Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing
Mark Leslie Lefebvre, Matty DalrympleReflections on the business of writing and publishing.
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The Long & Winding Road Back To A Typewriter
I have a Smith-Corona Sterling Floating Shift typewriter sitting in a corner of my home office right now. It’s light brown/beige with green keys and white letters and comes in a snug black carrying case.
It has taken me about forty years a...
Live Chat About Author Branding with Matty Dalrymple
A recording from Mark Leslie Lefebvre's live video
Those Pterodactyls in My Stomach
This is a slightly edited/tweaked version of Chapter 2 in my book STARK REALITIES: Stacked-Up Lessons Every Writer Needs to Know About the Business of Writing and Publishing. You’ll find a link to it and more about the book at the end of th...
Testing Live with a Fun Offer
A recording from Mark Leslie Lefebvre's live video
[Apparently the first 30 to 60 seconds of this video is missing. It’s where I say hello and that this is my first time doing a Substack live video in order to test things out before a LIVE...
Hat Switch on the Highway: A Tale of Two Markies
BTW, before we begin, it’s important to me that you read the first part of the title of this article to the tune of the opening line from Steppenwolf’s “Born to be Wild.” You got the little ear-worm? Good. And I’m sure you recognize the Cha...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Mark Leslie Lefebvre is a writer, editor, bookseller, speaker & overall book nerd. He has long been a digital publishing evangelist.
Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels and the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers (www.mattydalrymple.com/). She also writes, speaks, podcasts, and consults about indie publishing as The Indy Author (www.theindyauthor.com/).
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