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

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Join longtime speculative fiction writer Ron Collins as he learns a valuable lesson by running through events of his past few weeks, with emphasis on his dabbling with the Google voice AI. Along the way, you’ll get a couple of reading recommendations!

Ron’s blog post on audiobooks and accessibility

Music in this podcast:

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

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Join longtime speculative fiction writer Ron Collins as he runs through events of his past few weeks, then focuses on efforts he's undertaken to either reduce or even remove his need to hire copy editors. Har, right!

The Home Run Enchanted kickstarter can be found here!

Music in this podcast:

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

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Join longtime speculative fiction writer Ron Collins for the initial episode of this podcast as he discusses his view of what it will be and where it might go,  and is joined by Sophie the cat--because, cat.

Then he gets into what it means to be an independently published writer and solo businessperson, some thoughts on planning and being a whole person with a full life, before finishing up with a list of major projects on his plate right now--which, as a few odd synchronicities would have--include the very exciting Kickstarter for Home Run Enchanted that Ron and his daughter Brigid have launched on this very day.

The Home Run Enchanted kickstarter can be found here!  

Music in 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/