Podcast appearances and mentions of sterling stone

Sean Platt founder of Sterling + Stone, is back in the studio today to discuss his book ‘How to Write Fast'. And he should know - he's written so many books he's actually lost count. He thinks it's something over 300. Today, he shares the mind shift needed to write faster and how to set yourself up for success. Plus, he's got lots of examples from seeing the writers in his studio speed-up as they work with him Do check out his earlier interview on ghost writing. And do look for more books in this ‘Your Biz Needs a Book' series or perhaps more author interviews if you prefer.  Sean's Book:  How to Write Fast – Sean Platt + Neeve Silver Click link to see on Amazon #affiliated https://amzn.to/3V5V9z3 also mentioned: The Fiction Formula - Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant https://amzn.to/4cjNLXk Sean's Publishing Website:  Sterling & Stone https://sterlingandstone.net/ Sean's Ghost-writing Website:  Invisible Ink Media https://invisibleink.media/dl/home Sean's personal Website: seanplatt.net Sean on LinkedIn: Profile here ==== And don't forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.  This isn't your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you've actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.   Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list

Johnny B. Truant discusses Sterling & Stone, writing over 100 books, and his upcoming TV adaptation.

How can you be sure you're writing books that are going to sell? You need a formula! Cue, Sterling & Stone's Johnny Truant, co-author of a new book on that very topic.

Sterling Stone is the Executive Director of Gearin Up Bicycles in NE DC. His organization repairs and sells used bicycles. In this episode, Sterling explains how to buy a used bicycle, what to look for and how to make sure it is not a stolen bike.

Join Chrissy and Stephanie as they sit down with Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant, the masterminds behind Sterling & Stone. They discuss what goes on behind the scenes running Sterling & Stone, the top conversion elements every author should know, and why they decide to keep publishing wide. They also talk about their Smarter Artist Summit. 

Ep#40: Self-Publishing Advice Podcast: Indie Author Fringe Highlight with Sean Platt and Johnny B Truant of Sterling & Stone believe the key to writing better is to write faster. Here they talk about their creative process, how planning helps authors to write a better story in less time, even if they're "pantsers", and their new story-planning app. A lot of indie publishing is frontier thinking. Sean and Johnny have been figuring the best way to approach their writing process, and in this podcast they share some lessons and techniques they’ve learned along the way. Here are three elements from this podcast that really resonated with me: Understanding your genre foundations. Know your characters. The importance of cover design for your readers, and you. Want to know why some books sell more than others? This information is out there and accessible to anyone who wants to take the time to understand their genre better. At the end of the day, if you want to sell more books, you have to write books that appeal to the genre’s core audience. When Johnny and Sean first started writing together it was as simple Sean coming out with a very simple outline and then Johnny turning it into a book. Along the way, David Wright joined the writing team, and they developed a systematic way of writing together that allows them to establish core relationships with the characters. At the end of this process, there’s enough information for each of the writing team to be able to picture the locations and know the characters. They have a connection with all of them, and this is one of the elements that allow them to write their stories faster. The Cover Design topic never gets old! But what was interesting was hearing about Sean and Johnny’s writing process. For Book 1 in the Invasion series, they commissioned the book cover before they started writing, and it provided some creative inspiration for their story details. During their cover design discussion, Johnny and Sean also discussed the importance of genre conventions in the cover process. Yes we all want our book to stand out in our genre, but if you design against the established conventions, especially in the major genres, you may end up getting passed over rather than stand out.  Our weekly Self-Publishing Advicebroadcast is brought to you by ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors. This Indie Author Fringe Highlight  is one of four regular shows, which include an ALLi Member Q&A, a beginners' salon and an advanced self-publishing salon.   Find more author advice, tips and tools at our self-publishing advice center, www.selfpublishingadvice.org. And, if you haven’t already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at www.allianceindependentauthors.org.   If you're not familiar with our Fringe event, it's three-times a year, online conference for self-publishing authors, brought to you by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), and fringe to the major global publishing fairs; London Book Fair, BookExp, and Frankfurt Book Fair. ALLi brings together the most up-to-date self-publishing education and information available and broadcasts it to authors everywhere. Running 24 sessions over 24 continuous hours allows our members, and other authors round the globe, to attend sessions, no matter where they’re located. For more information, visit our Conference Home Page.   Now, go write and publish.

