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GetPublished! Radio

149 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

GetPublished! Radio host Gerald Everett Jones has the answers to your self-publishing challenges because he's already made all the mistakes himself. He's the author of more than 30 nonfiction business and technical books, as well as seven self-published novels. His co-hosts journalist Cheyenne Cockrell and sci-fi author Thomas Page keep him honest and never dull!

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AB910 Gerald Reads from Mick & Moira & Brad

July 22, 2023 16:45 - 10 minutes - 15 MB

In Chapter 1 of this romantic comedy, billionaire-boyfriend Brad Davenport prevails on no-nonsense Moira Halimi-Joubert to throw a doubles tennis match so he can get the Botheralls' business. When busybody Bitsy Botherall catches Moira singing expertly in the shower, the young woman's path to stardom has accidentally begun. She's about to meet Hollywood superagent Mick McGraw, who will try mightily to hide his attraction to her. #romcom #litfic

Guest Post from Moscow: Dating, Hookups, and the Meaning of Life

June 19, 2023 17:54 - 53 minutes - 35.8 MB

This episode hosted by our correspondent Inna Logunova’s podcast Being Modern, Being Human started with a conversation about modern dating and romantic relationships but organically turned to broader issues of contemporary society, such as inequality and the growing role of artificial intelligence. This is the second episode with Gerald Everett Jones, from what turned out to be her mini-series of “Talks with a Writer.” #litfic #booktalk #geopolitics

Guest Post from Moscow: The Journey to Stardom

May 25, 2023 16:38 - 1 hour - 44 MB

Los Angeles and Moscow link up in this freewheeling chat exploring showbiz, Hollywood, and the art of storytelling. The show is Being Modern, Being Human, hosted by Inna Logunova. As she describes our spirited session: In this episode, we step behind the scenes of showbiz and the entertainment industry. What sacrifices one has to make on their journey to fame? How does Hollywood operate? Where is the line between the constructed public image and the real person? We explore these questions ...

GP903 Guest Post Cynthia Brian

March 04, 2022 18:32 - 29 minutes - 41.7 MB

Mystery author Gerald Everett Jones discusses the near-death-experience episode from his new novel Preacher Raises the Dead (Evan Wycliff #3) with radio host Cynthia Brian. Courtesy StarStyle Radio - Be the Star You Are.

GPV901 The Author Reads - Preacher Raises the Dead

February 21, 2022 22:20 - 7 minutes - 9.95 MB

Gerald Everett Jones reads an excerpt from the third novel in the award-winning Evan Wycliff Mystery series.

GP900 Guest Post: In the Green Room

February 19, 2022 19:10 - 1 hour - 106 MB

The Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC) presented this informal chat with award-winning author Gerald Everett Jones. Gerald and host Steven Sanchez discuss the inner life of the "close observer" and how those feelings inform an author's work.  

AB810 The Author Reads Harry Harambee

December 05, 2021 19:41 - 4 minutes - 7.09 MB

Our show host Gerald Everett Jones reads from his multiple-award-winning novel Harry Harambee's Kenyan Sundowner. Intrigue on the white sands of the Indian Ocean. Is corruption a fact of life? Is all love transactional? #booklovers #bookstagrammers #litfic

GPV860 Book Review - An Unlikely Truth

September 26, 2021 19:07 - 1 minute - 3.32 MB

Here's Gerald's book review of An Unlikely Truth, a political drama by novelist John Rachel. Are the politics of hope dated? #litfic #bookstagram #booklovers #bookreview

GPV861 Book Review - The Gravity Well

August 04, 2021 23:24 - 5 minutes - 7.85 MB

Here's Gerald's book review of The Gravity Well: America's Next Greatest Mission by Steven Sanford. Steven Sanford was trained as a research engineer and spent almost three decades as a NASA employee when he left the agency recently to work for a contract engineering firm. He was director for Space Technology and exploration at NASA's Langley Research Center. The gravity well refers to the huge physical effort required to overcome the Earth's pole and climb into space. It is the first and ...

