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Because he needs no introduction, I didn’t write one. But just in case you don’t know the incredible Carl Sinclair here’s his Amazon bio:
Carl Sinclair spent several years working in software engineering, insurance, and being a chef. After years of changing careers to find something that fit, he decided to follow his passion for writing. He currently lives in Perth, Australia.
Join us for a fun conversation and some jovial fun.
Don’t forget to check out his top class website and blog at carlsinclairauthor.com.
This is really happening?
DemelzaCarlton I sure hope so. I’m gonna troll the son of a bitch.
Carl Sinclair DemelzaCarlton I should be writing…but I’m not going to be able to resist this podcast. Time to get my notebook out to take more notes.
DemelzaCarlton Hi Demelza
writerwade DemelzaCarlton G’morning
Ahh… finally made it to a live show! AND it’s the one with Carl 😀
Hello!
SaffronB Hello! And welcome!
Good evening from the “beautiful” Interstate Inn
xgranville SaffronB Hi Saffron
MrJohnRead I’ve heard it is a…Vision
xgranville MrJohnRead Good on ya!
Greetings to one and all!
…Hey Carl 😀
MrJohnRead Hi John
Mgon Mgon! Hello
writerwade MrJohnRead Hello Wade! (write the book)
writerwade Hey, Hey, Wade! 😀
Mgon Greetings Mgon!
writerwade xgranville SaffronB Hey Xavier and Wade… nice to talk to you… in person?
SaffronB writerwade xgranville If you want to stick around for the afterparty, you can haha
xgranville Howdy, X! By the way, you create really good music. I had no idea. https://soundcloud.com/ownasylum/its-a-game
xgranville SaffronB writerwade I will if I can… I’m supposed to meet with my supervisor in an hour, but we’ll see how that goes 😉
Mgon xgranville Thanks man! I’ve been composing for a good 7 years. I hadn’t posted anything new in a year or so.
Carl Sinclair Hello to you too sir.
xgranville I’m glad you recently did; that’s how I found out. I was very impressed 🙂
Mgon xgranville Hopefully I get the chance to post something new soon. Something volcano-y.
SaffronB Hey Saff!
Carl Sinclair SaffronB Hey Carl 😀 Great to hear you – and congrats, I see Sixth Cycle is still holding the rankings 🙂
Any questions for our lovely…*ahem* LOVELY guest?
xgranville Yes, someone must have a burning question.
Evening. Carl was a slave driver.
Darren Wearmouth Oh Darren, almost fell off the bed
writerwade xgranville I would like to know how the LOVELY Carl worked out what would appeal to the market?
YAY! Michelle Read!
MI-CHEEEEEEELLE!!!
Carl Sinclair Darren Wearmouth Definitely impressive, dudes! 😀
Carl Sinclair thinks American football sucks… you guys could talk about that.
CateMorgan CAAAAAATTTTEEEE!!!!
ZachBohannon I did for real talk about this today whilst taking my son to the doctor. He also likes the word “Whilst”, a lot.
CateMorgan My Cate! Back away, Wade.
Awesome 🙂 Thanks Carl Sinclair
MrJohnRead Well hello, there. Did you know…. I’ll be wearing a real dress tomorrow? You should definitely cross state lines for that. I may shave my legs, too.
ZachBohannon I watched some soccer last night. Stupid ties. Good game, though.
In other news… is it football season yet?
Mgon I haven’t see you here in a while! Hope your evening is good.
matmorrisauthor ZachBohannon I really tried getting into soccer. I picked a MLS team and an EPL team and honestly tried. I just couldn’t.
And, dude, it’s the Stanley Cup Playoffs. That’s what I care about, as much as I love football.
michelleread MrJohnRead shaved legs?? Go John go!
SaffronB Carl Sinclair Don’t thank him.
ZachBohannon matmorrisauthor GO SPORTSBALL!
ZachBohannon I don’t think it sucks. I was winding you up 🙂
michelleread Hiya Michelle. I know. I don’t seem to make it very often. My sleep schedule is crazy all over the place! LOL. Happy to be here and see all of you :o)
American football is a soft version of rubgy.
Carl Sinclair ZachBohannon But we all know Cricket is best 🙂
I like the way Carl says February.
xgranville *ears perk up* 😉 lol
writerwade michelleread MrJohnRead Good lord, i go to use the bathroom and now we’re talking about my wife’s legs
Any questions?
