EP 397 - In It For The Creativity and Compassion with Ron Vitale

53 min • 17 januari 2025

Mark interviews Ron Vitale about his writing, and his recent unflinching and honest looks at his writing income versus expenses.

Prior to the interview, Mark talks about wanting to hear from listeners on THEIR reflections via an online form or via a few Zoom hangouts (see more info here) for forthcoming Episode 400.

Mark also shares comments, a personal update and word about this episode's sponsor.

This episode is sponsored by Superstars Writing Seminars: Teaching you the business of being a writer which takes place Feb 6 through 9, 2025 in Colorado Springs, CO.

Use code: MARK1592 to get $100 off your registration.

In their conversation Mark and Ron talk about:

Ron growing up in an environment where a family member stuggled with alcoholism and then learning how to heal from some of the trauma experienced in his past
The 2020 lockdown blog posts that Ron wrote and shared in order to help others who might be dealing with that and giving back to the community
The four "Let Go And Be Free" books he released that were derived from that blog content
Writing his first short fiction at the age of 9 and his first novel at 16
Ron's Masters degree and how his topic related to trauma
How to date Ron's best success as an author has been with his "Let Go and Be Free: 100 Daily Reflections for Adult Children of Alcoholics" books
Shooting for 365 reflections for his books, but ending up with 400
The value in creating content thinking of the benefit to himself as well as others, and how that worked out extremely well because of the way it hit with the correct audience
How Ron's fiction titles dealt with most of the same issues, but that they ended up hitting different with the audiences
Making a decision of what he needs to let go of in order to make more space for focusing on what he wants to do as a writer
The five different fiction series that Ron has written, including a Cinderella fairy tale-inspired series, and a Were-whale series inspired by Moby Dick
Ron's start in indie writing in 2009 and publishing in 2011
Why Ron has consistently shared such an honest and unflinching look at the economics of his own publishing journey
Sharing his annual numbers for about 10 years and how only two of those years were ones where he earned more than he spent
How 2024 was a "non-marketing-spending" year for Ron as an important experiment
The elements of the filter that most people put on before they share something publicly or on social media'
The regular habits that Ron says make an important difference
Being touched by a personal message from a reader who appreciated one of Ron's audiobooks and how it moved her
How Ron isn't in writing just for the money, but for so many other reasons
And more...

After the interview Mark reflects on a few things Ron said and also shares a special offer to listeners in support of both Ron and the Stark Reflections community, thanks to Mark's coffee buddy Nikki Guerlain.

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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

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