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Hello everyone and thank you for joining me today.

The weekend of May 21^st, 22^nd and 23^rd is the Memorial Day weekend in the United States and that means Balticon to many podcasters and new media people. For those who could attend, it meant a weekend of fun, friends and fabulous panels.

Of course, not everyone can go to Balticon and some of us decided to have an impromptu virtual convention of our own that we called Balticant. It wasn’t well-planned or even widely attended but the conversations were fantastic and made the whole effort worthwhile.

We recorded a few of the sessions and, in this episode, I would like to play the first session where we talk about conventions, both physical and virtual and the value they bring.

I’m also delighted to have CA Marshall do another segment for the Tips and Typos section of the show. This episode she talks about Cover Creation.

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

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 59 – Balticant – The Value of Conventions

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

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 59 – Balticant – The Value of Conventions

Welcome to the show.

01:18 — Promo – TRReed Bitstrips

02:36— Tips and Typos – Get Published Episode 59 – Balticant – The Value of Conventions (continued)

• CA Marshall talks about Books Covers and how to get a professional looking one.
• Email feedback at getpublishedpodcast dot com with your comments

10:28 - Promo – View from Valhalla

10:41 — Get Published Episode 59 – Balticant – The Value of Conventions (continued)

JR Murdock, Michell Plested, LJ McLean, Chris Moody, Zack Ricks and J Daniel Sawyer talk about the Value of Conventions, both virtual and real.

1:00:36 — Promo – Explorers Anthology

1:01:59 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

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/

CA Marshall - http://www.camarshall.com/

Tags: ca marshall, cassandra marshall, chris moody, conventions, covers, dead robots society, editing, flying island press, j daniel sawyer, jr murdock, lj mclean, trreed, view from valhalla, zack ricks

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I met David B. Coe at a local convention last year when we both sat a writing panel for beginners.  He sat at one end of the panel table and I sat the other. Pretty appropriate when you compare our writing journeys thus far.

We were chatting after the panel and I asked if he would be interested in coming on Get Published. He gave me a hearty yes and we exchanged contact information. I am pleased to say that you will hear our discussion today.

I knew even before we connected that it would be a great conversation. David is a great writer who has already had a long and successful career. I was pretty confident that we would exceed my normal interview length and I wasn’t wrong.  Because I don’t want to break the interview into two episodes and because I don’t want to go too far past the one hour mark, I will not have a tips and typos section in this episode.

One last thing; the Parsec awards nominations are now open for 2011. If you have listened to this show and enjoyed it, I would appreciate a nomination. The category that best suits Get Published is “Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation”.

I would also love a nomination for GalaxyBillies in Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form).

Thank you for your consideration and enjoy the show.

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 55 – David B. Coe Talks About the Writing Life

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

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 55 – David B. Coe Talks About the Writing Life

Welcome to the show.

01:42 - Promo – View from Valhalla

01:56 — Get Published Episode 55 – David B. Coe Talks About the Writing Life (continued)

David B. Coe talks about being a full-time writer and the successes and challenges he has faced in his 17-year career. He also talks about his new pseudonym, DB Jackson, the writing site Magicalwords.net (of which he is a founder and contributor – btw, he has contributed to the writing book: “How to write magical words, a writer’s companion” as part of the site) and his movie adaptation of Robin Hood.

59:03 — Promo - Geek Out With Mainframe

59:43 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

David B. Coe - http://www.sff.net/people/davidbcoe/

DB Jackson – www.dbjackson-author.com

Magical Words.net – www.magicalwords.net

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

Geek Out With Mainframe - http://gowmainframe.blogspot.com/

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