Valerie Griswold-Ford is the guest on today’s show. Val is a dark fantasy writer who has also written non-fiction and edited anthologies as well. She dabbles in all sorts of things, from epic fantasy to horror to paranormal romance. I also address a writing question and talk about how I get guests for the podcast. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for listening. Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 37 – Valerie Griswold-Ford Talks Writing Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published” 0:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 37 – Valerie Griswold-Ford Talks Writing Welcome to the show. 00:45 — Promo: The Drabblecast 02:15— Feedback – Get Published Episode 37 – […]
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GalaxyBillies – Episode 15
The heat has definitely been turned up. The Galactic Extermination Fleet is getting ever closer to Earth and our ultimate destruction. But wait, what’s that? A droid army has turned up on the home planet of Galactic News. Are they for Earth or agin it? MegaDan continues his rallying cry and Sheanna’Ree’s father makes a decision about the humans. The Kinfolk numbers are steadily climbing and Jimmy Rae Farmer and his clan are liquored up and armed. Hear more about that in the Outro. 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 […]
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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