ISBW #60 - Paul Malmont Interview
Argh - I had this post up with all the shiny links. Then Audacity crashed the entire machine. Maybe it heard me talking crap about it in the podcast. Anyway. I will do my best to recreate these show notes. But I really do want to get the podcast up.
I interviewed Paul Malmont.
I talk rejections and passion.
Minister Faust has a new book out!
Emails and voicemails: zombie anthology, Urbis, NaNoEdMo, Google Earth, James Patrick Kelly’s Storypod and his Free Reads, Moleskine notebooks. And congrats to Phil Rossi, Pickle Tales champeen!
About the Author: I am a writer and podcast producer, writing for magazines and RPGs. I am a wanna-be fiction writer with several short fiction, comic scripts, and one novel sale. Playing For Keeps will be out August, '08.
Phil Rossi | Feb 13, 2007 | Reply
Thanks for the congrats Mur!
Jan | Feb 15, 2007 | Reply
Very interesting interview. Paul Malmont made everything sound so easy. Just have a great product, and everything will go well, eventually. And yet, even with a bestseller novel, you can’t quit your day job…
I think that just made it all the more interesting what you said about it being “sad” that you had an inspired moment of passion on your day job. What’s so sad about experiencing passion for your work?
It was also interesting to hear that Malmont didn’t identify himself with his fiction writing. If that didn’t pan out, he would still be a good copy writer, a husband, a dad, etc.
Mur Lafferty | Feb 15, 2007 | Reply
Jan- the passion came for my fiction, not my day job. So I had the spark of creativity and then ended up having to do the day job instead of write.
J | Feb 15, 2007 | Reply
Just a quick mention, if you’re using a Mac there’s a fantastic and relatively cheap writing program called Scrivener. I find it easy to use and very flexible. It’s great for taking notes, recording research, constructing and outline, straight writing, etc. The index card and folder metaphors are familiar and made immediate sense to me, and it just looks great (provided you have a reasonably large screen, it was a bit cramped on my 12″ iBook). In my opinion, it’s well worth the $35
You can check it out here:
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html
Jennifer | Feb 15, 2007 | Reply
Hi Mur -
As usual, highly enjoyable interview and podcast.
Thanks so much for mentioning NaNoEdMo!
Todd Finley | Feb 19, 2007 | Reply
Hi Mur,
I enjoyed your talk at the Business Ed Conference in Raleigh this weekend. Your husband is very sweet. Thanks, also, for the puppy Flickr card. I’ve ordered your Podcasting Tips Books off Amazon. Best of luck to you!
tbf
Fox Cutter | Feb 19, 2007 | Reply
In relation to Google Earth I would also suggest Live Search (http://maps.live.com/) it has the same overhead view as Google maps, but it also has a nice bird’s eye view that gives you an angled view on the maps. It gives you a better idea of the size and relations of the buildings.