Chad Thompson
Chad Thompson, co-founder of Monkey C Media, offers professional photography and videography services. He has an eye for detail and a command of lighting that gives him the ability to show his subjects at their very best. You can count on seeing Chad around South Park on his bicycle with a camera slung over his shoulder. If he has never taken a picture of you, chances are good you have never met him.
Appears in 44 Episodes
True Crime Author Deborah Holt Larkin
In this episode Jeniffer and Chad are joined by guest Deborah Larkin. Deborah is the author of A Lovely Girl. The novel is part true crime drama, part memoir. Because ...
Laura Cathcart Robbins - Author - Stash: My Life in Hiding
Laura Cathcart Robbins is back! Laura has been on The Premise before to talk about her own podcast, The Only One in the Room. You can check it out here. In this episo...
Anastasia Zadeik - Author Blurred Fates
Jeniffer and Chad talk with the San Diego Writers Festival's Director of Operations, Anastasia Zadeik. What's the occasion you ask? Anastasia's debut thriller novel, B...
Jane Friedman - Editor of The Hot Sheet
If you follow the publishing industry at all, you’ve probably at least heard of Jane Friedman. Between her articles, courses, and the wealth of resources she provides ...
Mark Gottlieb - Literary Agent - Trident Media Group
Literary Agent, Mark Gottlieb is the guest on this episode and he has valuable answers to questions about the publishing world. His bio below says it all, really. You ...
How to get your books into bookstores - Warwick's Book Buyers
This episode takes you behind the curtain of the world of book buying and distribution with two long-time experts from Warwick’s Books in La Jolla California. Get out ...
Rick Ridgeway Author of Life Lived Wild, Environmentalist, Adventurer
Rick Ridgeway isn’t just a mountaineering pioneer, global adventurer, and champion for conservation and the environment, he’s also an author. His latest is, Life Lived...
Lee Wind - Author of Red and Green and Blue and White
Lee Wind, author and Director of Marketing and Programming at the IBPA is the guest for this episode. And it's his second time! Because now he has a new children's book!
Marlena Fiol & Ed O'Connor Author
Today’s episode features, not one, but two guests! Both are PhDs with long lists of accomplishments, including being authors. Marlena and Dan’s novel, Called, will be ...
How to Pitch a Literary Agent with Elise Capron
In today's BONUS Episode, Elise Capron of the Dijkstra Literary Agency shares how to pitch an agent—from the formula to the timing, it's about being concise, concrete,...
Scott Myers - Screenwriter (K-9, Alaska) Black List screenwriting blog
Scott Meyers is a screenwriter, producer, professor, and educator on the art of screenwriting. And he’s had some big screen success! In this episode he shares a wealth...
Laraine Newman - Original SNL cast member - author of May You Live in Interesting Times
Laraine Newman, who was, among other things, an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, is the guest on this week’s podcast. And she has a memoir out!
043 - Angela Bole - CEO Independent Book Publishers Association
In this episode Jeniffer and Chad talk with Angela Bole about all things IBPA—which is committed to the Core Values of service, leadership, and independence in publish...
039 - Stephanie Plymale - Author American Daughter
Jeniffer talks with Stephanie Thornton Plymale about her memoir, American Daughter, via Warwick’s Books. The subtitle of Stephanie’s book says it all: A Memoir of Inte...
038 - Sally Collings, Book Proposal Expert
Do you dream of publishing a book? Well, one of the things you’ll need is a book proposal. And did you know a book proposal is commonly 60-80 pages?! If that surprises...
037 - Ghostwriter Derek Lewis
What do theremins and ghostwriting have in common? Nothing really. But they both seem mysterious, right? Well, ghostwriter Derek Lewis, is here to make the process a l...
036 - Dan & Sandra Smith - Smith Publicity
What do you do when you realize you have nowhere to go in your current job, and your past experience is mostly in auto repossession? If you’re Dan Smith, you go the en...
033 - Linda Olson Author of Gone: A Memoir of Love, Body, and Taking Back My Life
Not only did Linda Olson survive a horrible accident that left her as a triple(yes, triple) amputee, but she managed to thrive despite it. She also wrote a book about ...
028 - John Vorhaus - Author
Does being born short shape your destiny? Ever wonder what a Russian version of the show Married with Children would be like? What does it take to be funny? Comedy wri...
027 - Jan Eliasberg - Director, Screenwriter, & Author of Hannah's War
Writer and director Jan Eliasberg didn’t have a hard time putting herself in the position of her book’s protagonist in Hannah’s War, because she’s been there. As a wom...
022 - Carlos De Los Rios - Screenplay Writer, Author, Poet
Carlos De Los Rios is a Screenwriter, poet, and author and he has some theories about how the pandemic is affecting, and will continue to affect the film industry. If...
020 - Mark Coker - Founder of Smashwords and Author
If you've got beef with Amazon and KDP, this episode is for you. Mark Coker tells you all you need to know as an author about how Amazon works, and uses creative analo...
019 - Keith Rosson - Author - Road Seven
Being a novelist isn't for the faint of heart. It takes, persistence, dedication and a willingness to write that sh**ty first draft. Genre-bending author, artist, and ...
018 - Creativity in the Time of COVID-19 with Marni Freedman
Physical Distancing is altering our lives, and in many ways, for the better. We're adapting and rising to the occasion. It's allowed time for introspection and the liv...
017 - Jerry Yudelson - Author - The Godfather of Green: An Eco-Spiritual Memoir
It's the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and we're still facing some of the same issues we were then. But things have also changed for the better and there is hope. Jerr...
016 - Jeff Ourvan - Literary Agent, Author, Writing Coach, and Attorney (but we'll let that last one slide)
Pandemic grooming, the romance of rocks, and of course a whole lot of information on the publishing world via agent, writer, still-licensed attorney, and practicing Bu...
015 - Eilene Zimmerman - Author Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy
Hindsight is 20/20. Eilene Zimmerman, Journalist, and author of the new memoir, Smacked, used this realization to confront and expose a hidden reality that she person...
Bonus Episode - Warwick's Bookstore Hot Picks for the Lock Down
In this mini-episode Jeniffer is joined once again by Julie Slavinsky, Director of Events, at La Jolla's boutique bookstore, Warwick's. They chat about the effects of ...
014 - Elise Capron - Agent at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Jeniffer and Chad talk to Elise about what the heck an agent does, how they help authors, and how the proposal process differs from fiction to nonfiction. We also expl...
013 - Tavia Gilbert - Audio Book Narrator, Writer, Producer and Performer
When we talk about pursuing our passion, it can tend to seem cliché. But when we think of it on a smaller level, and the many ways we can go about it, it just seems ne...