The podcast every author needs! It drives us bonkers that there isn’t a one-stop shop to keep up-to-date with everything going on in the writing industry. We’re asking a lot. It’s a big industry. Still… The Future Best Seller Podcast is solving that problem. We’ll keep you up-to-date with the industry, both trad and self-pub. We’ll talk to industry experts, fellow authors, & other creatives. We’ll share our favorite tools. And we’ll talk about financial independence for creatives. If you’re ...
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EP 48: Zombies Need Brains and so do we, Featuring Joshua Palmatier
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Joshua Palmatier is an author, editor, and publisher. He is the founder and operator of Zombies Need Brains, a publisher who specializes in science fiction and fantasy themed anthologies, backed through Kickstarter. Zombies Needs Brains just announced their upcoming themes, and if the projects fund, they will have open calls!…
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EP 47: I Want to Go on a Writer Retreat
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News: Audible announces a new royalty model KDP announces hardbacks in UK Penguin Random House to buy Boom! Studios Macmillan to launch 23rd Street Books imprint RBMedia to buy Dreamscape Writing Tools Writing Retreats - Both official and unofficial Creatives on F.I.R.E.: Lifestyle Deflation Different types of conventions and the purpose for going…
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EP 46: A Rogue Takes Over the Pod, Featuring THE Asia Lupo
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World famous rogue, Asia Lupo, joins the pod this week to talk about song writing and all things creative! Asia is best known by her stage name, Azia, while performing with the bands, Music the Gathering & Sämäs.
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EP 45: Casting Our Pod Under Fire!
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News: Audibooks big-bada-boom Camp NaNoWriMo Barnes & Noble foot traffic Romance Writers of America AI News: Speechify and Audiobooks, read by... YOU Tools: Publisher Rocket Creatives on F.I.R.E.: Eating healthy on a tight budget Ads Rant - The thing no one told us about ads
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EP 44: YoU JuSt GoTTa WriTe! Featuring Shayne Easson
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Old friend of the pod, Shayne Easson joins us this week to blather about all things writing. And fishing. Mostly writing, though.
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We're back from hiatus and we have a lot to say! We're also just back from Soonercon and it was amazing as usual! News: Tolkien Memorial 1632 Weltbild Bookfunnel & Audiobooks Inkers Con Writer Beware Impersonation Scams Kindle Dire Publishing warns of scams The National Music Publishers Associate vs Spotify KDP announces the Velleys Authors vs Amaz…
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EP 42: Phill is F.I.R.E.'d
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Celebration time! In this week's very special episode, we're celebrating Phill's transition from corporate jerk to full-time author, and getting into the nitty gritty on how Phill and J.H. have slowly grinded this pipe dream into a reality. It's episode 42, and it's about life, the universe, and everything.…
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EP 41: Do's and Dont's of Querying, Featuring Stacey Kondla
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Literary agent Stacey Kondla joins the pod this week to talk about agenting, concerts, and parrots. On a related note, Phill might be part parrot. Stacey provides some great advice for anyone out there in the querying trenches. News: The Never-Ending Story will never end Library fines paid in cat pics Reading the newspaper is cool again? The U.K. p…
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EP 40: TikToking & Kickstarting Superstar, Featuring Paula Lafferty
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Author Paula Lafferty joins the podcast this week and shares her success with finding an audience on TikTok and running an exceptional Kickstarter for her debut novel, La Vie de Guinevere. And Phill has an exciting annoucement! Paula's TikTok La Vie de Guinevere Kickstarter News: Writer Beware warns about impersonation scams Book clubs TikTok and t…
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EP 39:Beeeeeeef!!! Featuring, Nic Lishko
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The book writing, podcasting, movie making, beefy moo man Nic Lishko joins the pod this week! Nic is the author of the Young Adult Fantasy series - John Little. He also a co-created of the award winning web series Long Walks on the Beach. And he hosts a podcast called Cinema Gush. News: Brandon Sanderson VS Audible Dead Folk's Books The Zon vs Book…
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EP 38: Druid, Folk, and Noir, Featuring Olivia Harding
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Musician, author, podcasters, and all around amazing artist Olivia Harding joins the show this week! You may know Olivia as Liv the Druid from the band, Music the Gathering, but she is also the host of the podcast Folk Files, where she dives into the history of famous folk songs. She is also a member of the band Gumshoe Noir, and recently took pen …
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EP 37: Thirty-five and Counting, Featuring R.L. King
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R.L. King joins the pod this week to tell us about her Alastair Stone Chronicles. She also shares a wealth of knowledge about her process and why her nickname is rat. News: World Con is going to L.A. Blocking pirate ships reduces pirates. Neat. McAnime Nuggets EC Comics Tools: Plottr BookBrush Creativies on F.I.R.E.: Going wide vs going Zon The dan…
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EP 36: Chapter 0, Featuring Craig Martelle & Stanley
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"You can always sell a good book." - Craig Martelle. Craig Martelle joins the show this week to tell us what he's been working on and to drop some knowledge bombs. Whether you're pursuing the indie or trad path, you won't want to miss what Craig has to say.
