Join indie authors Kevin Chapman and Richard "Steve" Bass every Saturday for their latest take on the self publishing industry, including a warts and all look at what they've tried, whether or not it worked, and why.
Jim Hinks from CommaPress joins Kev & Steve to discuss the new publishing platform MacGuffin.io as well as discussing some of the differences between short stories and longer fiction.
Jim Hinks from CommaPress joins Kev & Steve to discuss the new publishing platform MacGuffin.io as well as discussing some of the differences between short stories and longer fiction.
So it looks like we're finally relaunching this show then - who'd have thought?Our first interview of the new style show is with editor extraordinaire Harry Dewulf from narrativepath.com. Harry takes us behind the scenes on the editing process, talks us through his new novel writing course, and explains why Kev's new short story idea is rubbish.If you're a writer, editor or publisher and are interested in appearing on a future episode of IPA, let us know in the comments box below.
So it looks like we're finally relaunching this show then - who'd have thought?Our first interview of the new style show is with editor extraordinaire Harry Dewulf from narrativepath.com. Harry takes us behind the scenes on the editing process, talks us through his new novel writing course, and explains why Kev's new short story idea is rubbish.If you're a writer, editor or publisher and are interested in appearing on a future episode of IPA, let us know in the comments box below.
Steve talks through his beats for the Left Behind re-write, and Kev explains why he's swerved away from Stray for a few weeks to write another non-fiction book for students.
Steve talks through his beats for the Left Behind re-write, and Kev explains why he's swerved away from Stray for a few weeks to write another non-fiction book for students.
On this episode:Kev talks through his rough outline for a Young Adult novel called Stray and Steve explains his plans for the re-write of Zombie Comedy Left Behind.
On this episode:Kev talks through his rough outline for a Young Adult novel called Stray and Steve explains his plans for the re-write of Zombie Comedy Left Behind.
It's our last show for a while, at least in it's current format of weekly shows. Looking back over our first year of publishing should hopefully explain why.
It's our last show for a while, at least in it's current format of weekly shows. Looking back over our first year of publishing should hopefully explain why.
We talk about our plans for 2015, including our pilot season that will be starting in January, a move in to non-fiction and a new writing schedule we're going to try and stick to.If you've got any suggestions for future topics or questions for the show, tweet them at @kevandsteve or email kevandsteve@gmail.com
We talk about our plans for 2015, including our pilot season that will be starting in January, a move in to non-fiction and a new writing schedule we're going to try and stick to.If you've got any suggestions for future topics or questions for the show, tweet them at @kevandsteve or email kevandsteve@gmail.com
Kev & Steve talk about finished off Left Behind: Season One, what they plan to write next (including Steve's first short story) and answer a whole load of listener questions.You can ask a question or suggest a topic for a future show by emailing kevandsteve@gmail.com or tweeting @kevandsteve
Kev & Steve talk about finished off Left Behind: Season One, what they plan to write next (including Steve's first short story) and answer a whole load of listener questions.You can ask a question or suggest a topic for a future show by emailing kevandsteve@gmail.com or tweeting @kevandsteve
Kev & Steve discuss promoting Left Behind in person at Birmingham Comic Con recently, and their plans for promoting in person at future live events.They also go in depth on the results from their recent email promotion campaign for Mature: Season One, and ask the question: How often should an author email their list?Left Behind is nearly finished, and there's currently a poll on kevandsteve.com to let them know what you want them to write next.Kev talks about how he accidentally wrote a non-fiction book this week and what he plans to do with it, and Steve is starting to throw around some ideas for his first short story.If you've got any questions or topic suggestions for future shows, contact Kev & Steve by emailing kevandsteve@gmail.com, or tweeting them @kevandsteve.
Kev & Steve discuss promoting Left Behind in person at Birmingham Comic Con recently, and their plans for promoting in person at future live events.They also go in depth on the results from their recent email promotion campaign for Mature: Season One, and ask the question: How often should an author email their list?Left Behind is nearly finished, and there's currently a poll on kevandsteve.com to let them know what you want them to write next.Kev talks about how he accidentally wrote a non-fiction book this week and what he plans to do with it, and Steve is starting to throw around some ideas for his first short story.If you've got any questions or topic suggestions for future shows, contact Kev & Steve by emailing kevandsteve@gmail.com, or tweeting them @kevandsteve.
