Last Chance(s)!

We've got only two November slots left for a media consultation with Joe Marich, founder of Marich Media and longtime indispensable publicist for the legendary Michael Crichton.

Joe is eager to read your first 50 double-spaced pages and a synopsis, then meet with you for 60 minutes to discuss your book's media friendliness and strategize a publicity campaign with you.

Part of Joe's approach, he told me, is to help a writer answer this question: "If I got you five minutes on the Today Show, what would you talk about? What -- specifically -- would you say?" 

For these last two spots only, we're offering this media consultation with Joe Marich for just $450, split into two payments. Not a very steep price for your Today Show prep!

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October Promo: Story Spooktacular

We've been getting so much fun horror fiction from y'all that I'm going to extend the October promo: From now through Halloween November 15  we're knocking 15% off a beta read or critique of your horror novel or spooky short story!

I'm still working through Dracula, after taking a break to read some Washington Irving and Shirley Jackson for Yak Babies. (More on that below!)

Help me keep up this Halloween spirit! Send us your horror (or suspense, Gothic, etc.) fiction today. Together we'll find the perfect reader for you. Reply to this email with interest, and feel free to include sample pages.

New Book from Anthony Tenaglier

This week I want to celebrate Don't Let Life Pass You By: Win the Game of Work and Play, now available from WriteByNighter Tony Tenaglier.

Struggling through their workaday lives at the balloon factory, FOMO and JOMO are focused only on promotions and retirement. But when new hiree Tom Sawyer joins the team, he teaches FOMO and JOMO the concept of flow, and that their time on the clock and off the clock are more closely related than FOMO and JOMO would've ever dreamed.

The lesson? Don't wait until retirement to play--and win--the game of life.

Tony worked in book coaching with WBN's Resa Alboher and then benefited from a media consultation with Joe Marich.

The Yaks are Back

After a few months off and lots of back-and-forth, the Yaks are back... way, way back.

Our October episode, available now at Patreon, has us returning to our roots with a two-hour (and change) show, rather than splitting everything up into bite-size chunks. Can't you just feel the flow?

The episode includes WAWR (What Are We Reading?); a new segment called "Books In/Books Out" (aka BIBO, obvi); our discussion of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "The Daemon Lover"; some fun Bro2Bros; and Round 2 of our Secret Santa readalong.

But don't fear, patrons! Your $1/month sponsorship still affords you access to our NSFW bonus material. (Not that any of it is safe for work.)

Thanks for listening, and don't forget to share the feed with your friends! (And enemies. We'll take all the listeners we can get.)