New Author Podcast

ANNOUNCEMENT Starting on Saturday, September 16th, we will be moving hosts meaning you’ll have to resubscribe to the new address. It is already active, so you can search already for New Author Podcast in your podcast player. The correct option will be the one with Jerry and Rich in the logo image. If you look at the episodes on the list, you should see an Episode 228.5. That’s how you know you have the correct one. You can also put this RSS feed into your Podcast Player, which will give you the correct New Author Podcast to subscribe to: https://anchor.fm/s/e73fcf2c/podcast/rss Here’s a YouTube video on how to do that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PWe0m02ABs So please make sure you follow us over to our new host. We’d hate to lose you as a subscriber! And now, on with the podcast: Welcome to 2023! Join Read more...

Welcome to 2023! Join as Jerry and Rich talk about writing (and sometimes their lack of it), and their publishing hopes. They talk about getting into our first revisions, going down the rabbit hole of voice AI, and speak on any other random thing that pops into their head. If you're an existing author or are writing your first book, come and listen to us because we were in the same boat as you. We've made mistakes, so you don't have to! Come hear about our successes and our mistakes, and find out where we spend money and where we shouldn't have spent money. We'll tell you everything we did to be successful (or fail...as the case may be). And you'll hear a pleasant conversation about getting into our first revisions, going down the rabbit hole of voice AI, marketing tools and how to gain newsletter subscribers.  Come to Patreon and support us: https://www.patreon.com/newauthorpodcast. In what could be our best episode ever, this week we talk about: Quilt Crawls Creating a Great Hook Vella Hopes Billy Joel Golfing Eating Nostalgia Emails and the amazing amount of replies you can get Read more...

Welcome to 2023! Join as Jerry and Rich talk about writing (and sometimes their lack of it), and their publishing hopes. They talk about getting into our first revisions, doubling your writing goals, and speak on any other random thing that pops into their head. If you're an existing author or are writing your first book, come and listen to us because we were in the same boat as you. We've made mistakes, so you don't have to! Come hear about our successes and our mistakes, and find out where we spend money and where we shouldn't have spent money. We'll tell you everything we did to be successful (or fail...as the case may be). And you'll hear a pleasant conversation about getting into our first revisions, doubling their writing goals, marketing tools and how to gain newsletter subscribers.  Come to Patreon and support us: https://www.patreon.com/newauthorpodcast. In what could be our best episode ever, this week we talk about: Gardening and Sweating go hand in hand Writing thousands and thousands of words! Naps The Amish Golfing - And Failing Eating Mailerlite Quirks Read more...

Welcome to 2023! Join as Jerry and Rich talk about writing (and sometimes their lack of it), and their publishing hopes. They talk about getting into our first revisions, crushing their writing goals, and speak on any other random thing that pops into their head. If you're an existing author or are writing your first book, come and listen to us because we were in the same boat as you. We've made mistakes, so you don't have to! Come hear about our successes and our mistakes, and find out where we spend money and where we shouldn't have spent money. We'll tell you everything we did to be successful (or fail...as the case may be). And you'll hear a pleasant conversation about getting into our first revisions, crushing their writing goals, marketing tools and how to gain newsletter subscribers.  Come to Patreon and support us: https://www.patreon.com/newauthorpodcast. In what could be our best episode ever, this week we talk about: Gardening and Sweating go hand in hand Writing thousands and thousands of words! Atticus (is it working well for writing???) Cover reveals Naps More Vacation Days Coding the old school way when ChatGPT can't eating ice cream Read more...

Welcome to 2023! Join as Jerry and Rich talk about writing (and sometimes their lack of it), and their publishing hopes. They talk about getting into our first revisions, writing 10,000 words in one day, and speak on any other random thing that pops into their head. If you're an existing author or are writing your first book, come and listen to us because we were in the same boat as you. We've made mistakes, so you don't have to! Come hear about our successes and our mistakes, and find out where we spend money and where we shouldn't have spent money. We'll tell you everything we did to be successful (or fail...as the case may be). And you'll hear a pleasant conversation about getting into our first revisions, writing 10,000 words in one day, marketing tools and how to gain newsletter subscribers.  Come to Patreon and support us: https://www.patreon.com/newauthorpodcast. In what could be our best episode ever, this week we talk about: Amazon Ratings and Reviews Shiny Shiny Things! Golf Sleeping In Writing Multiple Books at Once Vacation Days Read more...

