This week we interviewed Laura Fredericks from Describli. Click the link for more info on this new start up site for writers and readers.
In addition, we had usual blend of breaking news stories, discussion and banter.
by Carl Sinclair | Oct 24, 2013 | Podcast | 137 comments
This week we interviewed Laura Fredericks from Describli. Click the link for more info on this new start up site for writers and readers.
Great podcast as always, guys. On the timezone thing, let me know when suits and I can try to be awake for it. I may look a little dishevelled though :)
@crissymoss @SimonCantan I did think of something that *might* be funny. You know at award ceremonies when actors can't be there and they record a quick acceptance video. I could do one of those :)
@SimonCantan @crissymoss That would be hilarious. If Carl could figure out how to show it.
@crissymoss @SimonCantan That's a good idea. Let's do that, it will be hilarious. Keep it brief though. Like 2 minutes. If you upload to YouTube we can probably show it live (AND) put it on the site for the show notes.
@Carl Sinclair @crissymoss @SimonCantan Okay, good, I'll record a brief acceptance speech and send you the link, Carl.
@SimonCantan @Carl Sinclair @crissymoss Sounds good. There is no show this week because of Halloween in the US, so if you can get it to me before then, I can put a post up on the site or something.
@Carl Sinclair @SimonCantan @crissymoss Oh, I was going to wait and do it on the weekend, since there was no show.
@SimonCantan We aren't having a podcast this week (because Halloween), but maybe the next week. Our normal time is thursday, 7pm PST. I don't know what that would be where you are.
Let us know. We can adjust a little bit for you too. I think Carl was going to send you an email about it.
@crissymoss @SimonCantan 7pm PST is 3am CET, which is kind of the most awkward time possible, when it's a weekday. Later would be better, cause then I can just get up early for work at 5am or something. We can work it out, though.
@SimonCantan @crissymoss Yep, it's going to be awkward for someone because Carl is in Australia, a couple people are on the east coast, and couple are on the west coast of the USA.
But we'll figure it out.
@coreyrma @shroudbetween Hah! A friend tried to have it read one of my serials to him, and he turned the pitch all the way up, and the speed all the way down. We couldn't stop laughing for fifteen minutes. He then went on to base a D&D character off of that voice. Needless to say... he never got around to reading my episode. =P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmmIZZmgJfM&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLhqgmULUQG6GF6T9P_7fyB48dtemLyidY Mike from Breaking Bad reading Fairy Tales.
So she's willing to lose 30% of her potential readers to avoid the book getting pirated? That makes no sense. Alot of ebook readers won't buy print, so she auto-loses those readers by not producing an ebook.
@Trish McCallan Some people just don't understand how things work. Very narrow-sighted. Unable to see the big picture.
@Carl Sinclair @Trish McCallan I think they are in some genres. Romance being one.
@Trish McCallan Some trad authors are now saying their e-book sales are as high as 50% now...
I think if 100k people were copying it, I don't think she's a new author... I couldn't pay people to copy my stuff at this point =P
@crissymoss Agreed. I've become the same way on all my social media. I'm done trying to get the mass follower thing. It's empty. They're not worth anything. I'd much rather have people following me because they're interested in what I'm doing, and I'd much rather follow people I'm interested in, rather than have my feed filled with crap.
@shroudbetween @crissymoss I thought followers were like Pokemon. Gotta catch em all.