Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing

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EP 293 - The Capacity to Unlearn and Relearn with Diane Devenyi Mar 02, 2023

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In this episode Mark interviews Diane Devenyi, a former tax lawyer who shifted her focus to education reform, and her new book Dear Genius, Harness the Hidden Power in your ABCs.

Prior to the main segment, Mark reads comments from recent episodes, invites listeners to submit reflections for forthcoming episode 300 welcomes new patrons and shares a few words about this episode's sponsor.

You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

During their chat, Mark and Diane talk about:

Diane's start in a non-creative realm, with the belief she was going to be a tax lawyer
Publicly announcing at an educational meeting that she was there to re-vamp education on the planet back in 1999
Universal design: AKA "Learning for everyone"
How the current education system was built to support an earlier century of humans -- ie, creating workers rather than thinkers
The Alvin Toffler Quote: "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
Working on ways to shift things when it comes to education
How easy it is to resolve some issues when you know what underlying element you're looking for
The way Diane's book "Dear Genius" helps
How to make Diane's method work in larger sized classroom settings, including doing it with 80 campers at one time in a summer camp setting
Going to get her Masters of Education and how that led to having to put the summer camp on hold
The concept of having families experience this together in an immersive setting
Part of the process of actually learning/relearning the letters of the alphabet using clay
Deciding to take on partner dancing later in life and how that completely changed her life
A Grade 4 experience that taught Diane that they don't want to know what her best is, but they wanted her to be the best at what they wanted her to do
Why, even if a person uses a typewriter and never hand-writes letters, how going back to the foundation of properly printing letters can make a significant difference
From your hand, through your heart, and into your head
Gaining a sense of resilience from unlearning and relearning something
The March 2023 2-Day Boot Camps Diane is running online
When your curiosity in life gets a kickstart
And more...

After the episode Mark reflects on the importance of unlearning and relearning regardless of your age or how much you believe you might already have learned, and how he is planning on doing that to continue to grow as a writer and a person.

Links of Interest:

Diane Devenyi, LLB, MEd, is a former tax lawyer who shifted her focus to education reform when she became deeply troubled by learning struggles she observed in her children's classrooms. This has become her life-long passion. With more than 20 years in the field, she is sharing her observations about literacy and learning in a "Dear Genius" series of books, with "Harness the Hidden Power in Your ABCs!" being the first. Her hope is that children and adults everywhere can finally find relief and the freedom to soar in their own zone of genius.

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

EP 292 - Learning by Doing and Baptism by Pyromancy with Oskar Söderberg Feb 24, 2023

Show notes

Mark interviews Oskar Söderberg, a thirty-five year old husband, father of two, and full-time IT employee about his writing life and the process leading up to publishing his debut novel, The Broken Pyromancer, coming in March 2023.

Prior to the main segment, Mark reads comments from recent episodes, shares a personal update, and a few words about this episode's sponsor.

You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

During their chat, Mark and Oskar talk about:

Oksar's long-held perspective of how cool writers were, with the romanticized images he always had
Writing and self-publishing a book back in 2017, which did not work out well, and which he ended up taking down
His main takeaway from that experience
His first novel, which is with an editor as the interview was being conducted and is coming out in 2023
What the Sweden Amazon site is like
How Kindle Unlimited is not available in Sweden
What platforms are not available to authors in Sweden
The different genre Oskar is writing in for this new book
Teaching himself programming in order to build a game for IOS and Android that is like a "choose your own adventure" interactive horror adventure (Gray Sojourn: Wandering Souls)
Learning more about the world of self-publishing from listening to a number of podcasts (especially The 6 Figure Author Podcast)
The expected/planned release date of the new novel, entitled The Broken Pyromancer
Why Oskar decided to publish his books wide, and his understanding that the process can take a lot of time
A look at the similarities and differences of advice for an author from Sweden versus an author in the US
How eBooks aren't really a thing for readers in Sweden
Oksar being the only person he knows who owns an eBook reader
The popularity of audiobook apps and platforms like Storytel
Oskar's learning about the reader magnet process and how it helped him go through the process and learning all the pieces of it, including testing the waters
The proliferation of rookie mistakes that are so easy to find, despite all the great content, information, and resources for writers

After the interview, Mark reflects on a few things Oskar mentioned and thanks Patrons of the podcast.

