John Mierau is a wordsmith, a story teller, a scifi and fantasy hack not to mention, first and foremost, a family man. He is also a fellow Canadian podcaster and, as far as the Parsec awards are concerned, one of my main competitors. He is also a great person to talk to and I am honoured to have him on my show. I also talk about doing guest posts and the value of it to both the post writer and the site owner. I hope you enjoy the show. Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 63 – John Mierau, Creative Force Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published” 00:14 — Introduction – […]
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Get Published Episode 62 – Negotiating Contracts
I had the good fortune to talk to Robin Sullivan for the show once again. This time she was fresh from negotiating a contract for her husband, Michael Sullivan, with Orbit Books. Robin brings lots of contract experience to this conversation, both from an author’s point-of-view and from the publisher’s. It was a very enjoyable and rewarding conversation for me. I also talk about how writers can go about learning some of the necessary information about their genres of choice: things like who publishes in the genre and how long the books typically are. I hope you enjoy the show. Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 62 – Negotiating Contracts Everything has to start somewhere and this […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 60 – Balticant – Using Podcasts as a Promotional Tool
Hello everyone. I’m delighted to bring you another Balticant panel discussion. This time, the panel was talking about using Podcasts as Promotional Tools. The panel was VERY long and so, to avoid making the episode too long, you will only have the intro, the panel discussion and the outro. It was a great discussion that I hope you will enjoy. Thank you for listening. Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 60 – Balticant – Using Podcasts as a Promotional Tool Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published” 00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 60 – Balticant – Using Podcasts as a Promotional Tool Welcome to the show. 1:10 — Get […]
Read moreWhy Publishing is Slow: the Experience
As you probably know, I’ve been working towards the goal of getting published for several years now. Last year I had some success with my short stories, managing to get three of them accepted by various e-magazines and digital sites. That success only encouraged me to work harder to get my books in front of publishers to try and get them published as well. Then, in October, I received my first book contract for my YA Superhero novel, “Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero”. The book is the first in what I expect to be a six-book series. I was (and still am) very excited about this development, but, as I have said many, many times, publishing is slow. I know where […]
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