I’ve been thinking a lot about books and how they are being published. Probably very much like a lot of you are too. The publishing industry is undergoing some extremely big changes from the way authors are signed to books published and finally distributed and sold. It seems to me that there is a parallel to the huge format change (albeit a small one) that has me thinking in a certain direction. The parallel I’m thinking of is that of DVD to Blu-Ray. You may argue that the change in format was a minor thing. The DVD’s published under the old standard continue to hit the shelves and the Blu-Ray are starting to fill the niche. Sounds a little like […]
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Get Published Episode 44 – Awesomeness with Kimi Alexandre
I had the pleasure to talk with Kimi Alexandre for this episode. For those of you who don’t know who Kimi is, she is a podcaster, writer and professional voice actress. And she is the founder of SpecFicDB.com If you have listened to any of the better known podcast fiction out there, chances are good that you have heard her voice. She talks about SpecFicDb, Tale Chasing (her podcast for Urban Fantasy writers), Guardians (another of her podcasts) and Voice Acting. It was a great discussion and I hope to have her on the show again. In the feedback section of the show, I talk about my NaNoWriMo progress to date. NaNo has been another great experience thus far, but […]
Read moreThe Waiting Game
For those of you who are new to writing or even to submitting your work, I’ve got a revelation that you may or may not want to hear: the publishing industry is slow. Now before you cry out “Leave the poor publishers alone!” I want you to know I don’t say that as a criticism. I am simply stating a fact. Publishers, editors, agents, and yes, even writers are all human. They have a finite amount of time to try and wrestle a (seemingly) infinite amount of work into. Take a publisher for example. The publisher has to find work good enough to put into print, then put said work under contract (which will involve some level of negotiations), match […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 43 – Philippa Ballantine talks Geist
Philippa Ballantine has made the transition from Small Press author to New York author. Her first NY Press release, “Geist” came out on October 26th. As a special treat, Pip reads from Geist and talks about the difference between small and large presses. It’s a Kiwi-riffic episode that you won’t want to miss. Thanks for listening. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wYR3WgZUCk Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 43 – Philippa Ballantine talks Geist Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published” 00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 43 – Philippa Ballantine talks Geist Welcome to the show. 01:27 – Promo – Flying Island Press, Flagship 02:37— Feedback – Get Published Episode 43 – Philippa Ballantine talks […]
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