Welcome back to yet another edition of the Self-Publishing Roundtable, the weekly netcast that tells you the news happening in self-publishing, plus a whole heap of other things that you don’t need to know, but we are going to talk about them anyway.
The show will be live, as usual, at 7pm PST / 10 pm Eastern.
Below is a taste of the stories that we will be ripping apart with our critical minds, and legendary wit.
Self-Publishing Grows Again – Bill Dowis will tell you all about how self-publishing is not slowing down, in fact, it’s still growing.
Indies Fueling Trad Publishing? – Mr Dowis, doubling his overall contribution to the show ; ) has another story for you. The content is hinted heavily in the title.
This Guy Has a Nerve! – Dr Jim Taylor find a way to annoy indie authors with his comments, well, so far just Bill Dowis, but it’s worth talking about just to see how Dave responds.
Virtual Book Clubs – John tells us that Google has patented Virtual Book Clubs. I think this is a subtle hint he wants to talk more about Oprah, or maybe even be in her book club. Either way, Google continue to put pieces in place. Planning their run at Amazon’s marketing share?
Konrath Sales Numbers – Joe shared his sale numbers. Dave wants to discuss them with you all. Interestingly, after sharing the numbers, hundreds of indie authors started drinking heavily. Dr Hans Uberass may have been on to something.
Narcissism Breeds Belief – Crissy posted this one, but as you know, she wont be there this week. I’m sure she had an interesting view on the story. We instead will use it to make the usual Garrett Robinson jokes. Maybe even a Johnny B. Truant one, if we are feeling silly.
Future of Storytelling – This group of highly qualified story experts, are running an online course. So far, totally for free. It has been getting around 2000 sign ups a day. I’m in. I’m not sure what I will get out of it yet, but you may as well sign up before it closes in a few days. Looks pretty interesting.
Wool Goes East – Post and video from Hugh Howey, because I felt it was time we started giving him more air time. He shows off the japanese edition of Wool, which looks pretty cool. I’ll also talk about the graphic novel, which is actually really awesome. That’s published via Amazon’s new imprint. The sample is worth a look.
I’m sure we will have plenty more to discuss, so come back and see us at 7PM PST /10PM Eastern for your news fix.
Welcome to the Roundtable folks.
See you live for all of the usual pointless crap we do, in an hour.
Greetings programs.
Nicholas Kahler Initiate polite reply protocol.
Hola
jlward Nicholas Kahler Shall we do a show based on Tron instead of this tripe?
Carl Sinclair jlward Nicholas Kahler Flynn Lives!
I’m here, where’s the beer?
csjameson Tirate a un poso! I’m pretty sure that means, ‘Hey what’s up!’
csjameson Buenos noches. Como estas? Estoy bien perezoso.
sryeager ::passes beer::
I’d like a beer too, please.
sryeager Cyndi has been hording it all.
BuddyGott Are you a little young, sonny?
Nicholas Kahler BuddyGott Yeah. Don’t tell my truant officer about the drinking, ok?
jlward sryeager So now I’m a hoarder. Great.
sryeager No beer…but oh what’s this a bottle of 18 year old scotch?
BuddyGott Nicholas Kahler ::pulls a fifth from her special secret place, passes it around::
sryeager Ask evo terra
5, 4, 3, 2, 1….
jlward csjameson John I’m good…but did you say that you’re lazy are that I am…I’m a little confused.
It’s 7:01 PST! What the hell?!
keithallenauthor sryeager I like to call it… round one.
GarrettRobinson It could be worse…it could’ve been 7:03:51
GarrettRobinson I know! They might start early!
keithallenauthor sryeager Or that Maccallan 80. But SPRT… Hmm, perhaps some Wild Turkey or maybe a bottle of Nighttrain and the coldness of the linoleum floor.
Nicholas Kahler GarrettRobinson Highly illogical.
GarrettRobinson They started do we clap or something?
Hehe. “Wade pulled out.”
… and Bill with a haymaker opening. Starting strong.
Nicholas Kahler And I had nothing to do with it.
I like his rants. He’s cute when he’s mad.
Dave, you could mention the podcast you and I are going to do about ALIAS!
sryeager keithallenauthor Linoleum? You pansy. You haven’t really slept until you’ve slept on your garage floor.
Do you think John Ward feels inferior with his lack of facial hair?
John is out-bearded.
keithallenauthor No. No, he doesn’t at all.
keithallenauthor Shoot, you beat me to the beard comment.
keithallenauthor No, he has a superhero chin
There are only eagles with hair.
