The government trying to stifle dissenting voices has always been an issue, but it’s only getting worse. Now, the discussion on social media control and censorship goes up to the Supreme Court. Essentially, the government is arguing that they have the right to force social media owners, like Elon Musk, to censor what is said on their platforms.
And it's not just happening on social media. In the book publishing industry, censorship of conservative voices is at an all-time high! Woke publishers won't even look at a manuscript if it doesn't fit the outrageous parameters of their leftist agenda.
That's why I'm extremely grateful and excited to share my guest with you today. My good friend Joanna Hunt founded Silversmith Press and Publish & Go so that Conservatives can have their voices heard. Not only is she a NY Times bestselling ghostwriter who has spent time working with the top names in the business, but she also publishes conservative voices and lets patriots like you and me tell our stories!
Go to www.publishandgo.com/turley and sign up for her FREE training to see how the process works!
Highlights:
- “During the last election, I founded a non-profit group called the Liberty and Justice Action group where we were doing events in our own city and making a difference and I got a note from Facebook. They offered to pay me to shut my profile down during the election last year. So, I know firsthand about the censorship and the coaxing away of the conservative message, and of course, I did not accept that.” - Joanna Hunt
- “Once a book is in print and it’s out in the world, somebody can’t come by like they can on a digital platform and change it and shut it down.” - Joanna Hunt
Timestamps: [00:40] The woke left triggered over the fact that we are not censored enough
[05:21] The connection between the censorship happening on social media and the censorship in the publishing industry
[08:00] Where will the publishing industry go if they keep ignoring conservative books and only pushing woke stories
[14:38] What Joanna is currently working on/a book she recently published
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Are we seeing the revitalization of conservative civilization? All over the world has been a massive backlash against globalization, its leftist leadership, and its anti-cultural liberal values. And it's just the beginning. I'm Dr. Steve Turley. I believe the liberal globalist world is at its brink, and a new conservative age is rising. Join me every day as we examine these worldwide trends, discover answers to today's toughest challenges. And together, learn to live in the present in life of even better things to cover. This is Turley Talks. 60 Minutes is upset. They're dismayed as to why platforms like Twitter don't listen to so-called misinformation experts like this. The statistics I've seen are just for the Twitter platform, but my understanding is that they responded to about 30% of the things that we sent them. And I think on the majority of those, they put labels. But just a third. But just a third, yeah. And do you suspect that Facebook was the same? Oh, I mean, yeah. Now, if you're wondering if you've ever seen that so-called misinformation expert before, well, as you can see, you certainly may have just kidding. But the comparison is quite apropos. When all is said and done, those woke leftists, all of them, are triggered over the fact that you and I are simply not censored enough. Right now, as we speak, the issue of social media control and censorship is making its way up to the Supreme Court. Essentially, the government is arguing that they have the right to force social media owners like Elon Musk to censor what is said on their platforms. Obviously, this is a huge red flag regarding an essential freedom that's foundational to a flourishing society. And while it's certainly true that governments have always been trying to stifle dissenting voices in some way, shape, or form, the lunacy of wokeness is taking censorship to a whole new level. And it's not just happening on social media. In the book publishing industry, censorship of conservative voices is at an all-time high. Woke publishers won't even look in a manuscript if it doesn't fit the outrageous parameters of their leftist agenda. But patriots are rising up and fighting back. And that's why I'm so grateful and excited to share my guest with you today. My good friend Joanna Hunt founded Silver Smith Press and Publish and Go so that conservatives can bypass the censorship police and have their voices heard. Not only is she a New York Times best-selling ghostwriter who's spent time working with the top names in the business, but she publishes conservative voices and lets patriots like you and me tell our stories. She's created an entire process from beginning to end, from planning out, to writing, to marketing your book. And you can learn more about that by clicking on the link in the description below. So Joanna, welcome. Great to see you again, as always. Thank you, Dr. Turley. It is always my pleasure to be on your program and to share with your amazing audience. Yeah, well, you have quite the rapport with our Turley Talkers. That's for sure. They love you. And we've had you on the channel a number of times. And all those books that