Podcasts about faleena hopkins

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Romance writer Faleena Hopkins was arrested in Wyoming. The day she was released from jail, she went missing. Now, deemed a "potentially endangered missing person" the trail has led authorities to believe she may be in Hawaii. Tune in for the details. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knowgoodwords/support

Ask Win: http://ask-win.weebly.com. Ask Win sponsor: https://melodyclouds.com. Please donate to Ask Win by going to Payment Venmo Win1195 at https://venmo.com/. Win Kelly Charles' Books: https://www.amazon.com/Win-Kelly-Charles/e/B009VNJEKE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1. Win Kelly Charles' MONAT: https://wincharles.mymonat.com.   On Ask Win today (Wednesday, January 18, 2023), Best-Selling Author, Win C welcomes Faleena Hopkins. Faleena is a filmmaker and novelist whose books have sold over a million copies as a self pub. She's creating a course to teach new authors how she does it. Faleena lives in Los Angeles with her rescue dog, Sophia, where she drinks too much coffee and not enough wine. To learn more about Faleena visit http://authorfaleenahopkins.com/.

Romancelandia, the fellowship of romance authors and their readers, is a famously supportive and tight community. Until it isn't. This week, the guys plunge into the #CockyGate scandal, wherein romance author Faleena Hopkins tried, rather cockily, to prevent other authors from placing a commonly-used word into any title of any published work, anywhere, anytime. As you might suspect, things didn't go great for her.

This week Giles Alderson tells you The Dare is two weeks away from being released in the UK, that aside he sits down with Robbie McKane and special guest Faleena Hopkins who chats to you about how she made her indie film Just One More Kiss. She talks about how she came up with the idea, goes in-depth about how she wrote the screenplay, then turned it into a novel, raised the finance, got the cast and crew on board, directed it, learned to edit and finally on how she sold the movie ! She gives some amazing tips and advice to film-makers from how she found her producer, acted and directed at the same time, making a movie with three crew, working with DoP and composers and how she got Just One More Kiss to market with some great facebook advertising your movie advice thrown in. Link to Just One More Kiss on Amazon US @FaleenaHopkinsOfficial on INSTA   SPREAD THE WORD WITH OUR MERCH. T-Shirts, Hoodies, Mugs, Masks and Water Bottles all now available in some very cool designs. Help us out and Subscribe, listen and review us on iTunes, Spotify, Podbean, or wherever you get your podcasts. Tell your friends, spread the world and choose film.   WATCH OUR FILMS The Dare Canada and USA | Trailer The Dare pre-order DVD in UK here A Serial Killers Guide to Life | Trailer Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot DIGITAL https://apple.co/3gxiPX3 DVD https://amzn.to/30dCdUa | Trailer   FOLLOW US Follow the Podcast @filmmakerspod Follow Make Your Film @makeyourfilm20  Follow Giles @gilesalderson Follow Robbie @robbiemckane Follow our Regular Hosts @DirDomLenoir @35mmdop @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths @philmblog @IanSharp1 Follow our Movies @FangedUpFilm @thedaremovie @Food4ThoughtDoc   LINKS and MORE Raindance events www.raindance.org The Filmmakers Podcast recommends Performance Insurance Music from musicbed.com Part of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.com Head to The Filmmakers Podcast for more episodes on film-making Giles Alderson's website  Get in touch? Email us thefilmmakerspodcast@gmail.com

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In Ep. 4 Londoner Priyanka Rose dropped by the "Breaking Free with Faleena Hopkins” podcast to explain how she constantly manifests great things in her life, a dark time she conquered, and even give some fantastic tips on how to make new friends, how you can connect with people anywhere and everywhere you go.

In our first episode of Breaking Free with Faleena Hopkins, Instagram and YouTube Influencer Lani True shares her darkest moments, how she now follows her heart no matter how bumpy the ride, and gives inspirational advice to those who want to get un-stuck.

We did it! We have finished the end of Cocky Surgeon, by Faleena Hopkins. Cockygate is almost at an end! Does Caden get to come back to Atlanta? Does Janet get....what....she....deserves?  We discuss how preachy this book gets (there's a lot of preachiness at the end) and even discuss Faleena's 7 tips on writing romance and if they are actually used in this book.  And truly, this book gets the ending it deserves in this episode.  Follow us on Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group Music this season: "The Porn King" by The Funky Filter

Your resident readers tackle Scott Lynch’s Lies of Locke Lamora, try to figure out wtf LARPing is, and investigate a national crisis: the epidemic of unfinished fantasy series. We’re looking at you, George R. R. Martin and Pat Rothfuss! Plus, a visit to Dune with a pit stop in the bloody battlefield known as romance author Twitter. Books mentioned:  Naomi Novik, Uprooted, His Majesty’s Dragon; Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind, The Wise Man’s Fear; Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time series; George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones; Frank Herbert, Dune. Links: @scottlynch78 Is Winter Coming? Laura Miller in the New Yorker on Martin’s delay Faleena Hopkins’s Cocky Drama Friend us on Goodreads. And write in or send a voice memo to thatbookpod@gmail.com.

