Thinking About Thinking Podcast

When we first considered doing a show on the nonfiction book category of spirituality and metaphysics, we weren't sure how our audience would receive the topic. After all, we're not about preaching to anyone. The world of self-publishing is a big tent, with a broad welcome mat - and we want to keep it that way.

Our first impulse was to invite one or more authors whose books are popular and get their views on how people have responded to their work. But then we had the idea to invite someone who is mainly a reader, who has read widely and doesn't necessarily have a personal message to deliver.

Our featured guest is Denis Hutchison is co-proprietor with his wife Lois of Afterglow of Sedona (Arizona). We only found out as we were interviewing him that he used to have his own spiritually centered radio show in Phoenix. (Denis does have a deep, mellow voice that is comforting in itself.) #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

His observations and insights about spirituality and metaphysics may surprise you. And - considering that this episode has logged many more listeners than anything we've ever put out there - many of you have found value in his remarks.

Our host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts sci-fi author Thomas Page and journalist Cheyenne Cockrell also enjoy a spirited, full and frank exchange of views among themselves.

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Clifford's Spiral, a novel about a stroke survivor trying to piece together fragmented memories of his life, loves, and lusts.

There's more advice for authors and self-publishers at getpublishedradio.com.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Ballad of the Black and Blue Mind by Anne Roiphe. #bookreview #litfic #psychiatry #mentalhealth #selfpub #amwriting

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Clifford's Spiral, a novel about a stroke survivor trying to piece together fragmented memories of his life, loves, and lusts.

There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

Show host Gerald Everett Jones reviews the comic novels The Mackerel Plaza by Peter De Vries, The Woody by Peter Lefcourt, and An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin. He also describes the dark literary mystery The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq.

Co-host Thomas Page tells us about Civil War General Lew Wallace, who studied Roman military strategy and Christianity. After the war, he wrote Ben Hur, one of the most popular English-novels ever. #amwriting #selfpub #bookreview #podcast

To play our other episodes or get advice on self-publishing, visit us at GetPublishedRadio.com.

Narrator Stuart Appleton reads from our show host's satiric novel about the hapless Rollo Hemphill, who fails ever upward as he pursues the girl of his dreams (Audible.com). #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #humor #audiobook

There's advice for self-published authors at getpublishedradio.com.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson. A staid retired military man deals with greedy family probate issues as he courts a shy Pakistani woman in a conservative village of rural England. #bookreview #romance #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and host of the GetPublished! Radio Show. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Funny Girl by Nick Hornby. A young woman struggles to make a career in British TV sitcoms. #bookreview #romcom #podcast

Gerald Everett Jones is the author of The Misadventures of Rollo Hemphill and the host of the GetPublished! Radio Show. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of A Delicate Truth by John le Carré. British espiocrats try to cover up a false-flag operation that wiped out. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

Gerald Everett Jones is the author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and host of the GetPublished! Radio Show. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Professor of Desire by Philip Roth.

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse.

There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com. #bookreview #bookreview #litfic #selfpub #amwriting

Here’s a compilation of short book reviews and from our GetPublished! Radio show:

Our host Gerald Everett Jones reviews Mistress of the Revolution by Catherine Delors. Historical fiction is all about today!

Co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us an oddball film history lesson about Greta Garbo's famed final shot in Queen Christina.

Tom shares a throwback science-history lesson about John Stuart Bell's "quantum proof of human consciousness affecting matter."

Tom gives us a history lesson about the Los Angeles Times union time-bomb of 1910.

Gerald reviews The Art Thief by Noah Charney, a mind-twisting art-history thriller.

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts. And there's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com. #selfpub #amwriting #podcast

Narrator Andrea Mitchell reads an excerpt from our show host's novel about the holiday blues (Audible.com). #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #holiday

There's advice for self-published authors at getpublishedradio.com.