GPV854 Book Review - Cutting for Stone

July 25, 2021 20:10 - 2 minutes - 3.92 MB

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese. Coming of age in Ethiopia. #litfic #bookstagram #booklovers #literaryfiction #amwriting #selfpub

GP832 Guest Post: People of Purpose - Heal Our Land

July 19, 2021 20:24 - 46 minutes - 64.6 MB

In the aftermath of South African unrest in July of 2021, The Michelle Benjamin Foundation hosts a dialogue between South African commentator Joanne Joseph and American writer Gerald Everett Jones. Joanne is an anchorwoman, radio journalist, and bestselling author. Gerald is the author of the award-winning novel Harry Harambee's Kenyan Sundowner and host of GetPublished! Radio. Publisher Michelle Benjamin hosts this show. #booklovers #bookstagram #socialresponsibility #worldcitizenship #inte...

GPV819 Book Review - Griftopia

July 05, 2021 22:30 - 1 minute - 2.7 MB

Here's Gerald's book review of Griftopia by Matt Taibbi. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

GPV874 Book Review - The Centaur

March 25, 2021 20:06 - 1 minute - 3.19 MB

Here's Gerald's book review of The Centaur, a novel by John Updike. This book's central metaphor from Greek mythology is that Chyron, the noblest of all the centaurs, took pity on humankind. The man-beast sacrificed himself to appease Zeus. #bookreview #litfic #booklovers #bookstagrammers

GPV849 Book Review - A Scribe Dies in Brooklyn

March 22, 2021 15:07 - 3 minutes - 5.39 MB

Here’s Gerald's book review of A Scribe Dies in Brooklyn, a Rabbi Ben mystery by Marvin J. Wolf. #mysterythrillers #bookreview #booklovers #bookstagram

GPV816 Book Review - Vinegar Girl

March 19, 2021 01:46 - 3 minutes - 6.82 MB

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler. Stealing plot lines from Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, a tomboy indifferent to men is set up with a Russian lab assistant. #bookreview #booklovers #bookstagram  

GPV810 Book Review - Right Ho, Jeeves!

March 16, 2021 01:09 - 1 minute - 2.96 MB

Set in the Roaring 'Twenties, Right Ho, Jeeves by the British humorist P.G. Wodehouse is a collection of stories about a young wealthy gentleman, Bertie Wooster, and his manservant Jeeves.

GPV848 Book Review - A Small Town in Germany

February 16, 2021 23:29 - 3 minutes - 6.04 MB

Here's Gerald's book review of A Small Town in Germany by John le Carré. Written decades ago by the recently deceased author, its plot has chilling parallels to today's news. A Small Town in Germany is one of le Carré’s first novels, written not long after he left the employ of the British Foreign Service in 1964. One of his first postings was in Bonn, the postwar capital city of West Germany, and the small town of the title. Here's my book review of A Small Town in Germany by John le Ca...

GPV846 Book Review - Purgatory Gardens

February 13, 2021 20:09 - 4 minutes - 6.71 MB

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Purgatory Gardens by Peter Lefcourt. Alpha-male competition over the local hottie in an old folks' home. Gerald Everett Jones is the award-winning author of Preacher Finds a Corpse, Preacher Fakes a Miracle, and Clifford's Spiral.

GP831 Guest Post - Self-Publishing Mastery Talks Ep 20

October 22, 2020 18:50 - 1 minute - 2.69 MB

In Episode 20 (YouTube) of Self-Publishing Mastery Talks, host A.G. Billig asks Gerald how to write award-winning books, and his advice includes: 1) sleep on it, 2) take a shower, 3) do a dance - and lots more! In this clip, we discuss the curious notion that humans would never know romantic love if we didn't have examples in literature. #selfpub #amwriting #booklovers #bookstagram

GP830 - Free Speech and Self Expression

September 18, 2020 16:00 - 25 minutes - 24.7 MB

Host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts Cheyenne Cockrell and Thomas Page have a roundtable discussion about responsible debate and the free flow of information. What are the limits on self-expression? #amwriting #selfpub #podcast For example: Does it mean total freedom? What about "Fire!" in a crowded theater? Is there a difference between gossip and slander? Libel? Plagiarism? Fair use? How might satire and parody be an exception? Fan fiction? What about PC labels? Rights to privacy for...

AB810 Preacher Finds a Corpse - Chapter 1

June 26, 2020 01:32 - 19 minutes - 45.2 MB

In Chapter 1, Evan finds his friend's body and suspects it's not suicide. The cops want to know what he was doing there. Josh and Linda Emmett get a notice their farmhouse will be bulldozed. #podcast #audiobook #mysterythriller About the book. A lapsed divinity student who is fascinated by astrophysics finds his best friend shot dead in a cornfield. It looks like suicide. Having returned to his farm roots near Lake of the Ozarks, Evan works as a skip tracer for the local car dealer. He lea...

