Vicious Whispers with Mark Tullius

For my 48th birthday I nailed two goals: Dropping 23 pounds in 45 days and finishing the writing of Try Not to Die: In the Pandemic.

Sept. 1 will be the start of Heavy Metal Inspired Fiction.

Improving my son's imagination by working on Try Not to Die: In Minecraft with him.

(13:00) The final chapter of the Ain't No Messiah audiobook narrated by Ric Chetter.

Why I enjoy connecting with readers and reviewers.

Sharing my workspace with my son on his first day of school.

Writing disturbing death scenes.

Only 7 more days for me to drop 5 more pounds.

(13:40) Ain't No Messiah Chapter 23 narrated by Ric Chetter

Here's the link to the Books Yada Yada YouTube video I mentioned at the start of the podcast. https://bit.ly/2PLqjKH

A brief review of Stephen King's Carrie as I prepare to read every King book in order.

I just released a newsletter with links to "The Rules" a brand new short story exclusive to subscribers.

Brightside ebook is free at most retailers (not Amazon) and at MarkTullius.com.

Designing a Try Not to Die face mask in time for the TNTD: In the Pandemic contest that launches Oct. 7th.

Chapter 22 of Ain't No Messiah narrated by Ric Chetter.

Revamping my newsletter.

Making Brightside permanently free.

Rereading Carrie.

Finishing up TNTD: in the Pandemic.

(7:10) Ain't No Messiah Chapter 21 narrated by Ric Chetter

Sticking with the intermittent fasting and just completed a 40 hour fast and several days over 20 hours. Still cutting out sugars and limiting caffeine, putting all the savings into a jar we’ll give to charity at the end of the year.

I am in the process of putting together 30 days worth of posts about heavy metal inspired fiction. Shooting to start releasing the videos on Aug 1.

Beyond Brightside set for release Nov. 24. Preorder available.

The Great, the Good, the Okay, and the Holy Shit this Book is Terrible segment where I read more reviews about ANM.

(14:10) Ain't No Messiah Chapter 20 narrated by Ric Chetter

I am loving how motivated I am right now about my career and health, taking big steps to improve both.

On the business side I just hired someone to redesign my website, improve all my book descriptions, design the cover for "The Rules."

I am also about to embark on a new mission of reviewing at least 3 books a week until I've gone through my entire Stephen King collection and other cool books lying around the house.

On the personal side, I've been doing intermittent fasting and cutting down caffeine to get to a better weight.

The Great, the Good, the Okay, and the Holy Shit this Book is Terrible segment where I read more reviews about ANM.

(21:10) Ain't No Messiah Chapter 19 narrated by Ric Chetter

A close friend who got Covid teaches me an important lesson.

How I've been playing a lot more bass than guitar lately.

A nice vacation at the beach and my son constantly grabbing and playing with my fat rolls has gotten me restarted on intermittent fasting, lowering my caffeine intake, and increasing exercise.

The first installment of a new weekly segment where I read reviews of my books: "The Great, the Good, the Okay, and the Holy Shit this Book is Terrible."

An update on "The Rules" a short story that will exclusively go out to newsletter subscribers next week.

(20:10) Ain't No Messiah Chapters 17 and 18 narrated by Ric Chetter

Going over the number of short stories I’ve written and how I’m currently submitting to different markets. (1:55) "Results Guaranteed" a short horror story taken from Untold Mayhem and narrated by Jay Ben Markson

(21:50) Ain't No Messiah Chapter 16 narrated by Ric Chetter

Not a lot going on this week. Just plugging away at TNTD: In the Pandemic.

(1:45) "Gone for Good" one of the very first short stories I wrote and had published. Narrated by Vivienne Leheny 

(12:30) Ain't No Messiah Chapter 15 narrated by Ric Chetter

A quick update on Try Not to Die: In the Pandemic, why I haven't been watching any news, how I deal with anger and frustration with world events.

(2:40) The short horror story off of Untold Mayhem - "In Charge" narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla

(24:40) Ain't No Messiah Chapter 14