Elle and Meghan officially start their dive into Cocky Surgeon by Faleena Hopkins! We actually...get a little bit of a story before any sexual acts? We breakdown a little of what led to #cockygate, starting with Kindle Unlimited and Bookclicker. We discuss why authors need to stop claiming their characters are feminists (sigh) and our deathly fears of mirrors in bedrooms!  Join us next Thursday as we dive further into the whole #cockygate scandal, including Kindle, #TiffanyGate, and plenty more.  Note: The show music has been removed as the owner has requested it not be used in podcasts. We will be putting together new music soon!    Follow us on Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group   

I've been wanting to write about Cocky-gate for some time now but the story – a row between self-published authors that degenerated into ridiculousness – seems finally over and perhaps we can all get some perspective. The whole thing started in May when a self-published romance author, Faleena Hopkins, began attempting to enforce her copyright on books that contained “cocky” in the title.

Rick Pullen is a novelist, award-winning investigative reporter and magazine editor. His 2016 thriller, Naked Ambition, about a reporter investigating a corrupt presidential candidate, became a bestseller. The Apprentice is his latest release. In 2018, newspaper reporter Beck Rikki returns as she sets out to discover the Naked Truth, the sequel to Naked Ambition. Pullen is a member of the Folio 100—the 100 most influential people in magazine publishing—and was a finalist for Editor of the Year.MENTIONS:Rent a writer's retreat that can take you places! Check out my RV, now for rent via Outdoorsy, at bit.ly/rvwriter!New to Wordslinger Press, pick up Writing a Better Book DescriptionPick up a copy of Kevin Tumlinson's newest Dan Kotler archaeological thriller The Girl in the Mayan Tomb - https://books2read.com/mayan-tombCONNECT ONLINE:Website(s): http://rickpullen.com/Twitter handle(s): @RickPullenFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/rickpullenwriter/Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Apprentice-Rick-Pullen-ebook/dp/B075787Y89THIS WEEK’S INDIE PUBLISHING NEWSBrought to you by Draft2DigitalThe Worlds Are Ending! — Amazon has announced that it will be closing its popular Kindle Worlds service in July. KW launched in May 2013 as a way for intellectual property owners to open their worlds for other writers, with both the copyright holder and the contributor splitting royalties from sales. It was a popular option for authors looking to break into writing fiction, with the power of a known brand behind them. There’s been no official word as to what happens next, and that’s proving problematic for contributing authors. Under the Kindle Worlds License Agreement, the contributing authors granted rights to their stories to the property holders. Effectively, then, it’s up to those property holders to make any deals to republish or redistribute that work. As there are few viable options for royalty splitting in the marketplace, the likelihood is that these titles will never be republished. — http://bit.ly/150-worldsRomantic Times Calling it Quits — Romantic Times Magazine, and its associated annual convention, will be shutting down, according to a May 16 announcement. The Romantic Times convention is currently running, but magazine owner Kathryn Falk announced to attendees that this would be the last year. Most attendees were very surprised, and were concerned that the closure would impact readers. Thanks to JoCarol Jones, however, there’s still some spark for readers and convention goers. Jones accounted that she will be creating and running The Booklovers Convention, which will take up the cause. — http://bit.ly/150-romanticMore Cocky — The story behind #cockygate just keeps evolving, now with a feature article in Vox detailing some of the finer points of the IP battle. For those not in the know, author Faleena Hopkins started an avalanche of news and ill feelings when she trademarked the word “cocky” as it applies to ebooks, books, and audiobooks in the romance genre. She started a ruckus when she sent cease and desist letters to a number of romance authors using the word in the titles of their books, following up by issuing takedown notices with Amazon for alleged trademark violation. The story continues to take on mass as authors take issue, file petitions to have the trademark revoked, and even turn to trade organizations like RWA to bring legal muscle to the game. The implications of this story keep unfolding. — http://bit.ly/150-cockyTHIS EPISODE OF THE WORDSLINGER PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY:Written World Writer’s Retreat - Rent a writer’s retreat that goes wherever you want to go. Check out my listing on Outdoorsy for the perfect writer’s retreat—my 38’ luxury motor coach! Go to http://bit.ly/rvwriter for details.Draft2Digital—Convert, publish, and distribute your book worldwide, with support the whole way. https://draft2digital.com/wordslingerWordslinger Press—This is your chance to start your indie author career right. Pick up books and other products to help you build and grow a successful writing career. Start growing at http://wordslingerpodcast.comSupport this show: Subscribe and share!Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/wordslingerpodcastPick something up to read that will be tough to put down—Archeological Thrillers, Science Fiction, YA Fantasy and more, at https://kevintumlinson.com/books___GOT A QUESTION FOR KEVIN AND HIS GUESTS?CALL 281-809-WORD (9673)

We explore "writing for the market" and weigh in on "cockygate"!