AB 801 Preacher Fakes a Miracle - Preview

June 19, 2020 16:30 - 6 minutes - 10.4 MB

Our show host, author Gerald Everett Jones, reads from the second book in his Evan Wycliff Mystery series, Preacher Fakes a Miracle. The event at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena was sponsored by the Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC). #mysterythriller #booklovers #amwriting #selfpub #podcast getpublishedradio.com Get a review copy of the first novel, Preacher Finds a Corpse, from ProlificWorks.com for a limited time.

AB809 Choke Hold Audiobook Preview

June 14, 2020 17:05 - 5 minutes - 7.19 MB

The medical examiner said Hank Ellis died of heart failure from the stress of being arrested. In his own home. Unarmed. The city settled, the finding never changed. These days they often just copy this finding for each new death by choke hold. The coroner's task is to determine whether the person died of natural causes or "at the hands of another." The heart attack finding points to natural causes, which gets the killer off the hook.

GP810 How Should Authors Move Forward? with Smith Publicity

June 09, 2020 16:00 - 38 minutes - 53.9 MB

Host Gerald Everett Jones and cohost A. G. Billig talk with Mike Onorato, VP of Smith Publicity, about what's changed and what hasn't in the head-spinning, noisy marketplace of book promotion. #selfpub #amwriting

GP809 Writing a Memoir

May 15, 2020 16:00 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MB

It's not surprising that many first-time authors want to do their memoirs. And memoir is an extremely popular genre with readers these days. Our host Gerald Everett Jones talks with cohost journalist Cheyenne Cockrell about how to navigate the choppy waters of such reality-based stories. For example, when should you change the names to protect the guilty? #amwriting #selfpub #podcast The memoir Gerald wrote with Rebecca Schaper - The Light in His Soul: Lessons from My Brother's Schizophren...

GP808 Challenges and Answers

May 08, 2020 16:00 - 26 minutes - 25.4 MB

In a spirited Q&A session, show host Gerald Everett Jones and co-host Cheyenne Cockrell debate questions and concerns from aspiring authors and self-publishers. What's the difference between a situation and a story? What's the difference between literature and entertainment? Should books and movies carry messages? What is the world's shortest novel? #amwriting #selfpub #podcast There are more resources for authors and self-publishers on our website getpublishedradio.com.

GP807 Getting Unstuck with Humorist Tim Gard

May 01, 2020 17:46 - 27 minutes - 39 MB

Learn to laugh in the face of writer’s block. Gerald’s guest is Tim Gard, top motivational speaker and corporate entertainer, known for bringing tears of laughter to audiences worldwide. More than an insightful and funny guy, Tim teaches people to be more resilient and resourceful using their own comedic style. Gerald and Tim talk about turning frustration into comedy – and inspiration. Tim also gives tips on dealing with stress and getting started in public speaking. Tim's book is Just Plan...

AB808 The Game Is Now Afoot - Radio Drama

April 24, 2020 16:00 - 27 minutes - 26.1 MB

Our Guest Post is the pilot episode from the forthcoming radio series The Case Files of Belliver Holmes, titled "The Game is Now Afoot." #mysterythriller #podcast #radiodrama Sherlock Holmes had a sister — Belliver Holmes. She was born after Mycroft and before Sherlock. Belliver was also a detective, but unlike her famous brother, she solved the supernatural and occult crimes of the Victorian Era. The Case Files of Belliver Holmes series is produced as an exciting retro radio-style adventure...

GP806 Yesterday and Today with Giuseppe Verdi

April 17, 2020 15:30 - 10 minutes - 15.4 MB

If this music doesn't make you cry, we've run out of ideas. Gerald tells the story of "The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" and how historical fiction is all about today. #amwriting #selfpub #histfic #podcast There's help for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

GP805 Spirituality and Metaphysics

April 10, 2020 17:21 - 23 minutes - 23.2 MB

On this meaningful day in this fraught season, we're re-releasing our most popular episode ever. When we chose this topic, we had no idea the marvels we'd find. No matter what your beliefs, there are hopeful thoughts here. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

AB804 Preacher Finds a Corpse

April 03, 2020 15:25 - 5 minutes - 8.35 MB

Listen to an excerpt from the new mystery-thriller. #podcast #audiobook #mysterythriller #booklovers #bookreviewers #newrelease Here's the story: A lapsed divinity student who is fascinated by astrophysics finds his best friend shot dead in a cornfield. It looks like suicide. Having returned to his farm roots near Lake of the Ozarks, Evan works as a skip tracer for the local car dealer. He learns his friend was involved in a dispute over farmland ownership that goes back two centuries - co...

