Sinopsis
Author Jon Cronshaw takes a frank, no-nonsense approach to guiding his friend Russ Evans through the process of writing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but hes lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through.Jon will give Russ the tools and motivation to complete the project so he can stop being an aspiring writer and become a published author.Follow his journey on Stop Booking Around! and join us in the Stop Booking Around! Facebook group.
Episodios
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034 - The Snowflake Method
01/04/2019 Duración: 36minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps other authors find the tools they need to write a successful book. In this episode, Jon talks to new author Laura Marconi-Cox who is just beginning her writing journey. If you have found any value in this podcast, please consider supporting Jon on Patreon. Visit <a href="https://patreon.com/joncronshawauthor">patreon.com/joncronshawauthor</a> Stop Booking Around!: How to Write Your Novel is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://geni.us/stopbookingaround">geni.us/stopbookingaround</a> . Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Listen to Jon's weekly Author Diary. Subscribe through your usual podcast catcher, or visit <a href="http://j
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033 - What the authors and the music industry can learn from each other about developing characters
19/03/2019 Duración: 01h05minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps other authors find the tools they need to write a successful novel. In this episode, Jon talks to Ben Hennessy-Garside and Chris O'Gorman about crafting characters in the music industry and what we can learn from each other. Ben helps young artists to develop their stage personas at Leeds College of Music. Chris developed the brands of pop stars including Sam Smith and Little Mix. If you have found any value in this podcast, please consider supporting Jon on Patreon. Visit <a>https://patreon.com/joncronshawauthor</a> Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://geni.us/stopbookingaround">geni.us/stopbookingaround</a>. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="ht
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032 - Long Novels, with Clare Sager
27/11/2018 Duración: 54minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon talks to historical fantasy author Clare Sager about writing long novels. Check out her novel: <a href="http://geni.us/VLt6">A Thief and a Gentlewoman</a>. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://geni.us/stopbookingaround">geni.us/stopbookingaround</a>. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free copy of The Fool, book one of The Ravengl
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031 - Writing from a non-human perspective, with Emma Geen
20/11/2018 Duración: 24minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon talks to science fiction author Emma Geen about writing non-human characters. Check out her novel: <a href="http://geni.us/8oIt25">The Many Selves of Katherine North</a>. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://geni.us/stopbookingaround">geni.us/stopbookingaround</a>. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free copy of The Fool, book one
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030 - Fight scenes and meaningful violence, with RJ Barker
13/11/2018 Duración: 41minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon talks to fantasy author RJ Barker on how to make fight scenes and violence meaningful in your writing. Check out his website: <a href=" https://rjbarkerblog.wordpress.com/">rjbarkerblog.wordpress.com</a>. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://geni.us/stopbookingaround">geni.us/stopbookingaround</a>. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your fre
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029 - Author Mindset, with Killian Carter
06/11/2018 Duración: 42minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon talks to sci-fi author Killian Carter about the importance of mindset when it comes to achieving success as an author. Check out his website: <a href="https://www.kccarter.com/">kccarter.com</a>. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://geni.us/stopbookingaround">geni.us/stopbookingaround</a>. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free copy of
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028 - Getting through NaNoWriMo
30/10/2018 Duración: 14minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon flies solo to give a primer for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). This is where you write a 50,000-word first draft in the month of November. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://geni.us/stopbookingaround">geni.us/stopbookingaround</a>. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free copy of The Fool, book one of The Ravenglass Chronicles, by
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027 - Finding and developing original ideas, with Lynn Sheridan
23/10/2018 Duración: 20minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon is joined by Lynn Sheridan to discuss finding and developing ideas for your stories. Lynn is Jon's co-host (with Killian Carter) on the <a href="http://otakuonwriting.libsyn.com">Otaku on Writing podcast</a>. Visit <a href="https://lynnsheridan.com"lynnsheridan.com</a> and check out his dark fantasy serial, The Valiant Lineage. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://jo
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026 - Time Management, with Paul Teague
16/10/2018 Duración: 43minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon is joined by sci-fi and thriller author Paul Teague to discuss time management. Paul is the author of fifteen novels and several non-fiction books. He is the host of the Self-Publishing Journeys podcast, visit <a href="https://self-publishing-journeys.com/">self-publishing-journeys.com</a>. Find out more about Paul's fiction at <a href="https://paulteague.net/">paulteague.net</a> Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon
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025 - Archetypes, Stereotypes and Dragons!
