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The Wordslinger Podcast
From award-winning and bestselling author J. Kevin Tumlinson, this weekly podcast explores the stories that shape us into who we are, and shape the world into what it can become. There are interviews with authors and non-authors, deep dives into useful ideas, and solo-slinger episodes that are authentic and real, aimed at giving you the best, most honest advice about life as a writer, creator, and creative entrereneur. Every episode is a story. It's all about the story here.
Episodes
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-117 - Going Social With Frances Caballo
Frances Caballo is an author and social media strategist and manager for writers. She’s a contributing writer at TheBookDesigner.com, and blogger and Social…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-116 - Writing Into the Dark with Dean Wesley Smith
Dean Wesley Smith is a bestselling author with over 21 million books in print. He is considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction and…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-115 - Accelerating Your Author Career with Jennie Nash
JENNIE NASH CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER & FOUNDER OF AUTHOR ACCELERATOR Jennie Nash is founder and chief creative officer of Author Accelerator, a book coaching…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-114 - Author Education with Ricardo Fayet
Ricardo Fayet is the co-founder of Reedsy, a global network that connects authors and publishers with top editorial, design, marketing and ghostwriting talent…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-113 - Writing in the Margins with Shivani Bhargava
Shivani Bhargava is the CEO & Founder of TheRightMargin, a goal-driven writing app that helps you finish what you write. Bay Area born, Boston bred, Shivani…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-112 - Going Global with Joanna Penn
Joanna Penn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers under J.F.Penn. She also writes inspirational non-fiction for authors and is an…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-111 - Getting Your Book Together with Rob Price
ROB PRICE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF GATEKEEPER PRESS Rob began his career as a self-published author at the age of 19 with 200,000 copies sold and subsequently…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-110 - Indie Outlaw Publishing with Michael Anderle
MICHAEL ANDERLE INDIE PUBLISHING OUTLAW & AUTHOR OF THE KURTHERIAN GAMBIT Michael Anderle is a bestselling author, but he's also a driving force behind the…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-109 - Rocketing Writer Success with Dave Chesson
Dave Chesson ... the 'Dude' at the heart of Kindlepreneur.com and KDP Rocket. Dave has made a career out of learning the ins and outs of KDP and sharing them…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-108 - Trails of Memories with Angelique L'Amour
Angelique L’Amour was born in Los Angeles Ca. The daughter of author, Louis L’Amour, she grew up in the household of a prolific writer where writing and…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-106 - Designing a Life with Liza Drozdov
Liza Drozdov was Executive Producer of Holmes Makes it Right, one of the highest-rated shows on HGTV and DIY. Having produced successful lifestyle television…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-105 - Writing SciFi and Fantasy with Maggie Hogarth
Daughter of two Cuban political exiles, M.C.A. Hogarth was born a foreigner in the American melting pot and has had a fascination for the gaps in cultures and…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-104 - Better eBook Marketing with Tom Corson-Knowles
Tom Corson-Knowles is the international bestselling author of The Kindle Publishing Bible and 26 other books. He is also the founder of…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-103 - Swapping Author Stories with Hank Garner
HANK GARNER AUTHOR OF WRITER'S BLOCK Hank Garner is the author of Bloom, Mulligan, The Witching Hour, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Writer's Block, and has…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-102 - The Portable Life with Kevin Tumlinson
KEVIN TUMLINSON AUTHOR OF THE COELHO MEDALLION RV life has its ups and downs, and there can be times when even the most enthusiastic RVer wants to chuck in the…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-101 - Superheroic Fiction with Lucas Flint
Lucas Flint (aka Timothy L. Cerepaka) writes fantasy novels under his real name and superhero novels under his Lucas Flint pen name. He has been writing and…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-100 - The Existence of David Brin
The 100th episode of the Wordslinger Podcast! David Brin is a scientist, tech speaker/consultant, and a bestselling and award-winning author. His new novel…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-099 - Hybrid Publishing with Brooke Warner
Brooke Warner is publisher of She Writes Press, president of Warner Coaching Inc., and author of Green-light Your Book, What's Your Book?, How to Sell Your…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-098 - What Would Michael Bunker Do?