Links of Interest:

Working full time in IT, Oksar Söderberg is a 35 year old father of two tiny terrorizing girls trying to squeeze enough time in to become an author by any means necessary's. He is a reader, writer, and lover of fantasy (and some horror), with debut novel, The Broken Pyromancer, coming early 2023. Stay tuned!

EP 291 - The Importance of A Hero Who Looks Like You With Alicia McCalla Feb 17, 2023

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Mark interviews writer, narrator, and creative Alicia McCalla about her work creating thrilling stories of courage, bravery and strength featuring kick-ass Black women leads in SciFi, Fantasy & Romance.

Prior to the main segment, Mark reads comments from recent episodes, thanks new Patrons, shares a personal update, and a few words about this episode's sponsor.

You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

During their chat, Mark and Alicia talk about:

How Alicia is two different versions of a superwoman and the way her brand is quite powerful
Courage, bravery, and strength
The strong women in Alicia's life, and her legacy
Sharing badass, strong, and powerful black women who use their spunkiness, brains, and abilities
Recognizing the power of a black Star Trek captain
Dressing up in cosplay as a Starfleet captain when going to get a Covid booster shot
How ground-breaking Nichelle Nichols' role in the original Star Trek was, and what happened when she wanted to quit
The importance of having a superhero who looks like you, and Alicia's husband's experience with wanting to go to school for Halloween as Spider-Man, but being told by another child he couldn't be Spider-Man because he was black
How the Civil Rights Movement could really be understood as a Women's movement
Some of the differences between White Feminism and the approach to feminism taken by Black women
The difference between Feminism and Female Empowerment
The Miles Morales Into the Spiderverse movie
The toxicity and racism that exists within science-fiction fandom
Alicia's experience sitting on a panel at Dragon Con with a white male participant who claimed they didn't "see" the differences between white and black people and that "race" doesn't matter
Crying unabashedly when seeing the Black Futurism in the movie Black Panther
The experience of Alicia and her husband giving away their Black Panther and Wonder Woman watches to children in Ghana
How selling direct can be both empowering and terrifying
The exclusive audio available only via Alicia's website for those dedicated fans who really want it
Having an international audience of readers all over the world and how the public library of South Africa is a place that many readers seem to be consumed her books
Not being able to finish a book project because of a character who was deeply based on her grandfather who Alicia lost
Narrating under the pen name Alicia Speaks

After the interview, Mark reflects on the importance of understanding how something that seems normal or just "fits" for one person, might not be experienced in the same way for another. Case in point: Both Mark and Alicia's husband dressed up as Spider-Man when they were children, but Mark wasn't told that he couldn't because of the color of his skin.

Links of Interest:

Alicia McCalla is a creative entrepreneur who writes, narrates and creates merchandise for readers and customers who love thrilling stories of courage, bravery and strength featuring badass, spunky and smart Black women main characters. If you are a Blerd or Nerd who loves talking about strong Black women and female empowerment in SciFi, Fantasy, Romance and sometimes Horror then join in on Alicia's blog discussions or follow her on social media.

Alicia began writing and self-publishing professionally in 2012. In the beginning, she wrote part-time while she worked full-time as a School Media Specialist. Tragedy struck and her only child, an officer in the US Navy was lost at sea. This single event changed everything. With the overwhelming intensity of her grief brain, she had to re-learn how to live fully while honoring her son's legacy (he was one of her largest supporters and champions. He even produced a theme song for her work). She often takes the time to acknowledge her grief journey in her blog posts.

Now, Alicia is a full-time writer, audiobook narrator & merchandiser sharing stories and products of courageous, brave and strong Black women warriors. She enjoys writing kick-ass sistas with skills, swords & superpowers. Alicia is Black Girl Nerd and regularly Cosplays strong female superheroes, warriors and maybe even a fairy. Because of her love of fan merchandise and desire to see Black women represented in SciFi and Fantasy Merchandise, she launched her shop Alicia McCalla's Emporium featuring superheroines, vigilantes, huntresses and much more.

