Welcome to Audio Germanicus, the podcast edition feature of Germanicus Publishing. In this episode, I have a proper podcast as I talk about my plans for this Substack and other works of mine moving forward. Here’s the episode outline:

0:00 - Introduction

* 0:08 - Episode IV: A New Voice (AKA “enjoy my beautiful voice”).

* 0:34 - Shout-out to Scoot for his podcast format, which I shamelessly ripped off.

* 1:00 - Back from Bali.

* 1:20 - The First Story, my latest story.

* 1:40 - Bill Hiatt compared my work to Paradise Lost.

2:10 - My History with Making Verbal Content

* 2:13 - Shout-out to Alvin H for our Zoom talks which set me on this path. Watch them on YouTube.

* 2:30 - And one to The Chronicler and the Macabre Monday crew for bringing me on to the Meet the Maniac podcast.

* 2:40 - From phone to mic.

* 2:58 - Voicing The First Story and others. Asking for advice.

3:40 - Overhauling Germanicus Publishing

* 3:50 - More paid content.

* 4:00 - Writers are scared to charge for their stuff?

* 4:20 - Shout-out to Erica Drayton. Undervaluing one’s own work.

* 4:35 - People have the right to be compensated for their labor

* 4:50 - My rant on BS jobs.

* 5:35 - Shout-out to Brian Niemeier for his words of wisdom. Here’s the article in question.

* 6:00 - Changing my approach.

6:38 - My Plans

* 6:40 - An upcoming sci-fi serial. Also, continuing The Santara Commentaries.

* 7:32 - Audio Germanicus. Yet another shout-out to Scoot. If you want to hire him for voice work, click here.

* 8:17 - My ambition cannot be stopped.

* 8:55 - I am a hypocrite! :(

* 9:09 - My nonfiction stuff at Germanicus Publishing.

* 9:21 - My thoughts on writing about writing.

* 9:47 - Shout-out to The Brothers Krynn and their article on genres. Also, my response to that.

* 10:34 - My secondary Substack, Indonesian and American and my plans for it.

* 11:00 - Using Substack Chat to make a photo album.

* 11:42 - Indonesian Independence Day.

* 12:26 - Bima Sakti and getting that Substack back on track.

* 13:15 - Me waxing lyrical.

* 13:40 - My aim as a writer in a nutshell.

13:54 - Conclusion

* 14:00 - Words of wisdom from my dad.

* 14:55 - People feel like they are not needed.

* 16:03 - Just do it!

* 16:10 - Some sports metaphors.

* 17:50 - Just get the work out there. No fear.

* 18:15 - The End.

Enjoy.

-Michael P. Marpaung

Before you go…

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