Podcast appearances and mentions of ted saves

Bryan Cohen is the author of Ted Saves the World, the first book in a new YA sci-fi/fantasy series, and a collection of creative writing prompts books. His books have been downloaded over 400,000 times. Bryan has always been interested in writing. He started his indie publishing journey by writing a blog about writing inspiration. […] The post 132: How to Write Book Descriptions for Fiction and Non-Fiction with Bryan Cohen appeared first on TCK Publishing.

Cinderella Dreams of Fire by Casey Lane Published on August 15th by the author. 44 Reviews with a 4.7 star average https://www.amazon.com/Cinderella-Dreams-Fairy-Tales-Forever-ebook/dp/B01K227NN2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1472101302&sr=1-1&keywords=cinderella+dreams+of+fire   What if Cinderella led a double life? Cinderella has a secret. In the 10 years since her mother's death, she's only pretended to be too weak to challenge her cold-blooded stepmother. By day, she cleans the floors and washes the laundry. By night, she takes to the streets as a fearless thief with no equal. Out on a routine mission, Cinderella never expected that she'd run into him… Braedon is hardly a model prince. He spends most of his time in the tavern, much to the dismay of his royal mother. When an unexplainable blight strikes the queen's soldiers down, Braedon's attempt to help brings him face-to-face with the beautiful, sardonic thief. He wants nothing more than to partner up with her, even if it could get him killed… The thief would much rather work alone, but the prince’s persistence starts to wear down her defenses. When the evil force decimating the army turns its attention to the throne, Cinderella and Braedon have one chance to save the kingdom, their loved ones, and themselves. Cinderella Dreams of Fire is the first book in the Fairy Tales Forever series, a set of fantasy novels that inject the classic retellings you know with a burst of attitude. If you like strong female characters, action-packed fantasy, and simmering chemistry, then you’ll love Casey Lane’s romantic, fast-paced adaptation. There are five chapters in the Amazon preview. I'm going to read you the first two chapters, about 15 pages. (Read Chapters) I wanted to review this one right away because I follow the author on the Sell More Book Show podcast and have read the first book of the "Ted Saves the World" series. He's writing under this new pen name and using the "Write to Market" method to publish books in a niche that is currently under represented but performing well. This method also stresses writing quickly to meet the market demand for the genre. He has promoted the book heavily and it is performing well in the Amazon charts. He's gotten several #1 best seller rankings and is hoping to stay in the top 2500 for all books on Amazon for the next month. I have to admit, I was a little let down after reading these first two chapters. I had gotten used to the sharply detailed, quality writing of the last few books I've reviewed. This is not "My Lady Jane", "The Paper Magician", or "Learning to Swear in America". It reads like it was written very quickly with a focus on telling the story and not showing us the depth of character detail or the fantasy environment. I read the first two chapters originally, before I read the synopsis, so it left me a little confused. In fact, it appears to me that the author spent more time fine tuning the synopsis than he did writing the story. Chapter 1. We view the story through one girl's eyes. Kayla? With a visit to a country tavern. We get the information that they were once princesses but are currently starving. The mother asks about a local Duke. When the tavern keeper's daughter comes in the older sister draws a knife. Besides cruelly cutting the girl, her mother makes an obscure comment that she wants something more than what the keeper can offer. We learn in the second chapter that it was the duke's hand in marriage. How she got that from threatening the tavern keeper isn't explained. Did the tavern keeper have some special connection to the Duke? It's kind of hard for me to believe. Chapter 2 we meet Cinderella. I'll admit, I expected her to have a slightly different name. I guess that was my bad. I mean the name of the book is "Cinderella Dreams of Fire", but also expected a creatively different approach to the use of the name. We find her cleaning up a wine stain, not cinders, and learn a little of how she came to be in this mess. It appears that Casy knows the mechanics of story telling and punts a zinger at the end of each chapter to encourage the reader to continue to the next page. Neither zinger worked for me and left me somewhat annoyed. Chapter 1's was a little darker and violent than I had expected, though it showed me what a cruel person the mother and older sister were. And then in the next chapter the introduction that Cinderella works for the Godmother came across as silly and contradictory to the first chapter. On his recap of his writing process in the bonus episode of the "Sell More Book Show" the author talks about knowing the tropes of the genre. I don't know if silliness is one of the expected tropes, like watching a Shrek movie, or not. If it is, the first chapter was entirely out of place. If the author didn't mean for it to come across as silly, then I completely misread this second chapter ending. In conclusion, if Fairy Tale retellings is a genre that you like, you might like this one. I've mentioned before that one of my all time favorite books is "Beauty" by Patricia McKillop. It was neither dark not silly, just beautifully written. I give this a three star recommendation, "Try it. You might like it." I will have to take a pass on this one and spend my time reading something else. Knowing the other things this author has written I expected a higher quality of writing and story telling. It seems like he has put his quality efforts into marketing this one.

