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Joshua Palmatier  is an author, editor, and publisher. He is the founder and operator of Zombies Need Brains , a publisher who specializes in science fiction and fantasy themed anthologies, backed through Kickstarter. Zombies Needs Brains just announced their upcoming themes, and if the projects fund, they will have open calls!

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World famous rogue, Asia Lupo, joins the pod this week to talk about song writing and all things creative! Asia is best known by her stage name, Azia, while performing with the bands, Music the Gathering & Sämäs.

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Old friend of the pod, Shayne Easson joins us this week to blather about all things writing. And fishing. Mostly writing, though.

We're back from hiatus and we have a lot to say! We're also just back from Soonercon and it was amazing as usual! News: Tolkien Memorial 1632 Weltbild Bookfunnel & Audiobooks Inkers Con Writer Beware Impersonation Scams Kindle Dire Publishing warns of scams The National Music Publishers Associate vs Spotify KDP announces the Velleys Authors vs Amazon Writing Tools: Bookfunnel Creatives...

Celebration time! In this week's very special episode, we're celebrating Phill's transition from corporate jerk to full-time author, and getting into the nitty gritty on how Phill and J.H. have slowly grinded this pipe dream into a reality. It's episode 42, and it's about life, the universe, and everything.

Literary agent Stacey Kondla joins the pod this week to talk about agenting, concerts, and parrots. On a related note, Phill might be part parrot. Stacey provides some great advice for anyone out there in the querying trenches. News: The Never-Ending Story will never end Library fines paid in cat pics Reading the newspaper is cool again? The U.K. publishing sector Tools: The value of a robot voice...

Author Paula Lafferty joins the podcast this week and shares her success with finding an audience on TikTok and running an exceptional Kickstarter for her debut novel, La Vie de Guinevere . And Phill has an exciting annoucement! Paula's TikTok La Vie de Guinevere Kickstarter News: Writer Beware warns about impersonation scams Book clubs TikTok and the fed Spotify adding Countdown pages to audi...

The book writing, podcasting, movie making, beefy moo man Nic Lishko joins the pod this week! Nic is the author of the Young Adult Fantasy series - John Little . He also a co-created of the award winning web series Long Walks on the Beach . And he hosts a podcast called Cinema Gush . News: Brandon Sanderson VS Audible Dead Folk's Books The Zon vs Bookwire A.I. News: More lawsuits! Writing Tool...

Musician, author, podcasters, and all around amazing artist Olivia Harding joins the show this week! You may know Olivia as Liv the Druid from the band, Music the Gathering , but she is also the host of the podcast Folk Files , where she dives into the history of famous folk songs. She is also a member of the band Gumshoe Noir , and recently took pen to paper to write a novel to their tunes. Music...

R.L. King joins the pod this week to tell us about her Alastair Stone Chronicles. She also shares a wealth of knowledge about her process and why her nickname is rat. News: World Con is going to L.A. Blocking pirate ships reduces pirates. Neat. McAnime Nuggets EC Comics Tools: Plottr BookBrush Creativies on F.I.R.E.: Going wide vs going Zon The dangers of life-style inflation

"You can always sell a good book." - Craig Martelle. Craig Martelle joins the show this week to tell us what he's been working on and to drop some knowledge bombs. Whether you're pursuing the indie or trad path, you won't want to miss what Craig has to say.

Phill & J.H. recap their time at Superstars. Spoiler alert: It was awesome. News: World Con Awards Drama Update World Con Bids Cormac McCarthy Valentine's Candy Orbit Works A.I. News: King Charles A.I. books The suit against the robot overlords is not going well for team Authors Tools: Book Funnel Creatives on F.I.R.E.: Submitting to publishers Reducing expenses & value-based spending

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Author, poet, and actor, Chris M. Arnone joins the pod this week to celebrate the release of the latest book in Cyberpunk series, Necopolis Alpha . News: What up with all the World Con Hugo Drama? Penguin Random House to sell and distribute Wattpad WEBTOON Libro.fm & best selling authors donate profits to support independent booksellers Publishers fire metaphorical cannons at pirates New scam!...

Author, poet, and spooky stuff podcaster Becca Harris joined the pod this week to talk all things writing! And to help J.H. pick on Phill. News: SFWA has announced dates for the Nebulas Holiday book sales soar The Los Angeles Public Library becomes a publisher Blackstone Unlimited AI News: Fairly Trained Insight Book Mimics Tools: Scrivener - but this time we air our dirty laundry Creatives on F.I...

Award winning author and writing coach Sherry Peters joined us this week to fire off the first pod of the year! She tells us all about her Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf series, winning a Writers Digest award, what it was like living in Northern Ireland, what being a writing coach is all about, and more! News: Tor.com is changing its name to Reactor Barnes & Noble to open more stores! Library Audiob...

Pod favorite authors Julie Jones & Shayne Easson return this week for a deep conversation about setting goals, achieving goals, failing goals, and getting real with ourselves. And from the Future Best Seller crew to you, we wish everyone Happy Holidays and the best of luck in the new year! News: Review Bomb Fail Penguin Random House Acquires Hay House

Nebula winning author William Ledbetter joins us this week to celebrate the release of his latest novel, Level Seven in his Killday series. But that's not all he's celebrating. Bill also joins us to celebrate retiring early to write full-time! A big congratulations to Bill from the Future Best Seller crew! News: How many people read books on their smart phones? Oddest book title of the yea...

He's the nicest person we know! Shayne Easson joined the pod this week to share some wisdom and hard lessons learned with his first novel. News: Writer Beware has some new solicitors they want us to beware of. See what we did there? A Christmas tree made out of... Books? Another Witcher book! AI News: Sports Illustrated and our robot overlords Tools: Critique Groups. - Shayne shares the value...

Author Louisa Morgan joins us this week to talk about all things writing, as well as her career as an opera singer, telling ghost stories on TikTok , and of course, her latest novel - The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird . News: Kobo turned in the their Book Report. Spoiler alert - Canadians read a lot Airport Libraries? Amazon Author Pages get their groove back Draft2Digital celebrates releasing 1 Milly b...

Updates on NaNoWriMo and our thoughts on series fatigue. News: Spotify launches 'free' audiobooks for Premium subscribers Amazon KDP puts out an update on the recent category changes The book club that spent 28 years reading one title Like Smokey the Bear said, only you can prevent review bombing! Tools: Dictation. Shuddup and listen, and then... Don't shuddup. Creatives on F.I.R.E.: B...

NaNoWriMo makes Phill a NaNoWhiNo. Never call real-life Axel in a crisis. News: Gen Z & Millenials & Libraries A friendly holiday reminder from the Zon The Zon goes after scammers Simon & Schuster is single AI News: SFWA sends a letter to the U.S. Copyright Office A message for the Prime Minister The Zon does a beta for A.I. audiobook narration Tools: The majestical Con Box & Book...

Phillip and J.H. recap their time at the World Fantasy Convention and interview a gaggle of incredible guests including: Author Usman T. Malik Author & Podcaster Rebecca Harris Author & TikToker Paula Lafferty Author Susan Forest Author Shayne Eason