Book Chats is Born!

I've waited to tell you all about Book Chats until there was lots to tell. This is Adam's new enterprise/adventure, and it's going so well!

Here's a link to the podcast website.

There's lots to read there, plus one "test" podcast up.

The first real podcast -- an interview -- will be released on July 9.

Adam has been listening to podcasts for years and finally decided to make his own. For those who don't know, a podcast is an on-demand radio show -- except it's not on the radio; it's on the internet. Adam is the host. His podcast is called Book Chats. Here's what Book Chats is about:

"Book Chats exists to remove the mystery from the publishing process, and our target audience is the writer who wants to know what comes next."

So many people want to write a book, have written a book, or are in the process of writing a book. Yet so many books never see the light of day because the publishing process seems worse than intimidating; it seems impossible. Adam crafts podcast interviews with publishing professionals and writers that will help new writers unpuzzle the difficulties. I've experienced this a little myself. I didn't even try to find an agent for my book, Three Against the Dark. I'd heard that it was impossible to be published if you weren't already published (how illogical is that?), or famous. The publishing industry seemed to me to be thoroughly broken, and e-book publishing seemed the only route. And my book, after all my hard work, fell into the deep, swallowing pit of self-published e-books on Amazon -- the place books go to die.

Adam is a voracious reader. He also loves talking to people, so the interviews are sheer delight to him. He's easily accessed interviewees that he never dreamed he'd talk to this early in the process. The first interview will go live on Book Chats on July 9. He plans to release a new podcast twice each month, on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays.

If you're into podcasts, this is the word! Book Chats is now available on whatever podcast catching software you use, or you can listen on the website. Thanks!