GarrettRobinson I’m confident enough with my rugged good looks that I don’t feel the compulsion to have to cover up my face.
csjameson keithallenauthor True that chin would slice like a hammer
Without Crissy OR Wade tonight, I’m in despair of being able to hijack the podcast to talk about my own books. I might bail.
GarrettRobinson You can talk about your books.
GarrettRobinson Speaking of…where’s my book?
jlward GarrettRobinson Just tell them John. You make up the length of your facial hair with length in other areas. Don’t deny it.
GarrettRobinson You wrote a book? Please, tell me about it.
keithallenauthor GarrettRobinson You still don’t have it! Damn this government shut down. The post office must be furloughed.
sryeager GarrettRobinson LOL
Carl Sinclair GarrettRobinson Garrett, you have some books out??? Tell us more!
Nicholas Kahler jlward GarrettRobinson ::teehee::
LMAO. There we go. Podcast successfully hijacked.
I missed the opening. I feel so unworthy.
Post Office us furloughed!
GarrettRobinson I can see you steepling your fingers and chuckling while you stroke a hairless cat. =P
GarrettRobinson No, they’re not! Lame excuse!
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/bowker-data-offers-surprising-insight-into-traditional-and-self-publishing
GarrettRobinson Be careful, I might hijack your podcast later. Then again, I might fall asleep because you’ll be podcasting way after my bedtime.
gregorylynn It’s okay, we’ve mostly been talking about John’s lack of facial hair and what everyone has been doing this week.
BuddyGott GarrettRobinson LMAO. Sorry, Buddy. They’re in the mail, that’s the best thing I can say.
gregorylynn As though anything significant EVER happens in the first 5 minutes of these shows. Or in the whole thing.
csjameson gregorylynn You know what beards reminds me of?
gregorylynn csjameson ?
gregorylynn csjameson Does it rhyme with traginas?
And he looks at the pictures if there are boobs. Which is healthy, by the way.
GarrettRobinson gregorylynn csjameson Of course it doesn’t rhyme with traginas.
Cindy, I am so disappointed.
I have NEVER paid someone to write a review. Sexual favors, sure.
gregorylynn GarrettRobinson csjameson I’m SORRY! I’m a failure….I’m not worthy.
Baseball?
GarrettRobinson A review of your favors?
GarrettRobinson So that’s where Wade went!
And this just got political.
Can you write off the mileage if you have to drive to an alley?
GarrettRobinson It isn’t a favor if the giving party is coherced
keithallenauthor I can tell you from personal experience: Yes.
Heya everyone 🙂
keithallenauthor My accountant does that for me.
csjameson gregorylynn GarrettRobinson There ya go. It’s actually kind of a thing with that local sports team.
csjameson GarrettRobinson That’s not what rapists say.
Eric Guindon Hey Eric!
csjameson GarrettRobinson And now I feel dirty.
Eric Guindon ERIC!
Eric Guindon Hey Eric!
GarrettRobinson csjameson Accept that feeling and then go play with it.
csjameson gregorylynn GarrettRobinson Also, Justin Verlander has a thing going.
Eric Guindon Ganon!
Eric Guindon HI!
S’up y’all
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/are-self-published-author_b_4017301.html
Doctor Suck My Balls can go get fucked by a rottweiler.
AriLessiers Wassup wassup
AriLessiers There she is. Let the party begin.
AriLessiers Sup!
http://www.mostfailed.com/uploads/6769464774-1366123338-res.jpg
goodness, Bill has crazy-eyes.
I’m going to go rant on that website. You’ll all be in my ears the whole time.
Arriving a bit late – came in right at the Garrett bashing :
gregorylynn Easy now, that’s my chiropractor!
AriLessiers Shh…. we don’t like to mention that.
Eric Guindon Perfect timing.
Oh, fuck you Verlander.
AriLessiers Don’t make eye contact
The typos in his article are also RAAAMPANT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anLfoy2XsFw
Eric Guindon So, right at the beginning then?
GarrettRobinson I think you’re short an “A” there.
Carl, your voice is so low and sexy, I can’t actually hear what you’re saying.
His over-use of exclamation points is also terrible.
maryeihla thats his volume, don’t be confused by it
jlward I love Livefyre. Love it.
jlward hahaha
AriLessiers maryeihla Hey, I can’t help it I’m so sexy.
Heard a great quote. Forget who said it. “You know the difference between a writer and an author? An author is a writer who didn’t give up.”
Eric Guindon Hey, we’re not bashing. Just having fun. He asked us to mention his books.
GarrettRobinson I believe Jesus said that.
Carl Sinclair AriLessiers maryeihla We don’t come with a switch. Can’t turn it off.
