Hacking It - Writer by Trade

On this episode we dissect the movie “Civil War,” a film we watched with high expectations as fans of speculative fiction and films, but a movie that disappoints in major ways. Does the movie have redeemable qualities? What major writing errors does it make? And what are our “civil”disagreements about the movie?

We discuss the influence writing has had on our development as writers while also sharing our favorite movies about writing. Additionally, we delve into the pros and cons of script writing and our own personal advice for writers who plan on getting into filmmaking based on our experiences and industry professionals we have known. Finally, we discuss our way forward as we attempt to 'hack it' until we make it!

We have delivered the book we promised from the outset of this podcast! This podcast has documented our journey from writers who lacked confidence to do anything with their writing to self-published authors who are ready to build their own literary brands with several books and creative ventures in the process! Be part of the story and pick up the book today! But we also delve into what many writers get wrong when it comes to collaboration, sharing, and helping each other out.

In this episode we preview the subject of our new book, Manifest Your Story in 21 Days. We discuss the book's focus of how it takes a process to go from wanting to write a book to becoming a serious writer.

In part 1 of this episode, we interview published author Caitlin Buxbaum on how she started her own publishing company Red Sweater Press, what it takes to start one of your own, and the advantages of publishing your own books.

In this episode, Robert and I discuss the pros and cons of traditional publishing. While self-publishing is quick, simple, and cheap, is it just the easy way to be published for someone who is impatient? Or do the benefits of attempting to become traditionally published worth the cost?

In this episode of Hacking It! Robert and I show you how to hack an impossible schedule so that you don't have to sacrifice your life for your dream of writing.

Have you ever been discouraged as a writer? Do you find the current obstacles to publishing frustrating? In this episode, we find hope in the new KDP requirement for AI disclosure and discuss our obstacles and opportunities of writing historical fiction.

Robert and I discuss the challenges many writers are facing with the weaponization of AI against them. Even as unpublished writers, we discuss our source of hope in our attempt to make it as authors.

Robert and I begin our discussion of getting serious about getting published with the unexpected obstacle of AI. How do we compete? Where do we begin? Is this an opportunity or an obstacle?

We are two guys who went to college together dreaming of becoming famous writers some day. Like good GenXers, we got our degrees, created successful careers, achieved goals in our personal lives thousands of miles apart. Then one day we realized not only to get serious about writing, but that we had to take the next bold step of getting published. And as soon as we started pumping ourselves up to take this next step, we realized the landscape of writing and publishing has dramatically changed. With AI and self-publishing, do we even have a chance? Gone is the old road map. What is the new one? Or which one is the right one? Begin with us on our journey as we discuss how to enter this shifting landscape as we get closer each week to being ready to publish our own books and figure out pros and cons to each option. Plus, we would like to see if AI large language models can actually help us 'hack' a book about writing to kickstart our second careers.