Beyond the Words

A quick update on the series! Pick up a copy of the book at tinyurl.com/beyondthewordsbook

In this episode, join Holly and her guest interviewer as they discuss the end of an era (3 years of work!) and the next step for the podcast. Don't cry for us, for we are already moving onto the next podcast series! Stay tuned (and subscribed) for more info!xxxI would like to say a sincere thank you to everyone who subscribed to the series, listened to or even just downloaded a single episode over the last 19 months of the podcast's existence. I also extend a thank you to every guest, whether their interview made it to air or not, and their followers for joining us on the ride. It was wild. Stay subscribed to hear news of the new Beyond the Words Project, coming out sometime in the next few months (We're aiming for before Christmas!) If you have any questions, concerns or issues, or you want to talk about your writing, please feel free to contact me at The Modern Meltdown Facebook page, here: https://www.facebook.com/TheModernMeltdownUntil then, stay safe, and keep on writing.~ Holly HuntAuthor of: DARK URBAN FANTASY:The Devil's Wife: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y635Y5QThe Inuit Nightmare: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y62YJSB/SWORD & SORCERY FANTASY:Scale and Feather: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009K5DDYG/The Tyrant of Tarsit: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C4NU46G/THRILLER/HORROR: Blood Moon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0087QFMA2/The Holiday Killer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01910O6I6COMIC: The Battle of the Blood Moon (Graphic Novel): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078H971BM/EROTICA: Blood Lovers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VGY44W/Dust to Dust: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K7KVOF8/Cleaning Up: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EY29IVW/Plus assorted short stories and novellas.

For the second-to-last episode of the series, we begin looking at the adaption of your work, focusing on book to comic, though touching on other forms as well.

Join Holly as she discusses the difference between music and fiction, and the complicated history of the two. Includes a review of "The Brothers of Darkness and Light" by Jeff Thomson at the end. To purchase a copy of The Brothers of Darkness and Light, click here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Brothers-Darkness-Light-Jeff-Thomson/dp/1452511942

Join Holly and her guest as they explore the psychological reactions readers have to certain elements of a book, and the best way to elicit those responses. Includes a review of "Kalanon's Rising", by Darian Smith, at the end. To purchase a copy of Kalanon's Rising, click here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LWZOTWS/

On this week's show, join Holly and her guest as they talk about the Indie (independant) Scene, and how you can get out and support them - sometimes without spending a cent! Includes a review of "Kin Seeker"by Naomi Eccles-Smith, at the end. To purchase a copy of Kin Seeker, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Kin-Seeker-Fantasy-Adventure-Calling-ebook/dp/B00EP7E7HQ

Every member of Beyond the Words has a full-time job to balance around our show, but we do it because we love it, and because we love all of you. However, now that Beyond the Words has reached 50 episodes, we think it’s time to start doing what all good authors do best: implementing some character development in our show. If you'd like to donate to our fundraiser for new microphones, hosting and equipment, head on over to http://www.gofundme.com/the-modern-meltdown-podcast Every donation pledged before 3:30PM AEST Sunday August 19th will receive a shout out at the start of Episode 51. Want to be in on the action? Donate today!http://www.gofundme.com/the-modern-meltdown-podcast See you Sunday!

Join Holly and her guest as they discuss the motivations and benefits of publishing your book with the help of the internet's greatest source of income: crowdfunding. Includes a review of "The Seclusion" by Jacqui Castle at the end. The Seclusion will be released in early September, 2018.

Join Holly and her guest as they discuss preparing for, attending, and winding down from author appearances and guest spotting at conventions! Includes a review of "Harlequin's Riddle" by Rachel Nightingale at the end. To purchase a copy of Harlequin's Riddle, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Harlequins-Riddle-Tales-Rachel-Nightingale-ebook/dp/B07CH9MHXH

Join Holly as she walks you through one of the most time-honoured part of promoting your book: A book tour!

What's worse than a pirate? A whole community of them. This episode is designed as a step-by-step on how to get your books off pirate sites, and learning to live with the swashbucklers. Arr.

Join Holly and her returning guest as they discuss the differences between generating sales online and in person. Includes a review of "The Circuit " series by Rhett C. Bruno at the end. To purchase a copy of The Circuit, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Circuit-Complete-Rhett-C-Bruno-ebook/dp/B076QJGLSD

Join Holly and her guest as they discuss the best mailing list provider services, what to put in your newsletter, and how to stop people pressing the 'Unsubscribe' button. Includes a review of "Insanity" by Andre Gonzalez at the end. To purchase a copy of Insanity, please click here:https://www.amazon.com/Insanity-Book-1-Andre-Gonzalez-ebook/dp/B075SPHS69

Join Holly and her guest as they discuss the finer points of one of the best attention-grabbing tools you have in your arsenal: The Giveaway. Includes a review of "Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter" by Russell Nohelty, at the end. To purchase a copy of Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01K14ZBIK/

Join Holly and her guest as they discuss promotion in a modern world, and give you the groundwork for a marketing plan you can enjoy. Includes a review of "The Drago Tree" by Isobel Blackthorne at the end. To purchase a copy of The Drago Tree, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DBMBBFD/

We take another small aside as we contemplate bestseller lists, and what you have to do to get on them. Is it worth it? Listen in and find out.

