Interviewed at Booked Podcast about the Warmed and Bound collection

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Caleb J Ross in Podcast | Leave a comment

Interviewed at BookedPodcast.com – Caleb J Ross: Warmed and Bound Session Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (11)

The wonderful guys at Booked Podcast are conducting a marathon series of interviews with the contributors to Warmed and Bound story collection. I am lucky enough to have appeared at their podcast once before, so coming back feels more like a stop back to hang out than an actual interview in which I am trying to sell a book.

They’ve got an enormous number of authors lined up, so please check back there often for more Warmed and Bound-ery.

Episode 004: Fictional Money OR The Whore Part II

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Caleb J Ross in Podcast | Leave a comment

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Yes, another episode about the role of the whore personality among the writer’s many bank of guises. This time, I approach the idea that perhaps an author shouldn’t take the largest advance offered to him. What does such a gesture mean in terms of the author’s career? When is it okay to take whatever money you’ve been given and run?

Show Notes and Mentions:

Paris and the Hiltons, and project mastermind Phil Jourdan
The other contributors: Gordon Highland, Richard Thomas, Michael Gonzalez, Brandon Tietz, and Michael Sonbert
Denis Dutton, The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

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Episode 003: Technology and the Author Whore

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Caleb J Ross in Podcast | Leave a comment

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This week I talk about the necessary entrepreneurial spirit of the contemporary author. I know; “boooooooooo” you say. Me too. But the fact is that publishers, even (perhaps especially) independent and small press publishers are relying more and more on the marketing savvy of the author. Is this fair? Probably not. Is it the reality? Definitely yes.

Show Notes and Mentions:

Ebooks: the latest frontier for spam (via The Guardian)
E singles by Axel Taiari and Richard Thomas
Broadcastr

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Episode 002: Attention, Author Promotion! One Night Only!

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Caleb J Ross in Podcast | Leave a comment

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Authors, you have to promote yourself. You can’t avoid it. But you can reinterpret what “promotion” means. Gone should be the negative connotations and skewed associations. Promotion should be embraced. At its core, promotion is simply a way to get readers to you books. As an author, you want people to read your books, right? No. Oh. Then go write a diary and quit muddying the waters for the rest of us!

Show Notes and Mentions:

photo credit: Chris Devers

Episode 001: Rent-to-Own Your Landscape

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Caleb J Ross in Podcast | Leave a comment

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Fresh from episode zero comes episode one. See, I’m good at math.

Here I talk a bit about the importance of a writer to claim ownership of his/her location. Too many writers, especially newer writers, still equate capital-P Publishing with the East coast (in the US, anyway). The problem with limiting scope to the coast is that it doesn’t allow writers to understand their existing context. In fact, I would say that it takes a better writer to leech from barren landscape. Anyone can siphon material from a crowded city.