Steve Bremner
Author, Podcaster & Writing Coach
We finally have a new interview on the podcast, and it's with someone I would have had on the show earlier had I actually been podcasting in the last three years. Welcome J.D. …
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I've seen this come up in varioius writing and narration groups I'm in, and also have read horror stories of authors finding out someone else out there had stolen their work or put up obstacles …
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Ebook before Audiobook, not the other way around. This seems like common sense if you want to do a good job, but convoluted if you're in a hurry and would rather do it fast, right? I’ve …
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I once saw this meme somewhere, probably one of the writing groups or business pages I'm in on Facebook. But when I couldn't find it again I decided to re-make it so I could share it. So here …
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Imagine for a moment that you're a renowned chef at a decent restaurant. One day you have a patron, who let's say had eaten the entire meal, took a week to write a review on Yelp about your …
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Why you should never agree to accept results-based payment for your work, except for whenever you should. If you want to receive deferred results-based payment in your business that's up to …
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Like the old adage goes, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should." OK, maybe YOU should narrate your own audibook, but not all authors should. And you definitely should read this post …
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Have you missed me? I've been absent from my blog and podcast for much of 2019, but whenever I've had something important to share, I've gone to the Fire On Your Head Newsletter and shared things …
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Michael saw a webinar with some internet marketing gurus who were talking about all the money they allegedly make with their Kindle empires. Michael thought he would do the same thing and …
TL;DR: I ain't doing it ever again. I’ve said it before and I’ll repeat it now: Many authors underprice their books. A few overprice their books to the extreme, but I find it’s the former I …
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Hey guys On Sunday I got to be interviewed by Ryan J. Rhoades, founder of Reformation Designs on a weekly FB live interview series he's been doing on the subject of branding. He talked to me …
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I've posted on my site several times why I don't do review swaps with other indie authors and expressed my disdain for being added to groups on Facebook without my permission, invited to like …
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I just found out earlier today, before publishing this post that Nine Lies People Believe About Speaking in Tongues (my published book) is available on Audible.com, and Amazon thanks to the …
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Here it is, my first written post for 2017. Hard to believe I've gone over three weeks without updating my blog, but a week ago my mother returned to Canada after visiting us for over two weeks, …
Welcome to today's episode of the podcast. This one was a long time coming, as it had been on my mind to invite today's guest on the show for quite a while, but I never went for it until a few …
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Whether you blog or write self-published books, you’re bound to face criticism for your writings. In fact, something is wrong if you don’t. From time to time my books get one-star reviews …
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I was privileged to be on The Praying Medic Podcast this week. Over the previous weekend PM and I had a three hour recorded Skype conversation on the heels of having just recently recorded a …
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I was privileged to be on The Praying Medic Podcast this week. Over the weekend PM and I had a three hour recorded Skype conversation the heels of having just recently recorded a lengthy episode …
Continue Reading about Let’s Talk Publishing with Praying Medic – Part 1 | Podcast →
