{"id":3690,"date":"2026-08-23T13:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2026-08-23T13:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:15:59","slug":"comps-or-ready-to-not-gone-die-at-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/comps-or-ready-to-not-gone-die-at-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Comps, or Ready to Not Gone Die at 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spotify for Authors<\/a> has a neat insights section that tells you what other authors listeners of your audiobook also played. The first report for Local Boy Done Gone<\/em><\/a> had these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Listeners of JL Civi audiobooks also listen to…<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ernest Cline makes sense. Ready Player One <\/em>has been a comp of Timely Persuasion <\/em> for decades with the heavily referential pop culture similarities, so it’s a natural and expected overlap for the top slot. (The Enumeration Podcast talked a lot about this once upon a time<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The others were a mystery. The second name rang a vague bell, the third didn’t\u2014but amusingly has the same last name of the bad guy character from both TP & DG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quick search revealed Taylor Sheridan is the actor\/writer\/director who created Yellowstone<\/em> & Landman<\/em>. Tom Sheridan was his co-author on one non-fiction book together: How To Not Die In Prison<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Three audio peas to listen to on a pod<\/em> player?<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’m sure it’s a small sample size curiosity, but maybe there’s more to it? All have historical fiction aspects, though not in a traditional sense. Timely Persuasion once had a feature in a prison newspaper publication. When I first heard of the 1883 & 1923 Yellowstone<\/em> prequels my first thought was “I hope there’s a time traveler involved…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or maybe it’s more of a statement on what fans of Coverville \/ Brian Ibbott listen to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the narrator of Timely Persuasion would likely conjure up from his lyrical Tourettes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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