The holiday season is upon us! Come join the Robots as they discuss writing seasonal fiction and for niche markets.

Author and publisher David Wood and author and podcaster J. Daniel Sawyer join the robots in giving Paul some branding advice. Join us and be sure to send your comments and thoughts to Paul as well at show@deadrobotssociety.com.

We looked at and discussed the first four works in Paul’s Garaaga’s Children series. If you haven’t read them, correct that lapse immediately.

David’s home page is http://davidwoodweb.com

Read some of his Dane Maddock adventure novels:

His newest book Atlantis will be out in a few weeks. Keep an eye out for it.

You can also catch him on the ThrillerCast podcast.

Check out his imprint at Gryphonwood Press.

Dan’s home page is at http://jdsawyer.net

Check out his Free Will podcast and The Next Ten Thousand Hours podcast from the links on his page.

You can also read what he has to say about producing audiobooks in his book .

Author and podcaster J. Daniel Sawyer joins the Robots to expand on last week’s conversation on business. Come join us and benefit from his experience.

Take a few minutes to go check out Dan’s website. He has a lot of really great stuff there just for you.

You can also support him by buying one of his books. Perhaps Throwing Lead. Check him out.

Join the Robots as they talk about some of the business aspects of being an author. DBAs, LLCs,taxes, contracts, and agents.

Check out the cover for Dirty Magick: Los Angeles. The cover was created by Trent Oubre.

J. Daniel Sawyer’s posts on the principles of contracts.

Scott mentioned several business posts I sent him. I’m linking to some of them below. While I don’t agree with everything that author Dean Wesley Smith says about publishing, I agree with most of it. At the very least, it’s worth reading and thinking about. In the end, we all have to decide what’s right for our business.

Think Like A Publisher

The Early Decisions
Expected Costs
Projected Income
Production And Scheduling
Return On Investment
Sales Plans

There will be more as he rewrites the small book he published last year and posts the chapters on his blog.

Also of interest is his Killing The Sacred Cows of Publishing posts. Many will find his opinions controversial, but again they are worth reading and thinking about. I’m willing to wager Paul disagrees with him on a lot of this.

Only One Way
Speed: Writing Fast Is Bad
Rewriting
You Need An Agent To Sell A Book
Book As Event
Selling A Book To A Large Publisher Ensures Quality

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention his wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. She’s also a longtime author with the absolute best weekly blog posts about the business of writing. Posts are published on Thursday. Run, do not walk, and subscribe to her feed. Then read some of the stellar articles on the business side of being authors that she’s already published.

Now I’ll climb off my soapbox. I promise.

Join the Robots as they talk about self-editing your own fiction. They go over some of the pitfalls and share their own processes for your amusement. Enjoy!

Edit Minion Website
Literature and Latte (Scrivener)
The NaNoWriMo Special Offers for Scrivener

This week the Robots chat one last time with Justin before he heads off for a much needed sabbatical. He started the podcast over six years ago, and he’s glad that it will continue in his absence. The Robots are dead, Long Live The Robots!

Justin’s Website
Justin’s personal Facebook page
Justin’s author Facebook page
Justin’s Twitter page
Justin’s Amazon page

And let’s all welcome Scott Roche to the podcast! He will be taking the infamous third chair. Here’s hoping it doesn’t blow up as it has before.

This is a special episode, as the title suggests, in which Justin sits down with J Daniel Sawyer to talk about his Crudrat Kickstarter campaign, his upcoming podcasts, and what his views are on the current state of publishing. We hope you enjoy it!

This week’s episode is brought to you by the Loft Literary Center. The Loft Literary Center, located in Minneapolis, is one of the nation’s leading literary nonprofits and offers a wide array of online and in-person creative writing classes for all levels and genres. Online classes are offered seasonally, so all you need is Wi-Fi to learn from experienced writers and go from blank page to completed story.

This week the Robots talk about Ernest Cline’s debut novel READY PLAYER ONE. We talk about what we liked, what we thought could have been improved, and what we learned from it. Enjoy!

This week’s episode is brought to you by the Loft Literary Center. The Loft Literary Center, located in Minneapolis, is one of the nation’s leading literary nonprofits and offers a wide array of online and in-person creative writing classes for all levels and genres. Online classes are offered seasonally, so all you need is Wi-Fi to learn from experienced writers and go from blank page to completed story.

Tonight the Robots talk about thrillers. Is it a genre or a style, what are the elements you have to have, and should you plan or can you pants it? We hope you enjoy the conversation.

And make sure to pick up your copy of Paul’s GC: ANCIENTS today! You get a beautiful hardback book, PLUS the ebook, PLUS the audiobook, all for $35! You can’t beat that deal with a baseball bat! Go now!

This week’s episode is brought to you by the Loft Literary Center. The Loft Literary Center, located in Minneapolis, is one of the nation’s leading literary nonprofits and offers a wide array of online and in-person creative writing classes for all levels and genres. Online classes are offered seasonally, so all you need is Wi-Fi to learn from experienced writers and go from blank page to completed story.

This week the Robots get together to talk about staying motivated and inspired, but along the way we also meander around several other topics. We hope you enjoy it.