MNINS: Season 3, Episode 3 – Lost & Found Special

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Welcome to Season 3, Episode 3 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling (with People Not Named Steve). Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer spend some time going over the creation of the second Gabby Wells Thriller novel, Lost & Found. Mobile Users Listen Here or Subscribe on ITunes In this […]

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MNINS: Season 2, Episode 3 – Your Muse Can’t Be Lazy

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Welcome to Season 2, Episode 3 of My Name Is Not Steve – The Podcast by Storytellers about Storytelling with People Not Named Steve. This time we talk about how to answer the call of your muse… and, hint, it takes a crap tone of hard work. Mobile Users Listen Here or Subscribe on ITunes […]

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I’m on the Sell More Books Show Podcast!

Posted Sonlight Press Gabby Wells - Book 1, Gabby Wells Novel, Podcast

I was fortunate to be asked to be on the very popular podcast, the Sell More Books Show!  The show discusses tips and news items related to independent publishing and has a large and growing listener base. The Sell More Books Show, hosted by Bryan Cohen and Jim Kukral, is one of my favorite podcasts, […]

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Podcast – Starting a Genre Mashup

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Pete and Dorothea talk about participating in the recent Facebook Event: March to a Bestseller 2, genres, validation and the coming release of the first novel, Kneel & Prey. Mobile Users: Click here to listen to the episode. Topics Covered: Facebook Event Defining a New Genre First Novel Kneel & Prey Beta Reader Feedback Marketing […]

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Podcast – Marketing and Finding Your Voice

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Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer talk about the various marketing research and strategies they plan to employ with the release of their first book.  They’ll also talk about the process of finding the correct voice for a novel and how that impacted the other work. Mobile Users: Click here to listen to the episode. Topics […]

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Podcast – Novellas & Strategies

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On this podcast author Pete Bauer and Sonlight Press marketing head Dorothea Bauer continue to talk about their latest findings as they hone their release strategy. Running Time: 42:36 Congratulations Lynette Noni Strategy History Recap More Novellas, If Necessary Has Fiction Lost Its Faith Cultural Christianity vs. Religious Belief Les Miserables Crosby, Bergman, Priests and […]

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Podcast – Novellas & Criticism

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On this podcast author Pete Bauer and Sonlight Press marketing guru Dorothea Bauer talk about our shifting marketing strategies that includes increasing the amount of novellas while delaying the release of the first novel. Running Time: 39:11 Some of the topics covered include: Original Plans June 4th Novellas and Novels The Homecoming Incident Theme and […]

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Podcast – Finishing & Marketing

Posted Sonlight Press Gabby Wells - Book 1, Gabby Wells Novel, Podcast

On this podcast author Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer discuss the steps required to finish a book and marketing strategies. Some of the topics covered include: 97.3 Beta Readers Honest Feedback Genre Clarification Honoring Audience Intelligence Don’t Betray your Audience’s Expectations Give Them a Pie 1 to 5 Acclaim vs. Sales Knowing How to Market […]

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Novella 1 – First Draft Complete

Posted Pete Bauer Faith, Gabby Wells, Marketing, Novel, Novella, Podcast, story telling, Typecasting, Writing

Last night, after a long three days of writing over 10,000 words, I finished the first draft of the Gabby Wells novella called The Homecoming Incident. I’ll let it sit a couple of days so my brain can recover.  There are a lot of things I need to add to the beginning in order to […]

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Podcast – Publishing

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On today’s podcast author Pete Bauer and Dorothea Bauer discuss the publishing of Gabby Wells. Some of the topics covered include: Traditional Publishing Smelling Books Print On-Demand Technology Harry Potter Royalties, Rights & Control Are Publishers Reaching Your Target Demographic Self Publishing Earnings Good & Bad Aspects of Control Book Covers Hats Podcasts Write, Publish, […]

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Podcast 01 – Author Kari Burke

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Welcome to my first podcast! During these podcasts we’ll have interviews with people in various areas of the publishing and entertainment industry, including both Christian and secular artists. I’m very excited to have Kari Burke with us on our first show.  She’s a Catholic writer whose pro-life book The Life I Dreamed deals with the […]

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