Podcast appearances and mentions of James S Aaron

Mark interviews author Brittany Fichter about writing happily ever after endings, clean romance, and taking the time to care for her readers. Prior to the main content, Mark shares a personal update, thanks new patron James S. Aaron, and shares a word about this episode's sponsor. You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway. In their conversation, Mark and Brittany talk about: Writing clean, sweet, and wholesome romance Living and writing with OCD, Tourettes and free-floating anxiety The Writing Gals Podcast and their outline of the various levels of heat in romance fiction How the outline for Brittany's last book was 50,000 words The way that clean romances can still deal with heavy concepts and deep emotions Writing fairy tales that are full fantasy, much like the darkness to light moment in The Lord of the Rings Brittany's childhood love of fairy tales and her desire to what to know the characters beyond the tropes Stephen King's writing prompt to write a story you'll never share with anyone, and how Brittany used that to write a story inspired by Beauty and The Beast that she published in 2015 Revising covers, and the fact her first book (Beyond Beauty) has gone through four covers already Getting writing done with young children Making YouTube music playlists for every book that she writes as a way of triggering her brain that it's time to write The push that leads a lot of writers to writer burnout The Happy Planner brand Writing and publishing a chapter a week on her blog to keep her readers happy while they're waiting for the next book Why Brittany has a "Fun and Games" section on her website and why she avoids political discussion in her reader groups and author page How her writing is all about light overcoming dark The way that 2020 had us on social media and on our phones a lot, instead of being with and understanding others Advice Brittany would give to new writers And more... After the interview Mark reflects on the importance of attending to the needs of your readers. Links of Interest: Brittany Fichter's Website Facebook Author Page Facebook Reader Group Instagram Writing Gals: What Makes Clean Romance Clean 20BooksVegas Website 2021 Video Playlist of 162 Videos (YouTube) Killing it on Kobo Wide for the Win Apple Books Panel Findaway Voices The Canadian Mounted You Play with Your Balls a Lot (Lipsync) The 2021 NaNoWriMo Writing Tools Storybundle Patreon for Stark Reflections The Relaxed Author Buy eBook Direct Buy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for Authors An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores Wide for the Win Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story) A Canadian Werewolf in New York Stowe Away (Novella) Fear and Longing in Los Angeles Fright Nights, Big City Brittany Fichter lives with her Prince Charming, little fairy, and little prince in a decently clean castle in whatever kingdom the United States Air Force has most recently placed them.   The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 

Anything and everything is one the table! Hosts: Josh Hayes, Scott Moon Special Guest: James S. Aaron 00:00 Opening remarks -Discord server is up! https://discord.com/invite/t96CVRD -Keystroke Coffee is live! https://keystrokemedium.com/product/keystroke-coffee/ -Use Plottr! https://plottr.com?ref=190 02:58 Weekly update—We Live in the Same Town Edition James: Deep into Space Vagabond series. Editing, writing, and doing dication all at the same time. Getting the toddler into daycare! Scott: Writing like crazy. Working on Reaper #11 and loving it. Working on Blue Sun Armada series, using Plottr! Josh: First day of school! Added words to the KeyStroWriMo document! Working on Sentinel series and Tranquility #3. Accepted into a new anthology. 18:00 Main Event— LIVE! So You Want To Be A Writer? -- 2021 edition -Advice for new writers. -The analogy of writing to creating art (it takes time to improve your creativity). -The crucible of finishing your first novel. -The old path of writing short stories before writing novels. -Write all the time. -Self publishing gives you the opportunity to get reader feedback to improve your story and your writing. -Break out of the cycle of reworking that first novel. -Thoughts on ghost writing. -There are easier ways to make money than writing. -Co-writing mentorship thoughts. -Focus on your writing and avoid side quests. -The benefits and pitfalls of critique groups. Join/create one in favor of your goals. -Writing is networking. -Red flags in publishing (money flows TO the author, not FROM) -Being okay with ‘no' as a writer. -When to pivot away from a series that's not selling well/well received. -The work of writing. 1:04:00 Closing remarks *** Coffee and Concepts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRuoHj6opw0 Writer's Journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydLaFFntB4Q Storytelling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYRzwuQeK9Q Become a Medium today! https://keystrokemedium.com/mediums/ Don't forget to Like and Subscribe and get involved with the mayhem and shenanigans in the live chat! http://www.youtube.com/c/keystrokemedium If you have any thoughts or ideas for show topics or if you have authors you'd like to see on the show, let us know. Visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KeystrokeMedium For all the latest and greatest KSM Gear, check out our store at: https://keystrokemedium.com/ksm-store/ Also, subscribe to Sci Fi Explorations for the best discounted and free books we come across through our contacts: http://www.scifiexplorations.com If you enjoy this podcast, please leave us a review and rate the show on iTunes, Podbean, Stitcher, or wherever else you found us!

