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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.

Show Notes

Tags: amazon, Christiana Ellis, createspace, digital media, ebooks, flying island press. flagship, jr murdock, kindle, michael stackpole, Michell Plested, mike plested, mike stackpole, Nuchtchas, nutty bites, requiem of the outcast, rich sigfrid, self publish, smashwords, stormwolf

Things have certainly changed since I started podcasting. Even more since I started blogging.

For example, when I first started podcasting, the phrase “Self Publishing” carried a terrible odour. People who claimed to be self-published were held akin to vanity presses. Authors with true aspirations of writing full-time wouldn’t tread anywhere near the idea.

That has changed a great deal. I know many authors who regularly use services like Smashwords to publish their work and make it available for sale. I have also seen and heard rumblings from several people (including both successful writers and publishers) that the major changes we have seen within the publishing industry are only the tip of the iceberg.

I’m still trying to wrap my brain around some of these changes. I know I’m being a tease when I infer but don’t provide details. Those WILL come later though, I promise. I will be featuring a conversation about this very subject on my 50th episode of Get Published which will drop in February.

Suffice it to say, there is money to be made by authors even now. I personally believe that the direction things are going will really help authors of all stripes, myself included.

Stay tuned. I’ll share as soon as I figure out more.

Personal Update

I got another story rejection this week. The rejection was quite nice, but it was disappointing none-the-less. Such is the life of the submitting writer, I suppose.

I also need to do more work on my secret project and I need to get working on my GalaxyBillies revisions.

Tags: Galaxybillies, Get Published, irreverent muse, Michell Plested, mike plested, self publish