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EP 35: Superstars Writing Seminar 2024
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Phill & J.H. recap their time at Superstars. Spoiler alert: It was awesome. News: World Con Awards Drama Update World Con Bids Cormac McCarthy Valentine's Candy Orbit Works A.I. News: King Charles A.I. books The suit against the robot overlords is not going well for team Authors Tools: Book Funnel Creatives on F.I.R.E.: Submitting to publishers Red…
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EP 34: Don't Do Creepy Stuff
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EP 33: Future Best Seller, Cyberpunk Edition, Featuring Chris Arnone
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Author, poet, and actor, Chris M. Arnone joins the pod this week to celebrate the release of the latest book in Cyberpunk series, Necopolis Alpha. News: What up with all the World Con Hugo Drama? Penguin Random House to sell and distribute Wattpad WEBTOON Libro.fm & best selling authors donate profits to support independent booksellers Publishers f…
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EP 32: Taco Sauce & Spooky Stuffs, Featuring Becca Harris
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Author, poet, and spooky stuff podcaster Becca Harris joined the pod this week to talk all things writing! And to help J.H. pick on Phill. News: SFWA has announced dates for the Nebulas Holiday book sales soar The Los Angeles Public Library becomes a publisher Blackstone Unlimited AI News: Fairly Trained Insight Book Mimics Tools: Scrivener - but t…
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EP 31: The Episode Where J.H. reveals Phill's Secret, Featuring Sherry Peters
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Award winning author and writing coach Sherry Peters joined us this week to fire off the first pod of the year! She tells us all about her Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf series, winning a Writers Digest award, what it was like living in Northern Ireland, what being a writing coach is all about, and more! News: Tor.com is changing its name to Reactor Barn…
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EP 30: Setting Your Author Goals for Next Year
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Pod favorite authors Julie Jones & Shayne Easson return this week for a deep conversation about setting goals, achieving goals, failing goals, and getting real with ourselves. And from the Future Best Seller crew to you, we wish everyone Happy Holidays and the best of luck in the new year! News: Review Bomb Fail Penguin Random House Acquires Hay Ho…
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EP 29: Our Robot Overlords' Favorite Author, Featuring William Ledbetter
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Nebula winning author William Ledbetter joins us this week to celebrate the release of his latest novel, Level Seven in his Killday series. But that's not all he's celebrating. Bill also joins us to celebrate retiring early to write full-time! A big congratulations to Bill from the Future Best Seller crew! News: How many people read books on their …
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EP 28: He is THE next Shayne Easson, Featuring Shayne Easson
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He's the nicest person we know! Shayne Easson joined the pod this week to share some wisdom and hard lessons learned with his first novel. News: Writer Beware has some new solicitors they want us to beware of. See what we did there? A Christmas tree made out of... Books? Another Witcher book! AI News: Sports Illustrated and our robot overlords Tool…
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EP 27: From Opera Singer to Author, Featuring Louisa Morgan
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Author Louisa Morgan joins us this week to talk about all things writing, as well as her career as an opera singer, telling ghost stories on TikTok, and of course, her latest novel - The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird. News: Kobo turned in the their Book Report. Spoiler alert - Canadians read a lot Airport Libraries? Amazon Author Pages get their groove b…
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EP 26: Phill wants Toys!
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Updates on NaNoWriMo and our thoughts on series fatigue. News: Spotify launches 'free' audiobooks for Premium subscribers Amazon KDP puts out an update on the recent category changes The book club that spent 28 years reading one title Like Smokey the Bear said, only you can prevent review bombing! Tools: Dictation. Shuddup and listen, and then... D…
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NaNoWriMo makes Phill a NaNoWhiNo. Never call real-life Axel in a crisis. News: Gen Z & Millenials & Libraries A friendly holiday reminder from the Zon The Zon goes after scammers Simon & Schuster is single AI News: SFWA sends a letter to the U.S. Copyright Office A message for the Prime Minister The Zon does a beta for A.I. audiobook narration Too…
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EP 24: The World Fantasy Convention Pt. 2
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Phillip and J.H. recap their time at the World Fantasy Convention and interview a gaggle of incredible guests including: Author Usman T. Malik Author & Podcaster Rebecca Harris Author & TikToker Paula Lafferty Author Susan Forest Author Shayne Eason
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EP 23: The World Fantasy Convention Pt 1.
