Mark interviews Dale L. Roberts about his new book NETWORKING FOR AUTHORS. Prior to the interview, Mark shares a personal update, reads comments from recent episodes, and shares a word about this episode's sponsor. This episode is sponsored by Mark's book AN AUTHOR'S GUIDE TO WORKING WITH LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES. You can get the book for 50% direct from Mark from now until Jan 2024 using coupon code STARK2024 at checkout. Patrons will get access to a 75% off coupon for that book and a wider range of titles from Mark's direct sale store. In their interview Mark and Dale talk about: How long it has been since Dale has been on the Stark Reflections podcast. (Episode 96 - Sept 2019)Dale's first big breakthrough in the indie author space and how that led to him pivoting to becoming a YouTube content creatorDale's passion for helping showing other authors things related to the business of writing and publishingTheir mutual passion for RushHow the word networking can be thought of as a "dirty" wordDale's unique approach to networking as an introverted person, by looking at it like a good movie or some other product that he enjoys and wanting to share that "thing" with someone else. IE, "This is super cool. You should know about this" translated into "This person is super cool. You should know them."Having a pool of like-minded business professionalsAn example of a solid and long-lasting bond Dale helped two people forge and the satisfaction that comes from thatHow this type of work connecting people is a "let me feed my soul" type of thingThe way that some in person events can be extremely overwhelming for Dale and how he deals with itDale's YouTube platform being up to 1700 videosHow it's not about the number of times you fall down, it's the number of times you get back upThe advice Dale received from Nick Thacker whenever he's being too hard on himself and picking apart something he has doneThe importance of at least showing up as a good starting stepHow S.D. Huston is so good at what she does at connecting with people and making opportunities and the way she shows up in so many different placesSome of the things that authors can get wrong when they are networkingThe importance of asking questions when you're networking not just because it makes you seem more interesting, but it also helps you to uncover more things, some of which you might have in commonHow you should not try to rush relationshipsRemember that authors are a rare breed (particularly when you're in non-writer circles)And more... After the interview Mark reflects on a couple of things that Dale talked about. Links of Interest: Self Publishing with DaleDale L. Roberts YouTube Dale's Books EP 096 - Focusing on And Delivering to Your Audience with Dale L. RobertsEP 390 - Author Accounting Made Simple with D.F. HartDon RicklesMark's YouTube channelMark's Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Newsletter (Signup)Buy Mark a CoffeePatreon for Stark Reflections How to Access Patreon RSS Feeds An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and LibrariesThe Relaxed Author Buy eBook DirectBuy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for AuthorsAn Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & BookstoresWide for the WinMark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story)A Canadian Werewolf in New YorkStowe Away (Novella)Fear and Longing in Los AngelesFright Nights, Big CityLover's MoonHex and the CityOnly Monsters in the Building The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and AutomobilesYippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die HardMerry Christmas! Shitter Was Full!: A Trivia Guide to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Dale L. Roberts is a self-publishing advocate, award-winning author, and renowned video creator. With over 50 publications, he has become an authority in self-publishing, leading him to create his own YouTube channel, Self-Publishing with Dale, regarded as one of the premier information resources in the indie publishing community. Dale lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife Kelli and two rescue cats, Auggie and Allie. The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