MrJohnRead writerwade michelleread Well now we can talk about the bathroom if you want?
MrJohnRead writerwade michelleread They are very nice legs, though.
michelleread What will you be wearing under the dress?
michelleread MrJohnRead writerwade It’s true
MrJohnRead michelleread (Thank God for the mute button)
MrJohnRead michelleread And……that depends on if I get the laundry done. My husband has been out of town for a month and MY underwear is actually last on the list to be washed. So…..
michelleread MrJohnRead I feel the need to point out that this isn’t an answer. (Don’t worry John, I got your back!)
Would Carl prefer to fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck?
Darren Wearmouth That is an excellent question.
michelleread MrJohnRead Cammondo
matmorrisauthor michelleread MrJohnRead Thank you, Mr. Technicality!
Darren Wearmouth wins the Internet.
michelleread MrJohnRead You should wear that dress or no dress at all…I happen to have no dress at all right here!
Okay, I’ll ask a series question. You may have already talked about this, so ignore this if you have…
What was your collaboration process? Did one of you draft and one of you do the polishing? I’m about to start a collaboration with (Redacted) so I was just curious. I’ll be strictly doing the first draft.
*serious question
writerwade michelleread MrJohnRead Worked for _____ on the New Girl episode last week. Works for me!
matmorrisauthor michelleread MrJohnRead Thanks
michelleread writerwade MrJohnRead I’m || close to closing the show.
ZachBohannon I put it in the queue.
Darren Wearmouth Jesus, Darren is on fire
MrJohnRead michelleread *takes the dress grumpily*
Carl Sinclair What did the new cover cost you?
michelleread ZachBohannon Cue the queue.
Darren Wearmouth Oh my goodness! Excellent question. So on the nose.
michelleread MrJohnRead
Agree with Carl. The month before we repackaged we sold 500, the month after we sold 2,000.
SaffronB Carl Sinclair Good question.
michelleread ZachBohannon I hope they didn’t talk about it when you weren’t around. Man, I’ll look like a dick.
http://damonza.com/
SaffronB Carl Sinclair $599
Darren Wearmouth SaffronB Carl Sinclair I’d say that’s worth an increase in 1500 units.
Darren Wearmouth SaffronB Carl Sinclair wow… splashing out… but for that much of a return, totally worth it.
The “Oregon ducks”?
Darren Wearmouth Luckily, being Americans, we’ve got a pill for that…
MrJohnRead The Mighty Ducks
michelleread MrJohnRead Emilio!
MrJohnRead Oooh! Or those Ducks in Branson. Man oh man those are so cool.
michelleread MrJohnRead EMILIOOOOO
Alexandar Finch is based on Carl.
Darren Wearmouth That’s quite a jump. Well done!
xgranville michelleread MrJohnRead The comic timing…
Darren Wearmouth Captain Ross is based on Darren.
MrJohnRead Darren Wearmouth haha!
MrJohnRead Duck Hunt
Carl Sinclair Darren Wearmouth And Skye is based on me because she stole my last name. (I like to sometimes pretend I’m famous.)
MrJohnRead michelleread HA! HAHAHAHAAAAA!
matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead OHNOWIWANTTOPLAYTHISGAME
matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead SOBAD
michelleread matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead It’s best to play it drunk.
michelleread matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead #HASHTAG??
matmorrisauthor michelleread MrJohnRead I was GOING to say that. Oh by the way, John Read…..guess what I had tonight. With my mom. All to myself.
Any more questions?
xgranville michelleread I’m just so glad I wasn’t the only one there.
MrJohnRead michelleread matmorrisauthor She smoked weed with her mom?!!?
Carl Sinclair What about a pen name for a different sci-fi sub genre? I’m considering using something different for my dystopian, compared to what I use for my sci-fi action/adventure…
matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead michelleread Awesome
matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead michelleread Ugggghhhhh.
How important does Carl think the craft is?
MrJohnRead matmorrisauthor michelleread Dislike. Do not encourage!
michelleread matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead Guacamole?
SaffronB Carl Sinclair Ooh very good question.
Who thinks my husband and Mat Morris are drinking together tonight. They’re ultra sassy this evening. 😐
MrJohnRead michelleread matmorrisauthor Yes. And a margarita.