Join Holly and her guest as they discuss the best marketing, and highlight the good and bad parts of paying for promotion. Includes a review of "Obsidian", by Alan Baxter, at the end. To purchase a copy of Obsidian, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JIDE4TS

Join Holly and her guest as they begin the journey to promoting your book: The basics. Includes a review of "Matched in Heaven", by Angela Page, at the end. To purchase a copy of Matched in Heaven, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Matched-Heaven-Angela-Page/dp/0998990191

Join Holly and her guest as they celebrate the contract and face the daunting prospect of life after publishing - where the work has only just begun! Includes a review of "Crimson Fire" by Mirren Hogan at the end. To purchase a copy of Crimson Fire, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0716MVQ3F

Join Holly as she and her guest discuss the merits of building your next book on the mistakes of the past. Includes a review of "Faerie Apocolypse" by Jason Franks at the end. To purchase a copy of Faerie Apocalypse, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Faerie-Apocalypse-Jason-Franks-ebook/dp/B0789FGYFM/

Join Holly and her guest as they examine a case of mistaken reviews, and discuss coping with bad reviews. Includes a review of "The Black Witch", by Laurie Forest at the end.To purchase a copy of The Black Witch, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Witch-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B06VST8NHX

Join Holly as she discusses one of the two most important marketing tools in an author's box: getting reviews for your book. Includes a review of "Never Too Late" by B. Lynn Goodwin at the end. To purchase a copy of Never Too Late, click here (don't forget to review!): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077ZK468Y

Join Holly as she goes over the pros and cons of the internet's leading book publishing platforms. Includes a review of "The Coelho Medallion" by Kevin Tumlinson at the end. To purchase a copy of The Coelho Medallion, click here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FEMX6PO/

Join Holly as she gives a rundown on what to do, and what not to do, when it comes to creating your cover and blurb. Includes a review of "Scarab: Falling Through Time" by Helen Allan, at the end. To purchase a copy of Scarab, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07967LQXY

Join Holly and her guest as they talk the pros and cons of self-publishing your baby. Time, money and patience all play a part! Includes a review of "Vampire in Brazil", by Jodie Pierce, at the end. To purchase a copy of Vampire in Brazil, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018PCOLJU

The submissions responses are beginning to return - Help! Join Holly and her guest as they talk rejection and the best strategies to get back in the saddle. Includes a review of "The Pale" by Clare Rhoden at the end. To purchase a copy of The Pale, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077T3G34B

We're on the path to publishing! Join Holly as she runs through how to construct the 4 main parts to a publishing submission: Query letter, cover letter, synopsis, sample! To purchase The Wonder Down Under, by by Nina Brochmann and Ellen Stokken Dahl (translated by Lucy Moffatt), click here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y1YN75P

Join Holly as she explores the first step in publishing: working out what publishing route to follow and finding the best publishers for you. Includes a review of "Dustrunner" by Dean F Wilson at the end. You can purchase a copy of Dustrunner here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1909356220

Join Holly and her guest as they talk about the publishing industry, and the decisions you have to make regarding where to go now you have a manuscript. Includes a review of "Fallen to Grace" by A.J. Flowers at the end. For a copy of Fallen to Grace, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXM5NZ7

Join Holly and her guest as they head off in one of the last diversions before we begin Chapter 5. They'll talk about editing, creating, and what to do - and not do - when talking to your editor. Includes of a review of "Framed" by Nikki Andrews at the end. To purchase a copy of Framed, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015JWZHWY

Have you ever wondered how to improve your books? Can't find someone to help? Tune into the latest episode to discover what a beta reader is, why you need one, and how to find one. Includes a review of "The Teacher and the Astronaut" by Bokerah Brumley at the end. To purchase The Teacher and the Astronaut, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072JH55CV

Join Holly as she and her guest Matthew Soall examine the fixes needed to turn that irritating, childish hero into a knight in shining armour.

