specialize in small cast/single reader long fiction so I only compete against other podcasts of novels in that form.

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

Coffee takes on an almost ritualistic meaning. I learned that from being on hurricane patrol for a year in the North Atlantic.

I credit Podiobooks and the free audio podcasts for helping me develop the audience I needed when I started selling my books in text forms.

Stop aspiring. Start doing.

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 had to decide if I wanted to be known as a writer or a reader. I chose writer.