Carl’s rich….get his wallet!
michelleread I’m so toned down from my norm…
matmorrisauthor michelleread I know but still.
michelleread Sometimes it’s best to keep what’s really going on in my head to myself. 😉
michelleread matmorrisauthor What is the name of this bar?
MrJohnRead michelleread matmorrisauthor !! See!
matmorrisauthor michelleread Or write it down and sell books, as you often do. Hey you should plug your new podcast, friend.
Hello everyone
michelleread matmorrisauthor It’s not really out yet, other than on our site. I have to link it to iTunes tonight.
michelleread matmorrisauthor But yeah, 3 episodes are available on the site right now, with a new one getting added each day. 😉
Does Carl like dragons?
Wow that took thirty minutes to post… stupid lag
Darren Wearmouth Or dragoons.
xgranville SaffronB Carl Sinclair Thanks Carl and Xavier 🙂
matmorrisauthor Darren Wearmouth or drag-ons
matmorrisauthor Darren Wearmouth The Queen’s finest 🙂
David Anson Hellooooooooo David
David Anson Crazy! Welcome David!
Carl Sinclair What did you do to improve your craft? Classes? Books? etc
David Anson hello David
SaffronB Carl Sinclair I love this question 🙂
michelleread SaffronB Carl Sinclair haha, gotta cash in on his time 😉
SaffronB michelleread Carl Sinclair Right?!
michelleread SaffronB Carl Sinclair I think he should have a lottery for the opportunity to co-write with him on a project – could make millions 🙂
Five minutes, folks. Anything else you’d like to ask?
How important does Carl think is outlining first?
michelleread Vegemite or Marmite?
MrJohnRead michelleread Well we’re American. So neither. But I think I’d prefer Marmite. Pretty sure he does, too. We’ll see how right that is.
michelleread MrJohnRead Marmite, correct.
Darren Wearmouth Good question. Good ACTUAL question (looks at John Read).
matmorrisauthor Darren Wearmouth I do love one Dragoon. Poor bugger died in Starcraft Brood War 🙁
michelleread Darren Wearmouth WHAAAT??
My $0.99 novel gets a ton of traffic on KU. It gets 25-40 borrows/day. I think it just depends.
I like the way Carl says idea.
ZachBohannon It’s a novel though, not a short story.
MrJohnRead michelleread Darren Wearmouth 🙂
Carl Sinclair ZachBohannon Yeah, yeah. I was talking mainly to Xavier who was saying he gets more borrows when his book is priced higher. My short stories don’t sell for crap… borrow or sales, lol
Carl Sinclair ZachBohannon Maybe I misunderstood…
michelleread Wallaby
MrJohnRead michelleread Oh yeahhhh…wanna come over here and see my dress early?
ZachBohannon Carl Sinclair Yeah exactly, I get sales when its priced lower, and borrows when it’s higher priced. But this is Dinosaur Noir we’re talking about haha.
michelleread MrJohnRead Show me your “dress” on the googs
I officially have more wine in the glass than in the bottle. Cheers.
xgranville ZachBohannon Carl Sinclair Do NOT knock Dinosaur Noir!
matmorrisauthor Win.
michelleread xgranville ZachBohannon Carl Sinclair What’s Dinosaur Noir?
michelleread xgranville ZachBohannon Carl Sinclair 🙂
Afterparty
ZachBohannon michelleread xgranville Carl Sinclair
michelleread I’d like to attend…
michelleread I’m in!
michelleread 10 min.
michelleread can’t make it 🙁 maybe next week.
michelleread Excuse me, I’ll be there in 10 min.
michelleread I like how you guys ask when you’ll post a link anyhow 😛
MrJohnRead michelleread Okay – not FOR ten minutes
matmorrisauthor michelleread It’s historical I think. Before we used to have a link to hand out, I used to have to ask who wanted invites.
michelleread MrJohnRead Sure sure, we’ll go with that
Carl Sinclair matmorrisauthor michelleread Yes it’s habit.
https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/gtjhj6cpb6kk4vc6ggmkriwyvea?hl=en
SaffronB Carl Sinclair Yeah, still going good.
I just want it known – that John Read’s Avatar did not go unnoticed! #nerdalert #somanyyays
ZachBohannon matmorrisauthor I’m rooting for Tampa Bay now
SaffronB michelleread See you there, hopefully! Thanks for stopping by tonight 🙂
michelleread The Vision? Meh.