Alicia's influences include Octavia Butler, LA Banks, Faith Hunter, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Patricia Briggs.

She is an activist in the movement towards diversifying Science fiction and Fantasy (#diversityinSFF). She created the first "State of Black Science Fiction 2012" blog tour, is an active member in the State of Black Science Fiction FaceBook group and has a Pinterest account where she actively curates topics related to Black Warrior Women, Black Science Fiction, Fantasy and more.

Alicia writes for adults with her brand of Black superheroes, dark fantasy, Urban Fantasy, paranormal, and horror. She is a former Women Marine-Reservist and a decorated war veteran. Alicia is a native Detroiter who currently resides in metro Atlanta with her loving husband and many nieces and nephews. Sign-up on www.aliciamccalla.com for free reads, updates, sneak peeks, and merchandise coupons.

EP 290 - Thanks for the Inspiration, Jim Turcott Feb 09, 2023

Show notes

In this solo episode, Mark reflects on how continues to be inspired by teacher, mentor, and friend Jim Turcott.

Prior to the main segment, Mark shares a word about this episode's sponsor segment.

You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

EP 289 - Accountable Author Journey with Malcolm Coon - Part I Feb 02, 2023

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Mark interviews Malcolm Coon about his plans for overcoming the "back-burner" state of his writing projects, why he doesn't plan on giving up should his writing income ever get to "that" level, his goal of completing a short story every month this year, and more.

Prior to the interview, Mark shares a brief personal update inside of the word about this episode's sponsor segment.

You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

In their conversation, Mark and Malcolm talk about:

Malcolm's full time work in tech while simultaneously having wanted to write since 1997
A falling out Malcolm had with a partner in his tech business and how that led to working on a tech thriller that he worked on, but abandoned after about a month
His long-time love of reading fantasy, which led to deciding to write fantasy
Getting serious about his writing in about 2011, discovering various writing podcasts, and realizing that this was something he could do
How the writing would regularly go on hold because of the fluctuations of the work-life
Changing his tact a little and deciding to write a short story every month in order to create a story collection that would act like a prelude to the unfinished trilogy he'd been working on
The challenge of being an entrepreneur in tech while also balancing being an authorpreneur
The strategy of doing the writing first thing early in the morning for about thirty minutes BEFORE opening the email browser, which usually leads to getting sucked into work for the entire day
Attempting to do a little bit, no matter how small, every day, because once he misses a day it's easy to miss a second day
How the process of just trying to cram a large word count out with inserted notes about research to do for later insertion can often lead to a section of bad writing with additional work to do on it
The way his current writing are based upon a world that Malcolm and his brother created when they were teenagers playing Dungeons & Dragons
The parable storybook Malcolm created called The Greatest Writer in the World (in the style of "The Greatest Salesman in the World) that he published to Amazon, but then took down after a year upon realizing he hadn't invested the proper time in polishing and editing it
Malcolm's goal of ultimately wanting to make a living of his writing, but to never give up the entrepreneurial tech business work that he loves
Becoming less concerned with words per minute than with creating quality
How Malcolm has found it far more difficult to manage himself in the writing roadmap plan compared to the way he very effectively manages developers for his entrepreneurial work
The idea of that breakthrough moment of what it will take to get over that hurdle of getting the books done and published
The importance of figuring out what works for us as writers, which is always going to be unique
How the 25 words a day goal can be like a "just one more potato chip" methodology
Malcolm's overall plan for getting this writing project back on track
Mark's threat of holding Malcolm accountable for his stated goals by having him return to the podcast to share an update

After the interview, Mark reflects on false starts in writing, the importance of reasonable goals, and adapting the advice offered into one's own unique circumstances and preferences.

