{"podcast":{"title":"The Failing Writers Podcast","slug":"the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374","podcast_index_feed_id":3571374,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66202cf262f822001203895b","website_url":"https://www.failingwriterspodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/66202cf262f822001203895b/1774252797881-8978c666-7232-4bd8-a257-0baa322169ea.jpeg","author":"The Failing Writers","episode_count":163,"summary":"Becoming a better writer, writing a novel, being a successful author - whatever your writing goal is, we’re here for you! Join two struggling writers learning everything there is to know about writing. They talk to best-selling authors, screenwriters and poets - people who actually know what they’re talking about. The award-winning Failing Writers Podcast is the best writing podcast around. Why? It’s funny, informative and could help you get over writer’s block, finish that novel, get a literary agent and achieve your writing goals. (Oh, and they do silly little songs too) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T04:19:51.659016+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374"},"episode":{"title":"S5 Ep15: Small Publishers Pt2 (From the brilliant BlueMoose Books - to those nasty scammers)","slug":"s5-ep15-small-publishers-pt2-from-the-brilliant-bluemoose-books-to-those-nasty-scammers","published_at":"2025-09-22T01:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/s5-ep15-small-publishers-pt2-from-the-brilliant-bluemoose-books-to-those-nasty-scammers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374","url":"https://shows.acast.com/failing-writers/episodes/s5-ep15-small-publishers-pt2","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66202cf262f822001203895b/e/68cb08aadc62f0e1d6385b56/media.mp3","summary":"Aaaaand PART 2: This week we're looking at the extremes of the indie publishing industry. From the fantastic BlueMoose Books... https://bluemoosebooks.com Where we speak to founder, Kevin Duffy about the highs and... well... mostly highs to be honest... of being a very successful indie publisher. Right over to the very opposite end of the spectrum, where our second guest, Janeen, tells us about the very ugly experience she had when approached by a 'so called publisher'. Followed by a discussion about the various publishing scams designed to part well intentioned writers from their cash - and how to avoid them. And now's a good time as any to mention that this series of The Failing Writers Podcast is sponsored very kindly by Scrivener. Fancy trying their world class writing software? Then get yourself over to  https://www.literatureandlatte.com for a month's free trial. and if you use the code: failing … then hey presto, bish bash bosh, bob’s yer uncle... you'll get 20% OFF! Also, please consider supporting the writers and publishers mentioned in these 2 episodes! Here are Janeen’s links: Including a link to the book that nearly cost her a lot of money - the very same book featured on Hype-writer this week! Dot Exe. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dot-Exe-Janeen-Leese-Taylor-ebook/dp/B0DV7DZ9YL https://x.com/InkAndSmudge?t=QRkcSP-WtYQy3ymoVfpfow&s=09 https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0BLP33ZVY And here’s a couple of brilliant online resources mentioned in the ep: A list of known scammers: https://writerbeware.blog/scam-archive/ Including the company that tried to scam Janeen: https://writerbeware.blog/2023/12/01/author-complaints-at-l-r-price-publications-ltd/ And Jill’s Book Café, with a list of indie publishers: https://jillsbookcafe.blog/independent-publisher…","meta_description":"Aaaaand PART 2: This week we're looking at the extremes of the indie publishing industry. From the fantastic BlueMoose Books... https://bluemoosebooks.com…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3680,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/episodes/s5-ep15-small-publishers-pt2-from-the-brilliant-bluemoose-books-to-those-nasty-scammers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-failing-writers-podcast-3571374/s5-ep15-small-publishers-pt2-from-the-brilliant-bluemoose-books-to-those-nasty-scammers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}