This week’s guest, Sean Platt, has turned a love of writing into an indie publishing phenomenon in the shape of story studio Sterling & Stone. But that’s only half his story. In Podcast 5, Sean talks with the guys about what’s next for Sterling & Stone, author productivity, dreaming big, making the right choices and […]

NEWSI'm looking for some non-writing, non-cartoonist, non-game-designer guest. If you know someone who does something unique and that they might be willing to be on the show then email (scottking@scottking.info) me and let me know!Today's ChatAuthor Garrett Robinson is here to talk about his epic Nightblade Series. Nightblade is the first of multiple series set in the same world that Garrett eventually plans to have overlap and intertwine. He's also a freelance editor and one of the newest writers to be signed by Sterling & Stone. To learn more about Garrett head to: http://garrettbrobinson.com/

This is episode #110 of GenreTainment and and we are chatting with indie author, YouTuber and filmmaker Garrett Robinson.After publishing his first work in December of 2012, Robinson has published 9 science fiction & fantasy books (Nightblade, Midrealm, Touch, etc) with many more in development. We discuss how he got started with filmmaking which evolved into writing books. We also learn how he approaches writing and he shares a number of tips for other indie creators. We learn about his new Legendary line of books he is writing with Sterling & Stone and much more. Oh, and we go on a slight but hopefully interesting tangent about Marvel's Netflix series Jessica Jones and the lack of females roles in fantasy. GenreTainment is where Marx & Julie talk about what is happening in the world of film, TV and web series.  We give you interviews with writers, directors, producers and actors in both independent and not-so-independent creations. Links:Garrett Robinson's website Garret Robinson's YouTube channelGarrett Robinson on Twitter: @GarrettAuthorGenreTainment on FacebookTelevision on the Wild Wild Web: How To Blaze Your Own TrailLeague of GeeksMarx on Twitter: @MrMarx See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Aired Monday, 19 October 2015, 4:00 PM ETJoin Simone Milasas, author of Joy of Business, business mentor international speaker, as she speaks with Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant, the professionals in the Self Publishing Industry, leading a movement of Traditional-Publishing-Worthy Self Publishers.Do you have a book inside of you waiting to be created and actualized? Have you ever wondered how to enter the magical realm of published authors? Or maybe you have self-published but now it just doesn’t seem credible? Meet Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant, the professionals in the Self Publishing Industry, leading a movement of Traditional-Publishing-Worthy Self-Publishers. Listen in to find out everything you ever need to know about self-publishing (and how to have fun while doing it too)!About the Guests Sean Platt and Johnny B. TruantJohnny B. Truant is a co-host of the top-rated Self Publishing Podcast, co-author of the #1 Marketing bestseller Write. Publish. Repeat: The No-Luck-Required Guide to Self-Publishing Success, and the author of well over 3 million words of popular fiction.Sean Platt is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, speaker, founder of the Sterling Stone Story Studio, and co-author (with Johnny B. Truant and David Wright) of Write. Publish. Repeat., the well-loved self-publishing industry guide.Johnny and Sean along with David Wright (#1 horror author of the Yesterday’s Gone series) also launched Fiction Unboxed in 2014 — a record-setting Kickstarter project in which Johnny and Sean wrote a full-length novel in 30 days, starting without any ideas or genre, in front of a live audience, sharing every detail of the process including story meetings, emails, and raw story drafts.The novel birthed through Fiction Unboxed (The Dream Engine, first in the Blunderbuss/Alterra series) went on to spawn what the Sterling Stone team calls “open-source fiction”: an open story world in which any author may write and publish without requiring permission and without paying royalties to the world’s creators.Johnny’s fiction works (mostly co-authored with Sean Platt) include the Invasion series, the political sci-fi serial The Beam, the fantasy/western mash-up Unicorn Western books, the satirical Fat Vampire series, the literary mindbender Axis of Aaron, and too many others to count.Johnny, Sean, and David host their trendsetting, boundary-pushing podcasts every week on YouTube, iTunes, and their independent author website at: http://sterlingandstone.net/

Sean Platt is an author entrepreneur, founder of Sterling & Stone, and co-founder of the Collective Inkwell and Realm & Sands imprints. In this interview we talk about writing, creativity and productivity. Food for Thought 1+1 = 3 or more We don't get good ideas, we make ideas good! Be consistent and then add to it. Quality and volume are related and dependent on each other. Useful Links All the details about the Indie Author Pack Fiction unboxed The Self-Publishing Podcast My free ebook"You Wrote A Book: Now What?"