Michelle Madow is a USA Today bestselling author of fast paced fantasy novels that will leave you turning the pages wanting more! She grew up in Maryland and now lives in Florida. Some of her favorite things are: reading, traveling, pizza, time travel, Broadway musicals, and spending time with friends and family. Someday, she hopes to travel the world for a year on a cruise ship.CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s): www.michellemadow.comTwitter handle(s): @MichelleMadowFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/michellemadow/Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Michelle-Madow/e/B005GA8KA6/THIS WEEK’S INDIE PUBLISHING NEWS:Don’t Get Cocky — Romance author Faleena Hopkins has been the talk of the indie publishing industry of late, thanks to her decision to trademark the word “cocky” as it applies to romance-genre ebooks, books, audiobooks, and allegedly even metadata for all of the above. Hopkins began sending cease and desist notifications to authors using the word in their romance titles, threatening legal action if authors didn’t comply and make a change. Hopkins has trademarked not only the word “cocky,” but a stylized font treatment of the word using a font that is, apparently, not legally allowed for use in a trademark or copyright. The community is up-at-arms over the move, and it has sparked a very heated discussion regarding intellectual property laws as they apply to indie authors. My take: This is an abuse of IP law, and it should never have passed review. Someone in the US Patent and Trademark Office has fallen down on the job, or has been banned for access to a common English language dictionary. This is a story to watch for all its implications to the industry, for sure. — http://bit.ly/149-cockyBooks by women authors are cheaper than books by men? — That, according to CBS Money Watch, reporting on research that books written by women are priced 45 percent lower than books written by men. Researchers analyzed more than 2 million books published between 2002 and 2012 and determined the 45 percent number to apply to both traditional and indie-published books. That number shrinks to just 9 recent once genre and other mitigating factors are included. And the number specific to self-published titles is smaller still: “Self-published titles by women are priced at 4 percent less than for men, the researchers found,” as stated by the CBS article. So what’s driving that price differential? I argue that it’s genre: Women tend to write in genres where various factors have driven the price point lower. Whereas men tend to write in genres where a higher price point is acceptable. The way to look at this and verify it would be to break this down and study price points and ranges within specific genres, to see if the disparity holds up. — http://bit.ly/149-genderAuthor takes on US Education — Ted Dintersmith, author of “What School Could Be,” appeared on CNBC to discuss his book and his take on how the education system in the United States is not only letting students down, but is actually making it more difficult for them to be competitive in the workplace. Dintermsith states that he believes college “definitely is not for everyone,” and points out that only one in five students leave college with a background and resources that can equip them for a successful career. I have to say, I agree 100%. As controversial as this statement may be, I believe college is a worthless endeavor for the majority of our population, and that most people if not all people would benefit far more by investing all of that time, money, and energy into starting a small business—even if that business utterly fails. What do you think? Check out the interview and leave me a comment. — bit.ly/149-schoolTHIS EPISODE OF THE WORDSLINGER PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY:Written World Writer’s Retreat - Rent a writer’s retreat that goes wherever you want to go. Check out my listing on Outdoorsy for the perfect writer’s retreat—my 38’ luxury motor coach! Go to http://bit.ly/rvwriter for details.Draft2Digital—Convert, publish, and distribute your book worldwide, with support the whole way. https://draft2digital.com/wordslingerWordslinger Press—This is your chance to start your indie author career right. Pick up books and other products to help you build and grow a successful writing career. Start growing at http://wordslingerpodcast.comSupport this show: Subscribe and share!Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/wordslingerpodcastPick something up to read that will be tough to put down—Archeological Thrillers, Science Fiction, YA Fantasy and more, at https://kevintumlinson.com/books___GOT A QUESTION FOR KEVIN AND HIS GUESTS?CALL 281-809-WORD (9673)

Before you listen to this podcast I want to inform you a few things. I curse. . . a lot. I say bitch. . . a lot. I think Faleena Hopkins may need mental help. . . I could be wrong. My husband has a strong accent and I hope you can understand him ok. I asked him to tone that accent down for the podcase and hopefully he does. Faleena Hopkins decided to trademark the word "cocky" to protect her brand - or so she says. I'm not buying it.