So I listened to the Self Publishing Podcast today and I think the commenters there are right. Dave really is cute. And his eyes…dreamy.
shroudbetween Carl Sinclair AriLessiers maryeihla I have a switch… and it’s always on.
Nicholas Kahler shroudbetween Carl Sinclair AriLessiers maryeihla ::swoons::
gregorylynn I think we should all start calling him Sonic. Cute hedgehog that he is.
jlward gregorylynn I think I like that idea.
I despise his attitude about “writers who have their books printed.” He makes it sound like we all go out to vanity presses. Putting a book up on Createspace doesn’t mean I “have my books printed,” it makes my book available for sale on a global level. Same with ebooks.
gregorylynn jlward I know I like it.
jlward gregorylynn Sonic Wright. It’s got a nice ring to it.
csjameson Nicholas Kahler shroudbetween Carl Sinclair AriLessiers maryeihla I’ve got to quit watching these podcasts in bed.
BuddyGott jlward gregorylynn Dave Sonic. It’s a grunge band.
Anyone read this on Catherine Ryan Howard’s blog. I found that interesting.
http://catherineryanhoward.com/2013/10/07/do-you-read-self-published-books-differently/
Also, this article Simon Cantan re-blogged was a good look at Goodreads.
http://mishaburnett.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/more-on-the-goodreads-meltdown/
GarrettRobinson He’s a douche. Fuckim.
gregorylynn not dreamy, sparkly
“Self-published books rarely find their way into a brick-and-mortar store.” Yes. Thank God. If we were all trying to achieve that, we’d spend thousands of dollars and not get any real results because most brick-and-mortar stores are dying.
AriLessiers Lots of people have told me that. lol
Eric Guindon I nominate Eric to take up a permanent place at the Roundtable.
i wish i had youtube
hi dave!
One of you fuckers is banging something…please stop.
AriLessiers This hedgehog thing really has legs.
gregorylynn … sorry
gregorylynn It’s NOT ME I SWEARZ
I think I’d be a chihuaha after five cans of Red Bull.
csjameson gregorylynn Cindy, you’re always banging something.
Garrett is totally a meerkat.
Catherine Howard would be a better choice 😛
Nicholas Kahler AriLessiers BADUM-TSSS!
Mongooses mail out their books on time.
GarrettRobinson csjameson gregorylynn Only my favorite clients
GarrettRobinson Riki-Tikki-Robinson
GarrettRobinson that crazy one eyed dude from ice-age the one who had the trex as a nemesis. thats soley going off your picture
csjameson GarrettRobinson gregorylynn How do I sign up as your client again?
BuddyGott MUAHAH!
AriLessiers GarrettRobinson YES. Scratch. That’s who I am.
GarrettRobinson csjameson gregorylynn You don’t sign up….you get chosen.
BuddyGott That genuinely hurts. Not that I don’t deserve it. But it hurts.
GarrettRobinson AriLessiers no not scratch
Nicholas Kahler Meerkat Robinson
AriLessiers GarrettRobinson Isn’t his name Scratch?
GarrettRobinson AriLessiers You’re a prehistoric squirrel rat that chases nuts obsessively? Yeah… I could see that.
GarrettRobinson BuddyGott Kidding. I love you like the illegitimate son of mine you don’t know that you are.
Where are Crissy and Wade?
Nicholas Kahler GarrettRobinson AriLessiers Nope, BUCK : http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/ice-age/images/7288243/title/ice-age-3-buck-wallpaper-wallpaper
Eric Guindon Was wondering the same thing myself. I got here late, so I must’ve missed that announcement.
AriLessiers Nicholas Kahler GarrettRobinson You are pro at this. I yield.
Eric Guindon They are on a date… at least, that’s the rumor.
jlward Eric Guindon I heard something real nice…like the Red Lobster
Seriously, someone is hitting something way too hard and it’s making me want to jump through the computer and beat you all with a cricket bat.
jlward Eric Guindon Carl must be sooooo jealous. We all know how he feels about Wade 😛
gregorylynn It’s NOT ME!
Garett is Buck from ice age : http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/ice-age/images/7288243/title/ice-age-3-buck-wallpaper-wallpaper
csjameson gregorylynn It’s one of the people I can HEAR
AriLessiers Winner.
John Ward would be an owl.
QUICK! What would I be?
Nicholas Kahler AriLessiers I’m so glad Ari is our newest friend.
GarrettRobinson Especially when he’s got his glasses on.
