This week, on Saturday, January 9th at 6 PM Central Time, we will be talking with James L Young about being an author of military science fiction and alternative history.  James Young holds a doctorate in U.S. History from Kansas State University and is a graduate of the United States Military Academy. His writing credits include winning the United States Naval Institute's 2016 Cyberwarfare Essay Contest and articles in Armor, the Journal of Military History, and Proceedings. His fiction genres are alternate history (Usurper's War series and Phases of Mars anthologies) and military science fiction (Vergassy Universe). You can find him on FB (https://www.facebook.com/ColfaxDen/), Twitter (@Youngblai), or his blog (jamesyoungauthor.com).
 
Here are the upcoming Writer Wrap-Ups:
January 16: LaShaunda Hoffman talking about marketing and being a social media butterfly
January 23: THERE WILL NOT BE A SHOW THIS WEEK
January 30: Jamie Krakover talking about being an engineer and STEAM education.
February 6: Ryan P. Freeman talking about being a fantasy author

Writer's Wrap-Up Guest on January 2nd: Ryan P. Freeman Support the stream: https://streamlabs.com/davidalanlucas

In this episode of the Writer’s Wrap-Up, we talk to Ryan P. Freeman about #marketing and #publicity for #writers and #smallbusinesses. Ryan is a marketer, author, and all-around creative. Born in Portland, he's spent time everywhere from the southwest to the Midwest helping people tell their story - whether that's through publishing indie books or marketing for organizations of all sizes. He's an avid podcaster (host of What's Up ABQ), multiple guild founder (the Hannibal Writers Guild and the Barelas Podcasters Guild), and former marketer for the St Louis Writers Guild's Gateway Con.

Ryan believes that in order for 'good art' to receive the attention it deserves it needs its story told to the right people over time - that worthy creative endeavors are lifelong commitments - and that bleeding-edge storytelling is for everyone.

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Growing up with a fascination for space and things that fly, Jamie turned that love into a career as an Aerospace Engineer with a BS from Purdue and a MS from Washington University. She's a life member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) & enjoys mentoring women in STEM.

You can learn more about her at: https://jamiekrakover.blogspot.com/

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Ryan is a marketer, author, and all-around creative.

Born in Portland, he's spent time everywhere from the southwest to the Midwest helping people tell their story - whether that's through publishing indie books or marketing for organizations of all sizes. He's an avid podcaster (host of What's Up ABQ), multiple guild founder (the Hannibal Writers Guild and the Barelas Podcasters Guild), and former marketer for the St Louis Writers Guild's Gateway Con.

Ryan believes that in order for 'good art' to receive the attention it deserves it needs its story told to the right people over time - that worthy creative endeavors are lifelong commitments - and that bleeding-edge storytelling is for everyone.

To learn more about Ryan, swing by his website, http://ryanpfreeman.com, or stop by his author Facebook page, http://facebook.com/ryanpatrickfreeman on Friday evenings for Friday Night Reads where he regularly features other indie author's works live.

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Coming in January will be a new project. I am going to be hosting a weekly live video stream called the Writer's Wrap-Up which will air live on my Discord, Facebook Author Page, Twitch, and my YouTube channel. While it will include a brief update about my works in progress, it will be more of a live interview with other writers, editors, publishers, publicists, as well as people in industries that are related to my story world. The recordings of these shows will then be kept on my website www.davidalanlucas.com.

Each show will be about thirty-minutes (not counting my normal ten-minute lead up as I do with my live streams of writing) and will air every Saturday at 6:00 PM with the first one on January 2, 2021. It will be open to questions from all the viewers.

Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/davidalanlucas
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MindofDavidAlanLucasAuthor
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPn2s80_W5xLMEJktCDYIvg
Discord: https://discord.gg/zg8X4t9

The upcoming line-up:
January 2: Ryan Freeman talking about effective marketing
January 9: James L Young talking about being a military sci-fi and alternative history author
January 16: LaShaunda Hoffman talking about marketing and being a social media butterfly
January 23: THERE WILL NOT BE A SHOW THIS WEEK
January 30: Jamie Krakover talking about being an engineer and STEAM education.
 
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Coming January 1, 2021