Links of Interest:

The Writing Show Podcast (Apple) - "Getting Published with Mark Leslie" Series
- Episode 1
- Episode 2
- Episode 3
- Episode 4
- Episode 5
- Episode 6
- Episode 7
- Episode 8
- Episode 9
- Episode 10
- Episode 11
Superstars Writing Seminars (Save $100 with code: STARKSSWS2023
Findaway Voices
Buy Mark a Coffee
Patreon for Stark Reflections
Best Book Ever Podcast
Lovers Moon Podcast
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
The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Malcolm Coon is an author who works in tech full time as an entrepreneur. He doesn't yet have a website, and Malcolm will be returning to future episodes.

EP 288 - Edo van Belkom on Re-Adapting and Re-Inventing Your Writer Self Jan 26, 2023

Show notes

Mark interviews Canadian author Edo van Belkom about his life in writing, and the January 2023 the Paramount+ TV series adaptation of his Silver Birch Award-Winning Novel WOLF PACK by Jeff Davis and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Prior to the interview, Mark shares comments from recent episodes, a brief personal update, welcomes new Patron Dharma Kelleher, and a word about this episode's sponsor.

You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

In their conversation, Mark and Edo talk about:

An old picture of the two of them at a "Sci-Fi Saturday" multi-author event from the late 90s where Mark was one of the managers (Attendees were David Shrogryn, Edo van Belkom, Carolyn Clink, Robert J. Sawyer, Douglas Smith, Andrew Weiner, Mark Leslie, Sally Tomasevic, Marcel Gagne)
Edo's journey as a writer, beginning with his first published short story being published in an annual "Year's Best" anthology
Writing about six or seven novels before his first one sold, and writing books that weren't published until more than twenty-five years later
Working on gaming-tie-in related novels
Landing his agent after having a short story appear in one of Jeff Gelb's "Hot Blood" anthologies
Following his wife's advice to write a YA novel, which became the award-winning novel Wolf Pack and how that book was sold over a telephone pitch/proposal
Having a couple of his mass market paperback novels (Scream Queen and Blood Road) be optioned for films
Some of the silly things that writers hear when speaking to non-writers at parties such as "why don't you write a bestseller?"
What being nominated for the Silver Birch Award did for that book
Winning the Silverbirch Award
Going from selling 10,000 copies of the first book in the series to only about 1,000 or so copies of the 2nd and 3rd books in that series
How the greatest part of winning the Silver Biirch Award was the live event at a small stadium in downtown Toronto, Ontario
Winning the Bram Stoker Award for a short story ("Rat Food") that he co-authored with David Nickle
What it was like co-authoring a story well before the days of the internet
Edo's short story collection Death Drives a Semi and how, when looking for places to market it, he found a trucker magazine that he ended up writing a series of stories in for fifteen years
The "Mark Dalton: Owner, Operator" series of stories
Converting a one-day workshop for truckers about fuel efficient driving practices into a novel
Details and experiences related to the ice roads in Canada's Northwest Territories. (Ice roads are seasonal winter roads built over frozen bodies of water. The ice roads in Canada are about 400 KM (250 miles) long and are built over 64 frozen lakes
The story behind how Wolf Pack got turned into a new Paramount+ television series
What it was like seeing a teaser trailer for "Wolf Pack" after a year of hearing nothing about the option deal that had been signed
How the book "Wolf Pack" got into the hands of Jeff Davis
What it was like to be in Los Angeles for the premiere of the series, including walking the red carpet
Seeing his name in the show's opening credits "Based on the novels by Edo van Belkom"
Some of what's planned for the home-town showing of the first episode in the series in Brampton, Ontario
Why, if he can help it, Edo plans on not doing any more soul-crushing in store book signings any longer
And more...

After the interview, Mark reflects on three different things.

Links of Interest:

Edo van Belkom, a former reporter on the sports and police beats for newspapers in and around Toronto, arrived on the horror scene in 1990. His first short story sale, Baseball Memories, was selected for the prestigious Year's Best Horror Stories edited by Karl Edward Wagner. The story was also nominated for Canada's prestigious Aurora Award and appeared side-by-side with work by authors such as Mordecai Richler and W. P. Kinsella in The Grand Slam Book of Canadian Baseball Writing.

