Episode 64

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17th Apr 2024

Matt Scott - Surviving the Lion's Den Series

In this conversation, Matt Scott discusses his journey as a writer, from discovering a love for reading to publishing his first novel. He shares how he overcame self-doubt and age-related concerns to pursue his passion for writing. Matt also talks about his writing routine, the creative process, and dealing with writer's block. He emphasizes the importance of finding a writing environment that works for you and draws inspiration from different sources. Finally, he discusses his future plans for writing and exploring new genres. In this conversation, Matt Scott and Travis Davis discuss various aspects of being a writer, including working under tight timelines, the importance of marketing, the supportive writing community, attending conferences, the impact of authenticity in writing, receiving feedback, getting the book in the right hands, the importance of reviews, the challenge of marketing on TikTok, writing the next book, using social media for marketing, the impact of reviews on Amazon algorithms, self-publishing, and the dream of full-time writing.

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Author Ecke
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Have you ever thought about writing your first book? After writing my first novel, I wanted to uncover how other authors went from an idea to a published book. Hopefully, you can find the motivation to take your idea to a printed book. We are here to motivate you; once you publish it, we can have you on the Author Eche. Tell Us Your Story.

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Travis Davis

An Air Force Brat that grew up in Arkansas, Spain, New York, and California. He joined the US Army at 17 years old as an Armored Reconnaissance Specialist and was stationed in the various forts in the United States and in Germany, where he met his beautiful wife. During his three tours in Germany, he conducted hundreds of border patrols along the East-West German border and Czechoslovakia West German border. Where he saw first-hand communism and its oppression of its citizens, he retired from the US Army, where his last duty assignment was Assistant Operations Sergeant of 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment; Fort Polk, Louisiana. He is a lifetime member of the Sergeant Morales Club and received multiple awards, including the Meritorious Service Medal. He currently works for a cyber security company as a Director Technical Solutions Specialist has held leadership positions in numerous leading software companies, and has spoken at technology conferences in the US and Europe. He was the Technical Editor for Que Publishing for their Microsoft MCSE series and contributing author for the Windows 2000 Handbook. Travis is the co-founder of Point N Time Software and the inventor of Meeting Mapper and Strategy Mapper.

While not writing or working, Travis enjoys exercising, traveling (he loves a good road trip), baking different loaves of bread, and just relaxing in his backyard with friends and family while having a cold beer. He currently lives in Allen, Texas, with his wife of 36 years; he has three adult children, two daughters living in Arkansas, one son living in Northern Virginia, and seven wonderful grandchildren.

“Travis never met a stranger,” his wife always says.