09/10/2018 Duración: 34minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ discuss the difference between archetypes and stereotypes, and how both can be used in your stories...plus, we discuss why dragons are awesome (in the true sense of the word). Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free copy of The Fool
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024 - Body Language and Dialogue
02/10/2018 Duración: 20minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ discuss body language and dialogue, and how they can be used to improve characterisation in your stories. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free copy of The Fool, book one of The Ravenglass Chronicles, by visiting <a href="https
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023 - Embarking on your second draft
25/09/2018 Duración: 21minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ discuss Jon's interview with Euan Lawson from last week, plus catch-up with Russ on how he's getting on with the outline for his second novella. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Get your free copy of The Fool, the first episode of his epic fantasy serial, The Ravenglass Chronicles by visiting: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ravenglass">tinyurl.com/ravenglass</a>. Like his Facebook page at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/joncronshawauthor">facebook.com/joncronshawauthor</a Follow him on Twitter <a href="ht
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022 - The Healthy Writer, with Euan Lawson
18/09/2018 Duración: 26minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon speaks to Euan Lawson, Joanna Penn's co-author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1912105810/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=joncronshaw-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1912105810&linkId=b40e433d7961b38979a17463f5fa8cd1">The Healthy Writer</a> to talk about the best way to keep fit and healthy as an author. You can listen to Euan's podcast focused on an evidence-led approach to men's fitness at <a href="http://www.blokeology.io/thepodcast/">blokeology.io/thepodcast</a>. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/euan_lawson">@Euan_Lawson</a>. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available a
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021 - Magic systems
11/09/2018 Duración: 27minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ discuss how to use magic in your writing and why having strict limitations is a good idea. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a> Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get
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020 - Prophecy, Prescience, and Paradox
04/09/2018 Duración: 24minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ discuss prophecy and prescience, or how being able to see into the future can be used in your stories. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a> Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free c
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019 - Beyond the First Draft
28/08/2018 Duración: 26minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Russ has finished his first draft! Now what? Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a> Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to J
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018 - Character alignment
21/08/2018 Duración: 24minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ talk about how Dungeons and Dragons character alignment can be use to craft characters...then they debate the alignments of characters in A Game of Thrones. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook, audiobook, and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a> Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncro
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017 - Worldbuilding and Lore
14/08/2018 Duración: 24minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ talk about worldbuilding and lore, and how to avoid worldbuilders' disease. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a> Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the pre
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016 - Following your story
07/08/2018 Duración: 11minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ talk about what to do when you diverge from your outline. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a> Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to Jon's Wast
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015 - Handling description
31/07/2018 Duración: 23minStop Booking Around! is a weekly podcast where author Jon Cronshaw helps his friend Russ Evans through the process of finishing his first novel. Russ has wanted to write this story for over a decade, but he's lacked the focus and motivation to follow the project through. In this episode, Jon and Russ talk about how to handle description in your writing. Stop Booking Around!: How to Overcome Author Procrastination is now available as an ebook and paperback. Visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround">tinyurl.com/stopbookingaround</a>. Join us on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/225375078212065/">Facebook group HERE.</a> Email your questions to Jon (at) joncronshaw (dot) com. You can find out more about Jon Cronshaw and his work by visiting <a href="https://joncronshaw.com">joncronshaw.com</a> or <a href="https://amazon.com/author/joncronshaw">Jon's author page.</a> Get your free copy of Addict of the Wasteland, the prequel to Jon's Wastelan