Summary: In this week’s show we talked with Tom Corson-Knowles about “Frictionless Publishing.” We also ranted about how technology hates us and looks for opportunities to kick us in the balls. Scrivener, Dropbox, and Looking for a Needle in a Needle Stack First, we ranted about how technology gave us a hardy F**K YOU this week when Sean and Johnny had version issues on Scrivener. That meant hours of shifting through documents to piece together all the most recent chapters of The Dream Engine. Johnny likened it to dropping a string with a bunch of needles and having to sort through them and put them back in order. But tragedy was averted and Dream is still up and running. By the way, if you aren’t an Unboxer, don’t worry, you haven’t lost out. You can still join now here and see all the videos and read all the content. You can also see all the freely visible blog posts here. Now that the project is finally done, that will be a record of lessons learned that you can examine any time you want. We also had an interesting discussion about white noise. Johnny has started using white noise to help him focus on editing, as opposed to the music he listens to when writing. He calls it drowning out the sounds with controlled silence. Dave also sometimes uses white noise when writing, and his wife has started using it to fall asleep. This is the white noise site Johnny mentioned on the show. Tom Corson-Knowles Talks about Frictionless Publishing Tom Corson-Knowles is the nonfiction writer of several books about business and writing, including The Kindle Publishing Bible. We had him on to talk about his concept of “Frictionless Publishing.” He didn’t get far into his explanation when a lively debate erupted about publishing before you’re ready and presenting a good first impression to your readers. Both Johnny and Sean ended up seeing both sides to the argument. You’ll have to listen to see where you stand! View the video version here: Get a New Logo with 99 Designs As always, this podcast is proudly presented by 99 Designs, where you can find awesome designs for your book covers, websites, business logo, or even clothing for an affordable price. Go to 99designs.com/spp to get a free powerpack upgrade, valued at 99 bucks, and you’ll see why we’re looking to use 99 Designs for our new Sterling & Stone website logo. Click below for the full transcript of the show, or download the full PDF version here. A hardy thanks to CaptionAccess for providing awesome transcripts!
