“Your home is full of joy, Sadie. And joy isn’t neat.” LoveHomeJoyMessy Book:Ravenwood Source: Ravenwood
“She smiled. It was not a pretty smile. It did not make her weather worn face light up. The bones of the earth were her teeth, her breath was the wind, the fires of the earth were alight in her eyes, and her blood pumped with the strength of the sea.” FireSmileFightResist Book:Ravenwood Source: Ravenwood
“My books are offered through Podiobooks.com and the iTunes Music Store as free audio downloads. I don't sell them.” BookSellsStoresDownloadsAudioItunes Author:Nathan Lowell
“specialize in small cast/single reader long fiction so I only compete against other podcasts of novels in that form.” LongFormFictionNovelReaderCasts Author:Nathan Lowell
“My opinion is that more authors could use podcasts to differentiate themselves in a crowded text-based marketplace.” UseOpinionMarketplaceCrowdedDifferentiate Author:Nathan Lowell
“I credit Podiobooks and the free audio podcasts for helping me develop the audience I needed when I started selling my books in text forms.” BookHelpingFormAudienceNeededCreditSellingAudio Author:Nathan Lowell
“My works are a direct response to the typical space opera. I grew tired of always reading about how the people with power, with agency, get involved in huge sweeping arcs of stories. I wanted stories that dealt with real people, people I could relate to.” PeopleRealStoriesWantedReadingSpaceHugeGrewInvolvedDirectTiredResponseRelateAgencyOperaTypicalGet InvolvedArcsSweeping Author:Nathan Lowell
“My characters are all "just people" - people you might know - and the things that happen are things that anybody might do if they lived on a freighter that spent most of its time in the Deep Dark.” PeopleIfsKnowsCharacterMightHappensDarkDeep Dark Author:Nathan Lowell
“Coffee takes on an almost ritualistic meaning. I learned that from being on hurricane patrol for a year in the North Atlantic.” YearsCoffeeHurricanes Author:Nathan Lowell
“I only read on my phone and the whole "let's see if we can get people to do it" idea seems less "wouldn't it be cool if we could get people to do it" and more "what else would people do."” PeopleIfsIdeasWholeSeemsPhonesBeing Cool Author:Nathan Lowell
“I can write three novels in the time it takes to write one novella. I'm probably not going to go with that form again.” WritingI CanFormThreeNovel Author:Nathan Lowell
“More and more of my audio fans are asking for audiobook versions - files without the intro/outro/etc that go into the podcasts. More and more want them from Audible.” WantFansAskingVersionsEtcFilesAudio Author:Nathan Lowell
“I had to decide if I wanted to be known as a writer or a reader. I chose writer.” IfsWantedKnownReader Author:Nathan Lowell
“Ignore the trade-pub narratives about how little success indies enjoy.” LittlesEnjoyTradeNarrativePubs Author:Nathan Lowell
“Podiobooks rules. It's still the best way I know to find an audience for longer works in any genre.” KnowsWayStillsAudienceBest WayGenre Author:Nathan Lowell
