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 – Get Published Episode 63 – John Mierau, Creative Force

Welcome to the show.

01:51 — Promo – Podcast Teardown

02:32— Tips and Typos – Get Published Episode 63 – John Mierau, Creative Force (continued)

• Michell talks about the value of doing Guest Blog Posts.
• Email feedback at getpublishedpodcast dot com with your comments

05:27 - Promo - The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences

06:12 — Get Published Episode 63 – John Mierau, Creative Force (continued)

John Mierau talks about writing, podcasting, eBooks and self-publishing among many other topics.

51:46 - Promo - The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences

52:47 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

John Mierau - http://johnmierau.wordpress.com/

Podcast Teardown - http://johnmierau.wordpress.com/category/podcast-teardown/

Flying Island Press - http://flyingislandpress.com/

The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences - http://www.ministryofpeculiaroccurrences.com/

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 is the start of “Get Published”

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 62 – Negotiating Contracts

Welcome to the show.

01:37 — Promo – View from Valhalla

01:51— Tips and Typos – Get Published Episode 62 – Negotiating Contracts (continued)

• Michell talks about handy resources to learning who publishes in a genre and what sizes of manuscript they expect.
• Email feedback at getpublishedpodcast dot com with your comments

04:13 - Promo - The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences

05:55 — Get Published Episode 62 – Negotiating Contracts (continued)

Robin Sullivan talks about contracts and what you can negotiate, what you should never give away and what gotchas to watch for.

1:03:02 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

Robin Sullivan/Ridan Publishing - http://www.ridanpublishing.com/

The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences - http://www.ministryofpeculiaroccurrences.com/

Orbit Books - http://www.orbitbooks.net/

View from Valhalla - http://www.viewfromvalhalla.com/