SPP 055 – The Official “Catch up Voicemails” Episode

Sean and I would like to announce the debut of our new channel (including the release of the rest of the Unicorn Western saga, which got pretty damn epic) on May 23rd. You can sign up for the Realm and Sands list to get our new releases at a discount here.

Today we were supposed to have a guest, but he didn’t show up so instead, we just got all caught up on the voicemails you guys have been sending in. Here’s what we answered:

* What’s the best way to publish microfiction?
* A comment about JK Rowling as pertains to crossing genres
* When is it useful to use a pen name?
* WHY THE FUCK DON’T WE SHARE OUR NUMBERS OMG (Dave loved this one.)
* What’s the thing in writing that makes readers share it with others?
* I have three months to do ** SOMETHING ** in publishing and writing. What’s the best way to spend it?
* Is it worthwhile pricing at 99 cents? Permanent free? Whatever?
* We also got a shout out from a listener on her blog.

There was also some discussion of free and of moving to other publishing platforms and a fun revisiting of writing in several genres. Enjoy!

Lastly: Don’t forget to sign up for the Realm and Sands mailing list for channel launch on May 23rd!

SPP 054 – Exploding Your Growth with Bestselling Author CJ Lyons

Share Today, we talked again with our friend and bestselling author CJ Lyons. We talked about how self publishing has changed (and how traditional publishing is apparently just figuring it out), how to bond with your readers and grow your audience, and how smart publishers today need to pay more attention to strategic basics that [...]

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SPP 053 – SPP’s 1-Year Anniversary Show

Share One year ago as of the day we recorded this episode (we recorded it on 4/26/13), we posted the very first episode of the Self Publishing Podcast. So in our longer-than-usual anniversarial episode, we talked about what a difference a year makes, how things have changed in self-publishing, and what we think the future [...]

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SPP 052 – Trusting the Story

Share As Sean and Johnny tie up production on Unicorn Western 9 and prepare to publish the full 1-9 Saga (in addition to launching a whole new venture), we decided to talk about the concept of “trusting the story,” which is something we did a ton of as Unicorn Western finished. There was a lot [...]

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SPP 051 – Writing in Multiple Genres

Share Today’s show was a knock-down, drag-down fight that left all of us — but mostly Dave — exhausted. We talked about whether you should brand yourself as a writer of one type of writing or not, and ridiculousness ensued. But first, a voicemail from Garrett Garrett asked, in short, what we thought about what [...]

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