Being an author doesn't have to be a secluded profession. With so many ways of reaching and staying in contact with friends and family, why not utilize that tech to make a mastermind group with other authors? James S. Aaron is here to dig deep on what exactly a mastermind group is, and how to bring one together. *** Hosts: Lauren Moore, Kalene Williams Special Guests: James S. Aaron 00:00 Opening remarks and introductions -Discord server is up! https://discord.com/invite/t96CVRD -Keystroke Coffee is live! https://keystrokemedium.com/product/keystroke-coffee/ -Fill out a survey and 3 people will get selected for a free copy AND a coffee mug! https://keystrokemedium.com/survey 01:07 Main Event - Assembling a Mastermind | James S. Aaron -What is a mastermind? -The two different kinds of masterminds (pay-per-guru, and peer group). -What’s the reason for creating the group? -In praise of Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles https://amzn.to/3sqsLah 29:54 Spotlight: Galactic Law Box Set: The Complete Series by JN Chaney and James S Aaron https://amzn.to/3gc0rG6 32:05 Main Event— Assembling a Mastermind | James S. Aaron, Continued! -How a mastermind is run. -In praise of Slack https://slack.com -Downside of Slack (message limit requires pay service) -Discord as an alternative. https://discord.com -How to address conflict. -Ex. John Gardner’s On Writers & Writing https://amzn.to/3mYMX1X -Masterminds are for focus on the business, not the craft of writing. 1:10:30 Closing remarks Fill out a survey and 3 people will get selected for a free copy AND a coffee mug! https://keystrokemedium.com/survey Try out Rob McClellan’s Mod Farm for your website building needs. Use the link for a KSM discount! https://modfarmdesign.com/keystroke/ 

The latest addition to the Keystroke Medium Empire is Marathon Author. James S. Aaron hosts this weekly author diary and podcast to share what he's learned about paying the bills as a full-time author. You can find out more about James here: https://jamesaaron.net/books This week is an intro show, as well as some thoughts on livestreaming and "Know, Like and Trust" in building your author brand. Check out my SF Novel Workbook at https://jamesaaron.net/sfworkbook. It's only $5. Thanks for listening!

The latest addition to the Keystroke Medium Empire is Marathon Author. James S. Aaron hosts this weekly author diary and podcast to share what he's learned about paying the bills as a full-time author. You can find out more about James here: https://jamesaaron.net/books This week is an intro show, as well as some thoughts on livestreaming and "Know, Like and Trust" in building your author brand. Thanks for listening!

We delve into all the caffinated mysteries of reading, writing, and why Aaron is spelled with two "a's" with author James S. Aaron

We sitting down with a tasty caffeinated beverage with James S. Aaron to tweak a couple of plots.

Here's a reading from the Proteus Bridge (2018). This is the first chapter in the novel. (Warning, a very frustrated parrot drops an F-bomb.)

James S. Aaron reading from the latest Legends of the Sentience Wars book, Vesta Burning, available now on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited (https://amzn.to/2PbPMu4)