Thinking About Thinking Podcast

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Centaur by John Updike. A novel set in rural PA, this is a modern retelling of classic mythology's sacrifice of Chiron to appease Zeus.

This featurette runs to promote the GetPublished! Radio Show half-hour weekly broadcasts on KNNN-FM 87.7 Redding (hellaradio.com) Sundays at Noon Pacific Time. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

Host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts Cheyenne Cockrell and Thomas Page discuss "Books As Audio Dramas" with our very own producer, Lori Marple of Runkee Productions, and her business partner and significant other Anthony Pereslete. Lori and Tony respond to our questions, including:

1. Are people actually listening to more audiobooks? Who is the audience?
2. Should an author narrate her own book?
3. How can an author find and audition a narrator?
4. What's your opinion on narrators doing their own audio engineering?
5. What's involved in ensuring the quality of an audiobook soundtrack?
6. Tony, what did you learn about the process of audio proofing?
7. What are these "Audio Adventures" you speak of?

And, as ever, there's lots of advice on how to get published, including the support resources at our website getpublishedradio.com.

This episode airs on Hella Radio, KNNN-FM 87.7 Redding, Calif.

GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page piques interest of Alistair MacLean's "HMS Ulysses", a graphic action-thriller about a single boat crossing the tumultuous sea during World War II.

This featurette runs to promote the GetPublished! Radio Show half-hour weekly broadcasts on KNNN-FM 87.7 Redding (hellaradio.com) Sundays at Noon Pacific Time.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It by Richard A. Clarke.  Former presidential advisor and counter-terrorism expert warns about the vulnerability of cyber attacks, especially for the United States of America.

This featurette runs to promote the GetPublished! Radio Show half-hour weekly broadcasts on KNNN-FM 87.7 Redding (hellaradio.com) Sundays at Noon Pacific Time. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Fludd: A Novel by Hilary Mantel.  An alchemist stranger upsets a priest's dismal village in the mid 1950s.

This featurette runs to promote the GetPublished! Radio Show half-hour weekly broadcasts on KNNN-FM 87.7 Redding (hellaradio.com) Sundays at Noon Pacific Time. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of A Nasty Piece of Work: A Novel by Robert Littell. A retired CIA Agent keeps active in private investigation in this noir novel.

This featurette runs to promote the GetPublished! Radio Show half-hour weekly broadcasts on KNNN-FM 87.7 Redding (hellaradio.com) Sundays at Noon Pacific Time. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey.

This psychological suspense pins brother against brother for the sake of love and art.

This featurette runs to promote the GetPublished! Radio Show half-hour weekly broadcasts on KNNN-FM 87.7 Redding (hellaradio.com) Sundays at Noon Pacific Time. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

Host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts Cheyenne Cockrell and Thomas Page discuss “Who Needs Agents Anymore?” with special guests Bill Gladstone, founder of the time-honored literary agency Waterside Productions, and Gayle Gladstone, publisher of their new venture Waterfront Digital Press. When does an author need an agent? Bill and Gayle respond to our questions, including:

1. Is the nonfiction marketplace changing?
2. Is there a typical mistake first-time authors can and should avoid?
3. Should the agent query come before self-publishing?
4. How should fiction writers approach the marketplace?
5. Should an author stick with an agent who's also a coach now?
6. Bill, you've brokered the sale of some major publishing houses. What's going on behind the scenes these days?
7. How can the listeners get in touch with you?

And, as ever, there's lots of advice on how to get published, including the support resources at our website getpublishedradio.com.

This episode airs on Hella Radio, KNNN-FM 87.7 Redding, Calif.

GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page critique's the film Zabriski Point, saying it focused on the wrong American nihilism.

This featurette runs to promote the GetPublished! Radio Show half-hour weekly broadcasts on KNNN-FM 87.7 Redding (hellaradio.com) Sundays at Noon Pacific Time.

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Write On Blogging: 51 Tips to Create, Write & Promote Your Blog by Debra Eckerling. How to make a plan towards a successful social media campaign by a leading consultant.

This featurette runs to promote the GetPublished! Radio Show half-hour weekly broadcasts on KNNN-FM 87.7 Redding (hellaradio.com) Sundays at Noon Pacific Time. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.