GP804 Self-Pub Answers

March 27, 2020 01:21 - 25 minutes - 36.4 MB

Our host Gerald Everett Jones and co-host Cheyenne Cockrell discuss how to promote books on social media. They cover author blogs, sponsored ads, post engagement, viral distribution, author profiles, and advance reviews. Then our co-host Thomas Page offers an essay on George Orwell's grim political satires. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast As always, there's more help for self-published authors and book promoters on getpublishedradio.com.  

AB803 Reading - Mr Ballpoint

March 21, 2020 01:00 - 6 minutes - 10.2 MB

In this gig economy, they're telling you - Don't go get a job, make one for yourself! Create a new product or service! After all, it's the American Way... #amwriting #selfpub #podcast Narrator Michael Gilboe reads Mr. Ballpoint, a comic novel by our radio host Gerald Everett Jones. It's called entrepreneurship. It might be risky, but along the way it's a lot of fun. The introduction of the first ballpoint pen to the U.S. in 1945 was a marketing sensation. And the first day it went on sal...

GP803 Musty Research Tips

March 13, 2020 14:00 - 24 minutes - 34.5 MB

How do you find documents and ephemera that are not available online? Our host Gerald Everett Jones describes the research tools and sources he used to access institutional archives, including microfilm, rare books, paintings, genealogical records, and interviews with descendants and scholars. It's a recap of his 20-year quest for evidence behind the art scandal in his historical novel Bonfire of the Vanderbilts. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast

GP817 What Are Handmade Books?

March 06, 2020 15:00 - 27 minutes - 25.7 MB

There seems to be a lot of interest in books that get made one at a time. We’ll hear from Jacob Samuel, a fine-arts publisher whose limited-edition books are so carefully crafted they’re considered museum pieces even when they’re new. And we also welcome David Drum, a journalist, novelist, and poet who makes and sells his own hand-crafted editions. Drum is also the author of the new Gothic novel Heathcliff: The Lost Years (fans of Wuthering Heights take note). #amwriting #selfpub #podcast Wh...

AB802 My Inflatable Friend

February 28, 2020 18:28 - 5 minutes - 8.83 MB

Stuart Appleton reads from our show host Gerald Everett Jones's satirical novel My Inflatable Friend. This silly book is the first in his trilogy The Misadventures of Rollo Hemphill. The audiobook is available from Audible, and the book as paperback or ebook from booksellers. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #humor #satire (Music by Audionautix.com) Boychik lit??!! A car jockey at a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills, youthful hacker-turned-slacker Rollo Hemphill devises a screwball scheme for maki...

GP820 - First Amendment Challenges

February 21, 2020 15:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MB

Host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts Cheyenne Cockrell and Thomas Page have a roundtable discussion of “First Amendment Challenges.” What are the limits on self-expression? #amwriting #selfpub #podcast For example: Does it mean total freedom? What about "Fire!" in a crowded theater? Is there a difference between gossip and slander? Libel? Plagiarism? Fair use? How might satire and parody be an exception? Fan fiction? What about PC labels? Rights to privacy for the deceased? What is Err...

GP825 Love and Relationships

February 14, 2020 15:00 - 26 minutes - 37.1 MB

Happy Valentine's Day! Host Gerald Everett Jones and his co-hosts Cheyenne Cockrell and Thomas Page discuss “Love and Relationships” with special guest author A. G. Billig, author of I Choose Love. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast Andreea responds to our questions, including: What makes you an expert on love and relationships? With closed eyes you sound like Andriana Huffington-- your accent's not from around here is it? Tell us about your media career in Bucharest and how that ties into yo...

