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 […]
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GalaxyBillies – Episode 4
Hi Everyone, Things didn’t go so well for Zeke in the last episode but what about the other humans? Jim Bob seemed to just fall off the face of the station when Zeke ran out and who knows what trouble Betty Sue, Carol Anne and Bobby John can get into? Listen in and find out. And when you’re done, you can call my voicemail line at 206.203.2031 or leave me a comment here or email me at galaxybilly at irreverentmuse dot com. Maybe even take a moment to leave a rating and comment on iTunes. You will now find a GalaxyBilly feed there. Don’t make me beg now, ya hear!
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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