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Mark Berridge is a keynote speaker and the author of the award-winning memoir, A Fraction Stronger, which was published by Major Street Publishing in 2022.
His book begins with how his life-changed in an instant when a biking accident left him with severe spinal cord damage and it explores inspiring stories of resilience.
A Fraction Stronger has won an incredible number of awards – 16 in total.
Mark breaks down his approach to entering book awards, which includes:
- How to find the best competitions for your book
- How winning an award impacts sales and creates opportunities
- Certain things authors should watch out for.
You can learn more about Mark Berridge on his website: https://www.markberridge.com.au/
Or connect with him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-berridge/
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Brendan Shine is the author of ‘High in the Himalaya: Conquering mountains in the mind, journeying in the Himalaya and returning from oblivion.’
His 2023 memoir follows his exploits as he rock 'n' rolls with hedonistic excess through the drug fuelled 90's, journeying through India, the Middle east, Northern Africa and the Mediterranean, in and out of psychiatric hospitals and living to tell the tale.
He travelled extensively around India, walking in the Himalaya, frequenting tropical beaches on the Arabian Sea and travelling over 6,000 kilometres on public transport there, always with his pipe and hashish.
He spoke to Jessica Mudditt about why the Himalayas so captivates our imagination, as well as a shared passion for travelling in India.
You can buy his book here - https://www.amazon.com/High-Himalaya-Conquering-mountains-journeying/dp/B0CFCZHBJV
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Kirsty Nancarrow is the author of Himalayan Dreams: The Story of Som Tamang, which was published in February. She wrote the book after a life-changing visit to Nepal following the 2015 earthquakes.
She shares how she undertook the many intertviews for the book, obtained permissions and checked through her chapters with the subject.
This is essential listening if you are planning a biography about a public figure.
ABOUT KIRSTY NANCARROWKirsty is an award-winning journalist who spent 15 years with the ABC and founded Women in Media Far North Queensland. She is now a media trainer and the Co-Director of eMotion Video Training & Production.More information about Kirsty can be found here: https://www.kirstynancarrow.com/
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Our guest this week is Commodore Peter Scott, who is the author of Running Deep: an Australian Submarine Life. Over a decorated 34-year career, Commodore Scott served in 10 submarines, passed the most demanding military command course in the world and served as the Head of Profession of the Submarine Arm of the Royal Australian Navy. During that time his character was forged by the challenges of naval service, success and failure as a leader, catastrophic onboard disasters while dived, and life-threatening traumas. His memoir describes how he also endured personal battles with self-doubt, addiction, depression and anxiety.Today Peter is a business coach as well as an author. More information can be found here: https://peterscott.au/bookhttps://fremantlepress.com.au/books/running-deep-an-australian-submarine-life/
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Anne Gately is the author of 'Sunburnt: A memoir of sun, surf and skin cancer,' which was published in April.As a Stage IV melanoma survivor who was given a prognosis of 12 to 24 months, Anne has real-life experience of the devastating effects that sun exposure can have and is passionate about reducing the incidence of skin cancer in Australia.She wrote her book to increase her reach as an advocate for safe sun practices.I asked her about how to maximise the impact of a book with a public health message.
https://www.annegately.com.au/
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A book is just a collection of chapters. Once you get your head around how to write a chapter, writing a book becomes so much easier. Here's a collection of tips and tricks that work for me.
These include:
* The person you are at the start of your book is not the same as the person at the end - each chapters layers in growth
* Begin each chapter with a problem or challenge
* Vary the pace and mood of each chapter - contrasts are enjoyable for the reader.
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Holly Deane-Johns is the author of Holly's Hell - Seven Years in a Thai Prison. She talks to Hembury Books founder Jessica Mudditt about her years of incarceration in Australia and Thailand, how she overcame her addiction to heroin, and her journey to becoming an author.
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Anna Featherstone is the author of 'Look - It's Your Book!' which is a self-publishing guide for nononfiction Australian authors. She is also a judge of the Australian Business Book Awards and Non-Fiction Advisor and Australian Ambassador for the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi).
She weighs up the pros and cons of going indie over traditional, including the comparative royalties, creative freedoms, support teams and opportunities at writers' festivals.
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Andrew Griffiths is the author of 14 bestselling business books, which have been published by the likes of Allen and Unwin and othors he has self-published. His most recent book is called Someone Has to be the Most Expensive – Why Not Make It You? Andrew has coached hundreds of authors and he also runs Author Academy retreats, with the next one coming up in Hobart in July 2024.
Andrew answers all of our questions, including -
* How do you know when your idea is big enough for a whole book?
* Why should a busy business owner spend time writing a book?
* Is it expensive to self publish a book?
* What’s the return on investment like?
Links for Andrew Griffiths are below
https://www.andrewgriffiths.com.au/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/griffithsandrew/
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After being offered a book deal by a publisher in 2011, Eagranie Yuh flew to San Francisco for a marketing meeting.