On this small deviation from the normal path of things, follow Holly and her guest L.L. Hunter as they talk the craft of a spin-off. Includes a review of "The Chronicles of Fire and Ice" by L.L. Hunter at the end. To purchase a copy of The Chronicles of Fire and Ice, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KYAZKU6

Join Holly as she discusses the many routes to world building, and decide the best way for you. includes a review of Confronting the Demon by Ciara Ballintyne at the end. To purchase a copy of Confronting the Demon, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FF8NY3C

Join Holly as she talks about her greatest pet peeves when editing. Includes a review of A Blood Moon Rising by Stephanie O'Hanlon at the end.

Join Holly this week as she talks to her guest Carolyn Denman about finding the mistakes in your writing, and how best to combat them. Includes a review of the upcoming book "A Black Seraphim" by Stephanie O'Hanlon at the end.

Join us this week as Holly discusses how to figure out when to rewrite, and how to make the most of it.

This week, we're going to take a small deviation from our normal schedule, and close Chapter 3 with a shirt, small topic that will give you food for thought. This is a topic that you may want to consider at a later date, once you've completed all your research – after all, if you have enough research that it fills a book, why not write one? This week's guest is Maren Robison. VIsit Maren's blog here: http://paradoxtalk.com/

This week, we take a quick look back, and finish the thoughts introduced in Episode 19, approaching from the other end: How do you end your series? Includes a review of "The Night and the Land" by Matt Spence at the end.The Night and the Land available soon from Eternal Press

In this episode, we discuss the importance of Descriptive balance, and avoiding the dreaded Infodumping/Exposition traps. Includes a review of "Gifts, Glitches and Falling Stars" by Kendall Bistretzan at the end. Gifts, Glitches and Falling Stars available soon from Eternal Press.

Join Holly this week as she discusses the correct use of dialogue and the tags that follow. He said, she said, indeed! Includes a review of "The Slow Regard of Silent Things" by Patrick Rothfuss at the end. For a copy of The Slow Regard of Silent Things, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Regard-Silent-Things-Kingkiller-Chronicle/dp/0756411327

Join Holly as she talks this week about building the biggest part of your book: The antagonist. Includes a review of "Firelight of Heaven" by Lizbeth Klein at the end.For a copy of Firelight of Heaven, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Firelight-Heaven-Bethloria-Lizbeth-Klein-ebook/dp/B00EVG8GFA

Join Holly as she discusses the pros and cons of the Archetype, and how to adjust them to your story. Includes a review of "The Circle" by Cindy Cipriano at the end.For a copy of The Circle, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Circle-Book-One-Sidhe/dp/1922200042

To use them, or not to use them, that is the question? Join Holly as she talks cliches and when to break them. Includes a review of "Cultown", by Duncan Smith, and the title track of the book's soundtrack, "Cultown", at the end. To grab a copy of Cultown, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Cultown-Duncan-Smith-ebook/dp/B071NS5HHBAnd for the CD, click here: http://vortexwinder.com/product/cultown/

Join Holly as she begins talking the technicals of writing, in the first episode of Chapter 3. She and her guest discuss the Dialogue-Description balance, and how to find it for your novel. Includes a review of "The Darkest Shade of Grey" by Alan Baxter, at the end. For a copy of The Darkest Shade of Grey, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Darkest-Shade-Grey-Alan-Baxter-ebook/dp/B007N9B7F8

Join Holly as she talks to Erinland author Kathryn Berryman about the amount for foreshadowing needed, and how to best set up a sequel to your works. Includes a review of "Erinland" at the end. To purchase a copy of Erinland, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Erinland-Kathryn-Berryman-ebook/dp/B01MR9IAQL

In this second-last episode of Chapter 2, Holly and her guest discuss whether the Happily Ever After is required reading, or if you can get away without happiness on all sides for your characters. Includes a review of "Goblin Fires", by Brantwijn Serrah, at the end. To purchase a copy of Goblin Fires, click here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012DZS1PA

Join Holly and Lauren as they discuss the last scene of a novel - the return home - and discuss whether it needs to be a physical return, as in fantasy, or a metaphorical, as in non-speculative fictions. Includes a review of "The Problem with Crazy" at the end. The purchase a copy of The Problem with Crazy, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Crazy-Love-Book-ebook/dp/B00IFH4NI0

In this episode, we get closer to the end of your book. Join Holly as she's joined with Jeffery E Doherty, and they talk about the Final Battle, the big bang that brings all your hard work together. Includes a review of "Olivia Stone and the Trouble with Trixies" at the end. To get a copy of Olivia Stone and the Trouble with Trixies, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Olivia-Stone-Trouble-Trixies-Guardians-ebook/dp/B01AXZ5I26

Join host Holly Hunt as she talks all things Character Development with Matt Pike, author of Apocalypse: Diary of a Survivor. A review of Apocalypse is included at the end of the show.For a copy of Apocalypse, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Apocalypse-Diary-Survivor-Matt-Pike/dp/B00LGBN1G2