Podcast: Play in new window | Download

On today’s show I have Michael R Fletcher. Michael is a writer, rock n’ roller, sound engineer and dad. He has had several short stories published and is about to release his first novel through Five Rivers Publishing. We talk about first time books, writing and what it’s like to be an unknown writer.

I also talk about a question I receive quite often. It’s one most published authors have likely heard at some point in their careers. Namely, “how much did you have to pay the publisher to get your book published.” It’s a question I have some strong feelings about, especially with some trends in publishing I’ve noticed recently.

That’s today’s episode. I hope you enjoy it.

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 107 – Michael R Fletcher – Lessons of a First-time Author

Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published”

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 107 – Michael R Fletcher – Lessons of a First-time Author (continued)

Welcome to the show.

01:04 Promo: BabylonPodcast

02:07 -Tips and Typos

Mike talks about vanity presses and money flowing to authors.

07:07 - Promo – Nutty Bites

07:36 — Get Published Episode 107 – Michael R Fletcher – Lessons of a First-time Author (continued)

Mike and Mike talk about the hard-won lessons of the first-time published author.

45:41 - Promo - Every Photo Tells

46:50 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

Michael R. Fletcher – http://michaelrfletcher.com/

Babylon Podcast - http://www.babylonpodcast.com/

NIMLAS Studios/Nutty Bites - http://nimlas.org/blog/

Every Photo Tells - http://everyphototells.com/

Tags: 5 rivers, 88, @fletchermr, a method to the madness: a guide to the super evil, advance, agent, amazon, blog, Book tour, Charles Stross, Commit to your words, cover-art, create space, critique, dark fantasy, Delusions, Dentist, distribution, edit, editing services, facebook, fantasy, five rivers, indie press, Keep dialogue crisp, Kill your darlings, kindle, kobobooks, Learning process, lorina stephens, manuscript, margaret atwood, Michael R Fletcher, Michell Plested, micro press, money flows to author, myths about being a writer, Neurosurgeon, penguin canada, plan your books, pod, POV, promotion, Query Letter, rejection, Reviewers, reviews, Rewriter, Rock n’ roll, Rock star, science fiction, self publishing, short story, small press, smashwords, Tense, TOR, twitter, vanity presses, Write the next book, writer, www.michaelrfletcher.com