GP719 Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

Host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts Cheyenne Cockrell and Thomas Page have a roundtable discussion. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

1. What's the definition of Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic?
2. What topics are included in this genre (worst-case political scenarios, cautionary tales, unintended consequences, day after Armageddon or The Rapture, worldwide pandemic, meteor impacts, aliens, and climate disaster)?
3. Are these stories just variations on Horror?
4. Can we think about these as simulations, or lessons learned?
5. Is humanity's superior trait adaptability or intelligence?
6. Are these books trying to help us, or avoid something-- or just give us a thrill by exploiting our worst fears?

And, as ever, there's lots of advice on how to get published, including the support resources at our website getpublishedradio.com.

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GPV726 Book Review - The Woody

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Woody by Peter Lefcourt. In this political satire, a Congressman gets caught with his pants down. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #bookreview

Gerald Everett Jones is author of the art history novel Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse.

There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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TPV702 My Throwback - Lee Wallace

GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us an oddball history lesson from the Civil War about Lew Wallace, the novelist who wrote Ben Hur and Union Army General who saved D.C. #amwriting #selfpub #history #essay

There's advice for self-published authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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GP715 Writers' Groups and Coaches

Special guests writing coach Toni Lopopolo and editor/publicist Flo Selfman join host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts Cheyenne Cockrell and Thomas Page to discuss:

• How can a writer find her voice?
• How do approaches differ for fiction and nonfiction?
• How can an author engage readers?
• What's the biggest mistake authors make?
• Is a writers' group a substitute for a coach?
• And more! #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

And, as ever, there's lots of advice on how to get published, including the support resources at our website getpublishedradio.com.

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GPV725 Book Review - The Mackerel Plaza

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Mackerel Plaza by Peter De Vries. In this politically incorrect comedy, a minister tries to disparage the memory of his recently deceased wife so the board of deacons won't frown on his marrying the church secretary. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #bookreview

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse. 

There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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GPV704 Book Review - I Do and I Dont

Here's Gerald's audio book review of I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies by Jeanine Basinger. #bookreview #hollywood #filmstudies #podcast

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts, a 100-year old scandal in the art world and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse.

There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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The Game Is Now Afoot – An Audio Adventure

Our Guest Post is the pilot episode from the forthcoming radio series The Case Files of Belliver Holmes, titled "The Game is Now Afoot."

Sherlock Holmes had a sister — Belliver Holmes. She was born after Mycroft and before Sherlock. Belliver was also a detective, but unlike her famous brother, she solved the supernatural and occult crimes of the Victorian Era. #mysterythriller #podcast #radiodrama

The Case Files of Belliver Holmes series is produced as an exciting retro radio-style adventure with full cast, music, and sound effects. This is the first in a series of audio adventures from our friends and colleagues at Runkee Productions.

 

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GP726 Behind Gerald's Back

Gerald's new #mysterythriller Preacher Finds a Corpse is now released in paperback, Kindle, and audiobook!

While our host Gerald Everett Jones is off on safari, Cheyenne Cockrell and Tom Page talk about their fave books and rants. Announcer Bill joins to talk about ravings on radio.

Tom's fave book The Night of the Generals.

Cheyenne's fave book Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.

Bill's favorite show GP 207 Historical Fiction Is All About Today (third segment).

And, as ever, there's lots of advice on how to get published, including the support resources at our website getpublishedradio.com.

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GP700 - Preacher Finds a Corpse - Sample Audio

Listen to an excerpt from the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse: An Evan Wycliff Mystery, which releases in paperback and Kindle on Monday, August 12. #podcast #audiobook #mysterythriller #booklovers #bookreviewers #newrelease

Here's the story: A lapsed divinity student who is fascinated by astrophysics finds his best friend shot dead in a cornfield. It looks like suicide. Having returned to his farm roots near Lake of the Ozarks, Evan works as a skip tracer for the local car dealer. He learns his friend was involved in a dispute over farmland ownership that goes back two centuries - complicated now by plans to make an old weapons facility into a tourist attraction. First in a series. Audiobook © 2019 La Puerta Productions.

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GPV771 Book Review - A Nasty Piece of Work

Our show host Gerald Everett Jones gives a brief review of A Nasty Piece of Work by Robert Littell. Gerald is author of Preacher Finds a Corpse: An Evan Wycliff Mystery.

