Author Archives: MYN

Lessons in New Media: What Makes a Video Viral?

*UPDATE: I realized this post had gotten lost in the shuffle of rebooting this blog and I saw that the the brilliant Chris Penn linked to it so I decided to repost it. I’ve been involved in new media since … Continue reading

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Eating Fugu: Taking on a slice of poisonous blowfish

Man, it was a long day in Kyoto but one of the best days of the trip. We’d seen the Golden Temple, Nijo Castle and the 1000 armed Kannon statues at Sanjusagen-do that took 70 artists 100 years to carve. … Continue reading

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iPad Love: Some hastily written words on why I really dig my new Apple iPad

On April 6th, some fourteen-plus hours after leaving Japan and maybe at good twenty six hours after my last bit of sleep, I drove to the Apple Store and picked up a 32 gig WiFi iPad. I can say without … Continue reading

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The Right Tool – Advertising FAIL

Really, doesn’t anybody take a look at these ads and realize what they’ve done? This, and perhaps Apple’s less-than-fortunate name for it’s new tablet are most likely examples of what could go wrong when you work and create in a … Continue reading

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Story Pitching Doesn’t Have to Be Hard

Story pitching is not unlike relief pitching in baseball. You’re alone and everybody is looking at you and for that moment, you have the ball. You’re in control and everything hinges upon you delivering that pitch down the strike zone.  … Continue reading

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The Maze Runner – Yes, you should read it

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he’s not alone. When the lift’s doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to … Continue reading

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The growth of eBooks and Television: historically similar parallels in the making

Once upon a time there was a form of entertainment that practically everyone enjoyed and then someone invented a gadget that would bring that grand entertainment closer to the consumer. I’m talking about movies. Used to be the only place … Continue reading

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My Tweets: @MYN on eBooks and the eBook Readers – My thoughts on the revolution in the book industry

  So, it all started with a few simple tweets about my position on ebooks and ebook readers in general and what it all means to the future of publishing.  You can follow my tweets at Twitter.com/MYN How is $9.99 … Continue reading

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The Art of Surfacing: a novel by Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff (complete)

Because I’m too cheap to buy you all real gifts for the holidays, instead I put together a beginning to end feed of the audio book version of my early novel THE ART OF SURFACING.  I would like to think … Continue reading

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Will I ever write a sequel to Diary of a Madman?

@seanhutchinson asked me this question on Twitter today and I realized I couldn’t really answer it in 140 characters and it definitely deserved a response.   The short answer is “I don’t know.” When I first started writing Diary, I had … Continue reading

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What I’m Reading: Infected by Scott Sigler

Yeah, I’m doing it backwards but I picked up Scott Sigler’s “Infected” for the Kindle and reading it on my iPhone after enjoying the hell out of “Contagious”. Truly, to Scott’s credit, he’s such a good writer that I didn’t … Continue reading

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Number One with a Bullet: Fan Created Movie Trailer

So a few weeks ago I happened across, by complete accident, a movie trailer someone created for my action-packed book NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET. Here’s the crazy thing… months went by without me even knowing this existed. I think … Continue reading

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Recommended: CONTAGIOUS by Scott Sigler

First, I have an admission to make. I don’t really listen to audiobooks or podcasts. The kind of work I do can’t really be done while listening to them and the only good time seems to be when I’m walking … Continue reading

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Stuff from the Vault: SHADOW FALLS

“For every light that shines… a SHADOW FALLS…” I’ve spent nearly all of the last 2 decades getting paid to create stuff. I decided today I should do a better job of archiving some of that stuff in a way … Continue reading

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Radio Go Daddy: MYN on Web Addiction

Another short clip from the JULY 22nd episode of RADIO GO DADDY, hosted by yours truly. This one comes from the Internet Files segment as Nima, Brad and I discuss a story about a Chinese re-education camp for Web Addiction. … Continue reading

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Radio Go Daddy: My Twitter Book Idea

A short clip from the JULY 22nd episode of RADIO GO DADDY, hosted by yours truly. This is during the interview with Cali Lewis as we are talking about Twitter. GoDaddy coupon | promo | discount codes PCH5 = save … Continue reading

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Guest Hosting Radio Go Daddy

A couple of crazy things happened last week. I got a call to be a guest on my buddy and Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons‘ show, Radio Go Daddy. I’ve been on the show a few times, maybe more than … Continue reading

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Taking a Break…

Off to Maui to recharge. This is where I’m sitting and pondering act 3… More pics to come…

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JC HUTCHINS: “Personal Effects: Dark Art” Video Trailer #11 – The SUPERVLURB with yours truly

JC HUTCHINS hardcover debut PERSONAL EFFECTS: Dark Art is OUT NOW! Hutch was kind enough to allow me to read this thrilling novel a couple of months back and I really enjoyed the hell out of it and I think … Continue reading

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Pardon the dust

So if you’re hitting the site because of the supervlurb, welcome. Things have been crazy busy the last few months so I haven’t really had a chance to get the reboot of Wordsushi up out of first gear. I’m on … Continue reading

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Diary of a Madman art by Shane Lees

Okay, how incredibly cool is this? The very talented Shane Lees sent me a note on Facebook about how much he had enjoyed listening to Diary of a Madman. He wanted to show his gratitude by drawing me something. This … Continue reading

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New Media Marketing for Authors: Get 100 Free Business Cards.

Back in 2007, I did an episode of the Wordsushi video podcast (which I will reboot later this year) on marketing your book (and your brand) with BUSINESS CARDS. It’s incredibly simple and anytime you can put a card with … Continue reading

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