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ISBW #319 - Feedback

I go through the feedback. Note, I didn't get to all the feeback because I will soon have an interview with my agent, Jen Udden, and will ask her the remaining questions. 

 

Hey! Did you know I have a Patreon account? Support me and save puppies from giant hawk attacks! (or just support the show. That works too)

ISBW #318 - Read the fine print // Max Gladstone Interview

I was delighted to interview my buddy Max Gladstone, and I only held onto the interview for like 3 months. And then realized we got cut off at the end. BUT IT IS A GOOD INTERVIEW DANGIT. 

I also give my opinions of reading the fine print, told in the perspective of the Amtrak Writer's Residency idea. 

ISBW #317 - Feedback

From publishers making you write, to how many rejections are too many!

In this show we cover what to do at each milestone of rejections. There is no maximum number of rejections you can get before you should stop writing. But you should mark the milestones regardless:

100 rejections: Go to Google and search for your favorite author and see if you can find how many rejections THEY got before they had a sale. This will also test your Google skills, as the search may be difficult. Learn about JK Rowling's homelessness, etc.
200 rejections: Send a favorite author an email. Ask for an atta-girl/boy. Or if that scares you, tweet @MykeCole (who may also be your favorite author!) and say you need encouragement. He will deliver. Or heck, tweet at me - @mightymur.
300 rejections: Join a writer's group. If you can't find one, create one at your local library.
400 rejections: Go to your vineyard's* website and order a cheap bottle of wine to feel sorry for yourself, and order the most expensive bottle you can because you are a damn working writer and deserve to be rewarded for it.
500 rejections: start a betting pool to see how many rejections you will gather before you get a sale. [may be illegal in your state]
600 rejections: Start your own podcast.

* I know wine isn't everyone's thing. Consider chocolate, or potato chips, or coffee. Whatever decadence you enjoy.

ISBW #316 - Confidence // Madeline Ashby Interview

[If you're here from USAToday.com, welcome!]

This episode we discuss how I've been writing out of order, and how lack of confidence creates a bit of a roadblock. Then we talk to Madeline Ashby, the awesome SF writer. Check out her books vN and iD.

ISBW #315 - Myke Cole Interview

Myke Cole has a new book out, finishing his Shadow Ops trilogy! He's a great author and a very giving guy.

 Ghost Train to New Orleans – Out March 4

ISBW #314 - Rapid Fire: Marketing

I have a book coming out in a month! Time to discuss marketing options. 

ISBW #313 - (OLDER SHOW) Teri Karobonik Interview

Recorded early January, I'm just now getting this up. Sorry about that. But I talked to Teri Karobonik, an IP lawyer who got her career idea from a show I did a very long time ago!

ISBE #312 - Returning, and Interview with Matt Lohr and Diane O'Bannon

I'm back after NaNo stress! Hope you did well! And I talk to Matt Lohr and Diane O'Bannon, co-authors of Dan O'Bannon's Guide to Screenplay Structure.

NaNoWriMo podcast day 30 - The End

Did you finish? I didn't! Here's the last episode for all you winners, and 'losers' too!

ISBW NaNoWriMo Special Episode 25 - When in Doubt #5 - Consume media!

Some people want to be "pure" when they write, consuming no media, and definitely not things associated with what they are writing. I say PISH TOSH.

Wordcount at end of day: 41,675
Words left to write: 8,325
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Theme music by John Anealio