Michael Bunker is a USA Today Bestselling author, off-gridder, husband, and father of four children. He lives with his family in a "plain" community in Central…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-097 - Merging Entertainment and Technology with MCM Milligan
MCM is a screenwriter, author and programmer. He got his start in the free culture movement with the wildly successful internet fable "The Pig and the Box". He…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-096 - You Must Write a Book with Honoree Corder
HONORÉE CORDER AUTHOR OF YOU MUST WRITE A BOOK Honoré Corder is a bestselling author and executive business coach. She combines her business acumen and 12…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-095 - A Girl Like Michelle Cox
Michelle Cox holds a B.A. in English literature from Mundelein College, Chicago, and is the author of the award-winning, A Girl Like You, the first in the…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-094 - Industry Relationships with Rachel Sentes and Brian Wood
Rachel Sentes is a professional writer and full-time publicist/CEO of gal-friday publicity, based in Vancouver, B.C. Her clients include actors, sports…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-093 - RV Life on Their Terms with Joe and Kait Russo
Joe and Kait Russo quit their jobs in 2015, sold their home, got rid of most of their possessions and struck out to live their dream – travel and work for…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-092 - Writing Your Own Stunts with John L Monk
John L. Monk lives in Virginia, USA, with his wife, Dorothy. A writer with a degree in cultural anthropology, he boldly does the dishes, roots out evil…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-091 - Scifi Legend Larry Niven
Larry Niven has written science fiction and fantasy for more than 52 years, and is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-090 - Rural Fantasy with Tex Thompson
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! THIS EPISODE CELEBRATES TWO YEARS OF WORDSLINGER PODCAST HIJINX! Arianne "Tex" Thompson is home-grown Texas success story. After earning a…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-089 - Exploring Bookfunnel with Damon Courtney
Damon is a programmer first, and a writer second, though not always in that order, that’s just how things turned out. He started writing code when he was seven…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-088 - Dystopian Thrillers with DL Young
D.L. Young’s award-winning stories have appeared in many publications and anthologies. His current novel is Soledad, a dystopian thriller set in a near-future…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-087 - Learning to Breathe with Kelly Kittel
Kelly Kittel is an author formerly known as a fish biologist. She currently lives in Rhode Island with her husband and three of their five living children but…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-086 - Whatever the Impulse with Tina Amiri
Tina Amiri, author of Whatever The Impulse (Caliburn Press 2016), often provides freelance book-doctoring services for fiction writers and works for CNIB as a…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-085 - Astounding Audiobooks with Richard Rieman
Richard Rieman is the author of The Author’s Guide to AudioBook Creation. He’s also an audiobook self-publishing expert and a top Audible narrator. Richard has…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-084 - Soulful PR with Janet Murray
Janet Murray helps businesses and brands get press coverage in newspapers, magazines and on radio and TV. She has 15 years’ experience writing and editing for…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-083 - Dorit Sasson - The Accidental Soldier
Dorit Sasson is the founder of Giving Voice to Your Courage. Through this mentorship practice, she supports guidance to heart-centered business owners and…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-082 - Unleashing your creative self with Patti Clark
Patti Clark is an accomplished speaker and workshop leader dedicated to helping people through various life transitions on their journey to an extraordinary…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-081 - The Writing Life with Mark Lefebvre
Mark Leslie Lefebvre is a writer (horror, non-fiction paranormal, thrillers), editor (speculative fiction anthologies) and bookseller (most recently Director…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-080 - The Fascinating Life of Arnold Logan
Arnold Logan was born in North Toronto. He went from boarding school in England to working on Southern Ontario dairy farms, from fiberglass factories to…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-079 - Write anything anywhere with Ulysses Co-Founder Max Seelemann
Max Seelemann is one of the two founders of the software company The Soulmen, makers of the popular writing application Ulysses. In this episode, Max and Kevin…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-078 - Hollywood Stunts & Beating Cancer with Mark Chavarria
Being a Hollywood stunt man is dangerous work. Every day you face challenges that could lead to you or someone else being injured. So it takes a lot of…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-077 - Writing to Market with Chris Fox
