073: The Hiatus is ... Over!

<div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">Welcome back to the Art & Business of Writing podcast. I am your host Chris Jones, and I am ... BACK! It's been nearly three full years (March 30, 2018) since my last podcast episode so, before we get rocking and rolling and picking up where we left off, let's play some catch up, because my writing life has been an exciting adventure.</div> <div> </div> <div>Roman poet Ovid once said, "Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop." And I can say for sure that after three years—and a few false starts when I wanted to bring the show back and was prohibited by life and COVID fallout (i.e. helping manage the family, teach my kids, and balance work)—I'm teeming with good ideas and a fresh outlook.</div> <div> </div> <div>So, after pausing the show in 2018, here's what I managed to get myself into:</div> <div> </div> <ul> <li> <div>I've ghostwritten a couple of books with some fantastic authors.</div> </li> <li> <div>I've collaborated with another author to produce an inspiring work.</div> </li> <li> <div>I've done a bit of developmental editing as well as general book editing.</div> </li> <li> <div>I've been working with Morgan James Publishing as an acquisitions editor. I'm in the market now for business books and memoirs, so if that's you, be sure to reach out to me. I'm excited about one in particular called <em>Fundraising Is</em> by Patrick Belcher. That's coming this fall.</div> </li> <li> <div>I've coached a number of new authors and taken a few through my synopsis course and others all the way through to self-publishing on Ingram Spark and Amazon.</div> </li> <li> <div>I've continued to be a mainstay in the magazine world where I function like an off-site managing editor for a couple of magazines and health website called SpineNation.</div> </li> <li> <div>I've also written quite a bit over the past few years for publications.</div> </li> </ul> <div> </div> <div>In the midst of that, COVID-19 struck and, gratefully, no one in my family was affec