My friend Aaron Kite (http://www.kiteanic.com/), has done it again. He surprised me with another great banner, this time for GalaxyBillies. Feel free to use the banner wherever suitable. Just let me know where you’ve posted it so I can link to you.
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I think I’m finally growing up
My wife might argue with me about this, but I’m specifically talking about growing up as a writer. When I first started down the writing path I can honestly say I had visions of fame and glory. Mind you, those visions didn’t last very long as I started to research the entire writing life. All the research I did served to make me more paranoid about my own writing’s quality and the actual chances any of it would ever see the light of day. I (somehow) managed to get past the paranoia and self-doubt and kept writing. It wasn’t great, but it continued to get better. I began to submit the occasional piece. When I did so, I waited and […]
Read moreShould I Order the Steak or the Salad?
Have you ever gone out to a nice restaurant, looked at the menu and seen the most delectable dish that calls your name? You look at it, decide it’s too much to eat, move on and, invariably, come back to it and, somehow, despite your best intentions to behave and not overeat you order it anyway? You have? Me too. That’s actually what my writing and podcasting workload has felt like lately. There’s all these great things to work on, but if I try to do them all I’ll be overextending myself. I’ve got ‘Get Published’, ‘GalaxyBillies’, my YA novel rewrite, my short fiction. They all take time and I want to do them up right. Then there’s preparing for […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 25 – Interview with Erik Buchanan
Erik Buchanan is a former actor/fight director turned professional writer. He has a lot of interesting things to say about writing and his journey as a published author. His second book, “Cold Magics” is coming out in April. We also have a very good writing question. I hope you enjoy the episode. -Michell Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published, Episode 25 – Interview with author Erik Buchanan Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published” 0:14 — Introduction – Get Published, Episode 25 – Interview with author Erik Buchanan Welcome to the show. 00:56 — Promos: GalaxyBillies https://michellplested.net 02:44 — Feedback – Get Published, Episode 25 – Interview with author Erik Buchanan (continued) Should you put […]
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