Live Book Review - 'Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us' by Paul Koudounaris

Live Podcast: Books for Men?

Welcome to Audio Germanicus, the podcast feature of Germanicus Publishing. In this live podcast, I showcased the books I’ve gotten and are currently reading in the past month or so. The subject of “books for men” is currently a hot one. There has been enough ink spilled on this, so instead I want to showcase what books for men are there. And I know these ones are for men because I’m a man myself and I’m loving these books. The books I showcased in this stream: * The Mamba Mentality: How I Play [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40230101-the-mamba-mentality] by Kobe Bryant * The Santara Commentaries, Book 1: The Padri [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219237791-the-santara-commentaries-book-1] by Michael P. Marpaung (me!) * Review of the book [https://upstreamreviews.substack.com/p/santara-commentaries] on Upstream Reviews (by Brian Heming) * Voyage to Alpha Centauri [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18234093-voyage-to-alpha-centauri] by Michael D. O’Brien * The Walter Ulric Files [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200741564-the-walter-ulric-files] by Jack McLiam (AKA Ian T. Wilson) * Barren Metal: A History of Capitalism as the Conflict between Labor and Usury [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31123106-barren-metal] by E. Michael Jones Get full access to Germanicus Publishing at germanicus.substack.com/subscribe [https://germanicus.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Live Book Review - 'Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us' by Paul Koudounaris

In this livestream, I review Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us by Paul Koudounaris, an interesting photo book. Enjoy the stream as I show off the photos and give my take on Paul’s interesting take on death. Also, shout-out to the folks at Macabre Monday [https://open.substack.com/pub/macabremonday] who might enjoy this: The Chronicler [https://substack.com/profile/140644505-the-chronicler] Jeff Kinnard [https://substack.com/profile/148164221-jeff-kinnard] Jon T [https://substack.com/profile/78586680-jon-t] Shaina Read [https://substack.com/profile/43108819-shaina-read] John Coon [https://substack.com/profile/11350387-john-coon] And thank you for those who joined in for the livestream. -Michael P. Marpaung Join me for my next live video in the app Get full access to Germanicus Publishing at germanicus.substack.com/subscribe [https://germanicus.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

A Storyteller or a Storyshower?

Welcome to Audio Germanicus, the podcast feature of Germanicus Publishing. I hope didn’t keep you waiting for too long. In this episode, I did a reading of a blog article by author Misha Burnett. The title is “Are You a Storyteller or a Storyshower? [https://mishaburnett.wordpress.com/2019/02/05/are-you-a-storyteller-or-a-storyshower/]” Click on the link to read the article for yourself. Also, be sure to follow Misha on Twitter/X [https://x.com/MishaBurnett]; he’s great. This is honestly an impromptu thing inspired by my constant running into that cliche writing advice, “show, don’t tell”. One of them was a feedback to my story. Now I must stress that this isn’t meant to be an attack on him or a defensive reaction. In fact, I welcome feedback because I do want to get better. But this is just something I wanted to bring up as a counterpoint since I find myself coming back to this article from time to time. Get full access to Germanicus Publishing at germanicus.substack.com/subscribe [https://germanicus.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Podcast: Shoot the Stuff

