The publishing rodeo podcast, featuring "Drake Scottford" (Scott Drakeford with fake glasses and a moustache)
good GOD it's been a long time 🫠
No promises on the quality of this episode! We're rusty as anything. Huge thanks to "Drake Scottford" for being our special guest this episode!
S2 e45 is live!
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Oh god, what did I miss?
Have you ever wondered what sort of magical bird would follow @scottdrakeford.com around his house and yard all day? Come find out!
Is it just me or is Lonesome Dove (the book)... boring and lame? I'm like 100 pages into this and it's just not hitting like other great historical fiction has been.
Image description: Against a black and orange lava background, the cover for THE DIFFICULT LOVES OF MARIA MAKILING by Wayne Santos. In the bottom left corner, the white Solaris Satellites logo. On the right, an orange circle with black text - 2.99.
To celebrate #aapiheritagemonth, grab an exclusive signed, special edition paperback of @waynesantos.bsky.social's novella THE DIFFICULT LOVES OF MARIA MAKILING for just 2.99!
Maria, videogame concept artist & Filipina mountain goddess, is in love...and in trouble.
geni.us/Solarissale
Oh hey would you look at that.
I'm back at it again with @brendandurkin.bsky.social for three more books at @gollancz.bsky.social!
This one's got everything!
Ghosts!
Excessively virtuous knights!
A distressing tower!
A man who is also a tree?
Lots of birds!
Utopian anarchism!
It's great.
Happy publication day to @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social! His wonderful debut LIGHTFALL is now available from @stmartinspress.bsky.social. Vampires, werewolves, sorcerers - what else could you want or need?!
I’m so excited to announce our second novella project for 2025, this time with the brilliant @essahansen.bsky.social ! Full details on the comments below.
"Swan has returned to his fantasy playground two hundred years later... combining his obsession with the weaknesses of empire and the horrors of war against the backdrop of the gunpowder and merchant navy age. Master and Commander with psychotic mermen, anyone?"
You available to write copy, Ed?
How can Richard Swan’s books get more epic, terrifying, and brilliant?!
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when artists ask for advice this is likely best trot i could give. applies to those looking for big movie deal or record deal or big five publishing deal but really it is about YOU and THE GIFT OF YOUR ART. glad to be able to share on @publishingrodeo.bsky.social @sunyidean.com @scottdrakeford.com
VERY few resources for new authors trotting into publishing industry and @publishingrodeo.bsky.social is such a gift to explore this world. so thankful to join them for chat about ART THEORY and BOOK BUSINESS and of course PROVING LOVE. out now on your preferred podcast way rss.com/podcasts/pub...
Christmas album dropping soon
I’ll be honest, the parrot confused me
Publishing tried to kill the metal. But the metal was much too strong.
A picture of the fate of silent gods by scott Drakeford next to a sword and a parrot
Thanks to @torbooks.bsky.social for sending me a copy of this bad boy by @scottdrakeford.com, the sequel to a modern fantasy classic
I thought the 1st one was frankly incredible so I’m looking forward to more military rebellion/creepy sorcerers/electromagnetic-life-source-not-totally-sure magic
Just finished Lightfall by @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social !
4.5/5, full review to come but holy shit. What a debut! Anxiously awaiting book 2, which also hurts since this isn't officially out yet. Gonna be a massive hit.
He speaks facts. It's such a good military fantasy 😎
I’ll count it
I’m very sorry to hear that, Daniel. Losing fur babies is painful.
Great interview tbh
Ryan could not have written a more timely book than this one. Check it out if you like food, magic, revolution, or any combination thereof. It sits in the Venn diagram centre of all three.
Richard continues to be very good at writing books
Being friends with Richard truly is a burden
Absolutely crammed with imagination, horror, epic scale, and characters I simply could not put down. Grave Empire is going to be one of the best dark fantasies 2025 has to offer || GRAVE EMPIRE by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social || www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-grave...
I'm sure your love of the cover has nothing to do with the quote at the top?
A copy of Scott Drakeford's second novel, The Fate of Silent Gods, on a table
My copy of @scottdrakeford.com 's FATE OF SILENT GODS arrived. I adore this cover and the compact hardback might just be my favourite format. If you like fast paced military fantasy then give it a go!
