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You may not know this, but I have been looking for guests who write outside the normal featured genres on Get Published. Traditionally, I have had lots of Science Fiction and Fantasy writers with the occasional Horror person thrown in for good measure.

This hasn’t been done to exclude all the other genres, I promise you. It is more about who I know in the writing field than any effort to exclude anyone.

That means, I haven’t been networking outside my own chosen genre as well as I should. That is a shame because ALL writers have something to share about their own publishing journeys, market differences and even the various tropes that are inherent to their own genres of choice.

I am happy to have a guest from a new genre today.

My guest today is Nicole Chardenet. She has just released her newest book, Sumer Lovin’ in multiple eFormats with the dead tree version coming out in just a few days.

Sumer Lovin’ is a very different book from what I normally read. It is a comedy of sorts that deals with people trying to find love and lust in Toronto. Definitely not something I normally read. I could tell you what I thought of it now, but that would only spoil the review I will give you in the Tips and Typos section of the book.

 

Regardless of whether it is normally my thing, Nicole and I had a LOT of fun in the interview. Humour is something I am very interested in and the conversation was great. Oh yeah, and did I mention that Nicole’s first book was self-published? Because of that, she was able to give us a comparison between self-published and tradionally published. It was great!

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

 

 

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 102 – Nicole Chardenet Brings Laughs to Love

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

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 102 – Nicole Chardenet Brings Laughs to Love (continued)

Welcome to the show.

02:01 Promo: BabylonPodcast

03:03 -Tips and Typos

Mike reviews Sumer Lovin’

05:54 - Promo – Nutty Bites

06:24 — Get Published Episode 102 – Nicole Chardenet Brings Laughs to Love (continued)

Nicole and Mike talk about humour, self-publishing vs. traditional publishing, being offended and Sumer Lovin’

45:25 - Promo - Flying Island Press

46:10 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

Nicole Chardent – http://www.nicolechardenet.com/

Deux Voiliers Publishing - https://sites.google.com/site/deuxvoilierspublishing/

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

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

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

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I’ve been curious about screenwriting and just how a writer can make it in Hollywood. Can screenwriters work outside Los Angeles and be successful? I was able to ask these questions and many more when I talked to Jennifer White who is a screenwriter, tagline writer and novelist.

I am also happy to have JRMurdock do another of his Unorthodox Writing Tips. In today’s show he talks about paying attention.

I also wanted to briefly talk about a couple of new projects I’m working on that you may or may not be aware of. The first, of these is the Mad Scientist Handbook that you have likely heard a promo for on previous episodes of the show. The Handbook is what I’m calling a pseudo-anthology. It is going to be a tongue-in handbook for the wannabe Super-villain. Picture Dr. Evil as a boy and what he would read as he tries to take over the world. Submissions are now open and you can find more information at madscientistanthology.wordpress.com.

The second project that is scheduled to kick off on February 29th is the Action Pack Podcast. I am working on this project with Scott Roche, AKA spiritualtramp on Twitter, and my writing partner, JRMurdock who you will hear later in the show.

We’re all pretty excited about this one. In this monthly podcast we will each be writing a serialized story. That’s three distinct stories, a portion of which you will hear each and every month until they are done. All three stories will be in every episode. We will also be putting them out in an e-Book pulp version each month through Flying Island Press. For my story, I will finally be writing Boy Scouts of the Apocalypse. We have music and artwork all lined up and I know it’s going to be awesome. I cannot wait to share the first episode with you all.

Those are a couple of the newest projects on the go. Lots to finish up so I can get submitting some new stuff too. I would love to hear about your projects. Drop me a line to tell me what’s going on in 2012 for you and I will pimp your upcoming work in a future episode’s Tips and Typos.

That’s the lineup for today. I hope you enjoy the show.

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 75 – Jennifer White Talks Screenwriting

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

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 75 – Jennifer White Talks Screenwriting

Welcome to the show.

02:33 Promo: A Method to The Madness: A Guide To The Super Evil

04:22 -Tips and Typos

JRMurdock provides us with another “Unorthodox Writing Tip”

07:53 - Promo – Requiem of the Outcast

09:03 — Get Published Episode 75 – Jennifer White Talks Screenwriting (continued)

Mike and Jennifer White talk about screenwriting, tagline writing and how to be successful in Hollywood

56:56 - Promo - Flying Island Press

57:41 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

Jennifer B. White - http://jenniferbwhite.com/

JR Murdock - http://jrmurdock.com

A Method to The Madness: A Guide To The Super Evil - http://madscientistanthology.wordpress.com

Requiem of the Outcast - http://www.requiemoftheoutcast.com

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

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Hello Everyone.

Well, we’re halfway through the year; I hope you are all doing well. Things are going well here and I’m increasingly hopeful that I will have an announcement in the near future. I do know that I have holidays coming up and I’m really looking forward to that.

I’m very excited to have Phil Rossi as my guest on this episode. I had some minor audio problems (Phil kept losing volume) but I have managed to get it audible. Phil had a lot of interesting things to say and I must say, this was a very cool interview.

Enjoy.

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published, Episode 8

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

0:14 — Introduction – Show #8:  Interview with Phil Rossi

Welcome to the show.

00:45 — Promos: Nina Kimberly the Merciless

www.ninakimberly.com

01:46 — Show #8:  Interview with Phil Rossi (continued)

  • Michell answers Lisa’s question regarding what materials a writer should prepare for submission purposes.
  • Email podcast at michellplested dot com with your comments

07:12 — Promos: Indiana Jim Podcast

http://podcast.indianajim.net

08:12 — Show #8:  Interview with Phil Rossi (continued)

Phil Rossi talks about his upcoming book, Crescent and his journey thus far. He talks about podcasting and the use of social media to promote yourself.

35:41 — Promos: Crescent

www.crescentstation.net

37:51 — Closing

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