Cover to Cover #456: DIY EBooks (We're Not Dead Yet!)
Mike M and Mike S jump back in the saddle, chatting about what they did on their extended summer vacations: Stackpole went to a few conventions (Gencon, Origins), and published his first digital...
View ArticleCover to Cover #457: Listener Questions
The new "Cover to Cover" will be switching to an every other week schedule, mostly to give the guys and the listeners time to do the actual work required... MRM doing the writing for Mistress of the...
View ArticleCover to Cover #458: Prepping and Planning A Story
Listener Questions: Tad from Mesa is one of the few who has an old edition of Mistress of Dragons and he's interested to see how the new version evolves, really enjoyed Stackpole's At the Queen's...
View ArticleCover to Cover #459: How and Where to Get Started
Would you be interested in receiving PDFs of sample chapters from authors, writing prompts or assignments or items of that ilk? Let us know your thoughts on that! Mike S lays out some steps to keep in...
View ArticleCover to Cover #460: Information Management and Story Questions
Mike S brings up some salient points about the legal tussle going on between HarperCollins and Open Road Media over the definition of "ebook" because of a new electronic version of Julie of the Wolves....
View ArticleCover to Cover #461: Building Your Audiences
Discussion: Mike S talks about the importance of developing a private audience, separate from the groups you're cultivating on Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and other social networks. What's your...
View ArticleCover to Cover #462: Deconstructing the Story
Mike S points out that the real kidney punch to B&N was done by Apple a few weeks ago with their ebook textbook deals, and the guys talk about how these deals could change how teachers teach and...
View ArticleCover to Cover #463: Techniques for Managing the Details
Mike S also recommends that everyone go out and purchase digital picture frames, scan in the covers of all their books, sit it on your shelf and have it display your book covers as slideshows. Writing...
View ArticleCover to Cover #464: Understanding Character Growth
Discussing the News: Mike S talks about Amazon's Kindle Select program that allows Kindle owners to borrow ebooks, and the payment method they're using to compensate authors for the loans, but it's an...
View ArticleCover to Cover #465: Catching Up and Moving Forward
Mike and Mike pop in for a quick visit, and have fun with not remembering anything they talked about or did for the show 2 years ago. They chat about what's been going on since then, and the changes...
View ArticleCover to Cover #466: Changes in Book Selling
Mike and Mike recap the technological and book-selling shift since they last talked shop in 2012, including the shift from big format bookstores to local stores & specialty stores that promote...
View ArticleCover to Cover #467: Talking About "Reading Rainbow"
Sam Roberts joins Mike and Mike to talk about LeVar Burton's Kickstarter efforts to bring "Reading Rainbow" to new audiences using newer technologies and methods that weren't available when the show...
View ArticleCover to Cover #468: Amazon vs Hachette, Or Who Moved My Marketing?
The contract dispute between Amazon and Hachette has Mike Stackpole a little fired up, and the conversation revolves around the details some of the blowback that midlist and new authors are feeling...
View ArticleCover to Cover #469: Talking with Kevin J. Anderson
Kevin J. Anderson joins Mike and Mike to talk about his newest novel, The Dark Between the Stars. It's the first of his new series, "Saga of Shadows", which takes place 20 years after the events of his...
View ArticleCover to Cover #470: Amazon vs Hachette, or Authors Are Doing It For Themselves
Mike and Mike talk more about the fight between Amazon and Hachette, continuing from Show 468 and including comments from your feedback via Facebook. They talk more about how different authors are...
View ArticleReview: "Heart's Blood" by Juliet Marillier
In Heart's Blood Ms. Marillier has created believable characters, both living and dead who grow and change through the book. Far from being a knock-off, the story and style stand out nicely on their...
View ArticleReview: "7th Sigma" by Steven Gould
I have to admit that I didn't buy 7th Sigma because of the excerpt called "Bugs in the Arroyo" that you can find for free on the Tor website. I bought it because of Summer's love for Steven Gould's...
View ArticleReview: "Steampunk" edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant
I do enjoy a good short story anthology and Steampunk really fits the bill. It offers 14 terrific stories all in the Steampunk genre (although some of them are pretty loosely connected -- I'm looking...
View ArticleDual Review: "Twelve", "Thirteen Years Later" by Jasper Kent
Before I start reviewing “Twelve” and "Thirteen Years Later" I have to go on a rant, a rant about books with serial killers. The success of "The Silence of the Lambs" has meant a huge number of books...
View ArticleReview: "Debris" by Jo Anderton
Jo Anderton’s debut novel is a compelling tale which pulls you in right from the start. Debris is told from the point of view of the protagonist Tanyana, as the story progresses she searches for the...
View ArticleReview: "Roil" by Trent Jamieson
Trent Jamieson’s Roil, the first book in The Nightbound Land duology, promises... and delivers. [Read more...] Source
View ArticleReview: "Alien Contact" edited by Marty Halpern
With twenty-six short stories telling tales of man meeting with other intelligences, Marty Halpern has pulled together an anthology filled with hours of enjoyable reading. [Read more...] Source
View ArticleReview: "Discount Armageddon" by Seanan McGuire
The world is a fairly orderly place, talking mice, gorgons, Chupacabra... these are things of fairy tales, mythology and supermarket tabloids. Not so in Seanan McGuire's new novel Discount Armageddon,...
View ArticleReview: "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
It's a little intimidating to review a book that has been so widely (and positively) reviewed. For authors, I think it would be useful to study this campaign and see what has made it so successful....
View ArticleReview: "Star Trek FAQ" by Mark Clark
As a solid Trek fan I am always on the lookout for good books on the franchise, and Star Trek FAQ comes through in spades. [Read more...] Source
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