Everybody knows a retired CIA agent can't retire. Except him. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #bookreview #mysterythriller

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GP718 Mystery and True Crime

Host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts Cheyenne Cockrell and Thomas Page discuss “Mystery and True Crime” with special guest author Marvin J. Wolf. Wolf is the author of the Rabbi Ben mysteries: For Whom the Shofar Blows, A Scribe Dies in Brooklyn, and A Tale of Two Rabbis. Marv responds to our questions, including:

1. How does mystery fiction differ from true crime?
2. What is a police procedural? Do all mysteries fall into that category?
3. Have you ever come across a story that you thought was too painful or too troubling to write?
4. How does the training and skillset of a journalist inform the work of a mystery novelist?
5. Is it a truism that social media is killing journalism these days?
6. A Scribe Dies in Brooklyn is full of Judaic scholarship. Did you just absorb all that detail over the years, or was it a research project in itself?

Gerald Everett Jones is the author of Preacher Finds a Corpse: An Evan Wycliff Mystery.

And, as ever, there's lots of advice on how to get published, including the support resources at our website getpublishedradio.com.

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GPV728 Book Review - The Map and the Territory

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq. A bizarre tale of murder in the art world. #amwriting, #selfpub, #podcast, #bookreview #mysterythriller #crimefiction

Gerald Everett Jones is the author of Preacher Finds a Corpse: An Evan Wycliff Mystery.

There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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GPV745 Book Review - The Art Thief

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Art Thief by Noah Charney. A three-way theft thriller dripping with painterly art history.

Gerald Everett Jones is the author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse. #bookreview #amwriting #podcast #mysterythriller #crimefiction

There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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GPV702 Book Review - The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley. #bookreview #litfic #mosley #amwriting #selfpub

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Clifford's Spiral, a novel about a stroke survivor trying to piece together fragmented memories of his life, loves, and lusts.

There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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GPV763 Book Review - The Marriage Plot

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides. A coming of age story for three Ivy League students in the 80s. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #bookreview

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Clifford's Spiral, a novel about a stroke survivor trying to piece together fragmented memories of his life, loves, and lusts.

There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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GPV711 Book Review - The Sense of an Ending

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. A middle-aged man suffers a mid-life crisis and rewrites history to make himself a hero. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #bookreview

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Clifford's Spiral, a novel about a stroke survivor trying to piece together fragmented memories of his life, loves, and lusts.

There's more advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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GPV701 Bonfire of the Vanderbilts - Audiobook Sample

Narrator Rebecca Roberts reads an excerpt from our show host Gerald Everett Jones's historical thriller about a 19th century art scandal. (Audiobook available from Audible.com.) There's advice for self-published authors at getpublishedradio.com. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #audiobook #histfic

Gerald is also author of Clifford's Spiral, a novel about a stroke survivor trying to piece together fragmented memories of his life, loves, and lusts.

 

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GP724 - Spirituality and Metaphysics

When we first considered doing a show on the nonfiction book category of spirituality and metaphysics, we weren't sure how our audience would receive the topic. After all, we're not about preaching to anyone. The world of self-publishing is a big tent, with a broad welcome mat - and we want to keep it that way.

Our first impulse was to invite one or more authors whose books are popular and get their views on how people have responded to their work. But then we had the idea to invite someone who is mainly a reader, who has read widely and doesn't necessarily have a personal message to deliver.

Our featured guest is Denis Hutchison is co-proprietor with his wife Lois of Afterglow of Sedona (Arizona). We only found out as we were interviewing him that he used to have his own spiritually centered radio show in Phoenix. (Denis does have a deep, mellow voice that is comforting in itself.) #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

His observations and insights about spirituality and metaphysics may surprise you. And - considering that this episode has logged many more listeners than anything we've ever put out there - many of you have found value in his remarks.

Our host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts sci-fi author Thomas Page and journalist Cheyenne Cockrell also enjoy a spirited, full and frank exchange of views among themselves.

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Clifford's Spiral, a novel about a stroke survivor trying to piece together fragmented memories of his life, loves, and lusts.

There's more advice for authors and self-publishers at getpublishedradio.com.

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GPV703 Book Review - Ballad of The Black and Blue Mind

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Ballad of the Black and Blue Mind by Anne Roiphe. #bookreview #litfic #psychiatry #mentalhealth #selfpub #amwriting

Gerald Everett Jones is author of Clifford's Spiral, a novel about a stroke survivor trying to piece together fragmented memories of his life, loves, and lusts.

There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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