The publishing director pulled her aside and said, “We think it’s going to be one of our big hits this season.”
Eight thousand copies were printed, but only a quarter of those sold. Eagranie describes how the experience affected her confidence as an author and what she learned about the publishing industry.
Eagranie Yuh on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eagranieyuh/
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Podcast host Jessica Mudditt reflects on whether writing her second book was easier than her first, and anything she did differently a second time around.
She also breaks down her costs for creating and promoting her new book, Once Around the Sun.
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Kelly Irving is a best-selling book coach, editor, and creator of the Expert Author Community – a global coaching platform and community that has launched hundreds of award-winning authors into the world.
Kelly’s unique Write Book Method helps connect dots and solve complex business messaging problems by empowering original, creative and renaissance spirits to produce work that enriches their lives as well as others.
Kelly has helped hundreds of authors to plan and write their books – she shares four of the most common obstacles her clients face and how to overcome them.
More info about Kelly Irving is belowhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-irving/
https://www.kellyirving.com/
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Danielle Colley is the author of The Chocolate Bar Life: Creating a Delicious Balance Between Work, Rest and Play.
Danielle's book is a hybrid of memoir and self-help, which a growing number of books are nowadays. We naturally build on our own experiences to help others. Danielle is no stranger to Burnout Town, but she's developed ways to avoid going back there.
https://daniellecolley.com.au/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-colley-4b344926/
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Jon Manning is the author of "Overcoming Floccinaucinihilipilification: Valuing and Monetizing Products and Services", which he describes as the “most ridiculously titled pricing book that guides start-ups, entrepreneurs and side hustlers through value-based pricing.”He has used the longest F word in the English language - it is 29 letters long!I spoke to Jon about having the courage to give your book a memorable title, his journey to publication and his insights on getting pricing right.
Jon is also a start-up mentor, behavioural economist and the founder of Pricing Prophets.
https://pricingprophets.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-manning-pricingprophets/
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Our guest this week is Sarah Martin, an experienced theatre nurse and the author of Dear Psychosis, which was published in 2023.Her memoir is co-written with her son Jesse and daughter Alice. It describes the dramatic rescue of Alice from Turkey when she began to experience psychosis, and later, a diagnosis of bipolar. Sarah shares her insights on how to write a memoir that will be respectful of family relationships, and when it may be better not to include something.
Sarah Martin's website - https://sarahmartinauthor.com/
Sarah on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-martin123/?originalSubdomain=au
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Carla Francis the author of three books - The Zen of Cat, The Cat with Three Passports and Pet Friendly Accommodation on the East Coast.
Her latest book, The Zen of Cat, was published by Pan Macillan in 2023 and it has been translated into Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish and Thai. Her previous book, The Cat with Three Passports, has been translated into Italian, Thai and Serbian. She shares her tips for making a book truly global. This includes going travelling to meet retailers on the other side of the world!
Carla Francis, author at Pan Macmillan
https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/?authors=carla-francis
Carla Francis on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-francis-46267a46/?originalSubdomain=au
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Dan Morrison is the author of The Black Nile and The Prince and the Poisoner: The Murder that Rocked the British Raj. Dan did some incredible research for his new book, which is set in 1930s India and reads like a murder mystery.
Dan is also deputy world editor at USA Today, and he shares some amazing tips for bringing past events alive with all five sense, as well as how to get started with an idea for a history book.
Dan's books
https://goodreadingmagazine.com.au/titlepage/prince-and-the-poisoner-the-murder-that-rocked-the-british-raj/https://www.thenile.com.au/books/dan-morrison/the-prince-and-the-poisoner/9780750999588
Dan Morrison on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-m-a847436/
Here are some of the archival research resources Danmentioned:
Trove https://trove.nla.gov.au/
Papers Past (NZ)https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers
US Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/
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No Buts was compiled by social worker Margaret Chipperfield, who worked for some 11 years with men who had been violent or abusive. Her book contains stories by men who successfully changed their behaviour.
Marg explains how she recorded the mens' stories on the highly complex and fraught issue of family violence and behaviour change. This episode was recorded as the virtual book launch.
Learn more about the book here: https://www.nobutsthebook.com.au/
Connect with Marg Chipperfield on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marg-chipperfield-1b89756a/
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Ruth Clare is an actor, TEDX speaker and the author of the award-winning memoir, Enemy, which was published by Penguin in 2016. It describes her father's trauma from the Vietnam War and the repercussions this had on her as a child. Earlier in the year she obtained the rights back and self-published her book. She explains why she made this decision, which includes a desire to regain creative control over her work.
Learn more about Ruth Clare
https://ruthclare.com/
https://www.instagram.com/ruthclareauthor/?hl=en
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Leanne Hughes is the author of The Two Hour Workshop Blueprint, which has sold 3500 copies on Amazon alone in less than a year, garnering $38,000 in royalties. She shares her book marketing tips and describes the fantastic professional opportunities generated by her first book.
Learn more about Leanne here: https://www.leannehughes.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leannehughes/
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