Welcome to Audio Germanicus, the podcast edition feature of Germanicus Publishing. In this episode, I have a proper podcast as I talk about my plans for this Substack and other works of mine moving forward. Here’s the episode outline: 0:00 - Introduction * 0:08 - Episode IV: A New Voice (AKA “enjoy my beautiful voice”). * 0:34 - Shout-out to Scoot [https://substack.com/profile/75104021-scoot] for his podcast format [https://gibberish.substack.com/podcast], which I shamelessly ripped off. * 1:00 - Back from Bali. * 1:20 - The First Story [https://germanicus.substack.com/p/the-first-story], my latest story. * 1:40 - Bill Hiatt [https://substack.com/profile/86786801-bill-hiatt] compared my work to [https://substack.com/@billhiatt/note/c-65224738]Paradise Lost [https://substack.com/@billhiatt/note/c-65224738]. 2:10 - My History with Making Verbal Content * 2:13 - Shout-out to Alvin H [https://substack.com/profile/137938309-alvin-h] for our Zoom talks which set me on this path. Watch them on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdWw2lcrisNhHWAId2___2C5sNje8fwWM]. * 2:30 - And one to The Chronicler [https://substack.com/profile/140644505-the-chronicler] and the Macabre Monday [https://open.substack.com/pub/macabremonday] crew for bringing me on to the Meet the Maniac [https://macabremonday.substack.com/p/meet-the-maniac-vii] podcast. * 2:40 - From phone to mic. * 2:58 - Voicing The First Story and others. Asking for advice. 3:40 - Overhauling Germanicus Publishing * 3:50 - More paid content. * 4:00 - Writers are scared to charge for their stuff? * 4:20 - Shout-out to Erica Drayton [https://substack.com/profile/46623094-erica-drayton]. Undervaluing one’s own work. * 4:35 - People have the right to be compensated for their labor * 4:50 - My rant on BS jobs. * 5:35 - Shout-out to Brian Niemeier [https://substack.com/profile/58243123-brian-niemeier] for his words of wisdom. Here’s the article in question [https://brianniemeier.substack.com/p/the-new-norm-is-a-scam-at-best]. * 6:00 - Changing my approach. 6:38 - My Plans * 6:40 - An upcoming sci-fi serial. Also, continuing The Santara Commentaries [https://germanicus.substack.com/p/the-santara-commentaries-synopsis]. * 7:32 - Audio Germanicus. Yet another shout-out to Scoot. If you want to hire him for voice work, click here [https://gibberish.substack.com/p/voice-for-hire]. * 8:17 - My ambition cannot be stopped [https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1067099]. * 8:55 - I am a hypocrite! :( * 9:09 - My nonfiction stuff [https://germanicus.substack.com/t/nonfiction] at Germanicus Publishing. * 9:21 - My thoughts on writing about writing. * 9:47 - Shout-out to The Brothers Krynn [https://substack.com/profile/44187668-the-brothers-krynn] and their article on genres [https://canadianculturecorner.substack.com/p/is-it-time-to-re-define-genre-the]. Also, my response to that. * 10:34 - My secondary Substack, Indonesian and American [https://open.substack.com/pub/indonesianamerican] and my plans for it. * 11:00 - Using Substack Chat to make a photo album [https://substack.com/chat/1655867/post/1cd6bdbc-cb13-4a6f-8f00-ba41ee745c4d]. * 11:42 - Indonesian Independence Day. * 12:26 - Bima Sakti [https://open.substack.com/pub/bimasakti] and getting that Substack back on track. * 13:15 - Me waxing lyrical. * 13:40 - My aim as a writer in a nutshell. 13:54 - Conclusion * 14:00 - Words of wisdom from my dad. * 14:55 - People feel like they are not needed. * 16:03 - Just do it! * 16:10 - Some sports metaphors. * 17:50 - Just get the work out there. No fear. * 18:15 - The End. Enjoy. -Michael P. Marpaung Before you go… It takes both labor and money for me to make this episode. That’s why I appreciate every bit of support which can done through the following ways: * Buy Me a Coffee [https://buymeacoffee.com/marpaung17]. You can also buy the PDF version of my E-books [https://buymeacoffee.com/marpaung17/extras] there. * A Paid subscription to this Substack [https://germanicus.substack.com/subscribe]. Get full access to Germanicus Publishing at germanicus.substack.com/subscribe [https://germanicus.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Story Time: The Santara Commentaries Prologue

Welcome to Audio Germanicus, the podcast feature of Germanicus Publishing. Here, you can find the readings of my written works. This is the third and final installment of what I like to call The Scoot Trilogy. For this episode, I present the reading of The Santara Commentaries, my ongoing military serial. At the moment, I consider The Santara Commentaries to be my magnum opus and perhaps my finest work in Germanicus Publishing. But don’t take my word for it, here’s what The Brothers Krynn [https://substack.com/profile/44187668-the-brothers-krynn] has to say about it [https://canadianculturecorner.substack.com/p/myths-and-legends-of-substack-6-writers]: "This is a story that surprised me as it gripped me from the first word. Michael P. Marpaung showed he definitely knows what he’s doing with a very particular skill and deft hand he guides us into the world of Santara where heroes are true and maidens pure, and harlots not so much and where our Narrator, usually is in the third person his is not." Enjoy. -Michael P. Marpaung Get full access to Germanicus Publishing at germanicus.substack.com/subscribe [https://germanicus.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]