Books Cubed: Interviews, Raves, & Reads

Books Cubed Ep 151 - Co-Authoring with Tilia Jacobs & Norman Birnbach

Good Adventures,

If you're a writer who has considered co-authoring, you need to listen to this week's show. I'm joined by Tilia Jacobs & Norman Birnbach, two authors who have successfully tackled co-authoring and they discuss the ins and outs. Comment on our Youtube page. 

Links:

Get their latest novel - Stealing Time https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Time-Tilia-Jacobs-ebook/dp/B0DFRC8CJH

http://normanbirnbach.com

https://www.tiliaklebenovjacobs.com

Wall Drug - https://www.walldrug.com

Wild Deadwood Reads - https://wilddeadwoodreads.com

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What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak

Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book!

Melissa

Books Cubed Ep 150 Minotaur Romance Audiobooks & Kickstarter with author Cassandra Medcalf

Good Adventures,

On today’s show, I chat with Cassandra Medcalf, the narrator for my June Nash series. Comment over on our Youtube page. She’s also an author of spicy romance, her latest, a minotaur romance premiered on Kickstarter and funded in one hour!

Now through June 12, you can get 50% off the June Nash series audiobooks on my website. At checkout, use the coupon code - Cassandra.

https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak/collection/june-nash-ebooks

Links:

https://www.cassandramedcalf.com

Cassandra's kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/892606232/milking-with-the-minotaur-a-minotaur-romance-prequel?ref=discovery&term=cassandra%20medcalf&total_hits=1&category_id=47

How to Stroke Your Stray theme song on Youtube : https://youtu.be/iCcn-aQs9zc?si=RHgqA4ffBBT-c_av

DCC wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Crawler_Carl

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What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak

Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book!

Melissa

Books Cubed Ep 149: Author Stephanie G. Olson, Fantasy, bad horror movies, & her high rank on Amazon

Good Adventures,

This week I welcome fantasy author Stephanie G. Olson. We chatted about her novel, Still Chosen, which is currently number 22 in humerous fantasy on Amazon, favorite bad horror movies, helpful husbands, and her writing process. Comment over on our Youtube channel. 

Links:

https://www.stephaniegolson.com/

Buy books and chose an indie bookstore that will get full credit for the sale! https://bookshop.org/

The outline class she mentions is not available anymore but there are others listed here. https://litreactor.com/columns/online-writing-classes

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What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here:

https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak

Thanks for watching. Now go read a good book!

Melissa

Books Cubed Ep 148: MisAdventures of RPG Dice with Author Douglas Van Dyke

Good Adventures,

I welcomed Douglas Van Dyke to the show this week to talk RPG games and fantasy books. I discovered him at Rewind Book Fair and had a blast reading his book, MisAdventures of RPG Dice. Comment over on our Youtube channel. 

 Links:

Douglas’s Website. Sign up for his newsletter, see his appearance schedule:

https://dhealoral.com/

Buy his books direct from him with discounts on bundled series: https://dhea-loral.square.site/

Follow Douglas on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063615218615

Find his books on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/761586.Douglas_Van_Dyke_Jr_

Rewind Book Fair:

https://rewindbookfair.com/

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What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak

Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book! Melissa

#RPG #RPGDice #BooksToRead

Books Cubed Ep 147 - Cozy Queer Fantasy with JP Rindfleisch IX

Good Adventures,

The name JP Rindfleisch might ring a bell because he's one of the hosts of Writers, Ink. Or mabye you discovered him on tiktok thanks to the perfect elevator pitch for his novel, Mandrake Manor.

Either way, you'll really enjoy this week's show. I was thrilled to chat with JP about his work because Mandrake Manor has been one of my favorite reads this year. It's cozy, there are witches, and an evil HOA. Anyone who lives in one of those will love this book! Plus, if you visit his site, you can not only get signed books, but merch too! I love when authors do this. Comment over on our Youtube channel. 

Links:

https://shop.jprindfleischix.com/

https://9thBooks.com

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What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here:

https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak

Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book!

Melissa

Books Cubed Ep 146: Portal Fantasy Amy of Earth CHs 1-4 Voice Acted by Rebecca Brokaw-Sands

Good Adventures,

This week I'm excited to share the first four chapters of my portal fantasy Amy of Earth Freefall as voice acted by Rebecca Brokaw-Sands. I hope you enjoy it. Book two, Fearless is out in paperback and Ebook and soon will be in audio as well. Comment on our Youtube channel. 

Links: Amy of Earth Freefall Audiobook - https://payhip.com/b/xfhH1

Voice Acted by https://rebeccabrokawsands.net/

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What else do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here: https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak

Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book!

Melissa

 

 

Books Cubed Ep 145 - It’s Writing Prompt Time! Variety Shows, Suspicion, and the Word Repair

Good Adventures,

Today it’s writing prompt fun! Lisa and I are joined by author Ansley Ashe and we created a prompt from the Mystery edition of our Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts Series. If you would like to write with us on a future show, drop Melissa a note. https://melissabanczak.com/contact/. Comment over on our Youtube channel. 

Links:

Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts - direct from the authors at https://melissabanczak.com/

Ansley’s work - 

Campfire Stories

Amazon.com: Campfire Stories eBook : Ashe, Ansley, Marcotte, Jill, Jayne, Lucy, Gammons, Allison, Williamson, Kalen, Francisco, Melanie: Kindle Store

Charlie's Holidays

Universal Book Link

https://books2read.com/u/bxwJ6l

Amazon Link

Charlie's Holidays (A Charlotte "Charlie" Snow Holiday Book 7) - Kindle edition by Ashe, Ansley. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

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Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book!

Melissa

 

Books Cubed Ep 144: Jeremy James Smith Updates on the 90K Person Show He Attended as an Author

Good Adventures,

This week is the final part of my in-person show interviews. Today, I’m chatting with Jeremy James Smith, who just attended an event that expected 90 thousand people over four days. Let’s see how it went. Comment over on our Youtube channel.

Links:

Jeremy’s Series on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3J1ZZ1X

Jeremy’s Website (His new covers are really nice!): https://sites.google.com/view/jeremy-james-smith/

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What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here:

https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak

Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book!

Melissa

Books Cubed Ep 143: In-Person Shows, Part two, with Persian Fantasy Author Amber Hansford

Good Adventures,

This is part two of my three part series on authors selling at in-person shows. Today, I’m chatting with Persian Fantasy author Amber Hansford. She has lot of great advice. Comment over on our Youtube channel. 

Links:

https://www.printful.com

Here's the battery - https://amzn.to/4rYg85Q

Amber’s Website - https://amberhansford.com/ Linktr.ee

https://linktr.ee/amberhansford

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amberhansfordauthor

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What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here:

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Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book!

Melissa

Books Cubed Ep 142: Multi Award Winning Author Carol Van Den Hende Chats in Person Shows

Good Adventures,

This week, I welcome multi award winning author Carol Van Den Hende to chat about interacting with readers at in person books shows. She has some excellent advice and an amazing story about a book club that welcomed her with a standout reception. Comment over on our Youtube channel. 

Links:

https://carolvandenhende.com/dear-orchid/

https://militaryfamilybooks.com/

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What do I write? Thanks for asking. You'll find my cozies, portal fantasy series, and Roll-A-Prompt Writing Jumpstarts here:

https://payhip.com/MelissaBanczak

Thanks for listening. Now go read a good book!

Melissa