Podcasts about how to books

Marv chats with Suswati Basu about How To Books, a show that looks at books that offer advice and help, and finds out what Suswati's essential reads are.  

Roy Osing, Author of 7 How To Books, started changing the conversation in 2009. This Grandfather of 4 is known as "Different Papa" and believes differentiation is necessary in both our Business and Personal lives. His intention was not to write a book, the books are actually notes he did not hand out at his presentations. Roy blogs every Monday visit bedifferentorbedead.com #RoyOsing #BeDifferentOrBeDead #OnlineForAuthors #JenniferPalmer #DifferentPapa #HowToGuy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/onlineforauthors/message

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Are you a great cook or chef who wants to self publish a cookbook? Then this episode is for you! I discuss all the issues you'll need to address for your self published cookbook project. YouTube video: https://youtu.be/yqeKzA5HlgI Timestamp show notes (click on timestamp to view that segment on YouTube): 0:32 First step in writing your self published cookbook 1:44 Photo issues for self published cookbooks 2:46 Color or black & white printing? 4:12 Paperback or hardcover cookbook? 6:20 Kindle eBook cookbooks? 7:18 Copyright issues with cookbooks 9:19 Allergen, health and nutrition info? 9:56 Using brand name ingredients? Blog: How to Self Publish a Cookbook http://hub.me/aloyH Stock Photo Issues for Self Published Cookbooks and How-To Books http://hub.me/am5J5  

The deputies were excited but quiet about it, out of respect for Peach. Unexplained death was uncommon, even with the aging residents that made up much of the population of the town. Violent death was even rarer in the scattered villages that lined the one road in and out of the mountain towns, and news about it would spread quickly. Meth, heroin, domestic abuse, identity theft, yes. At this point, though, murder seemed unlikely. Holly got Peach settled with a cup of chamomile tea and a plate of Fig Newtons along with a promise to stay put. It was hard to ignore the blood that stained her black-and-white cotton top. "I know this is tough, Peach. Try to be patient." Peach hugged herself, rocking back and forth in one of the chairs in a corner of the big kitchen... -- Mar Preston, The Most Dangerous Species It's my birthday! Well, not mine per se, but that of Destination Mystery. I launched the podcast two years ago, and in honor of that momentous event, I give you a bonus interview this month. My dear friend and wonderful mystery writer, Mar Preston, chats with me about her terrific police series, one set in Santa Monica, the other in a mountain village -- proving that crime is everywhere. Mar puts her all into researching, and she talks about several of the programs she's gone through for writers looking to get it right. She gives shout-outs to Lee Lofland's Writers Police Academy -- which a number of writers I know have taken and loved -- and the Public Safety Writers Association, which hosts an annual conference in Las Vegas. She also recommends the first mystery writer to delve into the mean streets of her home turf of Santa Monica: Raymond Chandler. Since The Long Goodbye is one of my all-time favorite mystery novels, I am happy that Santa Monica has inspired so many crime stories.  ;-)  Mar also writes books for beginning mystery writers, and you can get the first one for free, just by visiting her website and scrolling down.  Here are Mar's mysteries, in order: Detective Dave Mason: 1 - No Dice 2 - Rip-Off 3 - On Behalf of the Family 4 - A Very Private High School Detective Dex Stafford: 1 - Payback 2 - The Most Dangerous Species And her How-To Books: 1 - Writing Your First Mystery 2 - Plotting Your First Mystery 3 - Creating Killer Characters 4 - Finishing Your First Mystery 5 - Writing Backstory in Your Mystery Writing Your First Mystery Boxed Set (Books 1-4) As always, if you'd rather read than listen, there's a transcript below. Enjoy!  And happy birthday to all of us!  -- Laura ************************************************************************************ Transcript of Interview with Mar Preston Laura Brennan: My guest today writes police procedurals set in idyllic towns -- proving that even in paradise, murder is not unknown. Her Dave Mason mysteries take place in Santa Monica, where sun and sand are no match for greed and ambition, while her Dex Stafford series is set in a mountain resort community suspiciously like the one she currently calls home. Mar, thank you for joining me. Mar Preston: It's a pleasure. I enjoy talking to you when I see you at mystery conferences. This is a treat! LB: It is! It is. I've known you for years I've loved your writing all that time. MP: Aw, thanks Laura. LB: So let's talk a little bit about how you got into writing. When you started, you weren't writing mysteries, you are writing something else, right? MP: Well, I've always been a wordsmith. And I thought because it came easily to me that anybody could write if they just put their mind to it. It wasn't a skill that I thought had much value. And because I worked in academic research, and numbers and charts and graphs -- that was what was important. And then, after a long illness, as they say, my husband died and I'd been involved in taking care of him for a long while. When he died, there was this great gap of time.

