GalaxyBillies is the story of five humans who are kidnapped by a semi-sentient starship. If these humans were scientists or engineers it might turn out to be an adventure. Unfortunately, the humans in question hail from the Appalachian mountains and are a little… raw. What could have been adventure turns into something else.
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Beware of Foot in Mouth Disease
Controversy was ignited (perhaps even exploded) yesterday when the podcasting community, and more specifically the podiobooks.com community, caught wind of an article written for a magazine that essentially said that only books that have no chance of publication ever go onto podiobooks.com and real authors wouldn’t ever consider posting stuff on it. Um… words really failed me when I read that. It turns out that the author of the article has never listened to any of the books/stories found on Podiobooks.com nor did she do any research to confirm/deny some of the things she wrote. You know, little things like “putting your books up on the site would never, ever result in a sale to a publisher”. As you might […]
Read moreWhy I Care About Critiques and Feedback
A few days ago, Scott Roche, AKA SpiritualTramp on Twitter raised a question about critiques. Do we want them? How do we want them and so on. What followed was an extremely spirited (natch) discussion about the topic. One I got involved in. Now, those of you who have read any of my posts probably know I cherish feedback. But why is that? Why do I care what other people think about my writing and podcasting? Well, I think it all comes down to knowing that I’m creating something people want to hear/read. But don’t I know if I’m doing a good job or not? Well, in a word, No. I am totally oblivious to whether my own work is […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 24 – Interview with Publisher Lorina Stephens
What a way to start my second year of ‘Get Published’. I got to talk to Lorina Stephens, Owner and Publisher at Five Rivers Chapmanry. Lorina has a lot of interesting things to say; I learned a lot in our discussion and I know you will too. We also have a very good writing question. I hope you enjoy the episode. -Michell Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published, Episode 24 – Interview with Publisher Lorina Stephens Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published” 0:14 — Introduction – Get Published, Episode 24 – Interview with Publisher Lorina Stephens Welcome to the show. 00:58 — Promos: Archangel http://archangelnovel.com 02:52 — Feedback – Get Published, Episode 24 – […]
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