writers and Creative Business Owners Grasp Accounting and Taxes by Christina Mercer

Hear the Crickets by B. J. Sheldon

Abby and the Mystic Dancers by L. C. Miller

Gilt: by Invitation Only by Geneva Lee

You'll hear the blurbs today, and I'll be doing a brief reading from each of these books at a later date on the show.

Debonair guest host and book reviewer Ethan Gregory interviews the award-winning authors of the new release 7. Casey L. Bond, Jo Michaels, Tia Silverthorne Bach, Kelly Risser, and N. L. Greene are the masterminds behind Fractured Glass, and they've come together once again to break traditional thought and construct of what should go into a multi-authored novel. Ethan will ask the women questions he had while reading the book, regale you with his charm, and surprise them with his witty banter while giving you insight you won't get anywhere else.

Listen in for details about the book you won't get any other way. Follow Ethan and the authors on Twitter: @egrgry, @AuthorCaseyBond, @WriteJoMichaels, @Tia_Bach_Author, @kar2b, @AuthorNLGreene

Join host Jo Michaels, of the Jo Michaels blog,  as she interviews Utopia veteran and best-selling author Chelsea Fine. She's the author of several contemporary romance novels, including Best Kind of Broken (Finding Fate book 1). You can pick up this newest novel here on Amazon. Chelsea has been with Utopia since year one, and she's commonly a guest speaker at author cons around the US. You can find her on her website, on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. Give this little lady a follow and expand your worldview!

Book blogger and Indie author Jo Michaels interviews author and poet HD Gordon to discuss her Utopia con revelations. HD writes young adult and adult fiction, and she has a collection of poetry titled A Mustard Seed you can snap up here on Amazon. But, truly, the book we'll be discussing most is Blood Warrior the first book in Gordon's New Adult Alexa Montgomery Saga. It's about vampires and a girl bent on revenge. HD was also a Quarter-finalist in 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (which is very difficult to do). Join us as we find out where the idea for the series came from, and find out what HD learned about, and took away from, Utopia. You can find HD on her Amazon author page here, or her website here.

Your host, Indie author and blogger Jo Michaels, interviews romance author Mary J. Williams. She's a finalist in the 50 Greatest Authors You Should be Reading contest. We'll discuss her Harper Falls series (If I Loved You, If Tomorrow Never Comes, If You Only Knew, If I Had You) and her Hollywood Legends series (Dreaming With A Broken Heart), talk about where she sees herself in five years, find out what her goals are as an author, and maybe give you all a little reading from one of her novels. If you'd like to follow Mary on social media, you can do so on Facebook here.