Posts Tagged ‘5 rivers publishing’

Apr

Caught in the Crossfire (HELP!)

Posted by: Michell in Irreverent Muse, Promos, Promoting Your Book

As many of you witnessed a few days ago, the young superhero, Mik Murdoch (whose adventures are documented in Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero) posted an opinion piece on this website decrying the ‘bully’ tactics of certain villains. He had heard through trusted sources that the super-villains of the world (many of whom have written articles for A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil) were out to get him.

I saw no harm is allowing Mr. Murdoch to post his thoughts on this website. After all, he has allowed me to document his adventures thus far. What could be the worst that could happen?

That is a question I probably should have explored in greater detail. You see, I was chosen/coerced/press-ganged/drafted by the aforementioned villains to act as an editor for their how-to book (in case you missed it the first time, it is titled: A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil and is available for pre-order until June 30th (don’t hate me, I was promised mercy if I pimped the book in this post)). Myself and Jeffrey Hite were to gather the articles and assemble them into a pleasing book that is to be made available to all wannabe villains.

You might see where my roles as editor for villains and documenter of deeds for Mik Murdoch might be slightly at odds with each other.

Apparently, some of the contributors to the Guide took exception to Mr. Murdoch’s comments and to me allowing him to post them on my website. Late last night, my family and I were relocated to the secret undersea volcano lair of the self-styled Lord Aquarius, Master of Oceans. Lord Aquarius has made it very clear to me that in order for my family to continue breathing air (not water or liquid-hot magma), I must cooperate fully with the wishes of the super-villain community.

As such, I feel compelled to state, that while Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero is the kind of person I always hoped to become, and that his adventures are awesome, I must label him as the worst kind of goodie-two-shoes, interferer there is. Mr. Murdoch must, in the opinion of my self-preserving self, retire from the superhero game effective immediately. To do otherwise will result in the pain and suffering of innocents everywhere (me, for example).

Give it up, Mik! I’m begging you!

Tags: 5 rivers publishing, a method to the madness: a guide to the super evil, boy superhero, Five Publishing Publishing, jeffrey hite, Lord Aquarius, Master of Oceans, mik murdoch, super villain

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Oct

Get Published Episode 95 – A Method to the Madness: Anthology Update

Posted by: Michell in Get Published (Podcast)

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I’ve been on the road a fair amount the past few weeks and I have learned that the tools you use are critical to your creative success. There are plenty of applications that will allow you to stay in touch with home and keep your writing and podcasting moving forward. Things like Dropbox, Google docs, Skype and Logmein can really help.

In today’s episode, Jeffrey Hite and I talk about the progress of our anthology, A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil. We talk about the challenges, what has worked and what we have accomplished.

JR Murdock also has another Unorthodox Writing Tips in the Tips and Typos. He discusses some tricks you can use to give more depth to your characters.

That’s today’s episode. I hope you enjoy it.

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 95 – A Method to the Madness: Anthology Update

Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published”

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 95 – A Method to the Madness: Anthology Update

Welcome to the show.

01:08 Promo: BabylonPodcast

02:11 -Tips and Typos

JR Murdock talks about adding depth to characters.

06:21 - Promo – Nutty Bites

06:51 — Get Published Episode 95 – A Method to the Madness: Anthology Update (continued)

Jeffrey Hite and Mike talk about their continuing journey to create the anthology, “A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil”

57:42 - Promo - Flying Island Press

58:27 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

Michell Plested - http://www.michellplested.com/

Jeffrey Hite – http://jeffhite.com

JR Murdock - http://jrmurdock.com/

Babylon Podcast - http://www.babylonpodcast.com/

NIMLAS Studios/Nutty Bites - http://nimlas.org/blog/

Flying Island Press - http://flyingislandpress.com/

Tags: 5 rivers publishing, a method to the madness: a guide to the super evil, anthology, babylon podcast, five rivers publishing, flying island press, Get Published, jeffrey hite, jr murdock, lorina stephens, Michell Plested, nimlas, nutty bites

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Jun

Get Published Episode 86 – What Happens After Your Book is Accepted?

Posted by: Michell in Get Published (Podcast)

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In today’s episode, I speak with my publisher, Lorina Stephens from 5 Rivers Publishing, about the journey a manuscript takes to publication once it has been accepted. You will get a much clearer understanding of why the process can be slow.

We also talk about the direction of publishing and books sales.

Apologies, but the interview audio is not quite as good as I like.

I am also very pleased to have another Unorthodox Writing Tips from JR Murdock. This episode he talks about momentum.

I hope you enjoy the show.

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 86 – What Happens After Your Book is Accepted?

Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published”

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 86 – What Happens After Your Book is Accepted?

Welcome to the show.

00:49 Promo: A Method to The Madness: A Guide To The Super Evil

02:39 -Tips and Typos

JR Murdock brings us another Unorthodox Writing Tips. In today’s episode he talks about momentum.