New Writer Podcast

  This week, I’m talking about my depression, absence, and all the brain garbage that goes with it. Episode Script: My name is Matt Brotherton. I’m an indie author struggling to get started in his career. Each episode, I talk about…Read more ›

Episode Script: If you are like me, you probably listen to a number of podcasts about indie publishing. There are a ton of them. Dozens of them are great. Some of them are considered absolutely essential listening for all indie…Read more ›

Episode 82 – Is Everyone Laughing at Me? Episode Script: As writers, we spend time mastering the techniques necessary to reroute our reader’s mental plumbing so the pipes dump their emo-juices exactly where we want. The greatest writers are true…Read more ›

This week, I’m taking an introspective look back on my writing career and reminding myself not to only count the failures, but remember the success.  The Hard Numbers: Total Downloads: 5956 (table below does not include August 2016) Total Dollars Earned…Read more ›

  Links in this episode: John L Monk’s Hell’s Children My Bradbury Challenge Story List     I definitely have crutches as a writer. For example, my first instinct when I’m coming up on my short story deadline is to…Read more ›

I am bad as schedules. Timelines. Deadlines. “Getting things done” I’m just not very good at any of it. I get filled with bursts of hyper-powered mojo and crank out ridiculous amounts of work in a very short period of…Read more ›

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Sorry about this week’s sound quality. I broke my microphone stand while moving furniture in my office. I guess I need to fix that, too.

Let’s talk about how to battle the mythic dragon known as the empty sheet.