Van Belkom hasn't looked back since. Some 150 short stories have sold to a variety of top magazines and anthologies in the sf, fantasy, horror and mystery genres. He has twice won the Aurora Award, taken home the Bram Stoker Award and his YA novel WOLF PACK won Ontario's prestigious Silver Birch Award.

In January 2023, that same 2004 novel and the other three books in the series was adapted into an American supernatural teen drama on Paramount+ starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and produced by Jeff Davis, known for creating the drama series Criminal Minds and the TV series "Teen Wolf."

EP 287 - Vulnerability in Writing, Performance Art, and Tarot Readings with Liz Worth Jan 19, 2023

Show notes

Mark interviews Liz Worth, a professional tarot reader, a poet and author.

Prior to the interview, Mark shares a brief personal update and a word about this episode's sponsor.

You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

In their chat, Mark and Liz talk about:

The many things that Liz "slings"
Satisfying that craving Liz and her husband have to be surrounded by "vintage things" via owning an antique shop
The importance of helping take something inherited off someone's hands in a meaningful way and to someone that will find use in it
How Tarot, the occult, and writing have always been a part of Liz's life, and her mother's influence in this area
Growing up going to psychic fairs, learning astrology and card reading
Being draw to punk and goth culture in the 90s in high school
Making her own goth zine (Last Breath Escapes), photocopying it, and making it available through a local record store
Doing something similar for her poetry
How zines were a precursor to the niche market ability of eBook digital publishing nowadays
The first book projects Liz worked on
How "Punk" is an entire ecosystem of creativity and not just a style of music and dress
Liz's work not only doing Tarot readings but teaching others how to do a Tarot reading
The things Liz would do during her performance poetry that she would never do in other professional aspects of her life
How, logically, Tarot is a thing that shouldn't work
The vulnerability and expectations that a person has going into a Tarot reading
How you're always going out on a limb when you're interpreting and giving a Tarot reading
Looking for narratives and story in the images and how do things make sense
Some of the intangible things about Tarot that are difficult to explain
Things that Hollywood, Television, and writers often get wrong about Tarot readings
The importance of running with something in a creative way rather than feeling like everything had to be so "tamped down"
Liz's latest vampire novel, The Mouth is a Coven
And more...

After the interview, Mark reflects on that importance of letting one's creative license work its magic.

Links of Interest:

Liz Worth is the author of eight books. Her newest novel is called The Mouth is a Coven, published through Manta Press. She has been nominated twice for the ReLit Award for Poetry, and her writing has also appeared in FLARE Magazine, Chatelaine, and the Globe and Mail. She works as a professional tarot reader by day.

EP 286 - Investment, Compromise, and Evolution with Juliette N. Banks Jan 12, 2023

Show notes

Mark interviews Juliette N. Banks, a bestselling, wide author who writes steamy contemporary and paranormal page-turning romances.

Prior to the interview, Mark shares recent comments, welcomes new patron Dharma Kelleher, and shares a personal update and a word about this episode's sponsor.

You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

In their conversation, Mark and Juliette talk about:

Juliette always believing that some day she would be a published author, but it was something she never chased
Juliette's marketing background at a book she wrote in 2012 that was published by Random House in 2013
The significant and tight Covid related lock-downs in New Zealand
Juliette's adaptation to reading a lot of eBooks during the pandemic
The incredibly expensive cost of print books in New Zealand
Writing an archangel series and a vampire series
Launching her books and reader magnet in Jan and March of 2021
Working a full time job squeezed into 4 work days per week while writing all these novels
The roughly 200 people Juliette was sharing her works with for free before she even published her first book (and how they've maintained their loyalty as readers to this day)
Launching a new contemporary billionaire romance series at the beginning of 2022
The parallel between the vampire characters and the billionaire characters
Training herself to think very American in terms of her largest readership base
Calculating the value of going to book signings, particular in the cost of flying from New Zealand to somewhere in the US
The process Juliette works on with editing and publishing
Having had five BookBubs in 2022
The steady stream of releases and the stress that comes from that, particularly when illness like Covid occurs to throw a monkey wrench into it
Where Juliette has been focusing in her initial goal to get to the 5 figures she needed in order to quit her corporate job
Spending time on learning what she has to do to make her books "BookBub Worthy"
Why she doesn't separate "indie" and "traditional" - you're competing in a store with suppliers of all sizes
The pricing strategy that Juliette uses
How only 10 of her books are creating income right now. The other 10 are things like reader magnets
The way Juliette plans and maps out her writing business
The importance of knowing what your skills and abilities and weaknesses are
The value of professional coaches and taking some action upon those meetings/sessions
And more...

