Hybrid Pub Scout Podcast · Episode 69 – Ruthie Hanson Emily talks to Ruthie Hanson about her experience running a successful Kickstarter for her upcoming TV project, Ladies of Fortune, as well as writing books, screenplays, and fanfiction. One of the things I try to encourage as much as possible is for the production of … Read more
I had the good fortune of speaking with Jeff Borschowa on the Clientology podcast. We talk about feeding horses, not maxing out every day, being patient with yourself during the writing process, and (obviously), why publishing a book is a great way to get clients!
Let’s get this out of the way first—I know a book doesn’t die once it is published. The end of production is the beginning of an entirely new life of promoting and selling it. However, I’m a production person, and once I’m done with posting that book online, my work is mostly done, except, of … Read more
Hybrid Pub Scout Podcast · Episode 68: Edtech Innovation with Stephanie Argy of ISTE Stephanie Argy, editor for the International Society for Technology in Education, reminds us that strides in learning and technology is cause for optimism. It used to be that educational technology was all about teaching typing and keeping students off of inappropriate … Read more
You may have noticed in the signature area of my email address, or in my bio on this website, that I have the pronouns “they/them” featured along with my name. You may or may not have colleagues, friends, or family members who use they/them pronouns. (In fact, you probably do, and you might not know … Read more
Hybrid Pub Scout Podcast · Episode 67: Sustainable Publishing Distribution with Rachel Done Many publishing professionals care deeply about the health of society and the planet. Our industry faces many issues, but one that often feels too big to conquer is book publishing’s contribution to the climate crisis. Overprinting, shipping inefficiencies, deforestation—all this and more … Read more
A detailed description of my process for transforming an author’s knowledge and ideas into a fully formed book A lot more goes into publishing a book than writing it. Usually, we call the finished product of an author’s labor a manuscript, because the production tasks that make it an actual book haven’t yet taken place. … Read more
The story of how some Nazi-obsessed jerks played each other, themselves, and several major publications. Guest host Chris Curran joins us again to talk about one of the major publishing scams of the late 70s and early 80s. Content Warnings Nazis, including neo-Nazis who carried on their worship after they lost the war Holocaust deniers … Read more
Listen to Episode 59 with Jessie Kwak, author of From Chaos to Creativity and From Big Idea to Book. When I found out that Jessie Kwak released a new book on writing books, I decided to order it straight from the source at Microcosm Publishing. From Chaos to Creativity serves as such an effective manual, … Read more
Katie Fairchild talks to us about marketing for Radish and how an expertise in fanfiction informs her work. In the final installment of our fanfiction series, we talk with a publishing professional and fan fiction expert who works in the business of serialized fiction. Katie Fairchild is a marketing associate who uses her expertise in … Read more
