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Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing

Nov 30, 2018

Henry David Thoreau said: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you imagined."

In this episode's interview, Mark speaks with musician and writer Tommy Ray about how he had done just that. They talk about Tommy's experience of how he took a dream (an actual dream) and transitioned it into reality...


Nov 23, 2018

In this episode, Mark chats with Andrea Pearson, an author, a marketing guru and a mother. We talk about how she balances all three roles, about the tools she uses, her latest fiction, how she manages to get so much writing done as well as some of her personal takeways from the recent WMG Business Master Class workshop...


Nov 15, 2018

If you are familiar with the Self Publishing Formula Podcast, you'll likely recognize James Blatch as Mark Dawson's right-hand man; his co-host, or, perhaps, his co-pilot for the podcast.

But in this episode Mark puts James in the pilots seat with a focus on Blatch's own writing, his background as a reporter,...


Nov 9, 2018

In this episode Mark interviews Phillip McCollum about an intriguing project of writing 52 stories in 52 weeks.

Prior to the interview, Mark shares a word from the podcast's sponsor, Findaway Voices . . .

. . . and then a personal update which includes a push-up challenge he participated in at the 20Booksto50K...


Nov 2, 2018

Mark interviews authors Kerrie Flanagan and Chuck Harrelson about the steamy romantic comedy novels they have been co-authoring under the name C.K. Wiles.

Before the interview, Mark shares a personal update explaining why he isn't participating in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) this year, even though he loves...