Writing is hard. Writing well is near impossible for most of us. Today on the show, Nick Thacker, Kevin Tumlinson, and Justin Sloan discuss what it's like, in their own experience, to write in a "cinematic" way. Tips, tricks, and answer galore in this show!

Today the guys talk with a guy who's been on a "nuculur" submarine... and a writer.

In this episode, the guys (Justin Sloan, Kevin Tumlinson, and Nick Thacker) take some time to update the world (or whoever's listening) on their world. Kevin's selling his house (finally), Justin's finishing up an exciting book and jumping into more projects, and Nick's dealing with how to build more margin into his life.

We talk about an important issue today: when do you start getting "serious" about writing (seeing it like a business)? More specifically, when you start paying real money for "author services" like publishing help, cover design, etc.?

Only have one book? Mark's advice: write the second book. No matter what.

Want more advice? Read on, and listen in to this week's show!

Today, the guys talk about what resources they used (and still use) to be not sucky at writing. There are many tools out there, and thousands of books to read, and there's certainly not enough time in the day to study them all.

Pixar has "22 Rules of Story" (stop and read that right now if you haven't already), and Stephan Vladimir Bugaj decided to analyze them.

The result is a great resource for writers of all types: Pixar's 22 Rules of Story Analyzed as a PDF eBook, available for free on Stephan's website.

This week, Kevin and Justin (Nick was feeling lazy today) interview Stephan and talk story!

The guys (Kevin Tumlinson, Justin Sloan, and Nick Thacker) chat about book pricing: ebooks, hardcover, paperback, etc.

You, as an author, have certainly already had this debate, at least internally. Now listen to three authors have the same debate out loud!

And, as always, feel free to give us a ring at 978-48-ASK-ME any time.

Okay, this is the one we KNOW you've been asking for, so we bit the bullet and gave it to you. If you know what "d-bag" really means, are okay hearing it a lot, and are an author, this one's for you.

...No other introduction needed, really.

Probably NSFW, for what it's worth...

We discuss how to get into speaking publicly, why you should, what to expect, and what you should try to get out of going to these shindigs.