Self-Publishing Roundtable

Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month's news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.

We were joined by Supernatural Thriller and Post-Apoc author, John L. Monk and discussed:

- Amazon bans incentivised reviews

- KU page reads missing

- Harlequin Lawsuit finally sorted

- Ellora’s Cave is closing, but...

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Jessica McHugh isn't just an author of speculative, absurdist and young adult fiction. She's a huge personality who gives of herself online, especially on her YouTube channel the McHughniverse as well as teaching children how to write fiction. Jessica's hair is also way better than Erica's!

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Bonus half-hour episode!

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You don't have to be a fan of Dave or his comics to appreciate this special mini episode. He is a font of information that will benefit any writer.

Steve Scott and Barrie Davenport from the Authority Self-Publishing podcast join us this week to help us form good habits and banish those pesky and soul-destroying negative thoughts that we sometimes–often–have as writers. We hope that they can teach us how to declutter our minds of the evil phunk so we can fill it up with what's important and more helpful to us as indie authors and publishers.

Audio available for download or watch on youtube :D

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Lucas Flint does not exist. Well, not really. He's the pen name of author Timothy L. Cerepaka. By day Timothy writes fantasy novels but at night his alter-ego writes and publishes Young Adult Superhero fiction. Why did Timothy decide to take on an alias? What inspired him to write superheroes and why YA? Is the combination a market worth writing in? We found out all that and more on this episode!

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Justin Sloan's writing credits are a little eclectic. He's written video games including Game of Thrones and Minecraft. He also writes children's fantasy and supernatural stories as well as military fantasy. Then there's the screenplay he wrote that one time. And last, but by no means least, the non fiction series on creative writing–a number of them with an emphasis on military veterans breaking into the creative industries. Obviously the man has a lot to talk about and we're going to pick that large brain of his on the podcast.

Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month's news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.

Romance author Zoe York joined us tonight to discuss:

- Penguin Random House still claiming that subscription services are hurting authors

- Joanna Penn's strategy for getting on a bestseller list

- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author taken to court by Hachette

Audio available for download or watch on youtube ?

It was 30th June when we last talked with New Adult and Fantasy author Jasmine Walt. She told us she was gunning for both the New York Times and the USA Today's Bestsellers lists and... she did! Her and several other authors in the multi-author boxed set she put together–and then Shadow Born made it on there too!. So of course we asked her to come back on the show and share how. From approaching other authors to bundling them together and setting up a pre-order, right through to finding out the good news.

Not too shabby for an author whose first book was published on Christmas Eve 2015, huh?

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Once upon a time a hard-working trucker picked up a pen and started his writing journey. That trucker was Wayne Stinnett and now two years later, he's become a bestselling author of several action adventure novels. He's also recently released a non fiction book Blue Collar to No Collar: From Trucker to Bestselling Novelist in Two Years (Self Publishing as a Business Book 1) to share his story and how you too can do it!

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Everyone knows that romance is the most popular genre. What some might not realise is that gay romance has quite a fanatical audience as well. How fanatical? Well, we decided to find that out, along with what the audiences' expectations are and is it as simple as replacing the female in the love story with another guy? So we asked Rosa Swann, author and co-author of many gay paranormal romances, to join us this week and she answered these questions and more!