Win four YA "Riders of the Apocalypse" books from author @jackiemorsekess on the new STORYMEN!

This week on the Storymen we have Jackie Kessler with us, talking about her YA series about the four horsemen of the apocalypse. The books are Hunger, Rage, Loss and Breath, with the last book, Breath, releasing today! It's a fun premise: Death recruits teenage kids to take on the roles of Famine, Pestilence and War.

Jackie was a great guest on the show, which you can listen to here, or subscribe on iTunes.

YOU CAN WIN JACKIE'S BOOKS (all four of them) by leaving a comment here or here, or by sending others to visit the post via Facebook or Twitter (just leave us a comment letting us know you did so!).

How to get published: insights from me and author Clay Morgan #writing #amwriting

As you all know, I have three professionally published novels out there in the world, with two non-fiction books on the way and hopefully more fiction, too. Clay Morgan has a non-fiction book out there, too, and I can't spill the beans on his other projects but there are more books on the way, I'm sure.

We get asked ALL THE TIME, "How can I get published?" So we decided, along with our compadre JR. Forasteros, to share our journeys to publication along with some tips and hints we've picked up along the way.

You can listen to the podcast or watch the conversation on YouTube here. You can, of course, also subscribe to the show via iTunes if you prefer.

If you have more questions after listening to the show, please let us know. We'd love to do another show answering your questions!

So: any questions about how to get published? About writing or the writer's life? About our secret projects which cannot yet be revealed?

Crowdsourcing, the church, evangelism and potato chips.

That's right, it's time once again for The StoryMen. This time, JR., Clay and I go solo (all three of us go solo? How is that possible?) without a special guest and have a great conversation about the popularity of crowd sourcing and social media and how that can be used to advance the Gospel, we do a potato chip taste testing and JR. invents THE MOST TERRIFYING BOARD GAME EVER.

You can listen here.

And here's where you can subscribe on iTunes.

And yes, we do discuss the issue of Batman on your left. Because we have to talk about Batman every episode (it's in our by-laws).

StoryMen with author Julianna Baggott is live!

Julianna Baggott is the author of Pure and Fuse, the first two installments in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian trilogy of novels with strong religious themes and beautiful writing. She graciously appeared on the StoryMen podcast and I can speak for JR. and Clay when I say we found her charming, interesting, insightful and entertaining.

You will, too.

Here's a link to the show, which includes links to all of Julianna's sites. Our facebook fan page. Or, download it on iTunes.

StoryMen episode eight

The new StoryMen podcast went live Friday.

I was sick when this one was recorded, but it has Dallas Jenkins as the special guest/Mikalatos stand-in, and of course Clay and JR were still on the show.

StoryMen Episode VII: An Even Newer Hope

The new episode of StoryMen with me, JR. and Clay is live. This week we talk about the anniversary of Jerry Falwell suing Hustler Magazine, Megan Phelps leaving the Westboro Baptist Church, the Pope's resignation and the new Star Wars movies!

Here's our facebook fan page. Or you can download or subscribe at iTunes.

BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! Storymen Episode 2: The Apocalypse Strikes Back!

The new episode of Storymen is up and running, with special guest Jason Boyett, author of The Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse.

You can go listen to the podcast on the Storymen site, subscribe on iTunes or, for those who would rather watch us hang out in Google Chat, you can watch the whole thing here (audio is better, by the way, on the audio version. Go figure).



Be sure to check out the awesome new logo and banner from M.S. Corley on the site!

Our new podcast: The StoryMen!

Yes, it's true. Clay Morgan, J.R. Forasteros and I have decided to start a semi-regular podcast together. We are, in fact, pod people.

For the uninitiated, basically a podcast is like a radio show. It's the three of us hanging out and talking about things that interest us. We'll have guests, we'll have fights, we'll have laughs. In fact, J.R. and I have a big fight in this one about whether Quantam of Solace was a good movie or not. Well. A minor disagreement, anyway.

The themes of StoryMen will be pop culture, theology and history. That's why we put it right in our banner.

You can listen to our PILOT EPISODE here, in which we talk about Star Wars, Skyfall and Biblical Womanhood. Yes, you read that correctly. We are that awesome.


You can join our Facebook group.

And, here's the StoryMen website.


THINGS YOU WILL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:

1. Which of the StoryMen learned about Lucasfilm being purchased by Disney from Jordin Sparks.

2. Who Clay sides with on the Quantam of Solace debate!

3. What kind of homemade cookie my daughter delivers to me during recording!

4. And much, much more!