#1 - Storytelling with Steve Vernon

Check out the books we're discussing here! Kobo Writing Life Director Mark Lefebvre interviews author Steve Vernon, a writer and storyteller of both written and spoken words and they discuss the following: ·         Aspects of writing a serialized story (Steve's Flash Virus Series), elements of humour in a thriller/horror story and the perspective of being able to laugh at life.  ·         Steve's first published story in the mid 1980's in a magazine that featured "Busoms, beards and big bellied bikers." ·         Embracing both traditional publishing and self-publishing as a hybrid author and how that syncs beautifully with how Steve really "isn't a writer, just a windbag who likes to spin yarns" ·         The importance of being able to adapt and continue to learn as a writer ·         A few of Steve's titles:  Sinking Deeper, Maritime Murder, Tatterdemon Omnibus ·         Steve's favourite advice for writers ·         Some book recommendations from Steve (The Scorpion Races & The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater) Also included in this episode are Mark's "Three P's of Self-Publishing Success" as well as a listener question regarding ensuring your Goodreads reviews appear on Kobo.   Steve's Blog "Yours in Storytelling" http://stevevernonstoryteller.wordpress.com/   Download Episode One of Steve's Flash Virus series (FREE) www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=9780988097223   Steve's Flash Virus Series http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=Flash+Virus&t=none&f=series&p=1&s=none&g=both   Steve Vernon's Books on Kobo http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=%22Steve+Vernon%22&t=all&f=author&p=1&s=numpurchases&g=both&l=