Anyone who has ever wanted to write books for a living has faced the question of genre. Some people just know instinctively what they want to write, but even…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-076 - Taking off your pants with Libbie Hawker
Libbie Hawker has made a career out of following her interests—from penning historic fiction to writing guides to help other authors do what she does, through…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-075 - Exploding Your Author Platform with Jonny Andrews
KIRSTEN MCCAY-SMITH AUTHOR OF LIVING IN AN RV Downsizing is tough enough. Downsizing and then getting on the road full time, living with your spouse in a space…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-074 - Unconventional Marketing with Melissa Burch
MELISSA BURCH AUTHOR OF MY JOURNEY THROUGH WAR AND PEACE Melissa Burch is the author of My Journey Through War and Peace: Explorations of a Young Filmmaker…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-073 - Living Well with Roland Denzel
Feeling good is the kind of thing we never quite think about. We get so busy building our careers, trying to be more productive, trying to balance work against…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-072 - Writing for Comics with Nick Macari
SIMON WHISTLER PODCASTER, YOUTUBER & AUTHOR OF AUDIOBOOKS FOR INDIES There's a saying that goes "If you want to really learn something, teach it." Simon…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-071 - The Empire of Simon Whistler
SIMON WHISTLER PODCASTER, YOUTUBER & AUTHOR OF AUDIOBOOKS FOR INDIES There's a saying that goes "If you want to really learn something, teach it." Simon…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-070 - Sports fiction with J.D. Dudycha
J.D. DUDYCHA AUTHOR OF PAINT THE BLACK There's nothing that lends itself to metaphor more than sports, especially in America. We pepper our language with…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-069 - Writing fantasy with Garrett Robinson
WPC-069 - Writing fantasy with Garrett Robinson Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-068 - Happening to your career with Scott Barlow
SCOTT BARLOW FOUNDER OF HAPPEN TO YOUR CAREER Some people. They just can't let other folks toil in misery. And that's Scott Barlow, to a T. Scott sees lots of…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-067 - Speculative Fiction with S. Evan Townsend
S. Evan Townsend writes in a universe that is an interesting blend of science fiction and noir detective stories—pulp fiction meets nuts and bolts scifi. He's…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-066 - Happy Writers with Joey Tuccio
Stage32.com is the world’s largest social network and educational hub for film, television and theater creatives, with close to 500,000 film, TV and theater…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-065 - Living in an RV with Kirsten McCay-Smith
KIRSTEN MCCAY-SMITH AUTHOR OF LIVING IN AN RV Downsizing is tough enough. Downsizing and then getting on the road full time, living with your spouse in a space…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-064 - Write Better Faster with Monica Leonelle
Whether you're a new author or you've been trying your hand at this for a while, sometimes you need a mentor and a helping hand. And it wouldn't hurt to have…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-063 - Book Review Targeting with Debbie Drum
Authors today are increasingly taking on the additional role of being marketers—especially if book sales aren't quite what they need to be. Build books into a…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-062 - Stories for Your Younger Self with Julian Hosp
Julian left his home in Austria at the age of 16 to move to the US. From there, he became a professional kitesurfer traveling the world for 10 years while…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-061 - Brand Mapping with Jason Arcemont
New year, new chance to get your brand into better shape! As we ring in 2016, Jason Arcemont—Goal Crusher—has some tips on fine tuning your brand without…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-060 - Building Tribes with Jeff Goins
Making a living as an author is impossible. Or, it would be impossible, without one vital ingredient—readers. In the world of Jeff Goins, that translates to a…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-059 - Going for No with Andrea Waltz
Colonel Sanders started peddling his chicken recipe at the age of 65, and heard "no" 1009 times before he finally got someone to back him in starting Kentucky…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-058 - Author Marketing with Alinka Rutkowska
ALINKA RUTKOWSKA AUTHOR OF HOW I SOLD 80,000 BOOKS: BOOK MARKETING FOR AUTHORS Alinka Rutkowska has a lot to say about how authors can bulk up their mailing…
The Wordslinger PodcastWPC-057 - Romancing the Reader with Ember Casey
Ember Casey is a USA Today bestselling author living in Atlanta, Georgia in a den of iniquity (or so she likes to tell people). When she’s not writing steamy…