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Phillip and J.H. recap their time at the World Fantasy Convention and interview a gaggle of incredible guests including: Author William Chamberlain Author Tracy S. Morris Author & Writing Coach Sherry Peters Author Erin S. Bales Author & Publisher Joshua B. Palmatier Author Evan Braun
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Ep 22: Spooooooky...
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Welcome to our first ever Halloween episode. It's super spooky. If you find bad puns and terrible ghosts noises creepy, then you're sure to be terrified! Join J.H. and Phill as they talk about why they love Halloween and give some tips on writing creepy scenes. News: A comic legend gets the last laugh Ebook revenues are down. Sad clown face. Shocki…
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EP 21: What Are Your Thoughts on A.I. for Audiobooks?
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News: KDP announces your old reports are going away. Sad face Publishing is the 2nd most impacted industry from pirates. Arrrggh Society of Authors call out Spotify AI News: Bowker and DeepZen collab on A.I. audiobooks coming to the U.S.. Dem robots sound like people Tools: J.H. Shares her tools for keeping organized Creatives on F.I.R.E. Phill is …
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EP 20: J.H.'s Release Party! Woot! Woot!
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This week we're celebrating the release of J.H.'s folk album and her latest novel! The album is Once Upon a Time, and the band is called Wildwood Minstrels. The novel is Jack of Crows. Both release this week! News: The writer strike is over! Books-a-Million same day delivery Spotify launches its new audiobook service in the U.K. & Austrailia AI New…
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EP 19: Hobbit Day!
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In this special episode, the Future Best Seller crew joins a fellowship of hobbits, dwarves, and elves to celebrate Hobbit Day! Join us for an episode that is all things Tolkien!
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EP 18: Future Best Seller the Almost Musical, Featuring Bryan Thomas Schmidt
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Author and Editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt returns to the show to tell us about his new book, Shortcut. Guest Chat: Bryan walks us through the research and efforts put into the development of Shortcut Inspiration and origin of the story Working with Hollywood What does Bryan's writing process look like? News: Internet Archive Drama Children aren't read…
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EP 17: Design Your Writer Life
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J.H. and Phill talk about how they've designed their writing lives, and offer some helpful tips so you can develop yours. From bad habits, to day jobs, to the challenges they've faced, they get into the grit of pursuing an author career while having to hold down day jobs. News: Big 5 Profits Clarkesworld Subscriptions Draft2Digital - How to Avoid A…
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EP 16: He Refused To Grow Up, Featuring Harold Neal
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Artist Harold Neal joined us this week for a chaotic good episode! The Barbarian of Suburbia returns! Phill rambles about tires for some reason Guest Chat: Harold's villain origin story What led Harold to his unique style Advice for the budding artist News: Has BooTok peaked? Writers Strike Update AI News: In our 3rd installment of, What Could Poss…
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EP 15: Quality, Yes. I Notice Quality. Quality. Featuring Author Tommy B. Smith
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Guest Chat: Tommy's villain origin story in horror Inspiration and research Finding your Author Voice Writing a series Advice for Newbies News: Live longer by reading Letter to the Federal Trade Commission Bids open for World Con 2025 More author scams. Yay! New qualifications for SFWA membership Maui Fire Book pt 1 Maui Fire Book pt 2 AI works and…
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EP 14: Bookworm of the Damned, Featuring Alex Brown
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Our guest this week runs a horror themed book review channel on Youtube called Bookworm of the Damned. Alex Brown has also been an author, editor, and short film creator. Also Phill has been diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrom and he's oddly happy about it. Guest Chat: Bookworm of the Damned Short Films: Cigarettes & Granny's House Why Alex steppe…
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EP 13: Help! We Lost Our Chrisafer! And The Strom Tried To Blow Us Away! We Casted Our Pod Anyway! Featuring A. Lee Martinez
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Chrisafer abandoned us and the pod gods were not pleased. We casted our pod anyway. Author A. Lee Martinez joined us this week for a chaotic episode that was so good we recorded it twice! Guest Chat: - A. Lee Martinez's Brilliant Book Titles: Gil's All Fright Diner, A Nameless Witch, the Automatic Detective, In the Company of Ogres - That time Lee …
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EP 12: The Episode We Finally Reveal J.H.'s Real Name, Featuring Author Abigail Linhardt
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Author Abigal Linhardt joined us this week for a conversation so good we managed to break Chris. He required a hard reboot mid-show. Guest Chat: - Abigail's Dark Fantasy Series - Season of the Runner - Why Phill loves the Witcher - Ghost writing - Narrating audiobooks - Altered Reality Magazine - Abigail's writing process News: - Amazon Monopoly? -…
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EP 11: That Time We Weren't Mature Enough For The Filk Circle, Featuring Author JC Crumpton
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We're joined this week by award winning author, JC Crumpton. - How we met JC - The "My Body Is Ready" / "We Aren't Mature Enough For The Filk Circle" story. Previous Guest Shoutouts: - David J Pedersen mentioned us on his blog over at djpwrites.com! - Gary Phillips's One-Shot Harry is up for a Macavity Award! - Bryan Thomas Scmidt's Robots Through …
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EP 10: Let's Play! Featuring Marc Mills of Music the Gathering
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This week we have our first musical guest! Marc Mills, otherwise known as Marco from Music the Gathering, joins us to talk about telling stories through song and the life of a traveling minstrel. Let's Play! - What to do about the beginning? How to start your stories. GUEST CHAT: - Marc gives us his villain origin story. - Music the Gathering. - Ma…
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EP 9: The Man. The Myth. The Legend. Featuring Author Gary Phillips.
