Join independently published, longtime speculative fiction writer Ron Collins as he discusses the difficult process he's undertaken to get back on the horse after being bucked off by big life rolls. The secret, he found (this time, anyway) was to break the one rule he thought you should never break.

Here are some links discussed:

SGTM Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/roncollins/saga-of-the-god-touched-mage-hardcover-special-editions?ref=cmqsdu

Blog Post: https://www.typosphere.com/2025/07/18/indie-publishing-one-big-dog-at-a-time/

Ron's Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/c/RonCollinsWrites

Join independently published, longtime speculative fiction writer Ron Collins as he focuses on the language we use to describe the different worlds of “Traditional” publishing and “Independent” publishing, and comes to settle on new language … naturally (as the title might note) focusing on the terms Independent and Dependent.

Much to think about.

Here are some links discussed:

"Publishing" vs. "Traditional publishing"

https://kriswrites.com/2023/04/26/business-musings-living-in-the-past/

Publishing History:

https://deanwesleysmith.com/some-publishing-history/

Podcast: Publishing Rodeo (with Andrea Stewart):

https://rss.com/podcasts/publishingrodeo/914404/

Music on this podcast:

"Matt's Blues" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Join independently published, longtime speculative fiction writer Ron Collins as he talks about staying productive despite a bout with Covid. It’s all about focus, you know? And then there’s the Novel Dare, in which Lisa Silverthorne kicks butt … again.

Music on this podcast:

"Matt's Blues" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/