When you're submitting work for genre publishers, you should never be asked to pay for anything to do with submitting—no matter how innocently it is stated.

People talk about building your "author brand", but what the hell does that even mean? What is an author brand?

There's only one way to grow and build a community... and it doesn't start with keeping people out.

One of the things about this podcast is that you are going to find the  occasional bonus episode peppered among the regularly scheduled  programming.

Being an author, or even an aspiring author, means having to be professional, but it seems a few people out there missed the memo.

Welcome to Not Safe For Words.

Being an author is hard. Being a professional author or aspiring author  on social media can be so much harder. Especially when you don't know all the rules.

This is just a tiny example of what sort of things you can expect to hear about in this podcast along with actual advice on what it takes to be an author.

Here's a rundown of what you can expect from me, why you should even listen to me and this podcast. Not to mention, why you should damn well listen.

Happy solstice friends. I wasn't planning to record this—it just happened. Consider it your Christmas bonus.