We are horrendously late getting this episode out (but don’t sweat it as we’re going to be recording another one next week!) but let’s call it like it is: November was a cray-cray month! After a wild ride between the end of October and the beginning of November, The Shared Desk is reflecting on their week of solid creativity, and also share their thoughts about a creative Kiwi and his recent motion picture that you may have heard of.
So, yeah, it took us a few weeks to getting around to posting this episode. We blame jetlag, the holidays, and smoking meats…
00:00 — Introduction
Pip kind of punches up the Kiwi in the introduction, and she blames Taika Waititi for that.
This episode’s “Writers Off the Clock” segment isn’t happening, but let’s spend a few minutes talking about Marvel’s The Punisher.
Tee thinks this Goodreads situation is actually a good thing, making authors stop and look at the value of a “giveaway” be it on Good Reads or book blogs.
What is the real R.O.I. on working with book bloggers and blog tours?
So now, what are independent publishers expected to do?
Publishers, from our own experience, do not throw money at authors and rarely throw money into promotion.
With the free giveaway gone, why stick around with Goodreads?
Disagree with us? Then sound off…
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We were a few days late on posting this, but we have posted — determined to stay on schedule! Yeah, yeah, yeah, we’re a few days late but we’ll be back in two weeks time with some more news and a new topic for you all in what will be a podcast-packed end-of-the-month. All this and more in this — the twentieth episode of The Shared Desk — where we are looking hard at the art of rejection from the toughest people to get it from — your peers.
00:00 — Introduction
Hey now…two in a row! Sort of…
Right now, the hosts of The Shared Desk are bit peckish.
Pip believes this whole debate began in high school.
What Tee’s noticed — the debate rages about Fake Fan Girls that cosplay, but never about Fake Fan Boys?
Pip takes umbrage with girls that are showing up as Lollypop Chainsaw, taking pictures of (or with) them, then complaining about how they are “fake.”
Tee wonders why did the rage about out-of-shape superheroes at Comic Con disappeared while this argument rolls on? (And yes, I found out it was Men’s Fitness, not Maxim magazine)
The Flawed Logic of a Fake Fan Girl
Tee’s obsession with the ID Channel creeps into this rant…
Do hotties REALLY WANT the attention of the average con?
Pip and Tee go into a little commentary on the source material and how tough it is for BOTH sexes, but ESPECIALLY for women…
When it comes to Fake Fan Girl: Who are you to judge?
Celebs that step up — Fake Fan Girls? We don’t think so.
Tee stumbles through awkward memories of high school…
Geeks and their territorial tendencies
What happens when Geekdom goes mainstream: People get upset and don’t want to cope.
34:12 — The Wrap-Up
Pip’s already a confirmed guest at Dragon*Con
New Archer is coming soon!!!
Looking forward to the holiday
We’ll be recording on Boxing Day!
Screw Medifast — we’re having Christmas Pudding!
Tee Morris: 2 for 2 with the Creative Commons tag…
Riddle’s Messy Wardrobe (Facebook…and yes, I thought it was Riley, but it’s actually Riddle.)
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It’s been a month! Where have these two been?! Well, Tee & Pip have been tackling deadlines, and that struck them as a good topic for the next Shared Desk. So join these two in a deep dive into the wonderful (no seriously, wonderful) world of deadlines.
00:00 — Introduction
What are you sitting on, Pip? (No, it’s not a euphemism!)
Running down a laundry list of what’s happened between episodes
The Janus Affair is now off to New York!
Thoughts on the Goodreads Choice Awards (We were #8 in the Top Ten…and that rocks!)
01:55 — Deadlines
What is it about being sick around deadlines?! (It’s something Pip and Tee do well.)
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