I have, most of them, on top of my fireplace mantel there, are books that you helped publish, that you helped write and go through the whole process with fellow Turley Talkers. It's just amazing. I mean, we're having a veritable library here of Patriot authors. It's wonderful. Yes. You know, this is a merger of my two loves. And that is standing up for the freedoms that our country was founded on, which is your passion as well, standing up for faith, family, and freedom, and helping people find their voice and helping people have that avenue to express themselves right now. I mean, as you said, there's so many places where the conservative voices being marginalized, shut down, silenced, turned away. You know, we've had so many people come to us say, yeah, I tried to query with other publishers, and they just say, well, if you don't fit XYZ, you know, demographic and protocol and ideals, then we're not even interested. And so that's not right. And that's where we can step in. And it's amazing. Yeah. And you're doing great things. You're a Texas girl to boot, which is. Oh, yes. I'm not showing off at that point, but, you know, I mentioned in the intro, the 60 minutes airing a segment where they were so upset that you and I are not censored enough on social media. We got free speech cases before the Supreme Court. There's enormous pressure on Elon Musk, who's now himself a Texas guy, as I understand it in Austin, to censor Twitter. I'm curious when you're seeing all of this, because you're on the front lines of this stuff, when you're seeing all of this, what connections do you see? I mean, you're already alluding to it to a certain extent, but between the censorship that's happening on social media with the censorship that's happening in the publishing, the book publishing industry. Yeah. No, a hundred percent, Dr. Turley. And I will have to say during the last election, I founded a nonprofit and a group called the Liberty Justice Action Group, where we were doing events in our own city and making a difference. And I got a note from Facebook. They offered to pay me to shut my profile down during the election last year. So I know firsthand about the censorship and the coaxing away of the conservative message. And of course, I did not accept that. That just impassioned me all the more to speak the truth louder than the lies. And so, yes, one thing I love about a book, Dr. Turley, is once a book is in print and it's out in the world, somebody can't come by like they can on a digital platform and change it and shut it down. I mean, I remember looking at the definition of communism on Webster's dictionary, and that changes pretty regularly on Webster.com. And nobody can do that when you have a book in hand. And it's like, we need to proclaim the truth. And, you know, I have authors with all different kinds of passions, right? So we just look for a value alignment of faith, family and freedom. It doesn't have to be a political-leaning book. It doesn't have to be a religious book. But what it has to be is a book where we are expressing our values in a clean and clear way. And so whether it's fiction or nonfiction, like we have a right to share our voice, to share our platforms, you know, parents want books for their kids that aren't laced with agenda and political ideal, you know, where are the kids books that are just clean and fun? And so that's what we're doing. And that's what we're looking for. Yeah. Oh, that's what I love about Silver Smith Press and everything that you do. I mean, it covers the gamut, fiction, nonfiction. It's got theology, but it's got history. It's got cooking. It's got all everything, a fashion. You name it autobiography, biography histories. It's everything, but it's good. That's the, that's the thing. There's no DEI. There's no woke nonsense. It's just good old fashioned timeless writing. Yeah. You know, it's interesting. That leads me to the question about, about these industries getting bud-lighted, you know. And we're seeing that more and more commonly with Disney. We've seen it with Target. Tyson Foods now looks like they're getting it because they fired Americans to turn around and hire 40,000 migrants. Where do you see the publishing industry going if they keep ignoring conservative, traditionalist books and only pushing the latest woke storylines and characters? Well, and there is definitely a push. You know, we talked about it on a previous episode where, you know, a German conglomerate was trying to take over. They already own one of the top five publishers, but they were trying to take over another top five publisher, which where they would effectively control 50% of the publishing market. But people are pushing back. They're pushing back on where they buy their books, how they buy their books. I have people come to me and they say, if I don't want to buy a book from Amazon, where can I go? Yeah, I mean, that's one of the other things that we offer is we publish everywhere books are sold, which is not very common in the boutique. I call it the boutique publishing space, but because of my background and connections, I was able to secure a partnership with the largest distributor in the, really in the world. And so they do the distribution, white label, which other publishers who have, you