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“In the tradition of Dashiell Hammett . . . Makes us feel that the war he’s waging is for our own salvation.” —Walter Mosley Gary Phillips has over 20 novels to his name. A best selling and award winning crime fiction, historical fiction, and pulp author, his latest novel, One-Shot Harry, has more accolades than you could haul in a dump truck. The …
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EP 8: SoonerCon 2023 Recap, Featuring Author Julie Jones
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Guest: Julie Jones is an award winning author who came to SoonerCon with us! Shoutout to the wonderful people who put on SoonerCon year after year! Shoutout to all of our friends who attended! Panels, programming, costumes, and all the shenanigans we got up to at the con! News: - Writer Beware of... Writer Beware imposters? - SFWA Market Report rem…
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EP 7: Authors on F.I.R.E.
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Special Episode - Every week we do a segment called Creatives on F.I.R.E. where we focus on interweaving the concepts of financial independence with what we know about building our author business. In this special episode, we've broken out Phill's Authors on F.I.R.E. presentation and focused an entire episode on the 2nd path to achieving our dreams…
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EP 6: Best Selling Authors Take Over The Future Best Seller Podcast, Featuring Gerald Brandt and Bryan Thomas Schmidt
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This week we've got not ONE, but TWO, best selling authors on the podcast! We are joined by Gerald Brandt, author of the Quantum Empirica and the San Angeles trilogy. And Bryan Thomas Schmidt, an author and renowned anthology editor who has worked on IP's such as Aliens Vs Predator, Jonthan Maberry's Joe Ledger series, and the upcoming Robots Throu…
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EP 5: Selling Books At Conventions, GotAngst, SoonerCon, Writing With Parkinson's, Naughty Skynet, Featuring David J Pedersen & A Corgi Named Marvel
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-Author David J Pedersen joins us this week! -Soonercon is this weekend! -An absurd voicemail. Can you guess which parts the translator got wrong? -The best part of the concert. -David J Pedersen: Watson's World, Writing with Parkinson's, gotAngst on Youtube, David's writing & early reader process. -News: Book sales are back down, Harper Collins is…
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EP 4: Our 1st Official Guest Is Actually Just Four Ferrets In A Trench Coat, Featuring Author Tracy S. Morris
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Authors don’t pay publishers. Should you query with a story you’ve already published? Book-it, but for adults! Tracy S. Morris gives us a teaser about what she’s cookingup. Tracy shares her knowledge about working in shareduniverses, co-authoring, and writing alternate history. Cormac McCarthy. Vivendi acquires Lagardère. Library of Congress’s 23rd…
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EP 3: Book Sales Are Up! J.H. Reveals Her Secret Project, Phill Thinks Everything Is Phenomenal, & #ChrisSoundsHot
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J.H. has a big announcement! Secret, secret Project. Super secret Project! Until next year, Oklahoma Renaissance Festival! Book sales are up! SFWA's Open Market Report. Barnes & Noble. Amazon KDP category changes. EPUB V3.3. It turns out you can't steal other people's intellectual properties. weird, right? A.I. be running wild. Writers go on strike…
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EP 2: How Much Money Do I Need To Quit My Day Job?
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Trains, trains, and mediocre ads. A new level of fame. Moms being moms, and that time Phill's mom made everyone think he died. The boat gods hate Phill but also he might be a mage. Who would ban A Wrinkle In Time? Kindle Unlimited Price Increase. Free Agency. Ryan Reynolds, but he can't make funny. U.S. Book Show. You might be able buy Simon & Schu…
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EP 1: The Podcast We Need. Not The One We Deserve.
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The podcast we wished existed when we were starting our writing journey. Casserole. The Oklahoma Renaissance Festival. A most unusual nipple. Knollsy is a beast. Murder she wrote. Amazon KDP raising paperback costs. Ingram Spark removing costs. The writer strike. AI - Serving our robot overlords. Tools for Authors: Scrivener. Creatives on Fire: A 2…
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