EP 199 - Indie Author Magazine

<p>Mark interviews Chelle Honiker and Chrishaun Keller Hanna of Indie Author Magazine.</p> <p>Prior to the interview, Mark shares a brief personal update and a word from this episode's sponsor.</p> <p>This episode is sponsored by Findaway Voices.</p> <div class="style-scope ytd-video-secondary-info-renderer"> <p><strong><img alt="" height="159" src="https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/110600/FindawayVoicesLogo.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="318" /></strong>You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.</p> <p>In their conversion Chelle, Chrishaun, and Mark talk about:</p> <ul> <li>Their backgrounds as writers, creatives, geeks, and entrepreneurs</li> <li>Chrishan's "Organzied chaos with style" line and how she has honed and refined her "pitch" over time at cons</li> <li>How writing feels like one dimension of a way that you can tell a story</li> <li>Learning about not being cut out for working FOR other people</li> <li>An aborted attempt at becoming a digital nomad (due to the global covid lockdowns)</li> <li>How an accountability partner/mastermind group led to the origin of Indie Author Magazine</li> <li>The desire to create an unbiased source of trusted information for indie authors</li> <li>The magazine being produced as a monthly digital and a print quarterly</li> <li>How the skill-set for the magazine was based on internal skills, talents, and experience from the team</li> <li>The range of topics and features planned to be covered and updated in each issue</li> <li>The "Indie Annie" column in order to answer questions submitted by readers</li> <li>How authors can get ahold of the magazine online or via the app</li> <li>The way they manage to fit managing this magazine while maintaining their writing commitments</li> <li>And more...</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>After the interview Mark reflects on the power of priorities, partnership, and collaboration.</p> <p>  </p> <p><strong>Links of Interest:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://indieauthormagazine.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Indie Author Magazine</a></li> <li><a href="https://books2read.com/relaxedauthor/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Relaxed Author</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Patreon for Stark Reflections</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Wide for the Win</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">This Time Around (Short Story)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">A Canadian Werewolf in New York</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Stowe Away (Novella)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Fear and Longing in Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.panoramaproject.org" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Fright Nights, Big City</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>The mission of <strong>Indie Author Magazine</strong> is to inform, educate, and inspire authors at every stage of their careers.</p> <p>Our vision is to be the trusted industry leader for reliable resources and information for indie authors by providing unbiased, well-researched, and articulate content in a timely manner, in the most engaging format possible.</p> <p> </p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-dark-gray-background-color has-dark-gray-color" /> <p><em>The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast ("Laser Groove") was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of <a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">www.incompetech.com</a></em> <em>and is Licensed under</em> Creative Commons: By <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Attribution 3.0</a></p> </div>