GarrettRobinson How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
csjameson Tigercorn. NAILED IT!
jlward GarrettRobinson Cyndi would know.
csjameson A fox!
shroudbetween csjameson DING DING DING!
csjameson Loaded question.
Why don’t you just have Garrett on the show already? He already seems to be the main focal point.
csjameson A narwhal
Nicholas Kahler csjameson Those are the only kind of questions I ask.
RemarkableReads Garrett stop logging in with your aliases.
RemarkableReads I approve of this message.
RemarkableReads I mean, it’s not like Garrett has his own show anymore, right? 😛
RemarkableReads Nah, if he was on the show, we’d have to be nice to him.
keithallenauthor RemarkableReads I also approve of this message.
RemarkableReads Garrett DOES rock. We all bust his chops, but he’s really a good guy.
BuddyGott csjameson What does a fox say?
csjameson BuddyGott Ring ding ding ding ding dingding ding!
csjameson Cindy, you’d be a penguin.
http://www.yourtango.com/2012154592/guess-what-horniest-creature-planet
RemarkableReads What would be the fun in that?
I enjoyed reading the comments in Konrath’s posting. Some inspiring numbers in there too.
I posted a bit of a rant on that HuffPost article.
GarrettRobinson csjameson <3
He was a very known quantity in a far less crowded Amazon store in 2011. It’s getting to be a real cluster f in the Zon these days. Still, I’d take his career.
jlward looks like a nice upstanding member of society, who also owns a shotgun. and might be an assassin. but you’d never guess from his politeness.
AriLessiers jlward I am not able to comment on this.
AriLessiers jlward Ha ha!
The question is, when is that Carl Sinclair dude going to put out a book?
jlward AriLessiers You have no idea.
jlward AriLessiers Other than this comment
Another lull in the show. Say, did you guys know we’re going to be coming out with RK merchandise? 😀
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RemarkableReads How do you know he hasn’t? He could be a wildly successful romance author under the pen name Claire Sincarl.
KKR had this link about the article : http://bondwine.com/2013/10/04/told-by-an-idiot-no-6/
RemarkableReads SERIOUSLY. What the fuck, Carl Sinclair?
Write an awesome book. Wait. Do it again.
Lather, rinse, repeat
GarrettRobinson I want a Blade shirt.
GarrettRobinson Where is the delete/unlike button?
RemarkableReads He actually writes dinosaur erotica under a pen name
BuddyGott GarrettRobinson We’re actually coming out with one with the quote, “Suck flames, ugly!”
csjameson GarrettRobinson LMAO.
shroudbetween You _wash_ your books? WTF?
GarrettRobinson RemarkableReads Carl Sinclair I will put out the titles under my name when they are ready. And who says I don’t have a pen name.
Nicholas Kahler RemarkableReads Maybe Sinclair writes that epically successful dino-rotica
Anecdotal study?
Nicholas Kahler shroudbetween just the dirty ones
Nicholas Kahler shroudbetween What are you DOING with them?
Nicholas Kahler shroudbetween I like to look nice.
jlward, that’s a lie because I’ve published more than eight books and I’m not a billionaire yet.
billdowis RemarkableReads You beat me to that joke.
gregorylynn I know…big words…and no names…no evidence. LMAO!
jlward 7/8 within a series?
AriLessiers Second nomination for a permanent seat at the table tonight goes to Ari.
this gives me hope
Random: A big welcome to Ari to our dysfunctional family here!
MW123 David Wright will tell you that’s a bad idea. Never hope in this world.
Yeah, Dave, but you’re just so fucking special.
MW123 HI SWEETIE!
BuddyGott Indeed! Welcome AriLessiers
Dave’s very concerned about length, clearly.
csjameson MW123 hello =)
GarrettRobinson BuddyGott AriLessiers Howdy! =D
For me, my most successful book was my second series, or fourth book. I suspect cover and topic had more to do with that though…
GarrettRobinson Isn’t everyone? Except me.
shroudbetween GarrettRobinson BuddyGott AriLessiers Hello crazy people
AriLessiers shroudbetween GarrettRobinson BuddyGott HAHA! You all got the crazy…
GarrettRobinson You can’t underestimate girth.
Funny note: God actually hasn’t sold that many books. (His ghost writers, on the other hand…)
keithallenauthor GarrettRobinson That’s what my wife reassures me of.
GarrettRobinson Yep. I just lol’ed. Well played, sir.
Eric Guindon Title, Cover, Blurb, Sample. If those are winners, you could almost argue that the stuff between the cover doesn’t matter much.
Nicholas Kahler Eric Guindon Evidence: “What Men Think Of Besides Sex.”
