The City Whisperer

The Never Ending Startup – The circular business entrepreneur. A podcast by Dr Jon Drane about his start up which was founded in 1993 and how it lasted this long.…

Suffering in silence in the Hunter- a study of stoicism in men and its relationship with depression and suicide in the Hunter Region. The Hunter Region lies two hours drive…

Formulas for success in self-publishing. Dr Jon has collected formulas for self-publishing which help with audience reach and response. A formula is like a recipe in cooking. For example a…

The science of self-publishing. Writer communities do not always understand that self-publishing has a scientific dimension. Writers will often spend time on creative content generation in the manuscript stage but…

Entrepreneurship in self-publishing is a topic that is not covered or understood well in writer communities. Self publishing is an act of entrepreneurship. Dr Jon’s new free writers lab ‘JDSLAB’…

Welcome to JDSLAB- A Self-publisher’s laboratory. A free place to test your reach and impact through self publishing. By Dr Jon Drane. Welcome also to our JDSLAB podcast. Our aim…

Mentoring for success and resilience in life. How to achieve resilience and agility  in life through mentoring. Dr Jon provides mentoring assistance to students and career professionals across business and…

How to self-publish academic theory for maximum impact: The academic research community usually writes in articles and papers that are published in what can be  ‘echo chamber’ journals and conference…

Entrepreneurship in self-publishing is a topic that is not covered or understood well in writer communities.  Self publishing is an act of business and entrepreneurship, though many writers struggle to…

My Audience of One- Finding your reader through self publishing- In the self publishing journey it is not always obvious who your audience is. In fact the reader who loves…