Based on his experience as a newspaper columnist and novelist, Ray Keating points out that writers should be open to finding stories and story ideas at all times and in all places.Keating’s new book is REAGAN COUNTRY: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL. You can buy REAGAN COUNTRY in paperback or for the Kindle at Amazon.com, and signed books at www.raykeatingonline.com. In addition, Keating’s first short story – HEROES AND VILLAINS: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT SHORT STORY – can be pre-ordered for the Ki...
Jun 11, 2018•25 min
Ray Keating talks about riding the creative wave in writing and in business, and offers some practical advice on how to avoid being dragged down by the undertoe during periods of waning creativity.Keating’s new book is REAGAN COUNTRY: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL. You can buy REAGAN COUNTRY in paperback or for the Kindle at Amazon.com, and signed books at www.raykeatingonline.com. In addition, Keating’s first short story – HEROES AND VILLAINS: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT SHORT STORY – can be pre-o...
Jun 04, 2018•13 min
Ray Keating recently finished watching STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI for a second time, while also catching a panel discussion featuring Mark Hamill and the film’s director Rian Johnson. Johnson made a statement that authors, directors and people who enjoy stories in all formats need to consider. It’s really an age-old question over which we discuss, argue and disagree, sometimes quite strenuously.Keating’s new book is REAGAN COUNTRY: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL. You can buy REAGAN COUNTRY in pap...
May 18, 2018•14 min
Ray Keating talks a bit about his new book, REAGAN COUNTRY: A PASTOR STEPHEN GRANT NOVEL, but not in a shameless, self-promoting kind of way – well, at least not completely. Keating chats about the need for being open at all times to ideas for new ventures, offers a couple of firsthand examples including where the idea for REAGAN COUNTRY came from, and highlights a few handy ways to make sure you’re ready to capitalize on new ideas, stories and ventures.You can buy REAGAN COUNTRY in paperback...
May 09, 2018•20 min
Can authors and entrepreneurs learn anything from now 19 Marvel movies and counting? Absolutely. From “Iron Man” to “Black Panther” and now “Avengers: Infinity War,” Ray Keating discusses some lessons from what Marvel Studios and Disney have accomplished.
Apr 25, 2018•14 min
Ray Keating serves up some simple and relatively cheap rules or ideas to help in marketing your books. He covers a wide range of activities, and concludes, “If you don’t feel just a touch shameless in your book promoting, then you’re probably not doing enough to promote your books.”
Apr 18, 2018•19 min
Ray Keating talks about the reasons why people become entrepreneurs, and shows how those reasons often apply to why people choose to become authors. Keating notes that when he taught an MBA course on innovation and entrepreneurship, he looked at why people became entrepreneurs. Not surprisingly, the entrepreneurial impulse and the author impulse can be quite similar, and often overlap.
Apr 06, 2018•13 min
Join Ray Keating for this fascinating conversation with Chris Ullman, a four-time international whistling champion, a member of the Whistling Hall of Fame, and a leading public relations expert in Washington, D.C. Chris has a new book out – "Find Your Whistle: Simple Gifts Touch Hearts and Change Lives" – which not only serves up engaging stories about how whistling has changed his life, but how it is a gift that Chris uses to reach out and make a difference in the lives of others. In this ch...
Mar 28, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Ray Keating talks with Tyrel Bramwell, who not only is an author but also a pastor. Pastor Bramwell finds that his two lives, author and pastor, go hand-in-hand. He also tells us about his books, writing process for both sermons and books, and the entrepreneurial aspects of his writing. Bramwell’s first book was THE GIFT AND THE DEFENDER, with his second book being FINDING THE TRUTH IN STORY: GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES (Vol. 1).Here is Ray Keating’s review of THE GIFT AND THE DEFENDER (THE LUMEN LEG...
Mar 15, 2018•39 min
Ray Keating turns to the late Peter Drucker, who ranks as one of the classic business thinkers of the past 80 years, to help people, including writers, think a bit differently about their careers. For example, Keating explains that when we talk about authors or writers, we are talking about people who are, obviously, knowledge workers, but who also very much are innovators. Keating also talks about setting up second or parallel careers - an important point for many writers. Finally, Keating d...
Mar 09, 2018•9 min
Ray Keating notes that the first great author-entrepreneur was William Shakespeare. Given the fact that he also ranks as the greatest writer in history, perhaps it's worth taking a quick look at Shakespeare as author and entrepreneur.
Mar 02, 2018•8 min
My guest in this episode is Jerry Bowyer, widely respected writer, editor, commentator, and economist. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about his views as an editor on writing and writers, the challenges for writers and commentators to stay true to their beliefs, and his views on assorted issues, such as entrepreneurship, the state of commentary today, as well as his own research and writing on a variety of biblical issues. Bowyer's message to writers of all kinds includes staying h...
Feb 21, 2018•49 min
In this episode, Ray Keating talks about the need for writers to think about and identify who their audience is for both writing and marketing purposes. He argues that understanding your readers or market is necessary to be both a more disciplined and a more creative writer. And yes, discipline and creativity work together to improve one's work as a writer.
Feb 13, 2018•23 min
In this episode, my guest is Jim Blasingame, and he serves up wisdom on being an entrepreneur, an author, a publisher, and much more. He is the creator and award-winning host of The Small Business Advocate Show, a daily radio show, running for more than 20 years now, dedicated to small business. And Jim is the author and indie publisher of three books -Small Business Is Like a Bunch of Bananas, Three Minutes to Success, and his latest, The Age of the Customer: Prepare for the Moment of Relev...
Feb 07, 2018•55 min
In this episode, Ray Keating looks at some of the pros and cons - the potential positives and negatives - for authors when it comes to choosing between going with a traditional, small publisher or going the indie author and publisher route. Keating clearly leans in the direction of being an indie author, by the way, following in the footsteps of Walt Whitman. Keating argues if indie publishing was good enough for Whitman in the 19th century, then it makes more sense today given the technology...
Jan 31, 2018•22 min
Readers, authors and entrepreneurs shouldn't hate the "big guys," like Amazon.com and Facebook. Instead, readers, authors and entrepreneurs should learn to love the big guys as partners. Leverage their bigness to your own benefit as authors and entrepreneurs, and to the benefit of your readers.
Jan 23, 2018•21 min
Get ready to be inspired in terms of your career and writing with Lou Mongello. Lou is an author, podcaster and social media expert; a leading authority on Disney; and a model of the author as entrepreneur. I had a great time interviewing Lou!
Jan 15, 2018•53 min
Ray talks about why authors are, in fact, entrepreneurs. He also provides listeners with some of his experience on the writing front, including novels, nonfiction books, newspaper and online columns, policy writing, and much more.
Jan 15, 2018•16 min
