Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing

Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing EP 103 - 15 Takeaways from the WMG Publishing Workshop


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In this episode, Mark shares 15 different quotes and ideas that inspired him during the Fall 2019 WMG Publishing Business Master Class workshop led by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith in Las Vegas.

Mark shares a very brief personal update, explaining that this episode was recorded in a less-than-ideal acoustic environment, his hotel room in Vegas.

Mark also shares a word from this episode's sponsor...

You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

One of the over-arcing themes from the five day workshop event s was Diversification and the idea that "It's better to make a little bit of money from a lot of sources than to make a lot of money from one or two places."

The 15 quotes come from:

  • Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • Dean Wesley Smith
  • Kevin J. Anderson
  • Joanna Penn
  • Loren Coleman
  • Andrea Pearson
  • Marie Whittaker
  • Deidre J. Manna-Bratten
  • Chuck Heinzelman

Links of Interest:

  • Episode 6 - 3 Things That Are Wrong with Indie Publishing
  • Episode 44 - How To Deal with a Fire-Hose of Information
  • Episode 77 - A Gut-Check on the State of Publishing with Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • NaNoWriMo
  • StoryBundle
    • Saving the World StoryBundle
    • NaNo Writing Tools StoryBundle
  • WMG Publishing Business Masterclass
  • BundleRabbit
  • Findaway Voices
  • Patreon for Stark Reflections

The 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

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