Welcome to 2023! Join as Jerry and Rich talk about writing (and sometimes their lack of it), and their publishing hopes. They talk about getting into our first revisions, using MidJourney to create ad images, and speak on any other random thing that pops into their head. If you're an existing author or are writing your first book, come and listen to us because we were in the same boat as you. We've made mistakes, so you don't have to! Come hear about our successes and our mistakes, and find out where we spend money and where we shouldn't have spent money. We'll tell you everything we did to be successful (or fail...as the case may be). And you'll hear a pleasant conversation about getting into our first revisions, using MidJourney to create ad images, marketing tools and how to gain newsletter subscribers.  Come to Patreon and support us: https://www.patreon.com/newauthorpodcast. In what could be our best episode ever, this week we talk about: Facebook Author Page New Websites and JSON data Hot days Story Grid and Fictionary Amazon Ratings and Reviews Plotting with SudoWrite Vacation Days Read more...

Welcome to 2023! Join as Jerry and Rich talk about writing (and sometimes their lack of it), and their publishing hopes. They talk about getting into our first revisions, looking into cover art, and speak on any other random thing that pops into their head. If you're an existing author or are writing your first book, come and listen to us because we were in the same boat as you. We've made mistakes, so you don't have to! Come hear about our successes and our mistakes, and find out where we spend money and where we shouldn't have spent money. We'll tell you everything we did to be successful (or fail...as the case may be). And you'll hear a pleasant conversation about getting into our first revisions, looking into cover art, marketing tools and how to gain newsletter subscribers.  Come to Patreon and support us: https://www.patreon.com/newauthorpodcast. In what could be our best episode ever, this week we talk about: Staycations Facebook Author Page Dress Codes New Websites and JSON data Deleting Chapters Fictionary Amazon Ratings and Reviews Plotting with ChatGPT Trying to Work Out the Vella Bonus Calculator Jerry's new golf swing Read more...

Be sure to join Jerry and Rich for this New Author Podcast Short. In this episode, the Kindle Vella bonus episode, Rich recaps his bonus for the month of May and what he did to get to that number! Rich's Vella Stories Death Comes to Paradise: Link What the Cat Dragged In: Link Read more...

Welcome to 2023! Join as Jerry and Rich talk about writing (and sometimes their lack of it), and their publishing hopes. They talk about how to use ChatGPT with Story Grid, looking into cover art, and speak on any other random thing that pops into their head. If you're an existing author or are writing your first book, come and listen to us because we were in the same boat as you. We've made mistakes, so you don't have to! Come hear about our successes and our mistakes, and find out where we spend money and where we shouldn't have spent money. We'll tell you everything we did to be successful (or fail...as the case may be). And you'll hear a pleasant conversation about how to use ChatGPT with Story Grid, looking into cover art, marketing tools and how to gain newsletter subscribers.  Come to Patreon and support us: https://www.patreon.com/newauthorpodcast. In what could be our best episode ever, this week we talk about: Power Outages and Air Conditioning Facebook Author Page Casinos POV or multiple POVs? Brandon Sanderson No Added Sugar Plotting with ChatGPT Traveling 2023 20 Books Vegas Jerry's new golf swing Other Links: Shawn Inmon's 20 Books Talk on Facebook Author Page: Link 100Covers: Link Jane Kalmas Videos: Link1 : Link2 Brandon Sanderson Video: Link vdo.ninja Rich's ChatGPT Prompts: After working through the outline, he did this Story Grid prompt: Okay, let's work with this outline for now. If you are familiar with Shawn Coyne's book The Story Grid, please provide beats for each chapter that provides for opening on one polarity and ending on another. If you don't understand, let me know. After combining two twists, he asked this one. It really helps find flaws you would probably find while writing: Are there any big flaws with that idea? Read more...

Welcome to 2023! Join as Jerry and Rich talk about writing (and sometimes their lack of it), and their publishing hopes. They talk about how they plan to write, looking into cover art, and speak on any other random thing that pops into their head. If you're an existing author or are writing your first book, come and listen to us because we were in the same boat as you. We've made mistakes, so you don't have to! Come hear about our successes and our mistakes, and find out where we spend money and where we shouldn't have spent money. We'll tell you everything we did to be successful (or fail...as the case may be). And you'll hear a pleasant conversation about what happens when they have off-weeks, looking into cover art, marketing tools and how to gain newsletter subscribers.  Come to Patreon and support us: https://www.patreon.com/newauthorpodcast. In what could be our best episode ever, this week we talk about: Gardening Weather Kindle Vella Facebook Author Page Casinos Water Heaters Golfing Football Read more...