I listen to a lot of podcast fiction and one name that keeps coming up as a narrator extraordinaire is Veronica Giguere. I had the opportunity to meet Veronica at Balticon last May and she is pretty amazing to put it mildly. I knew I had to get her on the show. And today, you will have the opportunity to listen to my interview with Veronica where we talk about audio books and narration and bunch of other things. I also have been working on something with my publisher that I think will be a game changer for any authors out there who do signings and appearances. I talk about that in the Tips and Typos section. Finally, before we […]
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Get Published Episode 106 – J Daniel Sawyer and Creating Audio Books
On today’s show I have J Daniel Sawyer, a writer, producer, podcaster and voice-over artist. His list of fiction publications, both long and short-form are approaching fifty and he has been known to talk about contracts and copyright on occasion. Dan has recently released a book on creating audiobooks and we talk about that and why the budding author should care about their books in audio. I also talk about style guides. Why they are important and why I find them useful. That’s today’s episode. I hope you enjoy it. Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 106 – J Daniel Sawyer and Creating Audio Books Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published” […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 59 – Balticant – The Value of Conventions
Hello everyone and thank you for joining me today. The weekend of May 21st, 22nd and 23rd is the Memorial Day weekend in the United States and that means Balticon to many podcasters and new media people. For those who could attend, it meant a weekend of fun, friends and fabulous panels. Of course, not everyone can go to Balticon and some of us decided to have an impromptu virtual convention of our own that we called Balticant. It wasn’t well-planned or even widely attended but the conversations were fantastic and made the whole effort worthwhile. We recorded a few of the sessions and, in this episode, I would like to play the first session where we talk about conventions, […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 48 – Karen Dales Talks Writing
Happy New Year, everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful festive season and your new year is looking very promising. In today’s show I talk to Karen Dales, author of “The Chosen Chronicles”. Karen talks about her writing journey including the importance of research and how you shouldn’t be afraid to turn down a publisher’s offer. J. Daniel Sawyer talks about contracts in the brand new Tips and Typos section of the show.Thanks for listening. Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 48 – Karen Dales Talks Writing Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published” 00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 48 – Karen Dales Talks Writing Welcome to the […]
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