Podcast 25: Daniel Stalter, Dreamcrasher and Kickstarter-Funded Comic Books

Daniel is a storyteller and a comic book writer based in Brooklyn, NY. He launched his first series Dream Crasher in 2015 with artist and frequent collaborator Reed Olsen. They have since published 4 of the 12 planned chapters, and have run two successful Kickstarter Campaigns. He joins me today to talk about his writing, why it took 10 years to write Dreamcrasher, and how he funded it via Kickstarter.

Related links

• Daniel Stalter
• Dreamcrasher
• Flamecon

Got a question? Email me at my web site here.

Podcast 24: The Golden Age of Serial Killers Is Over

We continue with episode 4 in our four-part series about 9 Lords of Night, which releases you can read and download here. In this episode Eyre and I discuss the icon of the serial killer in America, and the place it has taken in the 21st century. We also discuss how that icon of the serial killer influenced my novel 9 Lords of Night, and my newest Pablo Greene erotic thriller Gold, which publishes next week in Kindle (paperback arrives in Feb).

Related links

• My vlog on why I don’t expect people to like my novels

Wiki entries on William Friedkin and his film Cruising and The Exorcist.

Podcast #22: Claustrophobia, Aztec gods, and how writers embody their fictions

In today’s episode we our series of episodes, featuring my special guest novelist Eyre Price, author of Blues Highway Blues. Eyre goes deeper in this episode in his questions for me about  9 Lords of Night, which releases October 30.

• We talk about the nature of the detective novel, and the way in which claustrophobia becomes part of 9 Lords of Night

• We talk about the essence of complicated Aztec gods in my fictional universe, and how things just get more compllicated as time moves along.

• Eyre also asks the question: Does a writer’s work change the writer physically and mentally?

You can listen to the previous podcasts I did with Eyre a few years ago when 13 Secret Cities published

Podcast #21 Season 2: Redefining the Supernatural in Fiction

In today’s episode:

• We kick off SEASON 2 of the podcast, with a brand new series of episodes centered around 9 Lords of Night, featuring my special guest novelist Eyre Price, author of Blues Highway Blues

• Eyre asks me a lot of questions about 9 Lords of Night, 13 Secret Cities, and we discuss the role of the supernatural in writing fiction, particularly novels.

• You can listen to the previous podcasts I did with Eyre a few years ago when 13 Secret Cities published here on my YouTube channel.

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Podcast #19: Your role as art director if you self publish

In today’s episode:

• I reveal a special suprise about 9 Lords of Night, which you can see with your own eyes here.

• Your role as an art director if you are a self publisher and entrepreneur.

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Podcast #18: Why a book author launched online clothing boutiques

In today’s episode:

• I tell you why I launched online boutiques that are part the universes of my published novels.

• Want to check out these stores? One is 13SC Apparel, and the other (NSFW) is How to Kill a Superhero.

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Podcast #17: Using Slack to get feedback from your Beta Readers

In today’s episode:

I’ll show you how I am using Slack this year as a place to gather my beta readers as they check out early versions of my two novels that are in development. You can learn more about Slack here:

• Slack’s Workplace Revolution

• How to Find Beta Readers and Improve Your Book

• Don’t want the public to see your newsroom’s gossip ? Don’t put it on Slack

• Here’s when you should use email instead of Slack

If you like the show, leave us a review in iTunes here. Thanks. If you want to support this show, visit my Patreon page. Got a comment? Send us an email at our contact page.

Podcast #14 Jeff Curto

Photographer Jeff Curto is Professor Emeritus of Photography at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where he taught from 1984 to 2014. Curto hosts two popular podcasts about photography. He hosts The History of Photography, which presents a full semester of his History of Photography course along with other photo history concepts, and Camera Position, which discusses photography’s creative aspects.

If you like the show, leave us a review in iTunes here. Thanks. If you want to support this show, visit my Patreon page. Got a comment? Send us an email at our contact page.

Podcast #12 Updates on 9 Lords of Night and the launch of 13SC Apparel

In this episode:

• Updates on the podcast, and why I was absent for a few weeks
• Updates on 9 Lords of Night by Cesar Torres, due out in 2017
• The launch of 13SC Apparel, a clothing line designed by Cesar Torres that is bringing community to Chicago strength sports
• Other updates

For more info, visit cesartorres.me

Podcast #5: Be Ready to Deal

The Cesar Torres podcast is dedicated to coaching people in fiction writing and self publishing, as well productivity and digital strategy. Cesar Torres is the author of the novel 13 Secret Cities and How to Kill a Superhero (under the pen name Pablo Greene). For more info, visit cesartorres.me. 

Podcast #4: You Should Self Publish Your Book

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Podcast #2: 3 Business lessons from my life as an erotica author

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