Jul 25, 2024
Mark interviews Rick Hipson, author of the new book A REVIEWER'S GUIDE TO WRITING BOOK REVIEWS: AND HOW TO GET PAID FOR THEM.
Prior to the interview, Mark thanks Patrons and Buy Me A Coffee buddies, welcomes new patron Kevin J. Anderson, shares comments from recent episode, a personal update, and a word from this episode's sponsor.
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In the interview Mark and Rick talk about:
- Rick getting his first stint at writing (A ginger man story) back in Grade 2 or Grade 3
- Catching the horror bug first when reading "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" when he was about nine years old
- Getting into vampires and reading stories about them at a young age
- Starting off writing for publication (fiction, interviews, and reviews) for a magazine called Insidious Reflections
- Rick's first author interview with Jack Ketchum and how it's one of the most memorable interview and one of his absolute favorites
- How Jack was a true gentleman who was gracious and so supportive of so many other people in the horror industry
- Rick interviewing Brian Keene through tweets
- Some of the struggles with transcription
- The way that Rick likes to conduct interviews
- Rick's podcast of interviews with horror authors and the various articles that he writes based on the context from those interviews
- Rick's interview with Frank Darabont of The Walking Dead, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- Interview advice that Frank Darabont offered to Rick
- Leveraging one's non-fiction interview assets in as many ways possible
- Rick's book, which launched July 26, 2024, A Reviewer’s Guide to Writing Book Reviews: And How to Get Paid for Them
- Deciding to go with a publisher (Crystal Lake Publishing) instead of self-publishing this title, and why
- The way that Rick worked his way through having his non-fiction pieces published in various horror markets
- A horror story Rick shares about his first review
- The importance of meeting people in person
- The single conference Rick will go to every single year and why
- A bit about Rick's podcast, Dark Bites
- And more . . .
After the interview Mark reflects on Rick's reasoning to go with a publisher as well as the long-term marketing effect of a reviewer feeling like they "owe" an author.
Links of Interest:
- Dark Bites
- Rick's Book
- Rick's Linktree
- DropCap Marketplace
- Use coupon STARK20 to get 20% off
- Cruising Writers
- Buy Mark a Coffee
- Patreon for Stark Reflections
- An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and Libraries
- The Relaxed Author
- Publishing Pitfalls for Authors
- An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores
- Wide for the Win
- Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books
- The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Yippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard
The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0