Bryan Cohen is an author, podcaster, actor, and a freelance writer. He has written over 30 books, which have sold more than 30,000 copies.     These include 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts, The Writing Prompts series, and Bryan's “Ted Saves the World” books. He recently published the fifth book in the Ted series, Veil to the Chief.    He has an amazing background. Listen for him to tell you about his acting and writing experiences as well as his victory on a game show.    He is the co-host of a podcast called The Sell More Books Show with Jim Kukral which is one of my favorites. It is a weekly podcast where Bryan and Jim talk about current trends in self-publishing and the world of e-books. Bryan is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but he currently resides with his wife and cat (Rocket) in Chicago. By the way, wait until you hear who the models were for his villains. Enjoy!  Connect with Bryan through the following links: Bryancohen.com  http://www.build-creative-writing-ideas.com/ http://sellmorebooksshow.com/ http://www.amazon.com/Bryan-Cohen/e/B004I9WJTY https://twitter.com/BryanCohenBooks https://www.facebook.com/bryancohenauthor Bryan Cohen Showen YouTube Watch Rocket vs the Laser Pointer Length: 43:13

Bryan Cohen and I talk about Selling for Authors.combestpagefoward.net copy editing better blurbs get better sales.Sell more books show podcast...Jazzy Jim CucralMarshmallow elect For the purposes of this podcast... Co host on The Split YA Book review podcast ..... currently 50+ reviews/discussionAuthor of the series Ted Saves the world. Instructor of Selling for authors closed on Thursday Tell us about Ted saves the worldHow many books.Has he finished saving the world?Book 0 came out this last summer. Do you have other YA fiction coming in the future? YA books, boys and romance. Romantic tension..."Red Rising" by Pierce Brown"Grasshopper Jungle" by Andrew Smith

News:Lisa and I had a blast at BGG.Con and I give an overview of what the convention is like.Today's Chat:Bryan Cohen is the creator of the hit YA series “Ted Saves the World." He also does a podcast called The Sell More Books Show, he has dozens of books focusing on creative writing, and just recently he launched a description writing service called “selling for authors."To learn more about Bryan head over to http://bryancohen.com/

News:I'm back and I share what it was like to have a booth at BGG.con!Today's Chat:Bryan Cohen is the creator of the hit YA series “Ted Saves the World." He also does a podcast called The Sell More Books Show, he has dozens of books focusing on creative writing, and just recently he launched a description writing service called “selling for authors."To learn more about Bryan head over to http://bryancohen.com/

In this episode I interview Bryan Cohen the author of Ted Saves the World, the first book in the Ted Saves the World series. It answers the question of what Ted Finley, a typical wise-cracking teenager, is supposed to do when an otherworldly force gives him superpowers. As the Amazon book description says, "Ted Saves the World is a YA sci-fi/fantasy novel that features fast-paced action, terrifying horror, side-splitting comedy and a touch of romance."

Bryan Cohen, author of Ted Saves the World, visits the WET Podcast this week. We talk about indie publishing, Young Adult literature, audio books, beta readers, podcasting and more. In addition to writing fiction, Bryan also cohosts two podcasts (Sell More Books Show and The Split) and runs a description-writing service called Best Page Forward. LINKS Bryan's Amazon author page Ted Saves the World on Amazon Alphasmart Neo - the little word processor Bryan uses Writership Podcast Bookbub Bryan Cohen Showen on Youtube Best Page Forward The Split Red Rising - The book series Bryan says is really good --------------------------------------------- Support WET: Patreon | Amazon Affiliates (click before shopping at Amazon and we’ll get a kickback on what you buy!) Subscribe to the WET Podcast in iTunes | Main page for The WET Podcast You can follow me at @emarsh. Music: “Double the Daily Dose” by Revolution Void (http://www.revolutionvoid.com)

In this episode, Leslie and Alyssa critique the opening pages from a YA superhero fantasy novel. They discuss: why this opening works so well for the sotry, strong opening lines, including visceral details to ground your reader, and strengthening verbs.

From idea to publication in only 90 days? Is it possible? Bryan Cohen released his first fiction book, Ted Saves the World,  in July of 2014. Today he is about to release his fourth. Join Clark Chamberlain and Peter Turley as the discuss with Bryan the mindset and tools needed to edit  a running series and how to get it done on a tight release schedule. Bryan shares his week by week schedule from idea to publication.   This is one podcast you don't want to miss.

Author of many things, including "1000 Creative Writing Prompts," and the upcoming fictional book "Ted Saves the World," Bryan Cohen can win at Who Wants to be a Millionaire, but struggles against the stiff competition of Kasey Foster in Tihs Lleps. Must be the birthday feels. Thanks to Candy Lawrence for sitting in with us this month. She already opened for Kurt Braunohler and you missed it. Connect awesome people, laughing like monsters. -Awesomonster