Ignore the trade-pub narratives about how little success indies enjoy.

My works are a direct response to the typical space opera. I grew tired of always reading about how the people with power, with agency, get involved in huge sweeping arcs of stories. I wanted stories that dealt with real people, people I could relate to.

Ignore the trade-pub narratives about how little success indies enjoy.

My opinion is that more authors could use podcasts to differentiate themselves in a crowded text-based marketplace.

I can write three novels in the time it takes to write one novella. I'm probably not going to go with that form again.

I only read on my phone and the whole "let's see if we can get people to do it" idea seems less "wouldn't it be cool if we could get people to do it" and more "what else would people do."

Podiobooks rules. It's still the best way I know to find an audience for longer works in any genre.