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Hello, my friends.

As you may know I’m self publishing a book in the coming weeks. I’ve heard from some of you looking for more information on self publishing so I’ve made a point to have more guests who have self publishing experience. This episode I will continue in that vein with a great interview with Scott Roche. Scott is one of the editors with Flying Island Press and has come out with a self published version of his book Ginny Dare, Crimson Sand in both paper and eBook formats.

I’ve also had a question come up on both Twitter and my blog from two difference people. That makes it too timely to ignore, so in today’s tips and typos section I try to answer the question, “when do you know it’s time to stop revising your story?”

One last note; I’ve dropped the bit rate of the podcast from 128 Kb to 64 Kb to make the mp3 smaller and faster to download. Please let me know if you notice any real difference. I’ve been wondering for a while if the file size of the show was too big for you listeners and I wanted to do a little experiment here.

Enjoy the show.

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 58 – Scott Roche, Editor & Self-Published Author

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

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 58 – Scott Roche, Editor & Self-Published Author

Welcome to the show.

01:07 — Promo – TRReed Bitstrips

02:25— Tips and Typos – Get Published Episode 58 – Scott Roche, Editor & Self-Published Author (continued)

• Mike answers question Tweeted to him and left on his blog “How do you know when to stop revising your story?”
• Email feedback at getpublishedpodcast dot com with your comments

07:10 - Promo – View from Valhalla

07:23 — Get Published Episode 58 – Scott Roche, Editor & Self-Published Author (continued)

Scott Roche is a military brat, fan of horror and occult fiction and a seeker of the true reality beyond that which we see every day. Every story he writes combines these elements and his life experiences to something readers will not only enjoy, but tell your friends about.

Scott is active in the podcast fiction sphere and is a contributing editor at Flying Island Press.

1:00:05 — Promo – Explorers Anthology

1:01:28 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

Scott Roche – http://www.scottroche.com

TRReed Bitstrips - http://www.bitstrips.com/user/0KL/

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

Explorers Anthology - http://deadrobotssociety.com/anthology/

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

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We are coming up on episode 50 and I was planning on having a special interview with Robin Sullivan. Some of you may remember Robin from episode 38. Robin is the publisher for Ridan Publishing. When I first talked to Robin I knew she had a wealth of experience and knowledge to share. It wasn’t until I chatted with her via IM that I learned of her interest in self-publishing.

As I said, I had planned on interviewing her about the topic of self-publishing and how it has changed for episode 50. Except, once she started talking I realized that there was much more information than a single show could hold. So I broke up the interview into two parts. This segment will set the ground work for some of Robin’s interest and the next for episode 50 will talk more about some of the things you as a writer can do to self-publish and market your work.

I also have a book review that I’ve been meaning to do for several months. I had the chance to meet John Hemry AKA Jack Campbell at Balticon last year and I’ve wanted to review his most recent book The Lost Fleet: Victorious ever since. I finally take the time to do that.

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 49 – Self Publishing Has Reached a Tipping Point

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

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 49 – Self Publishing Has Reached a Tipping Point

Welcome to the show.

01:41 — Promo – Fiction at Chrismoody.net

02:30— Tips and Typos – Get Published Episode 49 – Self Publishing Has Reached a Tipping Point (continued)

• Mike reviews The Lost Fleet, Book Six – Victorious by Jack Campbell
• Email feedback at getpublishedpodcast dot com with your comments

05:10 - Promo – Podiobooks.com

06:09 — Get Published Episode 49 – Self Publishing Has Reached a Tipping Point (continued)

Robin Sullivan talks about self-publishing and the huge changes that have happened in the past couple months. (Pt 1 of 2)

47:14 — Promo – GalaxyBillies

49:02 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

John Campbell – http://www.sff.net/people/john-g-hemry/

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

Kindleboards – http://www.kindleboards.com/

Podiobooks.com - http://www.podiobooks.com/

Smashwords – http://www.smashwords.com/

JA Konrath – http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/

Fiction at Chris Moody - http://chrismoody.net/

GalaxyBillies – http://www.michellplested.com/category/galaxybillies/

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