GarrettRobinson keithallenauthor girth doesn’t reach
Breakers took off during a KDP select windfall. Then it took off again when he put book 1 permafree after book 3 was released
Nicholas Kahler Eric Guindon Which is so annoying given how much time we spend on the text between the covers 😛
Hehe. “Fantasy length.” That’s a penis size description if I ever heard one.
Carl likes them fast and easy.
GarrettRobinson Just like you Garrett!
GarrettRobinson MW123 I learned at a young age the difference between art and craft =) ,
Me ‘Ma i want to be a writer”
Ma beats the shit out of me, makes me go through engineering college
AriLessiers jlward Not necessarily. Just 7 or 8 books total. They could be stand alone or in a series.
csjameson I made it, finally.
We’re saying that JUSTIN VERLANDER HAS A NO HITTER GOING
gregorylynn Get out of here, baseball guy!
rickwayne csjameson YAY!!! I love having you around.
keep up Carl Sinclair
Boy, I was expecting the God joke to get more than a halfhearted chuckle from the panel.
csjameson rickwayne I love me, too.
GarrettRobinson Pfft, get out of here self promoting guy.
GarrettRobinson no one appreciates you like I do Garrett
gregorylynn GarrettRobinson *happily dons that cap*
GarrettRobinson jlward I didn’t say a billionaire. And, I don’t think it’s a hard rule that release X number of books and you’ll hit success. Just that the ones who have succeeded, tend to experience that success somewhere within that range.
GarrettRobinson Bill botched the delivery. 😛
rickwayne csjameson You should love you….often
AriLessiers Hi, Ari.
GarrettRobinson Damn right. Hence why I only deal out ‘epic’ sized fantasies.
ahah no, its a spoof of the article. and then KK takes it apart
csjameson gregorylynn I wrote a post about this on G+ like a year ago. In that post, I did list names and stuff. Sorry I can’t remember it all.
Nicholas Kahler GarrettRobinson My favorite “genre”
csjameson rickwayne right now, in fact. some sexy dudes on there.
On the topic of books taking off, and the breaker series – it’s just one of those things where you continue to write different series, and hope if one catches it’ll bring attention to the other books (my current plan), or you just continue down a single world/series and hope that you can build a solid career off of that (a la Game of Thrones)
Okay, you want to hear a funny story about self-promotion? One of my best friends, the godfather of my children, was having a beer with me last night. And he goes, “Man, I’m so happy about your book. I just wish you had a hard copy I could read, since I don’t have a Kindle.” After I promote my paperback OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
Lesson learned: promote self more. You never know when THAT POST is going to be the one that hooks a new reader.
rickwayne csjameson So we’re doing it together…it’s like magic.
interested , def interested
Gotta go, my wife needs me to do something with meat.
(Epilogue: he bought the book from me).
csjameson rickwayne Pictures or it didn’t happen.
shroudbetween It’s a gamble to bank on one series. You’re better off writing several stand-alone novels with ‘sequel potential’ than several titles in the same vein.
GarrettRobinson hehehehe HARD copy.
gregorylynn I’LL BET SHE DOES.
jlward csjameson gregorylynn Just giving you a hard time sweets!
Garrett’s an arrogant fuck. Fuck that guy.
I think you have to be arrogant to be narcissistic, though, don’t you?
GarrettRobinson Stop! He’s my friend!
rickwayne csjameson Still trying to get a pic out of me heh? Some day buddy…some day
shroudbetween I agree with that. Put out stuff that you love, try different things, eventually something is likely to catch (assuming you are putting out quality stuff). Then, people will discover your other stuff along with that title.
Yeah but aren’t authors meant to be overtly arrogant and then horrificaly insecure the agony and the ecstasy
It’s so true. I get way too much attention. I’m constantly beating women off with a stick. (Take that any way you will).
gregorylynn Baseball LALALALALALALALALALLALA
GarrettRobinson Tell Hugh Howey that. He’s been on a steady diet of humble pie since his debut in the Kindle Millionaires club.
Nicholas Kahler shroudbetween Indeed. I abhor the idea of being trapped in a single genre, so I have a few serials going on. Because it’s fun =D It also helps spread the appeal and accesses readers that might not normally check out my books.
AriLessiers Only the good ones.
AriLessiers I love you a little bit
Nicholas Kahler GarrettRobinson No, sure, but he’s neither one. I don’t think. You have to be arrogant to be narcissistic, not successful. (If anything, they’re probably a detriment in the extreme long run).
Carl Sinclair AriLessiers only a little?
GarrettRobinson I’m not arrogant. Just awesome.