AB 801 Preacher Fakes a Miracle - Reading

February 10, 2020 20:24 - 6 minutes - 10.4 MB

Our show host, author Gerald Everett Jones, reads from the second book in his Evan Wycliff Mystery series, Preacher Fakes a Miracle. The event at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena was sponsored by the Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC). #amwriting #selfpub #podcast getpublishedradio.com

TPV708R My Throwback - The Irishman Who Wanted a New Suit

November 28, 2019 00:30 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MB

GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us a throwback science/history lesson about John Stuart Bell's quantum proof of human consciousness affecting matter. Thoughts are things! As you think, it shall be! #scifi #bookreview #podcast #amwriting Our show host Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse. There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com. 

GPV745R Book Review - The Art Thief

November 21, 2019 00:30 - 1 minute - 2.56 MB

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Art Thief by Noah Charney. A three-way theft thriller dripping with painterly art history. #bookreview #amwriting #podcast #arthistory Gerald Everett Jones is the author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse. There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

GPV757 Book Review - I Am Fire and Air

November 14, 2019 00:30 - 4 minutes - 4.62 MB

Here's Gerald's audio book review of I Am Fire and Air: Beyond Good and Evil by William Anthony. YA sci-fi quest with high-tech adversaries. #scifi #ya fiction #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #bookreview Our host Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse. There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

GPV728R Book Review - The Map and the Territory

November 11, 2019 00:30 - 2 minutes - 4.02 MB

Here's Gerald's audio book review of The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq. A bizarre tale of murder in the art world. #amwriting, #selfpub, #podcast, #bookreview #mysterythriller #crimefiction Gerald Everett Jones is the author of Preacher Finds a Corpse: An Evan Wycliff Mystery. There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com

GP717 - Handmade Books

November 08, 2019 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

We don’t know whether it’s a retro response to today’s media, but there seems to be a lot of interest in books that get made one at a time. We’ll hear from Jacob Samuel, a fine-arts publisher whose limited-edition books are so carefully crafted they’re considered museum pieces even when they’re new. And we also welcome David Drum, a journalist, novelist, and poet who makes and sells his own hand-crafted editions. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast What IS a handmade book? Are there different typ...

TPV712 My Throwback - Mousezilla

November 07, 2019 00:30 - 2 minutes - 2.48 MB

GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us an oddball history lesson on the legacy of Walt Disney. #podcast #amwriting #booklovers Tom is the author of the recently re-released The Man Who Would Not Die. Our show host Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse. There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com. 

AB702R Bonfire of the Vanderbilts

November 04, 2019 00:30 - 5 minutes - 10.4 MB

Narrator Rebecca Roberts reads an excerpt from our show host Gerald Everett Jones's historical thriller about a 19th century art scandal. (Audiobook available from Audible.com.) Gerald's new mystery-thriller is Preacher Finds a Corpse. There's advice for self-published authors at getpublishedradio.com. #amwriting #selfpub #podcast #audiobook #histfic

AB706 The Game Is Now Afoot - Radio Drama

November 01, 2019 13:00 - 27 minutes - 26 MB

Our Guest Post is the pilot episode from the forthcoming radio series The Case Files of Belliver Holmes, titled "The Game is Now Afoot." #mysterythriller #podcast #radiodrama Sherlock Holmes had a sister — Belliver Holmes. She was born after Mycroft and before Sherlock. Belliver was also a detective, but unlike her famous brother, she solved the supernatural and occult crimes of the Victorian Era. The Case Files of Belliver Holmes series is produced as an exciting retro radio-style advent...

GPV736 Book Review - Back to Blood

October 30, 2019 23:30 - 2 minutes - 3.34 MB

Here's Gerald's audio book review of Back to Blood by Tom Wolfe, who says, in Miami, "everybody hates everybody." #amwriting #selfpub #bookreview #podcast #litfic Gerald Everett Jones is author of Bonfire of the Vanderbilts and the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse.   There's advice for self-publishing authors at getpublishedradio.com.

AB701R Mr Ballpoint

October 27, 2019 23:30 - 5 minutes - 10.7 MB

Narrator Michael Gilboe reads and excerpt from our show host's comic novel Mr. Ballpoint about the wacky sales campaign that introduced the first ballpoint pen in 1945 (Audible.com). #selfpub #amwriting #podcast #humor #ballpoint Gerald Everett Jones is also the author of the new mystery-thriller Preacher Finds a Corpse. There's advice for self-published authors at getpublishedradio.com.

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