The Wordslinger Podcast

Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of historical fantasy novels: Ghost Talkers, and The Glamourist Histories series. She is also a three time Hugo Award winner. Her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Tor.com, and Asimov’s. Mary, a professional puppeteer, lives in Chicago.CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s): http://maryrobinettekowal.com/  Twitter handle(s): @MaryRobinette Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryrobinettekowal/  Amazon Author page (if applicable): https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Robinette-Kowal/e/B0033T90TC/  MENTIONS:Salt Lake City Comic Con: http://saltlakecomiccon.com/ ___GOT A QUESTION FOR KEVIN AND HIS GUESTS?CALL 281-809-WORD (9673) Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe

George S. Mahaffey Jr. is a lawyer, screenwriter, and author. His script Heatseekers was bought by Paramount Pictures with Michael Bay producing and Timur Bekmambetov attached to direct. In addition, he's sold or written scripts for Arnold Kopelson, Blumhouse, Benderspink, director Louis Leterrier and Paul McGuigan, and is the creator of In The Dust, an action-horror graphic novel in the vein of 30 Days of Night to be published by Top Cow with art by Christian Duce. He has also written the following books: Amityville: Origins, Amityville: Revenants, Razorbacks I, Razorbacks II, Razorbacks III, The Pact, The Devil's Ark, Familiars, and the Vertical City zombie series (Books 1-4). In addition, he is the co-creator of the upcoming sci-fi books Syndicate Wars (Book 1, Syndicate Wars: First Strike is out), and the upcoming post-apocalyptic thrillers Blood Runners (Books 1-3), and Broken Road (Books 1-2), all with co-creator Justin Sloan. He lives in the Washington D.C. area with his wife and young son. CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s): www.georgemahaffey.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Syndicate-Wars-1943370879233430/Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/George-S.-Mahaffey-Jr./e/B00IWIJBP2MENTIONS:Houston Food Bank - Hurricane Harvey relief: http://bit.ly/HoustonBeatsHarveyAtlantis Riddle: http://amzn.to/2eqxV2G___GOT A QUESTION FOR KEVIN AND HIS GUESTS?CALL 281-809-WORD (9673) Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe

Josh Haynam is the co-founder of Interact Quiz Builder, a tool used by more than 30,000 businesses including The American Red Cross, Tony Robbins, and Forbes. He's probably seen more quizzes than any other human on earth right now. CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s): https://www.tryinteract.com Twitter handle(s): @tryinteract Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe

Armand Rosamilia is a full-time Horror and crime thriller author, podcaster, podcast network owner, and M&M lover. He's offering free hugs (virtual ... he doesn't like being touched).CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s):http://armandrosamilia.com  http://projectentertainmentnetwork.com Twitter handle(s): @ArmandAuthor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorArmandRosamilia/ Amazon Author page (if applicable): https://www.amazon.com/Armand-Rosamilia/e/B004S48J6G/MENTIONS:Get HUNDREDS of free thriller ebooks now through 8/26/17! http://philwbooks.com/five-star-thrillers/___GOT A QUESTION FOR KEVIN AND HIS GUESTS?CALL 281-809-WORD (9673) Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe

PHIL WILLIAMSAUTHOR OF NO CONSCIENCEPhil M. Williams is the author of five novels, two nonfiction books, and one children's picture book. His books span many genres, but there are consistent themes such as universal morality, nature, and voluntarism. He currently lives in Central Pennsylvania with his wife on a permaculture homestead. CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s):http://philwbooks.com/five-star-thrillers/philwbooks.com foodproduction101.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philwbooks/ Amazon Author page (if applicable): https://www.amazon.com/Phil-M.-Williams/e/B013IP5US0/MENTIONS:Get HUNDREDS of free thriller ebooks now through 8/26/17! http://philwbooks.com/five-star-thrillers/Instafreebie - Build your mailing list with a free giveaway Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe

Joe Williams is passionate about helping executives, coaches, and entrepreneurs become world-class communicators! He is the Founder of the Creative Performance Group, where he helps people get their message out to the world in the most powerful way possible. He created The Speakers Bootcamp, an intensive training that has created hundreds of other successful speakers, coaches, consultants and authors. Joe is a passionate student and trainer of personal and professional development techniques - he has worked with and spoken for peak performance coach Anthony Robbins for over 20 years. Joe’s work has led him to consult with companies in a diverse number of fields such as financial services, aerospace, retail business, internet and software, direct sales, publishing, entertainment and the federal government. He has trained over 300,000 people and is responsible for helping his clients create over $50 Billion in new business! CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s):http://joewilliamsonline.com  creativeperformancegroup.com Twitter handle(s): @joebwilliams Facebook: facebook.com/Joewilliamsspeaking MENTIONS:Pick up Kevin's latest thriller, The Devil's Interval, today! Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe

Jim Heskett was born in the wilds of Oklahoma, raised by a pack of wolves with a station wagon and a membership card to the local public swimming pool. Just like the man in the John Denver song, he moved to Colorado in the summer of his 27th year, and never looked back. Aside from an extended break travelling the world, he hasn't let the Flatirons mountains out of his sight.  CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s):www.jimheskett.com www.thejugglingauthor.com Twitter handle(s):@jimheskett @jugglingauthor Facebook: facebook.com/jugglingauthor Amazon Author page (if applicable): https://www.amazon.com/Jim-Heskett/e/B009W1AOUY MENTIONS:Pick up Kevin's latest thriller, The Devil's Interval, today! Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe

Brian D. Meeks is a full-time author who resides in Iowa when he’s not traveling. He writes across mystery, thriller, YA, science fiction, and humor/satire fiction genres. He has a degree in Economics from Iowa State University only because they didn’t offer Snarkology, his preferred major. Seven years as a data analyst in the auto insurance industry gave him the skills that have been key to his success in marketing his books and finding an audience. He really likes it when people send him pictures of their cats or guinea pigs. CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s): extremelyaverage.comTwitter handle(s): @extremelyavg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/407283052948198/ Amazon Author page (if applicable): https://www.amazon.com/Brian-D.-Meeks/e/B0073XZH78 ___GOT A QUESTION FOR KEVIN AND HIS GUESTS?CALL 281-809-WORD (9673) Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling writer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, blogs on the publishing industry every Thursday at her website kriswrites.com. She writes science fiction, mystery, fantasy, mystery, and romance as Rusch, noir mystery as Kris Nelscott, and fractured fairy tale romances as Kristine Grayson. Her novel, A Dangerous Road written as Kris Nelscott, is in development as a feature film. She also runs several companies, including a publishing company. She works and occasionally sleeps, surrounded by the obligatory writer's cats, in Oregon. CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s): kriswrites.com Twitter handle(s): @kristinerusch Facebook: kristinekathrynruschwriter Amazon Author page (if applicable): https://www.amazon.com/Kristine-Kathryn-Rusch/e/B000AP60YK/ Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe

Kelly heads Findaway Voices, a new audiobook creation and distribution service from Findaway. Kelly’s team works closely with independent authors and small to mid-sized publishers to connect them with a community of world-class narrators, create audiobooks, and market and sell those audiobooks everywhere in the world. At Findaway, Kelly also played a key role in launching the Navy eReader Device (or NeRD), and growing AudioEngine into the world’s largest business-to-business audiobook platform. Kelly published and narrated his memoir, To Dad, From Kelly, about his relationship with his late father, college football Hall of Fame running back Rob Lytle, in 2014. Kelly speaks often on the concussion crisis in professional sports and has been featured in Sports Illustrated, The Denver Post, and The Detroit Free Press.CONNECT ONLINE:Website(s):https://findawayvoices.com/Twitter handle(s):@findawayvoices@kelly_lytleAmazon Author page:https://www.amazon.com/Kelly-Lytle/e/B00OK8YQAS/3MENTIONS:Email Kelly Lytle at klytle@findaway.comD2D blog post on the Findaway partnership: bit.ly/FindawayD2D___GOT A QUESTION FOR KEVIN AND HIS GUESTS?CALL 281-809-WORD (9673) Get full access to The Writer_ at kevintumlinson.substack.com/subscribe