Carl Sinclair AriLessiers ITS 3 AM CARL
Nicholas Kahler AriLessiers And I’m so good.
Nicholas Kahler I plan on being arrogant and narcissistic right up until the point I actually deserve to act that way.
AriLessiers Carl Sinclair I think you’re an idiot, but that’s a comment on the show, not on you. =P
I’m not arrogant at all, but let me just say….I love all these little pictures of me when I “like” something on here!
GarrettRobinson I actually love those moments when you can say with no small amount of joy, “ACTUALLY, you know…”
Maybe this subject is why people love Rothfuss so much. We love the main character because he’s so together and smart. Like we wish we were. The number one complaint about that book on Goodreads is what a bunch of wish fulfillment the main character is. I’m like, “OF COURSE! I want to be that guy! Who DOESN’T want their wishes fulfilled?”
Well, that explains the Kardashians.
Hey, someone on the panel actually talk about the Rothfuss point below. I’m interested in it.
BuddyGott All the little pictures of you are just what we need to make this place special.
(And this show is only for me, after all)
GarrettRobinson I was just about to raise Kvothe
Carl Sinclair GarrettRobinson DUUUUUU EEEEEEEET
Carl’s trying to break in. Hilarious.
GarrettRobinson John took care of you.
HAHAHAHA. WARD JACKED IT.
GarrettRobinson Fucking Ward
Steerpike from Gormenghast, who cared about titus…no-one
Carl Sinclair GarrettRobinson That’s what she said?
csjameson Nicholas Kahler AriLessiers You’re why they call the show spurt, Cindy.
heathcliff
keithallenauthor Carl Sinclair GarrettRobinson WIN, KEITH!
GarrettRobinson csjameson Nicholas Kahler AriLessiers Truth…I even gave them pictures for inspiration.
LOL! Carl can’t get it in.
There’s nothing like a steak.
GarrettRobinson And….that’s what she said…BOOM, all night son!
AriLessiers Are you trying to take home a fantasy geek like a lost puppy tonight? Cause it might just happen.
GarrettRobinson I quit.
keithallenauthor GarrettRobinson That’s what SHE said.
Nicholas Kahler AriLessiers depends who i get to take home.
HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT FUCKING THAT BOOK. LMAOOOOOO
Everymen tend to work when they are exposing a crazy world around them. Larger than life characters work against the backdrop of ordinary situations.
but the quite ones come from behind and butt fuck the game up
AriLessiers Nicholas Kahler ::raises hand::
GarrettRobinson Yeah, sons of bitches
AriLessiers Nicholas Kahler *raises hand*
*sees Cindy*
I’m okay with this.
MW123 Like Garrett Robinson
Carl Sinclair GarrettRobinson And Ward takes it again
csjameson MW123 Sadly, that’s one rite of passage I’ve never taken.
GarrettRobinson AriLessiers Nicholas Kahler Giggity.
i tend to get annoyed at main characters, Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker, whiny assed
Carl Sinclair GarrettRobinson It’s the only way he ever gets a partner who reaches a climax.
AriLessiers That’s why I love Kvothe so much. He’s SO not whiny.
Hehe. Wang.
Where did Carl go? While we’re on it: what does the fox say?
GarrettRobinson AriLessiers They make characters weak to start so they have a better growth arc. It’s a blessing and a curse.
People watch downton abbey because it’s soap operatic.
GarrettRobinson As soon as I said that, I was like, Oh crap. I shouldn’t have mentioned his last name.
jlward I like you, and i am frightened you might be an assassin, but you’ve obviously never watched downton! the DRAMA. its totally Jane Austen, quiet masterful period drama
GarrettRobinson I say whatever comes to mind.
and dame maggie being kick-ass
GarrettRobinson cow goes moo
billdowis GarrettRobinson pig goes oink
AriLessiers jlward I freaking love Downton Abbey. Yes, I know they don’t have an episode about shoe polish, but come on. They did have an episode about the guy not having the right coat.
AriLessiers jlward I must eventually try watching Downton.
AND KVOTHE IS FUCKING AWESOME.
GarrettRobinson billdowis Fish go blub
BuddyGott AriLessiers jlward IS SO GOOD
AriLessiers She is THE REASON to watch the show.
jlward AriLessiers ok i am sorry, please don’t ‘give me the good news’
He’s like a lesser Aragorn.
GarrettRobinson Which means he doesn’t matter
GarrettRobinson Author’s name again? Too lazy to scroll
GarrettRobinson When Crissy finally reads that fucker we should all get together and do a show.
That’s because they’re not as awesome as Kvothe is. I can relate to him.
