The universe doesnt give a flying fuck about you smashwords. Here they tell us about the app and share the creative process that has seen them write millions of words in the past few years, across genres from scifi and horror to literary. Todays podcast features me as a guest, which makes a change. Fat vampire kindle edition by truant, johnny b mystery. This is where you can view and order through your favorite local comic book shop comic books, trade paperback collections, tshirts, books, media, and toys and other collectibles from hundreds of different vendors that deal in geek. In the gleaming steampunk world of waldrons gate, citizens arent meant to dream and those who eschew their daily crumble and dare to do so anyway face madness and imprisonment in joffrey columns, the asylum of. So once more my brain shouted out at me and told me that here was a writer who tried to give themselves a cooledgy sounding name in hopes of sounding interesting enough. Find the complete the beam book series by johnny b. In an alternate world, in a nameless totalitarian city, the autocratic mayor rules the school system with an iron fist, with the help of his educators. Fighting against the mayor and his repressive educators is a group of former students called the truancy, whose goal is to take down the system by any means possibleat any cost. You are dying, and your world is a lie, an ebook by johnny.
There are a lot of programs to buy, not to mention a lot of really good free stuff out there. I did not know who the hell johnny b truant or lee stranahan were before 2 weeks ago. Elementor pro affiliate link lets you create landing pages, design highquality popups, and customize every aspect of your wordpress site with a slick draganddrop editor. Margaret hasse is the author of five books of poems. Who better to get your plotting wheels turning than johnny b. If your life is to matter, its wont matter to the universe. Books on b is downtown haywards new independent bookstore. Write a winning online business startup plan in under 20. Zampano references fictional authors and works as though they were real particularly the navidson record, but other works as well, as does truant and the books editor ex. Truant is the author of unicorn western and the bialy pimps and is one of the cohosts the popular better off undead podcast with yesterdays gone authors sean platt and david wright.
Whether youre a beginning writer seeking basic selfeducation or a midcareer professional in need of specific information, this page contains a variety of resources that may be useful to you, in both the traditional and indie publishing worlds. Here they tell us about the app and share the creative process that has seen them write millions of words in the past few years, across genres from scifi and horror to literary fiction. Truant and sean platt somewhere on the internet a few years ago. Wright, as well as more than 20 gifted storytellers. Truant is an author, blogger, and podcaster who, like the ramones, was long. She is a recipient of grants and fellowships from the national endowment for the arts, mcknight foundation, loft literary. Living in austin, texas, authors sean platt and johnny b. The noluckrequired guide to selfpublishing success by sean platt and johnny b. Great deals on one book or all books in the series. This was the first book on selfpublishing i ever read. Invasion is the first in the science fiction series alien invasion by sean platt and johnny b truant but it reminds me more of a dystopian or thriller story such as fear the walking dead. The universe was here before you were born and will be here after youre gone, and your life is barely a blip on its radar. So the news has turned from evasion to triage, urging calm and offering the.
Sean was right about johnny being arrogant, but it was an acceptable level of arrogance given his many layers of competence and general awesomeness. Fing truant this is a fantastic window into the soul of a cathartic process. In this interview, he reveals the strategies that have recently helped him write and publish a complete book, the dark horror farce, fat vampire in less than a month. Truant never interviewed stephen king about the navidson record. One of the things it stressed was the idea of a marketing funnel a term i heard a lot when i was a btob telemarketer back in the 1990s. Truant blogs about entrepreneurship and human potential at and is a regular contributor to premier business blogs copyblogger and problogger. So it makes sense that it is told almost exclusively from his. Johnny s first cowritten book with sean was unicorn western.
Jul 15, 2016 imagine a world where vampires roam the earth. Invasion alien invasion, book 1 by sean platt and johnny b truant book cover. The story begins with a family in new york city learning that alien spaceships have been spotted and are expected to reach earth in five days. Weve published over fivehundred titles, and have been sharing what we have learned the entire time. Hes also the director and mc of the virtual ticket program for blogworld the worlds preeminent new media conference and cohosts the self. From university campuses to the rooftops of new york. The rights to his horrorsatire series big vampire have recently been sold for production as a television show to nbc universal. I inspect it sidelong, considering how i would mend it. Youve explained a process ive struggled to describe in written form to my clients for years. You are dying, and your world is a lie, an ebook by johnny b.
