In this podcast Jasper Bark talks about the art of asking, permission marketing, facebook advertising, social media and much more.

About Jasper Bark

Jasper Bark finds writing author biographies and talking about himself in the third person faintly embarrassing. Telling you that he’s an award-winning author of four cult novels including the highly acclaimed Way of the Barefoot Zombie, just sounds like boasting. Then he has to mention that he’s written twelve children’s books and hundreds of comics and graphic novels and he wants to just curl up. He cringes when he has to reveal that his work has been translated into nine different languages and is used in schools throughout the UK to help improve literacy, or that he was awarded the This Is Horror Award for his last anthology Dead Air. Maybe he’s too British, or maybe he just needs a good enema, but he’s glad this bio is now over.

Show notes

[01:44] Interview start. Technology and the art of the podcast.
[05:45] Raising money for Beyond Lovecraft – how to be successful with crowdfunding
[10:00] The art of asking and permission marketing – why and how it’s okay to ask for help
[22:00] Michael McDowell and other underrated creators
[25:00] Translations
[33:00] Revisiting stories – books and films
[34:25] Morning routines and daily habits
[38:45] Interacting with people via social media
[42:20] Banned from Facebook
[49:52] Facebook adverts