Over 350 comments so far. Tonight may be record-breaking for this show.
keithallenauthor GarrettRobinson Patrick Rothfuss.
GarrettRobinson Aragorn also had an extremely shallow development path in LoTR. It’s why he was never pegged as a favorite.
jlward AriLessiers she totally owns it
gregorylynn GarrettRobinson AGREED.
BuddyGott We’re awesome.
GarrettRobinson keithallenauthor Thanks…TBR added.
BuddyGott If only we were striving for quality… 😛
BuddyGott My speed-writing becomes useful once again.
Eric Guindon BuddyGott I repeat—my writing style comes in handy.
Nicholas Kahler GarrettRobinson I could make Aragorn deeper.
I think they’d like to get away with the stuff those characters do.
csjameson Nicholas Kahler GarrettRobinson HEY-O!
“downtown abbey in space”
MW123 on a bus
GarrettRobinson gregorylynn I actually want to ask Rothfuss a question about the spades thing in the second book.
COMMENT FLURRY! GO!
I think Dave’s eyes are dreamy.
ALL OF THEM!
Comment blocked by Ward
Bill’s the quiet hero of this show.
Ward’s just jealous.
keithallenauthor What?
Carl’s icon—weird to anyone else?
Bill is crazed from too much running
I <3 SPRT
GarrettRobinson He’s dropped some stellar one-liners tonight
csjameson SO I’VE HEARD
csjameson We know…
Hehe. Popped up.
GarrettRobinson I work for the government, it makes sense if you knew what I knew.
Let’s all make guesses about what Wade and Crissy are doing on their date.
What ARE Wade and Crissy doing?
I want to sip metheglin from Kvothe’s belly button.
BuddyGott Penguin watching
https://iversity.org/courses/the-future-of-storytelling?enrol=true&signup=true#shareCourseModal
BuddyGott Strip club.
GarrettRobinson What AREN’T they doing?
BuddyGott CO-ED strip club.
BuddyGott Steampunk cosplay? … and chess.
I want Ward to list the books on the shelves behind him.
Nicholas Kahler BuddyGott I think that wins
Does Bill record in a kitchen or a bathroom? VOTE NOW.
GarrettRobinson Yes.
Nicholas Kahler BuddyGott Doesn’t one naturally lead to the other?
Are they weriters or authors? Muahaha.
GarrettRobinson bathroom
GarrettRobinson His house only has one of those. Guess which one.
By the way, anyone else catch that Rothfuss got his start in the “Writers of the Future” contest?
keithallenauthor GarrettRobinson bathroom
That’s a badass contest. Been going for decades and every volume is better than the last.
GarrettRobinson I am dropping a deuce as we speak.
shroudbetween Nicholas Kahler BuddyGott Chess is a gateway game
GarrettRobinson Yes, yes we have.
shiit they are talking about the wire
gregorylynn GarrettRobinson Haha. Okay, maybe I mention that a lot. It’s just so cool. I used to work for the organization that held that contest.
GarrettRobinson Friend of mine won the latest one.
GarrettRobinson each other
shroudbetween GarrettRobinson DOPE. I’ll read his stuff then.
awww dave is so cute when he gets angry
MW123 The Wire was awesome.
AriLessiers I agree! You read my mind.
I am going to flip the script and start a super secret club and pay people to be in it.
In what country do they spell “enroll” with only one “L”?
keithallenauthor I WANT IN.
jlward MW123 almost got me relegated from my uni
maryeihla Um…is this a joke?
GarrettRobinson keithallenauthor That’s what She? said
csjameson GarrettRobinson keithallenauthor LMAO
http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Graphic-SPECIAL-PREVIEW-ebook/dp/B00F8KSY1Y/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1381453012&sr=1-2&keywords=wool+graphic+novel
csjameson GarrettRobinson keithallenauthor well played.
OH HOLY SHIT I WANT IT.
Hey, what’s the comment record, anyway? I want to break it single-handedly.
Carl Sinclair That’s awesome
Carl Sinclair spaamm
Wool Howey: my new pen name.
And once again, I have to remind my wife what day our anniversary is on.
GarrettRobinson I think it was like 397 or something. Alas, it has been broken.
GarrettRobinson I TOLD YOU! You have to be CHOSEN ….there’s no sign up
It would be hilarious if he didn’t even read Wool.
MAN CRUSH!
COMMENT RECORD BROKEN.
jlward GarrettRobinson stretch it…I think we can hit 500
I LIKE TURTLES
GarrettRobinson I have read everything but Dust in that universe.
GarrettRobinson How much?
keithallenauthor GarrettRobinson So much.