know, different ideals, their distributors are even canceling them. So if you have, let me see if I can get this out straight. Even if you have a conservative message with a conservative leading publisher, their distributor, one book I'm thinking of was Simon & Schuster distribution. They would not let that book go to market. And so, you know, we have worked very hard to make sure that we give the very best experience with writing and coaching. I do all the coaching programs myself personally and help bring that message to life in an excellent way. And then when you go through our editing and our creative process, you know, I will put our product up against any top five publisher out there. I think we just have the best design team really on the planet. And so we give you a really excellent product, but with the freedom and flexibility that comes with having a collaborative partner. Yeah. I mean, your books are beautiful. I mean, they really are. The covers, they're just, they're aesthetically lovely and they're big. A lot of them are just real thick tones, as it were. Can I put you on the spot? I mean, can you share with us a little bit about what you're currently working on or a book you recently published? Yes. Well, I have an author I recently signed that is a little bit controversial in the space. So she is a dynamite young lady who launched a product to help women. And I don't want to say her name yet, but the government immediately started attacking her with all kinds of lawsuits. They wanted the technology that she brought to market. So I'm really excited. That'll probably be coming out towards the end of the year. But right now, we're launching going back to find the way forward, which is just a book about our collective history and kind of getting back to our roots and the great awakening and all of those types of topics. We have coming up several wonderful autobiographies, several wonderful fictions, you know, those big thick books. Those are mostly the fiction books. Those are. I noticed that. That's right. That's what genius is. And I tell my authors, I say, well, how long should my book be? And I say, as long as your words are good, I don't care. Right. Right. I mean, within reason, you know, as long as it needs to be, as long as it ought to be, right? Yeah. As long as readers are turning pages, there you go material. That's what we do. And so those are all things that we address in the book coaching program. So it's a coaching program publishing. And then we do have some marketing opportunities with our partnership with your organization, which is really exciting as well. I love that you're getting behind the authors that are joining this program. We have the Turley Talks bookstore, which we will be sending an email out very soon. So you can see the collective. I can't believe that. I mean, that is, I remember we talked, I think it was like a year ago, a year and a half ago. And I said something that wouldn't be neat if we had our own library, our own Turley Talks library, our audience members, published books for everyone to see. And it's happening. And it just took like a year. I mean, it didn't take that long. It's pretty impressive, which it goes churned out. It's incredible. Yeah. Our whole program, if somebody gets in and gets busy and stays on track, you can have your book in hand, you know, written in as little as 12 weeks, then we go through the editing and refining process and getting into publishing. So in about, you know, it's another three months really for the publishing process. So it's really one of the quickest ways to get your book to market as well. So I'm really excited about that. And, you know, I just want to encourage everyone out there. Whether you are a reader or a writer, you know, support your fellow conservative and the initiatives that they're taking. I know we're looking for that parallel economy where we're supporting conservative voices, but we can each do something. And if your passion isn't book writing, tap into what that is. We're, you know, we're moving into an election year. There's going to be all kinds of noise on social and the news. And, you know, we're going to be looking left to right. Thank God, Dr. Turley is going to be full on helping us weed through all of that information. But I just want to say don't get distracted from your purpose and your focus. Open those emails, learn what you need to learn and get busy about whatever it is that is your passion, whether it's writing a book, whether it's starting a business, whether it's starting a nonprofit, whether it's educating people. Like don't lose sight of why you are here this year. Keep busy and find your voice and make a difference because that's what we need. Each person influencing their own sphere. What you're saying is so inspiring, but I know for a lot of people could be also intimidating. Right? I mean, so how do you, I mean, and again, I know you, you're a coach, you're a teacher. I mean, how do you, how do you help conservative writers overcome the intimidation? They want to do it, but there's a, there's a fear. There's an anxiety about it. How do you overcome that? Yes, 100%. Well, I always say that writing a book is a head trip more than anything. And it's very much an emotional work versus an