indy fiction in theory and practice

Posted in slappycast by slappy on January 22nd, 2010

dear friends,

at long last we’re finally getting back on the blogging/podcasting tip here at the OP, and we’re re-inaugurating things with a study in literary contrast.

last week we were privileged to have as our guests representatives of two entirely fictive publishing concerns: from the quarterly American Short Fiction, editor Jill Meyers and contributor Michael Noll, and from the Fiction Circus, the one and only Miracle Jones.  Noll and Jones each read pieces of their fiction, and then we had a grand old conversation about the state and future of fiction publishing, most especially focusing on the kind where nobody makes any money.

we also feature (during the last 10 or 12 minutes of the program) a conversation with Ron Berry of the Fusebox festival.  we were both full of migas when this interview was recorded and it shows.

Slappy Pinchbottom’s Odd Preoccupation for January 17, 2010:

full episode

enjoy,

slappy