Dave, stop talking about me. You know I don’t like being called a parasite.
keithallenauthor GarrettRobinson Let’s just say that turtles call him hedgehog
Well, so do all of you guys, Dave.
Ah dave its not as fun when you dont say it in your angry voice
maryeihla they don’t charge for anything.
I don’t know that that’s true. I think there’s many people with valuable information who charge for it. I don’t think they’re wrong, necessarily, they’re just not as wonderful as the people who give it away.
maryeihla oh sorry you meant they give back don’t you.
LOL. Dave sees scams everywhere.
So, you guys going to have me on when I win the LAS contest hmm?
What I think is hilarious is that the members of SPRT often accuse me of terrible business practices. Dave automatically suspects that it’s true, even when they’re totally joking.
(or are they?)
maryeihla my bad:(
WHAT’S UP DAVE’S BUTT?
GarrettRobinson Dave’s met you, so…
GarrettRobinson *suspense music*
GarrettRobinson SPRT has no official opinion of your business practices.
WHAT’S UP DAVE’S BUTT?
I’d pay 97 bucks for that
DO IT NOW!
this is like “One piece”
GarrettRobinson I think most of those who have valuable information for sale also give away a lot of stuff also. The ones who sell crap give away nothing.
Don’t wrap it up! We’re almost to 500.
Dave, just call it spurt. We all do.
What are you, the NSA?
LMAO
Dave hates Kickstarter. One day I expect to find their corporate headquarters burned to the ground.
WAIT, DAVE, LET ME DROP TROW
Let’s do a kickstarter to get Dave’s secret club started
do any of you watch anime?
THE ONE?!
MW123 I do.
Hey!
OH, that was beautiful. I just finished.
AWWWWWW MORE MAN CRUSHES
MW123 Yarp
Thank you, Dave. That was the best it’s been in months.
He’s the ONE you NOTICED…
Only fourteen left to go, guys
Sinclair dropping the smack
I just cried. That was sweet.
OH GAWD….it’s all over now.
BuddyGott I just cried, too, but it was from laughter.
Want to join the after party?
I do, I do!
ME. INVITE ME.
how does that happen? im in yes me!!
me me!
Ari, you’re British? You’re six times hotter now.
I can chat for a while, so send me an invite. 🙂
jlward Yes please
jlward sneak me in , i will be quiet
jlward Tonight, I’m in.
jlward I’m in
and i speak fluent french..hotter?
WE BROKE 500, BITCHES!
Yeah, science, bitch!
500…we did it people
AriLessiers 50% hotter
Nicholas Kahler jlward I want to comment on that.
AriLessiers do you have a G+ account?
AriLessiers Yep
AriLessiers I have an exact measuring standard.
jlward AriLessiers arilessiers@gmail.com
I want in
keithallenauthor And only 18 people.
How do I get invited?
jlward Yep!
Nicholas Kahler keithallenauthor I’m so proud of us
AriLessiers Have you ever had sexual relations with another woman?
Have you ever been in a monogamous relationship with another woman?
Have you ever been a cheerleader?
A stripper?
(I once had a woman who checked off ALL of these, AND the British one, AND she spoke four other languages)
csjameson Nicholas Kahler jlward You certainly may, but that’s not going to stop me.
GarrettRobinson AriLessiers Garrett.. yes to all of the above
That’s was freaking fun…hope to be here every week.
keithallenauthor Nicholas Kahler I’m proud of you all, even Garrett
Nicholas Kahler csjameson jlward I don’t want it to stop. 😉
jlward Me, please!
Nicholas Kahler keithallenauthor you mother fuckers talk a LOT
nicely said
maryeihla Let John know in his comment below.
AriLessiers Totes hotter. You’re in.
“i am off my meds”
AriLessiers invite sent to you by John Ward on G+
We might have to have two hangouts!
AriLessiers GarrettRobinson Pics or it didn’t happen.
maryeihla send john a message on G+ Mary
ahhahahah
csjameson That’s looking likely at this point.
maryeihla I invited you.
This was awesome
AriLessiers GarrettRobinson You need to un-mute the microphone in the top right.
billdowis Nicholas Kahler keithallenauthor We’re writers. That makes us…chatty =D
jlward I’m Scott Richards on G+ btw
I never got an invite =(
*Hulk’s lonely man theme plays*
shroudbetween I’ll invite you now.
jlward shroudbetween Says it’s full. D’oh!
AriLessiers Wow speak some french for us!
GarrettRobinson Yes
GarrettRobinson Yeah sure did. Kevin J Anderson was the one to get him started.