Episode #30: What’s a Writer’s Internship? (with K.T. Bryski)

• Show #30 — we have been good this year with our regular posting, and Tee’s got some new drop-in’s!!!
• This is the end of February, and Katie Bryski is hanging in there with her internship at Casa de Morris!
•  Foreshadowing what’s coming up with this episode…
• Pip channels her inner-Chole and goes into what she’s been working on…
  • Weather Child — the layout continues with the recent proof
  • Immortal Progeny — After checking with the Book of George (R.R. Martin), the novel is taking shape.
  • We’re looking overseas with our indie books and our agent of awesome.
• What Katie has been up to since the last show…
  • Apply a few gold medals and Canuck gets cocky!
  • Notes are back from her Stonecoast Mentor.
  • “Research” for her day job…which means she’s drinking beer.
  • Apparently, when it comes to giving us a bit of feedback on how hard Tee & Pip work her, silence is golden.
• What has Tee been up to?
  • Reworking Wolf in the Fold
  • The Billibub Kickstarter is starting to make some headway after one week. 31%. Not bad.
  • The blog machine rolls on with the Endless Possibilities Blog Tour and on TeeMorris.com!
  • Tee’s drinking beer with Katie. Good times!!!
  • And the job hunt rolls on, but Tee’s considering options…

10:15 — What’s a Writer’s Internship? 

• How did this whole idea of Katie becoming our intern actually happen?
• What does an intern for a writer do?
  • There’s a fine line between intern and stalker.
  • Pip takes a guess as to what you’re supposed to do during an internship?
• What Katie wanted to learn right off the bat: Survival Techniques for Indie Authors
  • Working with Adobe Photoshop
    • It’s all about the image.
    • Mac Boy Vs. PC Girl
    • Getting our digital hands dirty with layers.
    • DepositPhoto.com — Pip’s new friend. And now, Katie’s
  • Working with InDesign
    • Katie LOVES this program…and templates are her friend!
    • There’s still some terms she needs to get familiar with.
    • Giving books personality with InDesign.
    • Pip and Katie share the story behind Weather Child and how Katie went on a journey with the podcast…and now she’s laying out the book in print.
  • K.T. Bryski, editor
    • Taking the red pen in hand.
    • It’s a big step in editing another person’s work, but Stonecoast’s lessons were applied.
• Katie was learning stuff from how Pip and Tee were dealing with writers in everyday life. (Yikes!)
• Pip has a pupil in her School of Love and & Despair.
• But Mighty Mur comes to save the day! (Love ya, Mur!!!)
• How our intern helped us out
  • Networking us with other podcasts and blogs like 3 Geeks in a Pod
  • Katie drops her contact info — contact (at) ministry of peculiar occurrences (dot) com
• Katie wants to come back for eBook layout classes
  • A constantly changing technology
  • Barnes & Noble Nook #FAIL
• Other stuff we did with Katie
  • Bad Wolf Brewing Company
  • Lost Rhino Brewery
  • Mount Vernon
  • Agecroft Hall
  • Proper Pie Company (Facebook)
• Katie is leaving….but she’s not leaving.
• What did the Intern teach the Mentors?
  • Katie is an impressive student, picking up new tools in audio and video.
  • We learned that our Intern is very possessive.
  • Writers don’t have set hours.
  • Just having assistance in setting up the calendar — awesome!
• The Intern’s First Assignment when she gets home: The Most Canadian Steampunk EVAR!
• Jack Mangan, the gauntlet has been thrown!

36:21 — Writers Off the Clock: Talking True Detective

• Pip Ballantine just ignores the music cue. Shocker that.
• The rise of the anthology? Is it happening?
• Katie learned stuff with us…but we still have stuff to be teaching her!
• Pip and Tee turn to the Intern one last time for what’s coming up…
  • Dawn’s Early Light, coming soon!
  • Appearance on The Writing Show in Richmond, VA
  • The final day of The Billibub Kickstarter is March 15
  • Weather Child, coming on March 1.
  • With the wonders of time-shifting, we talk about tomorrow’s launch of Tales from the Archives which went live yesterday!
• Where to contact everybody…
  • Podcasters, bloggers, and media folks, if you want to book Tee & Pip, send a line to contact (at) ministryofpeculiaroccurrences (dot) com
  • Drop Tee and Pip a voicemail at 703.791.1701, or drop us a comment here or in email.
  • SHOW #35 ANNOUNCED AS OUR NEXT VOICEMAIL SHOW!!!
• How do you say goodbye? Giant freaking robots beating up monsters!
• Drop-in by request…
• …and Katie breaks out in to spontaneous song.
• Tee stumbles though the Creative Commons tag on account of teh feelz.

1:01:07 — The Outtake

cover art by J.R. Blackwell 

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