After the interview, Mark reflects on the investment Juliette made by engaging for a long period and in detail with a group of 200 readers.

Links of Interest:

Juliette N. Banks is a bestselling, wide author who writes steamy contemporary and paranormal page-turning romances with alpha heroes who fall for sassy heroines and a healthy dose of action and suspense.

Juliette has a vast background in consumer marketing and previously published with Random House. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand with Tilly, her Maine Coon kitty, and is now a full-time author.

EP 285 - Written Word Media's Top 10 Publishing Trends for 2023 Jan 05, 2023

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To kick off the new year, Mark shares a Jan 3, 2023 article from the Written Word Media blog on the Top 10 Publishing Trends for 2023.

Prior to the main content, Mark share a personal update and a word about this episode's sponsor.

You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

Links of Interest:

EP 284 - Collaborations in AI with Elizabeth Ann West Dec 30, 2022

Show notes

Mark talks with Elizabeth Ann West about her writing and using AI tools such as Sudowrite for intriguing new types of collaborations.

Prior to the interview, Mark shares a comments from recent episodes, a personal update, and a word about this episode's sponsor.

You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

During their conversation Mark and Elizabeth talk about:

Elizabeth's start in indie publishing back in the "early days" of self-publishing
The Jane Austin Fan Fiction that Elizabeth writes for a living
The panic in the writing community with the dropping of chatGPT (GPT = Generative Pre-trained Transformer)
What Public Domain content is and a look at the grey area of AI generated content and copyright
Changes to Public Domain and copyright law related to Disney and Mickey Mouse
How Public Domain is really important to culture
Some of the areas where AI has already been integrated into the tools we use as writers and just in general
AI as a robotic co-writer that you can lean on as an author
Sudowrite and how it's based on a UNIX command called "Super Do" and not "pseudo" making you the super user
How as the human in this equation, you are the "creative director" still responsible for all of the final writing, the research, the voice, etc
How prompts work within Sudowrite and the way authors can be very specific with them
The importance of authors being unique and creative when creating their prompts
How the AI works within the context of the most recent segment of the document an author is working within
The idea that's in development of performing something like a "fine tune"
A bit of the tech about how "tokens" work within the technology
Playing within "Open AI Playground"
How much time a tool like Sudowrite can help writers with outlining and summarizing a chapter
Simulating readers reacting to a piece of writing
The process of interviewing an AI character
The cost structure for using Sudowrite
How Elizabeth has written and released three books since Nov 2021 with the assistance of AI
The re-write function in Sudowrite that performs a "show, don't tell" on a sentence
Feeling like a writer with super-powers by having access to these types of tools
How Elizabeth teachers her online classes for learning how to collaborate with AI
The $99 fee that gives people access to all of Elizabeth's "Learning AI" classes and recorded live sessions past, present, and future
Elizabeth's thoughts for writers who are nervous, anxious, or worried about the disruption that AI will bring to writing
And more...

After the interview, Mark reflects on a few things Elizabeth said. He then shares his own recent experiment with creating a book description using chatGBT.

Links of Interest:

A Jane-of-all-trades, mistress to none! Elizabeth Ann West is the author of 12 novels and 11 novellas, 22 of which are story variations of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice. Her books have won reader conference awards and hit the Historical Bestseller lists on Amazon, Kobo, and the iBooks stores multiple times. A lover of all things geeky, Elizabeth codes websites, dabbles in graphic design, and is always looking for new technology to learn and master. She teaches authors at conferences like 20Booksto50KVegas, RWA Nationals, on topics of technology and business in the digital publishing world.

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