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When I went to World Fantasy Convention in October, one of my goals was to line up some guests for the show. I didn’t really expect to get too many in person interviews because the convention is pretty busy and everyone is trying to get as much in as they can.

I did manage two in person interviews. The first, which I’m going to share with you today, is with Michael Stackpole. Mike is one of the big e-vangelists in the industry for self e-publishing.

He has a ton of great things to say. Unfortunately, there weren’t many quiet places to comfortably talk at. In this case, we had some construction across the street so you get a lot of background noise that I wasn’t able to filter out. Joining us is JR Murdock, my collaboration partner in the YA Steampunk we are writing.

And speaking of JR Murdock, JR does a blog post called “Unorthodox Writing Tips”. He agreed to provide one in audio form for the tips and typos section in today’s show.

That’s the lineup for today. I hope you enjoy the show.

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I haven’t really talked about my own personal journey to publication that much. That is primarily because I wanted to actually have something interesting to talk about. After all, you don’t want to hear things like, “got email from editor” or “publisher told me book is scheduled to come out in 2012”. As I have said and come to learn, publishing is very slow and no one wants to hear stories about waiting patiently.

Well, now that I have received and finished the first round of major edits, I do have something to talk about. Specifically my own lessons learned. I’ll talk more about that in the tips and typos section of the show.

I’m also very excited to share today’s interview with you. I had the opportunity to talk to Brandy Rivers who is a Literary Manager with Magnet Management. Brandy talked to me about how writing properties are acquired and packaged for film and television.

That’s the lineup for today. I hope you enjoy the show.

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