The Sample Chapter Podcast

Graphic Novelist, Michael May is our guest for episode 148! Prepare yourself for an episode chock full of podcasting, writing for comics, blogging, stressing over every word, and one heck of an entertaining sample chapter reading! It's all just a click away true believers!

Michael May website, blog, and social media links

Michael May on Amazon

Hellbent for Letterbox podcast wesbite

Jason Copland artist website

Scrivener (use coupon code CHAPTER to save 20% on the regular desktop version!)

Pop Goes the Culture Network

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Episode 147 features a wonderful return guest in Horror & Dark Fantasy author, Liz Butcher! We catch up on her previous book, Fate's Fury, talk work/life balance, ghostwriting, and discuss how inspirational creepy old homes can be for an author!

Liz Butcher website

Liz Butcher on Amazon

Creative Edge Publicity

NaNoWriMo (my ID is Jason A. Meuschke)

Scrivener (use coupon code CHAPTER for 20% off the regular desktop version!)

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Project Entertainment Network

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Episode 146 brings the goods with beloved actor/producer/screenwriter, and now author, Lou Diamond Phillips! Prepare yourself for amazing insights and laughs as Jason and Lou discuss topics like his inspiration for the book, switching from screenwriting to writing a novel to describe the images in his head, world-building, will there be a sequel, and so much more including a sample chapter reading from the man himself!

Lou Diamond Phillips on Amazon

Lou Diamond Phillips on Twitter

Yvonne Phillips on Instagram

Spark Point Studio

Scrivener (use coupon code CHAPTER to save 20% on the regular desktop version!)

U-Stor-All LLC

Pop Goes the Culture Network

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For the show's second BONUS episode #145 of October, we're welcoming sci-fi and urban fantasy author, Jabe Stafford! Learn about writing in isolation, journaling for self-discovery, identifiable villains, and what the heck is a Yoga Witch? All this plus a sample chapter from Jabe's debut novel, Ales, Agents & Alchemy, is just a click away!

Jabe Stafford website & newsletter with social media links

Jabe Stafford on Amazon

Jabe Stafford on Kyanite Publishing

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Episode 144 brings an action-packed chat with award-winning author, Gary Phillips! Listen in as they discuss being a storyteller, working in different genres and media to both inform and keep your writing fresh, consistency is key as a writer, and we get a little side-tracked discussing cigars and how many is still okay in the current pandemic. All this plus an outstanding chapter reading is just a click away!

Gary Phillips website

Gary Phillips on Facebook and Amazon

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Prepare yourself for a month of bonus episodes starting today with episode 143 and return guest, Splatterpunk-nominated author, Lucas Mangum! I had a blast chatting with Lucas about things like lifestyle changes and parenting tips for the pandemic, revising old stories, developing fully realized characters and stories, and the perks of being award-nominated! Before he dives into his sample chapter, Lucas also describes the amazing offers and events going on this weekend with Madness Heart Press that you don't want to miss!

Lucas Mangum website

Lucas on Twitter and Instagram

Madness Heart Press

Lucas Mangum on Amazon

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Episode 142 is here with a truly delightful author from Canada, Nina Munteanu. In the episode, Nina and Jason discuss character flaws, having the environment be a character in our prose, the "what ifs" in historical fiction, the writer's "wavelengths", and much more all before enjoying a magical chapter reading. Enjoy!

Nina Munteanu website

Nina Munteanu on Amazon

Nina Munteanu Writing Coach website

Nina's social media Facebook, Twitter

Inspired Influencers website

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Episode 141 brings us not one, but TWO sample chapters from a pair of author friends who are releasing at the same time! Nate Granzow and Mat Snyder talk with Jason about writing clubs, critique, research and so much more before diving into spectacular samples from each of their new novels! Be sure to join their Facebook launch party on October 1st!

Nate & Mat's Facebook launch party

Nate Granzow website

Mat Snyder website

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Episode 140 of the show features first-time author, and friend of the show, Katie R. Dale! Listen in as we dive into Katie's memoir and discuss mental health, way to seek and find help, writing for the reader, and the process of putting together that first book. Suffice to say the interview is an informative, and timely, look at very real struggles.

Katie R. Dale website and blog with social media links

Katie's book on Amazon

Fresh Hope website

If you are in need of help and would like to talk you can text the word HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line, or call 1-800-273-8255 if you're having thoughts of suicide. People do care and there is help!

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Speculative Fiction author and podcaster, Theresa Halvorsen is our delightful guest for episode 139! We're talking about the voices in an author's head, always learning, her podcast the Semi-Sages of the Pages, as well as diving behind the scenes of her debut novel, Warehouse Dreams!

Theresa Halverson website with social media links

Theresa Halverson on Amazon and Goodreads

The Semi-Sages of the Pages Podcast

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