Category: The Outliners

David Joel Stevenson is a singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and author. He lives outside of Nashville, TN with his wife, several chickens, and thousands of honey bees. He’s working on a great series about a superhero called Victor Boone. “Victor Boone Will Save Us,” is the latest in that series.

Find out all about him at his site here: http://davidjoelstevenson.com

I’ve had the pleasure of sharing a couple of SciFi con panels with David, then got to be next to him at our artist’s tables most recently at Hypericon. He’s a super likeable guy with some great books to offer.

I knew he’d be a good Outliners guest!

Lydia Sherrer is an award-winning USA Today bestseller and author of the Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus series. Find all of Lydia’s work on her website here: http://lydiasherrer.com/

I met Lydia on a panel at Hypericon in Nashville, which got completely derailed when I inadvertently mentioned another author’s work. That set Lydia laughing for most of the rest of the time. We’ll tell you all about it.

It’s new book day for me! Check out Apprentice Quest here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FFDWF8L

Thanks for listening! Hope you dig the podcast.

My guest this episode is D. Alan Lewis, possibly the bravest man alive. He leapt into an open seat on this podcast with no explanation or warning or anything. That’s a leap of faith similar to the one when Indiana Jones stepped off that ledge in the last good Indiana Jones movie and it ended up he was stepping onto a ledge of green screen.

Anyway, I really appreciate it, Alan. Find his work here and give it a look-see: http://snowflakegarden.com

Also at Hypericon we also met our new pal John Horner Jacobs. Find his work and his recap of the weekend here including a photo of me with a beer on a panel. Shameful display: http://www.johnhornorjacobs.com/hypericon-roundup/

As for me, my new book, “Apprentice Quest” is live for pre-order! Grab that here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FFDWF8L

I met Gil as a fellow panelist at ConNooga, a scifi con in Chattanooga. He’s a super interesting dude, as you will see when we get into the tale of the Algae of Death!

Gil is working on epic fantasy with his Order of the Lion series. The Celestial Paladin is the first book in that series and it’s free on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Celestial-Paladin-Order-Lion-Book-ebook/dp/B0061NB4L4/

Also check Gil out at his web site here: http://www.gilhough.com/

Thanks for listening!

The podcast is back! I get into it a little bit. But yes, we will be back with more Outliners episodes. I hope you’re enjoying them.

Our guest this time is Dan Jolley, an American novelist and comic book writer. I met him at Connooga and we chatted about the importance of outlines, so I knew he’d be a good guest for this podcast.

He’s currently wrapping up a novel trilogy the Gray Widow series. The first two books are already out and the third will be released by Seventh Star on May 25th.

Grab that here: https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Widows-Widow-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B07BZ36QKQ/

He’s got lots of other work coming out as well so have a look at his web site. Thanks for listening!

Find Dan and the rest his work here: http://danjolley.com

I met Jeremy when we were both panelists at a science fiction conference. I believe it might have been JordanCon. We ended up being buddies.

Jeremy recently had the honor of being the Artist Guest at HallowCon, which was also attended by past podcast guest Bobby Nash. Jeremy is the author of the Cycle of Ages saga as well as screenplays, poems, all manner of whatnot. Thrilled to have him as a guest.

Find him on his website here: https://jjeremyhicks.com/
On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/JeremyHicksAuthor/

Thanks for listening!

This is a new style of The Outliners I’m calling Spoiler Alert. There are spoilers in it. Watch out.

I thought it might be helpful to take some popular works and break them down into their composite parts. We spend a lot of time going the other direction with our authors, making them come up with an outline. I wanted to try going the other way.

The only thing is, this requires us to talk about the entire story. If you don’t want the plot of Ready Player One to be spoiled for you, don’t listen.

Let me know what you think about this, and check out my new book, Santa Suits, now up for pre-order.

I was introduced to Aaron Cross by our mutual friend Jonathan French. After taking one look at the titles of his books I knew he’d be a great podcast guest.

I’m talking about titles like “Robocopter Ski Patrol” and “Ruben’s Cube Alaska: Bullet Point 2: Judgment Day: This Time It’s Real.” Quality work there, folks, I think you’ll agree.

Aaron and I get into the thick of it with a prompt that turns oddly supernatural.

Aaron’s site: http://Aaronccross.com
Or find him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobocopterSkiPatrol/

Thanks for listening!