Some of you know this part of my story. For those who don’t, I’ll briefly summarize. If you don’t want to hear this behind-the-scenes look at the situation, feel free to skip down and start reading Chapter 1 of The Dance (very soon to be re-released…by me). My first 13 novels, were traditionally published. The first book released in 2009, …
A VERY FASCINATING INTERVIEW – Thought I’d share a 37-minute interview I did recently with a fascinating young man named Peter Okonkwo. He’s part of a large Podcast that interviews various authors around the world. He’s based in London. I’ve done A LOT of author interviews over the years, even recently. But I have to say, Peter asked me a …
PODCAST PT. 2 – For those who saw the post about the Faith and Family Podcast Interview a few days ago – THIS IS PART 2. And this one is much more a Behind-The-Scenes look at the process for turning my novel The Unfinished Gift into a movie project, working closely with my son, Isaac, and his production team. https://faffpodcast.com/episode/father-and-son-film-collaboration/ …
ANOTHER PODCAST WENT LIVE TODAY – This time we’re talking about Faith-Based Movies. The host is Jaclyn Whitt with “Faith and Family Filmmakers.” This is episode 150 on the Podcast, and she said I was the first novelist they’d invited to share. In this chat, we begin talking about my story (transitioning from fulltime pastor to fulltime author), but then …
ON ANOTHER GREAT PODCAST – Did a podcast a short time ago that went “Live” today. A very popular one called MadLit Musings, hosted by Jaime Jo Wright. This one is video also, not just audio. Talked about lots of things, including my newest novel, The Perfect Stranger, and its sequel which I’m writing now. Also, my transition from Traditional …
ON ANOTHER GREAT PODCAST TODAY – Just learned a video podcast we did a few weeks ago went “live” today. It’ called Book Talk. Got to have a really nice chat with an old author friend and a very successful author, Cara Putman. Cara’s not old, BTW, just an old friend. We met at the very first author conference I …
I WAS ON ANOTHER PODCAST this week – This time it was A Writer’s Day Podcast with host Ruth Douthitt. We had a great chat about book stuff, things I’ve learned along the way. Discussed my newest book and the sequel I’m writing. Here’s the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/432652/episodes/16962627-261-dan-walsh-interview
Had a delightful chat with Faith Ijiga a short time ago. She hosts the Christian Readers Community Podcast, all the way from Nigeria. We talked about my transition from serving as a pastor for 25 years to becoming a bestselling fiction author for the last 15. Including my transition from starting as a traditionally published author to becoming an indie …
THE IMPORTANCE OF BOOK REVIEWS – Since I publish my own books, for the past few days, I’ve been wearing one of my “least favorite hats.” That is, compiling all the year-end records in terms of, like, Total Sales per book, Total Sales for all books, Total Reviews per book, etc. Having just finished this tedious task, I find myself …
Recently, I was in between books to read and decided to read one of my own early novels, published back in 2010, called The Homecoming. That may sound like an odd thing for an author to do, but I’ve found that if enough time has passed (and I’ve written over 2 dozen novels since), when I read one of my …