Our first interview, and it's fantastic. Editor Harry Dewulf talks us through his edit of the first couple of chapters of our new zombie serial Left Behind. Expect some fantastic insight along the way. This one is a must listen for new writers who haven't been able to afford to get an editor yet.If you want to get in touch with Harry you can contact him at his blog (http://www.densewordsblog.com/), his website (http://www.densewords.com/) or on Twitter (https://twitter.com/densewords).
Our first interview, and it's fantastic. Editor Harry Dewulf talks us through his edit of the first couple of chapters of our new zombie serial Left Behind. Expect some fantastic insight along the way. This one is a must listen for new writers who haven't been able to afford to get an editor yet.If you want to get in touch with Harry you can contact him at his blog (http://www.densewordsblog.com/), his website (http://www.densewords.com/) or on Twitter (https://twitter.com/densewords).
On this week's show Kev & Steve discuss launching their new zombie comedy serial Left Behind, promoting books at live events, a potential secret future project and the current marketing plan for Mature: Season One.Contact the show by emailing kevandsteve@gmail.com or tweet them @kevandsteve.
On this week's show Kev & Steve discuss launching their new zombie comedy serial Left Behind, promoting books at live events, a potential secret future project and the current marketing plan for Mature: Season One.Contact the show by emailing kevandsteve@gmail.com or tweet them @kevandsteve.
On this week's show: We discuss the writing process and release of our first short story, England United, as well as our release plans for our upcoming zombie comedy serial, Left Behind.We also go in depth and explain our writing process, including the explanation of story beats that so many of you have asked us about!You can email the show at kevandsteve@gmail.com, Tweet us @kevandsteve or Like us at Facebook.com/kevandsteve
On this week's show: We discuss the writing process and release of our first short story, England United, as well as our release plans for our upcoming zombie comedy serial, Left Behind.We also go in depth and explain our writing process, including the explanation of story beats that so many of you have asked us about!You can email the show at kevandsteve@gmail.com, Tweet us @kevandsteve or Like us at Facebook.com/kevandsteve
Kev & Steve hit the first bump in their road to success in indie publishing this week as the World Guardians project turned out to be a lot more complicated than they thought it would be. A quick re-design of their production schedule later, and somewhere they're still in with a chance of completing NaNaWriMo, but more importantly, they'll have a new book out ready for Birmingham Comic Con in a few weeks, and they've been experimenting with increasing their visibility on Amazon.Find out more at kevandsteve.com, or get in touch with the show @kevandsteve on Twitter, or by emailing kevandsteve@gmail.com.
Kev & Steve hit the first bump in their road to success in indie publishing this week as the World Guardians project turned out to be a lot more complicated than they thought it would be. A quick re-design of their production schedule later, and somewhere they're still in with a chance of completing NaNaWriMo, but more importantly, they'll have a new book out ready for Birmingham Comic Con in a few weeks, and they've been experimenting with increasing their visibility on Amazon.Find out more at kevandsteve.com, or get in touch with the show @kevandsteve on Twitter, or by emailing kevandsteve@gmail.com.
Kev & Steve have written half a million words between them in the last six months, despite both holding down full time jobs. But they've never taken part in National Novel Writing Month before. They talk through their plans for NaNoWriMo, and how they hope to end November with another 100,000 words under their belts, and three new projects to release in 2015.If you want to get in touch with the show, email kevandsteve@gmail.com, follow @kevandsteve on Twitter or visit kevandsteve.com.
Kev & Steve discuss their backgrounds in indie publishing, from starting out as podcasters five years ago, to self publishing 12 titles in 2014. The conversation also covers their plans for the future, their collaborative writing process, and their plans for this new show.
Kev & Steve introduce the new show, and give you a little taste of what to expect in future episodes.
Kev & Steve have written half a million words between them in the last six months, despite both holding down full time jobs. But they've never taken part in National Novel Writing Month before. They talk through their plans for NaNoWriMo, and how they hope to end November with another 100,000 words under their belts, and three new projects to release in 2015.If you want to get in touch with the show, email kevandsteve@gmail.com, follow @kevandsteve on Twitter or visit kevandsteve.com.
Kev & Steve discuss their backgrounds in indie publishing, from starting out as podcasters five years ago, to self publishing 12 titles in 2014. The conversation also covers their plans for the future, their collaborative writing process, and their plans for this new show.
Kev & Steve introduce the new show, and give you a little taste of what to expect in future episodes.