Category: Dog Ears
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Dog Ears #07 – Dog Talk: Bruce
On our first ever “Dog Talk” segment of the DOG EARS podcast, Chris Krawczyk from Little Ghosts Books stops by to tell us all about his very good boy Bruce—protector of bookstores and collector of huge sticks. Follow Bruce on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bruceliketheshark/ Buy the GHOULISH GHOSTS flipbook: https://ghoulishghosts.com/ Support DOG EARS on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ghoulishbooks DOG EARS is part…
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DOG EARS #06 – Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibes
On this week’s episode of DOG EARS, Max emphasizes the importance of atmosphere in horror fiction. Examples discussed during the recording: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, THE CIPHER (Kathe Koja), THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (Shirley Jackson), and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” (Joyce Carol Oates). They also explain the One Page…
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Dog Ears Episode 05 – The Writer’s Guide to Shameless Self-Promotion (LIVE)
On today’s episode of DOG EARS, we’re talking about shameless self promotion! Recorded live at the 2024 Ghoulish Book Festival, we cannot promise everything advised on this panel will be legal. Obligatory “please don’t sue us” plea. Seriously. We cannot afford any court fees right now. Do you have any idea how expensive it is…
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Dog Ears #04 – Research 101 (LIVE)
How do writers utilize research to improve their work? What resources do they use? How do they approach experts to interview about bizarre topics? What’s the weirdest stuff they’ve ever investigated for a project? In today’s episode of DOG EARS, recorded live at the 2024 Ghoulish Book Festival, we attempt to address all of these…
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Dog Ears #3 – The Ins and Outs of Indie Publishing (LIVE)
What is indie publishing, and how does it work? In this live panel discussion recorded at the 2024 Ghoulish Book Festival in San Antonio, TX, we attempt to answer that question and only barely scratch the surface, but this is a good start to a very complicated topic. Moderated by Jeff Strand and featuring Matt…
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Dog Ears 02 – How to Self-Publish Comic Books
Max invites Zach Chapman (House of Blood, A Haunting on Mars) to discuss what goes into self-publishing comic books. From the scripting process, to recruiting a team of artists, and also to actually printing the physical product. This is a crash course on the absolute essentials everybody interested in creating comic books needs to know. We…
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Introducing DOG EARS…a new podcast about publishing, writing, and dogs
Greetings, ghouls! This has been a long time coming, but the Dog Ears podcast is finally live. I’ve been teasing this project for over a year at this point, I think, and I’m pleased to report the wait is over! Check out Luke Spooner’s logo artwork: It is also an absolute honor to reveal the podcast’s theme…
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