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If you’re a budding musician, you know how challenging getting radio airplay can be – it can also be expensive. But in his new book “Airplay,” longtime radio broadcast and music marketing professional Jim Raposa shares insights and strategies to help you, the budding musician, to get that airplay. Jim’s advice is frank, often humorous…but dead on the money regarding how to put the odds of success in your favor. Jim leans on his own years of experience and expertise to show you how to develop a proper list of target radio stations and media outlets, how to follow-up – even how to prepare your mail-out packages for optimum success.If you’re an up and coming musician, vocalist or band … this is the book that will help you land on playlists of top radio and media outlets across the U.S. and the world. More below the media player. Listen to Jim Raposa Download audio file (jimraposa.mp3)   The Indie Author Life Starting in the early 1980s Jim Raposa built a successful career in radio – in various on-air, programming and management roles for some of America’s most recognized corporate radio names. Jim then transitioned to music entrepreneur with his own [...]Similar Posts:Can a Life Not Lived Yet Save The One She Has Now?The Knife Is Her Only Comfort‘American Psycho’ Meets ‘Sex & the…Teen Heroine vs Pirate SpyStand By Her Man? Not Any More. The post How to Get Your Song on the Radio appeared first on The Bookcast.

Fiona Thorn is an ornery orphan – with an expertise in explosives. When Fiona sets out to rescue her imprisoned friend Jaydin Rowan, she wants nothing more than a few sleeping guards and a satchel full of Blast. What she gets is a run-in with three bickering princesses that puts all four girls on the wrong side of a locked dungeon door. So now, in Jen Barton‘s book for young readers, “Fiona Thorn and the Carapacem Spell,” Fiona has become accidentally involved in a plot to assassinate the King. And she’s accused of kidnapping the princesses. Fiona now must find a way to free them all, save the King, and rescue Jaydin – all while struggling to pay the magical debt that’s slowly killing her. Unless, of course, the princesses’ annoying sibling rivalry kills her first. More below the media player. Listen to Jen Barton Download audio file (jenbarton.mp3)   The Indie Author Life The single most common question many authors get is, “Where do you get your ideas?” Jen Barton remembers precisely how “Fiona Thorn and the Carapacem Spell” came about. She told BookGoodies: A young friend, Rehanna Lydon, was diagnosed with cancer at age 9. She and her [...]Similar Posts:She’s Trying, Very Hard, to Live – Happily Ever…An Ancient Evil Is On The RiseA Kidnapping? Or Something Far Worse?The Knife Is Her Only ComfortSmall Town, Big Intrigue The post Fiona Debuts With a Bang appeared first on The Bookcast.

A group of adolescents comes together from across the world to study the finer points of diplomacy and governance with the Circle of Tivedon, the teaching elders at the school. But soon there are troubled tidings — an ancient evil is on the rise, threatening to plunge the land into darkness once again. This triggers a series of events that eventually leads to a hasty flight of the students under cover of darkness. With foes now closing on all fronts, the elders split the students into three groups, each with a dangerous mission. It is the only way they will have any hope of stemming the dark tide that now threatens their entire world… And then the situation worsens, with accusations of a traitorous plot…. It’s the first book in the “Circle of Tivedon” trilogy by Ryan Shorten. Listen to Ryan Shorten Download audio file (ryanshorten.mp3)Similar Posts:The Knife Is Her Only ComfortAn Appetite for AdventureThe Fate of the World in the Hands of Two TeenagersSmall Town, Big IntrigueA Kidnapping? Or Something Far Worse? The post An Ancient Evil Is On The Rise appeared first on The Bookcast.

It is 1841, the height of America’s Golden Age of Whaling and the waning days of the rule of the Shogunate in Japan, which has been closed to foreigners for 250 years. In G.L. Tysk‘s novel “The Sea-God at Sunrise,” a young Japanese fisherman named Shima, and his younger brother Takao, are out on a routine fishing expedition when a freak typhoon hits. They wind up shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. Their rescue by a passing American whaling ship proves a short-lived miracle. They are barred from reentering Japan, as the ship heads for the whaling grounds of the South Pacific. Shima becomes an unwilling passenger in a strange floating world filled with foreign faces, a new language, and a hostile chief mate. But when the reclusive captain suddenly falls ill, Shima and third mate Daniel Ellis stumble upon a secret from his past that brings together their previously isolated worlds. Inspired by the true story of John Manjiro, one of the first Japanese in America and later interpreter to the shogun, “The Sea-God at Sunrise” is a tale of friendship and forgiveness across two cultures at the height of America’s Golden Age of Whaling. More below the media player. [...] The post Shipwrecked. Rescued. Forever Changed. appeared first on The Bookcast.