  Carrie Stuart Parks is an internationally recognised forensic artist and creator of the award winning Gwen Marcey suspense series featuring an FBI trained forensic artist who is always being thrust out of her studio into life and death action. Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: How Carrie found her mentor through a thoughtful Christmas gift Why writing "kept her sane" in dark times The 'Don't Lie To Me' workshops that contribute to Gwen's character The two things behind Carrie's writing success How book research led her to Pentecostal serpent handlers Why she breeds Great Pyrenees Mountain Dogs Where to find Carrie Stuart Parks: Website: www.carriestuartparks.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarrieStuartParksAuthor/ For more details, a full transcript follows:  Note – this is a “close as” rendering of our full conversation with links to key points. (Not totally word for word) Jenny: Hi there: I'm your host Jenny Wheeler, and today Carrie Stuart Parks is talking about writing inspirational suspense. But before we hear from Carrie, just a reminder that the show notes for this BingeReading episode are available at the website, thejoysofbingereading.com That's where you'll find links to Carrie's website and books, as well as a free E book, and information on how to subscribe to our podcast so you don't miss future episodes. And now here's Carrie. Hello there Carrie, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. Carrie: Thank you Jenny and I am absolutely thrilled to be here. Carrie Stuart Parks - thriller author Jenny:  You obviously are a very talented artist - you give forensic art workshops and you have written several how to paint and draw instruction books - so what was the “Once Upon A Time” moment or process that led you to express yourself through writing rather than through pencil and paint? Carrie: The original writing I did was for 'How To Books.' I decided I really needed to put down what I taught my students in a book rather than explain it over and over again. So I ended up doing five books with my husband Rick on how to draw and how to watercolour paint. And I thought that all I could do was write non fiction  - "here's how to sharpen your pencil." Eventually I moved over to writing novels, but it wasn't until I'd been writing non fiction books for a number of years that I ended up in this place. Jenny:  Yes and it's a very different process writing novels to writing fiction. Was there something that led you to make that jump? Carrie:  Yes, and it's a strange story!  I have a girl friend who has absolutely everything and every year I spend hours looking for the perfect Christmas gift for her. Well this one year I just couldn't find anything. So I thought maybe I'll just  write a little short story about people who go on this adventure. So I wrote this story about two gals who go on this adventure. A murder mystery kind of a thing.  And I gave it to her for Christmas.  And she'd be reading it in bed and laughing out loud and her husband said "What are you reading?" And she said "well there's this really funny short story" and she read it out loud to him.  He rang me up the next day and he said "I want to come over to your house" and I said "OK" and he came over and said "I think you have writing talent. I think you can write fiction and I am happy to teach you how to do it better." Well the gal I gave it to was Barbara Peretti, and the guy who came over was Frank Peretti (famous as the author of The Present Danger and Piercing the Darkness - editor note)  So for the next eight years the 'Dean of Christian Writing' was my personal mentor. Writing mentor Frank Peretti and Carrie Stuart Parks Jenny: Gwen is similar to you in many ways - for a start she is a forensic artist - and in other ways of course she is very different...   Tell us about those similarities and differences.

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