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058 How to Write Believable Fight Scenes with Carla Hoch

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on January 28, 2020
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Learn how to write a believable fight scene with guest Carla Hoch

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057 Why Platform is Not Important Like You Think

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on January 21, 2020
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The following is the outline I used to record this episode. It is not the episode itself! I encourage you to listen to the episode if you can. Why Publishers Care About Platform: Michael Hyatt popularized the term when he started blogging about it about 10 years ago. He also wrote a book about it (Affiliate Link) in 2012. Platform is seen as an indication that books will sell. Authors without …

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056 How to Find Your Hustle

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on January 14, 2020
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For the next few weeks, we will be releasing some “best of” episodes while I spend time with our new baby Thomas Gregory Umstattd, III. Episode Notes This episode originally aired in 2018. We live in a world that is cursed. Because of our sin, God cursed the soil to have thorns and weeds. That curse is pervasive and continues to this day. If you want to have success in farming, you have to put in …

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056 How to Find Your Hustle

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on January 14, 2020
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For the next few weeks, we will be releasing some “best of” episodes while I spend time with our new baby Thomas Gregory Umstattd, III. Episode Notes This episode originally aired in 2018. We live in a world that is cursed. Because of our sin, God cursed the soil to have thorns and weeds. That […]
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055 How to Find Your Courage as an Author

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on January 7, 2020
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For the next few weeks, we will be releasing some “best of” episodes while I spend time with our new baby Thomas Gregory Umstattd, III. “Tommy” was born weighing 8 pounds, 14 ounces and he and my wife are both home and doing well. Episode Notes This episode originally aired in 2018. Today I would like to talk about one of the things that make authors successful: courage. Fear is the biggest enemy …

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053 Where to Find Mentorship for Your Publishing Career

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 10, 2019
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Announcements My wife and I are expecting our second baby in a couple of weeks! We have entered the “any time now” phase of waiting for our Christmas baby. So the podcast will be airing some re-runs and pre-recorded episodes over the next several weeks. This episode first aired on my other podcast, Novel Marketing Episode Introduction Do you ever feel alone in the writing journey? Or perhaps you …

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053 Where to Find Mentorship for Your Publishing Career

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 10, 2019
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Do you ever feel alone in the writing journey? Or perhaps you are not sure what to do next. You don’t need to! In this episode, Thomas talks about 10 different places to find mentorship and the pros and cons of each.
You can listen to this episode 053 Where to Find Mentorship for Your Publishing Career on Christian Publishing Show.

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052 The Joyfully Organized Writer with Susan May Warren

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 3, 2019
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Over the last ten years, I have worked with a lot of successful authors. From New York Times bestsellers to successful indies who are making small fortunes with their writing. One of the things nearly all of them have in common is a system of organization. They don’t all have the same system, but they all have something.  In today’s episode, we are going to talk about how to stay organized, how to …

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052 The Joyfully Organized Writer with Susan May Warren

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on December 3, 2019
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Learn how to become an organized writer featuring Susan May Warren
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051 A Christian Author’s Guide to the Homeschool Market

By Thomas Umstattd, Jr.on November 26, 2019
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Apology: Sorry there was no episode last week. I was recovering from a trip to the ER. For many authors, the homeschool market seems like the promised land. Here is a market that buys millions of Christian books a year. It looks to many authors like how China looks to many international businesses. “Wow China has a billion customers. If we could reach only 1% of them with our product we would be …

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