The New York Times once called Susan Torres “Single Mother, Creator of Miracles.” Susan’s story begins in Brooklyn, where she was raised in the ’60s in a drug infested, abusive home. She left home as a teenager, and soon was a mother herself. Against the odds, Susan extricated her young family from another drug-shadowed environment and a subsequent abusive relationship by dint of raw courage and determination. Her new memoir “Living on Three Spoons” chronicles the lessons she learned and applied to inspire her life and help her own four children to “fight back” against oppressive forces in life. More below the media player. Listen to Susan Torres Download audio file (susantorres.mp3) The Indie Author Life The New York Times article that inspired Susan Torres to write this autobiography is, indeed, called “Single Mother, Creator of Miracles,” and describes her in glowing terms: She is relentlessly bubbly, constantly chatting up strangers. She once fixed up her second daughter, Jessica, 23, with a plumber, thinking that besides being cute, he might repair the air-conditioning. Sadly, it did not last. “Too bad,” Ms. Torres says. “He said he’d give us a good price.” Instead, she bought a window air-conditioner for Nissim’s room, [...] The post The Unique Courage of One Mother appeared first on The Bookcast.

Airships, sky-pirates, smugglers and soldiers… Katherine McIntyre‘s new steampunk adventure “An Airship Named Desire” introduces us to Bea, who has run away from home and joined an airship crew that specializes in smuggling. Ever since their last botched smuggling job, First Mate Bea and the crew can barely afford fuel, let alone a barrel of grog. So when a gentleman from Old Germany offers them a fortune to steal a locked box from a British merchant airship, they jump at the opportunity. Somehow, though, their employer forgot to mention the box’s military escort. And the Morlock mercenaries who will kill to get their hands on it. And that if made public, the contents of the box could engulf Europe in another devastating war. Stealing the box was the easy part. Now, with targets on their backs and some of the toughest characters in the sky after them, Bea and her crew have to find a way to survive. More below the media player. Listen to Katherine McIntyre Download audio file (katherinemcintyre.mp3) Don’t see a player here? Click on this link to listen, or right click and “Save As” to download.   The Indie Author Life Who is First Mate Beatrice? [...] The post Stealing The Box Was The Easy Part appeared first on The Bookcast.

Meet Spinks Webb. He’s thirty-four, lives in his widowed father’s basement, and suffers from a fear of leaving his hometown, which he blames on his ex-fiancee, a woman who broke up with him – twelve years ago. Some might call Spinks a loser. But the man has heart, and he also has a unique talent. Turns out Spinks Webb can consume vast amounts of food in short periods of time – hard-boiled eggs and hot dogs in particular. So with the help of his best friend and business partner Danny Fleck, Spinks quickly hones his gorging skills and becomes the talk of his blue-collar Michigan town, as Danny, an amateur filmmaker, captures it all on video for a future documentary. Danny eventually encourages Spinks to go for the World Series of competitive eating and compete for a spot in the Nathan’s Famous International July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest in Brooklyn. It’s all in Ryan Potter‘s new novel “The Cleaner.” More below the media player. Listen to Ryan Potter Download audio file (ryanpotter.mp3) Don’t see a player here? Click on this link to listen, or right click and “Save As” to download.   The Indie Author Life Do guys read? [...] The post An Appetite for Adventure appeared first on The Bookcast.

