031 The Functional Nerds
In our 31st episode, John & I welcome Carolyn Crane, author of Mind Games & Double Cross, available from Spectra. With Carolyn in tow, we discussed: author websites, geocities, twitter, urban fantasy, marketing, cover art, product packaging (when it comes to books), 1st person prose, tense, Anne Rice, Jim Butcher, Laurel K. Hamilton, Ian Fleming, Kelly Armstrong, querying agents, freelancing as a writer, social media & balancing your online presence with your work load as a writer.
Featuring Original Music by:
John Anealio – Sundog (instrumental)
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Carolyn’s handyman philosopher quote was awesome as she used it in relation to how to write a book and be successful: “It’s not knowing how to build the door, it’s how to solve the problems that come along the way.”
What a handyman…
Finally! Some technology talk! All these interview sessions and not enough of John and Patrick grooving on tech…
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I agree! Told John just the other day that we need to mix it up with some tech stuff!
~P