John Hemry is the guest on today’s show. John is a retired United States Navy officer and author of military science fiction. He has written the Stark’s War and Paul Sinclair series under his own name and has written six volumes of the Lost Fleet series under the name Jack Campbell. He has also written many short stories and non-fiction works. I also address a writing question and talk about the tools I use for podcasting. There’s lots of good information in this episode. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for listening. Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 36 – John Hemry Talks About “The Writing Life” Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start […]
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Deadlines
Meeting deadlines is an important part of being a professional writer and up to now I’ve been very good about meeting mine, both self-imposed and those set by others. Until today. This post was intended to be out yesterday. The fact that I missed it doesn’t mean the end of the world but it is a first for me. The first time I’ve ever missed my Wednesday posting since the site started. I’m not exactly sure how to feel about it. I suppose I could beat myself up about it but I don’t think that will accomplish anything. Pick up and move forward is the best advice I can give myself. I do have to remember how important it is […]
Read moreGalaxyBillies – Episode 14
In this episode, Gumbo Feet makes his move and MegaDan Scholes discovers a crewman on the starship Turdination. Said crewman could really mess up his plans. For those of you interested, you can send an email to: kinfolk at irreverentmuse dot com and tell me you want to join the Kinfolk. I’ll set you up with your own hillbilly name and post it on this site. I have also received a few entries for the Easter Egg hunt. If you want to get involved send an email to: galaxybillies at irreverentmuse dot com and tell me the Easter Eggs you have found along with the episode number. When the podcast is finished the two people with the most correct answers with join […]
Read moreExciting Times are Ahead
There have been several trends in the publishing industry over the past few years. Some are worrisome but many are extremely exciting. On the not-so-good side we have seen the consolidation of many publishing houses. Corporations have bought and merged many of the imprints we know and love. Publishing is now all about business where, in the past, there was a stronger emphasis on developing authors and building audience. Treating writing as a business is extremely important but it does make it much harder (in an already difficult field to break into) for first time authors to sell their work. It also has presented an opportunity. Many new, independent presses have sprung up to fill the void. Many of these […]
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