How far will a man go to atone for guilt? When Derry Danaher meets a gorgeous woman named Amedee during her first day at the Milwaukee Ledger, it sparks a love affair that they are sure will last forever. But when it ends in tragedy and heartbreak, Derry sets off on an improbable, reckless crusade for redemption. What he does to redeem himself is an astounding twist, in Dan Chabot‘s debut novel “Godspeed: A Love Story.” When Derrys dangerous crusade finally ends, he has found someone to help him build a new life from the ashes of the past, and readers are left to ponder a poignant question: how can a lie be wrong, when it makes so many people feel so good? More below the media player. Listen to Dan Chabot Download audio file (danchabot.mp3) Don’t see a player here? Click on this link to listen, or right click and “Save As” to download.   The Indie Author Life www.godspeed-lovestory.com “You will need to have your hanky at hand…” So says Stephanie D.’s review of “Godspeed: A Love Story” for Readers Favorite: This is one of those books that stick with you after you have read it. It is [...] The post A Romantic Tale To Bring Your Hanky For appeared first on The Bookcast.

On the treacherous trails and isolated wilds of Yellowstone Park, an aging father, George Temple, seeks to use a nostalgic horse trek to reconcile with his estranged daughter and son. In Warren Adler‘s new thriller “The Serpent’s Bite,” they hadn’t seen one another since the passing of George’s wife nearly five years earlier. The family reunion is intended to bring back memories of their first trek 20 years earlier. But the story reveals secrets that plague the family, and lead to disaster. And along the way we meet Courtney Temple, who may be one of the most evil women in fiction. More below the media player. Listen to Warren Adler Download audio file (warrenadler.mp3) Don’t see a player here? Click on this link to listen, or right click and “Save As” to download. The Indie Author Life Warren Adler is a longtime, veteran author who is among the latest to join the indie movement. Best-known, perhaps, as author of The War of the Roses Adler has written dozens of novels. He’s also a prolific blogger, and in a recent post titled “How to Reinvent Yourself At Any Age,” Adler reveals what motivated him to turn his back on the traditional [...] The post A Strange and Treacherous Family Reunion appeared first on The Bookcast.

After a hotel explodes in Mexico City, all the evidence seems to implicate an American man, Alex Valdez, as the terrorist responsible for it. And the FBI is desperate to find the truth before the Mexican government can. In David Beers‘ debut psychological/supernatural thriller “Dead Religion” FBI agent James Allison leaves his family and journeys to Mexico in order to find what secrets lay behind the destroyed hotel and all the lives lost. To do that, though, Alex Valdez’s life must be laid bare — the blood rite his parents left him and the ‘God’ they felt had been unleashed on the world. Agent Allison races to find the truth in Mexico City, to uncover Valdez’s life, before he finds himself face to face with the same terror. More below the media player. Listen to David Beers Download audio file (davidbeers.mp3) Don’t see a player here? Click on this link to listen, or right click and “Save As” to download.   The Indie Author Life “Where do you get your ideas?” It’s the question every writer gets sooner or later. David Beers blogged about his inspiration sources: It’s like my mind knows where the creative energy needs to be going [...] The post Debut Thriller is a Race With Evil appeared first on The Bookcast.

For a month in the fall of 2002, the Washington, D.C. area was terrorized by a series of apparently random sniper attacks. The victims were innocent men, women, and a child, doing everyday things, from pumping gas, to reading a book on a park bench. Eventually police caught the two gunmen, a man named John Allen Muhammed and a teenager whom Muhammad had sometimes referred to as his son, a young man by the name of Lee Boyd Malvo. Muhammad was executed in 2009, but Malvo is serving multiple life sentences in Virginia. A few years ago, certified forensic consultant Anthony Meoli began a correspondence with Malvo, eventually persuading him to share a journal he had written, documenting his childhood and teen years – and how he transitioned into a cold serial killer. The result is the book, “The Diary of the D.C. Sniper,” which features introductory and closing material by Anthony Meoli. More below the media player. Listen to Anthony Meoli Download audio file (anthonymeoli.mp3) Don’t see a player here? Click on this link to listen, or right click and “Save As” to download.   The Indie Author Life Lee Boyd Malvo wrote the 175-page document that forms the [...] The post Inside The Mind of a Serial Killer appeared first on The Bookcast.

