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Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing

Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing

Auteur(s): Mark Leslie Lefebvre
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 Perspectives and reflections on the writing and publishing life. Mark Leslie Lefebvre, a writer, bookseller, digital publishing advocate, professional speaker, and publishing consultant explores inclusive and collaborative opportunities for writers and book publishing professionals via interviews, discussions, and reflections about the industry. (Mark's personal website is www.markleslie.ca)Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License Art
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  • EP 444 - Book Marketing Made Easy with Manuscript Report

    EP 444 - Book Marketing Made Easy with Manuscript Report
    Nov 14 2025
    Mark interviews Florin Bulgarov, co-founder of Manuscript Report. Prior to the interview, Mark shares comments from recent episodes, a personal update, and a word about this episode's sponsor. This episode is sponsored by an affiliate link to Manuscript Report. Use code MARK10 at checkout and save 10% off your own personalized report. In their interview, Mark and Florin talk about: Florin's background with a PhD in A.I. and how he ended up evolving into creating the toolset of Manuscript ReportHow Manuscript Report was initially created as an assessment tool for publishers when going through their slush pilesWhat assets Manuscript Report offers for authors to use in their marketing strategy approachesThe additional assets from the reports including the visual pie-chart of the genre split/breakdown as well as the themes and the tropes associated from the manuscriptThe social media posts, blog posts, and book bible assets that authors can request in a higher level reportThe fact that Manuscript Report does not store the manuscript and does not train any AI on their manuscript. Within 30 days all traces of the author's manuscript is deleted from their serversHow the system is optimized to run for one book at a time and the 1 million word limit on manuscripts run into Manuscript ReportThe "Narrative Crossroads" suggestions that an author might be able to use in a quick pitch/log line for the bookAn author who did A/B testing with her own written ads and the Manuscript Report ads and was able to reduce her cost by half and increase her sales by 60%An example of a report using Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian GrayHow Manuscript Report is a Swiss Army Knife for marketingAnd more... Links of Interest: YouTube Video of Interview (with visual walk-thru)EP 443 - Strategies for Short FictionEP 442 - Writer You Still Need to Quit with Becca SymeEP 441 - A Bookstore for Indie Authors with Donovan SchererEP 438 - A Personal Conversation with Malorie CooperEP 437 - Nerding Out Over History, Science, and Maps with Malorie CooperEP 429 - A Post-Mortem on Co-Hosting the 2025 Aurora Awards with Liz May AndersonDraft2Digital Self-Publishing Insiders: What to Quit, What to Keep, and What to Question with Becca Syme (YouTube)Manuscript Report (Mark's affiliate link)Buy Mark a CoffeePatreon for Stark ReflectionsMark's YouTube channelElevenLabs (AI Voice Generation - Affiliate link)Mark's Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Newsletter (Signup)An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and LibrariesThe Relaxed Author Buy eBook DirectBuy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for AuthorsAn Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & BookstoresWide for the WinMark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story)A Canadian Werewolf in New YorkStowe Away (Novella)Fear and Longing in Los AngelesFright Nights, Big CityLover's MoonHex and the CityOnly Monsters in the Building The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and AutomobilesYippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die HardMerry Christmas! Shitter Was Full!: A Trivia Guide to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast ("Laser Groove") was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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    1 h et 9 min
  • EP 443 - Strategies for Short Fiction

    EP 443 - Strategies for Short Fiction
    Nov 11 2025
    This bonus episode of the Stark Reflections Podcast is a recording of a Nov 10, 2025 live chat that Mark did with Matty Dalrymple and Angelique Fawns talking about strategies for short fiction. The conversation was based on content from Mark and Matty's 2nd Edition release of Taking the Short Tack: Creating Income & Connecting with Readers Using Short Fiction and Angelique's Writing and Selling Short Stories with Angelique Fawns Substack. Links of Interest: Strategies for Short Fiction (YouTube)Author Level Up - Michael La Ronn's YouTube ChannelEP 440 - Behind the Scenes of the Podcast Guest Playbook with Matty DalrympleEP 382 - From Page to Platform with Matty Dalrymple and M.L. RonnEP 306 - Finding Short Fiction Markets with Angelique FawnsManuscript Report (Mark's affiliate link)Buy Mark a CoffeePatreon for Stark ReflectionsMark's YouTube channelElevenLabs (AI Voice Generation - Affiliate link)Mark's Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Newsletter (Signup)An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and LibrariesThe Relaxed Author Buy eBook DirectBuy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for AuthorsAn Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & BookstoresWide for the WinMark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story)A Canadian Werewolf in New YorkStowe Away (Novella)Fear and Longing in Los AngelesFright Nights, Big CityLover's MoonHex and the CityOnly Monsters in the Building The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and AutomobilesYippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die HardMerry Christmas! Shitter Was Full!: A Trivia Guide to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast ("Laser Groove") was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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    1 h et 5 min
  • EP 442 - Dear Writer You Still Need To Quit with Becca Syme