academic work. And we do kind of all show up with these same fears and insecurities. Yeah. And I have found that if we have a value and mission alignment and if you have enough passion, I can personally get a book out of anybody because it really is the truth that people who want to write books do so because they've been impacted by a book. And if you've been impacted by a book, you've probably read a lot of books. I have kind of a non conscious program inside of what good writing should look like. I can't tell you how many times I have had a brand new author with no experience show up to one of my groups. And the first time they share what they wrote, you know, they're terrified and they share what they wrote. And everyone else in the group is like holding back the tears. They're on the edge of their seats. They're like, oh my goodness. I love that. I love that. Going. And that is the key is that you don't have to have the fancy prose and poetry. You don't have to have a literary degree or you don't have to be an expert in grammar. We have people that handle all that stuff. What we need from you is just that authentic connection with your reader. And so there is a way when we shut down the noise of our brains and our fears and our insecurities and we go, who do I have? And then we create a world for the reader to get lost in. And that's where the beauty is in your book is having impact, having purpose, having an authentic writing experience will yield an authentic reading experience. So I have a lot of fun with that. And I, it's one of my greatest moments. You know, I, to my students, you know, if you don't believe, you can do it. But borrow my belief, if you follow the process, so many people have come through this before and they just get done. First time writers, they have great books. We have safeguards along the way to get feedback, to do some market research and make sure that your message is hitting the mark. And you, you give a, you give a little bit of a tease of all of this, all of these, this wealth of knowledge that you have in a free training. And you have one coming up. Yes. I, I, I have personally sat and listened to them. They are amazing. And I think it's an amazing opportunity for anyone who is, who has been dying to write a book. And now, I mean, this is obviously, this is, this is not coincidence that you're watching this right now. And here is the number one person out there who can help you do that. Can you just give us, give us a little bit of a, again, that tease, just of, just a, you know, a little overview of what we can expect, if we could click on the link below and sign up for the free training. Yeah. Absolutely. Dr. Turley, this is your opportunity to just kind of get your toes a little bit wet. Just go to publish and go.com/turley register for the free training. And I, I say it's how you can write a best-selling book, you know, without feeling overwhelmed, without dealing with woke publishers or getting lost in the process. You know, everything seems hard if you've never done it before and if you don't know how to do it. But with coaching, accountability, and support, you really can learn to do anything. I tell my son, what are three things you need to learn anything? Show up with a good attitude. Listen to your teacher and do your best. And so that's what I live by with my program as well. So you come to the free training. You know, we'll just take some time where you can explore your own heart and message and passion and say, okay, is this the right path for me? You know, one of the, one of my favorite quotes is by author E. B. White who wrote Charlotte's Web. And he said, you know, the writer who waits for ideal circumstances under which to write will die without ever getting a word on the page. And so I say to people, you know, if you get to the end of your life and you don't get your message out and you don't get your book out into the world and you don't have the impact that you're passionate about, how will you feel about that? Well, most people won't feel too great. So we don't want that to happen to you. So start by showing up. It's so easy. Go to the link, publish and go.com/turley. Register. Join me for the free training and you will be on your way. Oh, it's so awesome. And it is. And again, it's the proof is back there. There's no preaching here. It's all proof. It's all showing. It's wonderful. Gang, you don't want to miss this training. Trust me. If you've ever considered writing a book, what do you got to lose? If you think about it, right, Joanna's training is free and I guarantee you it'll leave you ready to share your stories like your fellow courageous patriots have before you. So click on that link below or sign up for the free training. Click on the link below and sign up for the free training or go to publish and go.com/turley. That's publish and go.com/turley. Joanna, you are amazing. Thank you so much for everything that you're doing. Keep expanding that library, that Turley Talks Library. I love it. Yes, Dr. Turley, we will keep proclaiming truth one book at a time and thank you so much for everything you're doing and for supporting this initiative and for supporting your amazing audience. Oh, thank you, Joanna. 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