Thinking About Thinking Podcast

Three book reviews about musicianship: An Equal Music by Vikram Seth, The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor, and the movie A Late Quartet. You know you are hearing seasoned musicians from the very first notes. #bookreview #podcast #amwriting #musicianship

Our show host 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. 

Narrator Rebecca Roberts reads from our show host's historical essay, The Death of Hypatia and the End of Fate, about the librarian of ancient Alexandria who was murdered by a mob of religious zealots (Audible.com).

Gerald Everett Jones is also the author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts.

#amwriting #selfpub #history #science #podcast

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

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 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 Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt. Strength of character. #bookreview #podcast #amwriting #celebrity #memoir

Our show host 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. 

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

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

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

Who can tell an author where the pitfalls are before she breaks an ankle? Joining Gerald, Cheyenne, and Tom is Sharon Goldinger, Vice President of the Publishers Association of Los Angeles, who is a professional book shepherd. Sharon is a professional writer and editor and the owner of PeopleSpeak, and she’s an expert on manuscript preparation. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

Then Steven Spatz, CEO of BookBaby, tells us what his survey of 8,000 authors discovered about what works and what doesn't in the marketplace.

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

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

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Invisible by Paul Auster. A literary thriller with bizarre twists. Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse. #amwriting #podcast #selfpub #bookreview

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

Listen to an excerpt from the new mystery-thriller. #podcast #audiobook #mysterythriller #booklovers #bookreviewers #newrelease

Here's the story: A lapsed divinity student who is fascinated by astrophysics finds his best friend shot dead in a cornfield. It looks like suicide. Having returned to his farm roots near Lake of the Ozarks, Evan works as a skip tracer for the local car dealer. He learns his friend was involved in a dispute over farmland ownership that goes back two centuries - complicated now by plans to make an old weapons facility into a tourist attraction.

First in a series. Audiobook © 2019 La Puerta Productions.

Host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts Cheyenne Cockrell and Thomas Page discuss bookstore retailing with special guest Jack Leidner, past proprietor of Clemens & Company bookstore in Newman, Georgia. Are the indie bookstores, in fact, making a comeback? #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

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

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

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Mistress of the Revolution by Catherine Delors. Historical fiction is all about today! Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and Preacher Finds a Corpse. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #bookreview This featurette runs to promote the GetPublished! Radio Show. There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.