    EP 442 - Dear Writer You Still Need To Quit with Becca Syme
    Nov 7 2025
    Mark interviews Becca Syme about her latest project, about the journey she has been on since she launched her first Dear Writer, You Need to Quit book, and the various fiction titles she has written. Prior to the interview, Mark explains that he is at Author Nation in Vegas and that his introduction and post interview reflection were generated by ElevenLabs. Then his digital voice clone from ElevenLabs shares a word about this episode's sponsor. This episode is sponsored by an affiliate link to Manuscript Report. Use code MARK5 at checkout and save $5.00 off your own personalized report. In their interview, Mark and Becca talk about: How it has been an extremely long year since Becca was last on the Stark Reflections PodcastBecca's long-time aversion to marketing and how she has decided to approach itThe Kickstarter that Becca has launched and the various prizes she is offering for each of the tour stopsThe prize that Stark Reflections listeners can win just by listening and entering their nameHow Becca is trying to make each stop on the podcast guest tour different by focusing on different tips and ideas with every episodeMark's idea on how he deals with Kickstarters where international shipping isn't an optionThe limited number of vinyl albums that will be available through Becca's KickstarterHow the publishing industry has changed dramatically since 2017 when Becca's first "Dear Writer, You Need to Quit" book came outThe cheeky thought that Becca was considering for her latest book with using the popular F-word expletiveHow long Becca's Kickstarter will be runningTrying to spend more time on her fiction writing, but struggling with how much she loves collaborating with and helping other writersThe positive impact of dating another writer where they can motivate one another to get more writing doneHow Becca had never intended to build a business as a coach and a non-fiction writerThe two other pen names that Becca writes under for different series and genres. Mystery written as R.L. Syme. Paranormal Romance (written with a co-author) written as Cameron Reece. Urban fantasy under the name: Macy DixonThe recent "work vacation" that Becca took which helped enable some solid research for her writingBecca's reminder that under different pen names and genres, a writer will usually have a uniquely different voiceThe specific playlists that Becca has for each one of her pen names and genres and the very separate personas she embraces when writing eachThe comment Mark made that led Becca over to checking out his Clifton Strengths to confirm her suspicionHow Becca is a real "sense of place" writer who connects emotionally with the physical space and the connection to the earth, the mountains, etc After the interview, Mark reflects on the idea of wanting to help writers, and how that often leads to one's own writing taking a back seat. Links of Interest: Becca Syme's Better-Faster AcademyBetter-Faster Academcy LINKS Better Faster Academy TOUR STOP GAME - Enter that you listened to Becca's interview on the Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing Podcast Manuscript Report (Mark's affiliate link)Buy Mark a CoffeePatreon for Stark ReflectionsMark's YouTube channelMark's Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Newsletter (Signup)An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and LibrariesThe Relaxed Author Buy eBook DirectBuy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for AuthorsAn Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & BookstoresWide for the WinMark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story)A Canadian Werewolf in New YorkStowe Away (Novella)Fear and Longing in Los AngelesFright Nights, Big CityLover's MoonHex and the CityOnly Monsters in the Building The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and AutomobilesYippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die HardMerry Christmas! Shitter Was Full!: A Trivia Guide to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Becca Syme (MATL) is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and has individually coached more than 6000 authors at all levels. She is the author of the Quitbooks for Writers series and the popular Write Better-Faster course, and the host of the Quitcast for Writers podcast and YouTube channel. She also writes mystery novels and lives on one of the thousand lakes in Minnesota. The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast ("Laser Groove") was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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    58 min
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