What do a prostitute, a corrupt businessman, and a disfigured young woman have in common with a mysterious old homeless man who comes with an unusual piece of baggage? In “The Man With the Green Suitcase,” the debut novel by Dee Doanes, the old man comes into people’s lives because it’s important for them to experience the visions that he is somehow able to show them, visions that even he doesn’t understand. Whoever he connects with will also go through a transformation that will change the course of their life – for better or worse. But the old man has no memory of who he is, or even exactly what his green suitcase holds. This story is magical realism – realistic with paranormal elements, a mystery to be solved. And it’s about a man and woman who will finally realize that they were meant to come into each other’s lives and remain forever. More below the media player. Listen to Dee Doanes Download audio file (deedoanes.mp3) Don’t see a player here? Click on this link to listen, or right click and “Save As” to download.   The Indie Author Life Dee Doanes’s background is in marketing and communications, but she’s [...] The post The Astonishing Power – In An Old Suitcase appeared first on The Bookcast.

Plymouth Rock is bleeding. Day has turned to night. Hundred-pound hailstones level buildings. In Dave Becker‘s debut novel “The Faustian Host ” the small town of Clement seems cursed, and the residents know who’s to blame: the new kid, Tony Marino. After losing his family and his home, 14-year-old Tony is forced to move from Florida to Massachusetts to attend Kalos Academy, an unconventional school for gifted children. Strange things begin to happen the day he arrives, and soon stories of plagues, monsters, and mystical objects surround him. Refusing to believe superstitions, Tony struggles to explain the occurrences logically, until he comes face to face with a satanic cult determined to bring about the end of the world. More below the media player. Listen to Dave Becker Download audio file (davebecker.mp3) Don’t see a player here? Click on this link to listen, or right click and “Save As” to download.   The Indie Author Life A single unsettling image is what set Dave Becker on the path to what would become The Faustian Host. He recently told Kindred Dreamheart… The inspirations for THE FAUSTIAN HOST came from several sources, but began with a single mental image: a stream of blood [...] The post The End of the World, Brought To You By The New Kid appeared first on The Bookcast.

Caleb Byrne is a bright high school senior who has plenty to deal with – choosing a college, taking care of his single dad, dealing with his headstrong girlfriend Joanna, and with an eccentric set of cousins in California. And he was managing to get by until the day he woke up as a Cocker Spaniel. We meet Caleb in J. Bridger‘s debut novel “Shifted Perspectives.” Even if it only happens monthly, and is more embarrassing than painful, this so-called “ability” is something that Caleb is anxious to be rid of. He didn’t realize his transformations would drag him into a hidden society of canine and lupine shape-shifters, as well as a family legacy he hates. To make matters worse, after moving to Los Angeles to learn more about his heritage from his aunt and cousin, Caleb now struggles through life-and-death matters. More below the media player. Listen to J. Bridger Download audio file (jbridger.mp3) Don’t see a player here? Click on this link to listen, or right click and “Save As” to download.   The Indie Author Life Shapeshifting is a timeless theme in literature. According to Wikipedia, the concept geos back centuries: Shapeshifting is a common theme in [...] The post A Teen’s Life – College, Family .. Shapeshifting appeared first on The Bookcast.

When a beautiful 16-year-old girl named Sophie is found sequestered in a cage-like room in a rundown house in the desolate hills of Arbon Valley, Idaho, the entire community is shocked — not as much by her circumstances as by the fact Sophie is actually the almost-legendary Callidora, a baby girl who was kidnapped from her crib and canonized in “missing” posters with portraits of what the fabled girl might look like now. Authorities soon learn that the cage was there to protect people from Sophie, because her biological father believes she is cursed. In Brenda Stanley‘s novel “The Color of Snow,” Sophie is discovered after the man she knows as Papa shoots and injures a young man named Damien who is trying to rescue her. Unsocialized and thrust into the world, and into a family she has never met, Sophie must decide whether she should accept her Papa’s claims that she is cursed, and that he was only trying to protect others, or trust the new people in her life who have their own agendas. More below the media player. Listen to Brenda Stanley Download audio file (brendastanley.mp3) Don’t see a player here? Click on this link to listen, [...] The post She Was Lost, Now is Found. And Now Her Real Trouble Begins. appeared first on The Bookcast.