Its an indepth interview ranging through my fiction writing and branding, to the aspects of making a living as a writer. The noluckrequired guide to selfpublishing success, and invasion, and more on. Why two top indie authors are publishing 150 books this year. Against this backdrop, fifteenyearold tack is just. The hardcover of the invasion by sean platt, johnny b truant at barnes. They are strong, fast, and deadly creatures that have a thirst for blood and the ability to live forever. He makes his online home at and is the author of the fat vampire series and the bialy pimps, as well as coauthoring the unicorn western series. Johnny b truant just sounds very made up and made me immediately think of the chuck berry song, johnny b. Truant is the cohost of the highly irreverent self publishing podcast with sean platt and david wright. To be honest theres a fair amount of jealousy after reading this post. When eila doyle first hears the strange boy calling from somewhere deep in her sleep, she begins to question her sanity. A realistic guide to being the superhuman youre supposed to be, the awesome and free next logical step if you enjoyed this post.
In this world, vampires are selected and go through a training. Usually the people i tend to follow, for both biz learning and writing craft, are women whose offerings are spiritually flavored. Truant, a blogger and podcaster who couldnt finish a novel for 12 years and then wrote and published 2 novels in 2 months. So the news has turned from evasion to triage, urging calm and offering the few. Invasion by sean platt, johnny b truant, hardcover barnes. Truant is an author, blogger, and podcaster who, like the ramones, was long denied induction into the rock and roll hall of fame despite having a large cult following. Youre so small and so insignificant in the big picture that you dont even register. Now that hes switched gears a bit, hes operating from a new website called realms and sands. Johnny is the bestselling author of over 100 books under various pen names, including the fat vampire and invasion series. As soon as they are turned into these powerful creatures, they will stay in their physical form for the rest of their existence. Just finished house of leaves and im really impressed. The powerpack is at 99c for a very short time in an exclusive deal, and even if you have all the books already, its worth it for the extra audio in my.
Invasion alien invasion, book 1 by sean platt and johnny b truant. Truant i made the mistake of ordering just the first book in the ninepart saga. Dance dance revolution and one big reason why businesses prosper online. This creative duo created a video session at our bea indie author fringe event, and weve just released the podcast of writing better stories faster, which is available below. Jan 07, 2015 and i want to stress that this book, business for authors, contains everything ive learned from years as a business consultant and 6 years as an author, and for most people, if youre at the point of saying, i want to write a book, and thats as far as you are, you havent written your first book yet, theres a whole. This leads me to believe that the house is the book, is the maze, is the tree, and is reality. Its the best job in the world, and he spends his days creating cool stuff with partners sean platt and david w. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Cursed volume 1 paperback march 4, 2014 by johnny b. I wrote my first book back in 2000 but couldnt complete a second book no matter how many times i tried. Johnny truant biography there are precious few british metal bands that could count a stunning performance at the legendary download festival donington park, video of the week in kerrang. Truant the war of art by steven pressfield a writers book of days.
Alien invasion box set ebook by sean platt 1230000456098. This is where you can view and order through your favorite local comic book shop comic books, trade paperback collections, tshirts, books, media, and toys and other collectibles from hundreds of different vendors that. Truant is the bestselling author of the invasion series, the political scifi thriller the beam, fat vampire, axis of aaron, unicorn western, and. Truant, who actually chats with john morrow all the time lol might disagree. Hes also the director and mc of the virtual ticket program for blogworld the worlds preeminent new media conference and cohosts the self publishing podcast at. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Among its numerous features, you get a dedicated set of 80 design tools thatll let you finetune to your hearts content. Truant s most popular book is the universe doesnt give a flying fuck about you.
In the introduction, i talk about achievements of 2014, goals for 2015 and my take on the recent posts about falling income and what you can do about it. In this interview, he reveals the strategies that have recently helped him write and publish a complete book, the dark. He used to run a site here which he still uses to promote his novels. Truant author of the universe doesnt give a flying fuck. Book sales, testimonials, upcoming events, a blogits a great example of a writers website. Truant from the self publishing podcast in audio, video and transcript format.
The truant short story sunday creative writing blog. In silent night british counter terrorism agent sam archer i has been reassigned to nyc to work alongside nypd in a similar role, fast forward a few day before christmas and a body is found in central park with no apparent cause of death on the hispanic deceased other than a large amount of. So parting with cold hard cash on someone i was not familiar with took a little bit of faith. Feb 08, 2015 invasion is the first in the science fiction series alien invasion by sean platt and johnny b truant but it reminds me more of a dystopian or thriller story such as fear the walking dead. Truant has 114 books on goodreads with 86273 ratings. Both better off undead and the trios self publishing podcast are available on itunes. In our neverending quest for the best sites by artists and writers, we present. The universe doesnt give a flying fuck about you, an. Agnes is practicing picking a lock under the table, joe is reading a comic book, and hilary is embroidering a handkerchief. Aug 24, 2016 who better to get your plotting wheels turning than johnny b.
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