I have been privileged to meet and know several authors, editors and publishers as they developed their careers. One of those is Sue Baiman. I met Sue virtually several years ago and in person last year at Balticon. Sue has gone from being a Twitter frien

I talk about collaboration and self-publishing quite a bit on Get Published. I guess that is probably because I have an interest in both things. So today, I interview Megan Cutler and James Abendroth. They have been working on a collaboration project for

When I attended the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo a few weeks ago I met a number of people. One of those was Aaron Navrady. Aaron grabbed my attention within a few minutes of my entry into the first of the exhibition halls. After speaking with him,

Podcasting fiction is a legitimate and effective way to get your work in front of an entirely new audience who may or may not have heard of you. There are a number of podcasts that specialize in various literary forms that you can choose from. One such p

I had the good fortune to meet Mark Leslie Lefebvre when I attended World Fantasy Convention in Toronto two years ago. I had heard Mark on other podcasts and knew a little about him. I was very happy to have the chance to talk with him during one of the e

I am always on the lookout to learn something new – maybe a new way to grow my author’s platform or market my books. That’s why I love talking to different authors about what they are doing. One such author is Jessub Flower who is using his debut n

Much of my writing contains humour. I would like to think that the humour is intentional and usually funny, but often I think the funny moments happen largely by accident. That’s why I invited Leanne Shirtliffe to come on the show. Leanne is a humour wr

130 episodes. Wow! I can never thought I would be able to claim that number when I started Get Published. Now that I’m here, I have a hard time concieving of the day when the show won’t be part of my life. What better way to celebrate the milestone b

I had the privilege to talk to David Laderoute. David is a Geologist, retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Canadian Army Reserves, entrepreneur and a writer. He has several short stories in print in various small press publications and has written extensiv

Happy Groundhog Day to those of you listening to the show on February 2nd. I watched the movie of the same name starring Bill Murray last night just to celebrate. That is a movie that I have always enjoyed. Perhaps one day I will even use the idea of a co