After Seth Harwood got his MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he began publishing in traditional magazines and journals, as most young writers do. But those publications were slow to launch his career. Things changed, however, once he started publishing online. And they really changed when he released his crime novel Jack Wakes Up as a free podcast (via iTunes, RSS Feed, & MP3) and distributed it through social networks. Web 2.0 broadened the reach of his work, attracted fans worldwide, and ultimately landed Harwood a nice book deal with Random House. (RH will be publishing Jack Wakes Up in print early next month). In the short video above, Harwood gives you a quick look inside the making of his podcast, and how it brings exposure to his work. If you’re an up-and-coming writer, there’s certainly something here to think about. You can find out more about Seth’s work at SethHarwood.com.
Solid, Seth. Nice overview of the hours of slaving that go into making the magic happen.
Great insight into your podcasting life and congratulations on your success.
All that hard work is paying off.
Great post. Can’t wait to download the podcasts!
Scott Sigler started doing the same thing around 2005, and his podcasts also lead to book deals.
Afaik, he still gives away the audio of his novels for free on his website.
http://www.scottsigler.com/
Chike is definitely right to mention Sigler. We’ve mentioned Sigler here before, and I know that Seth and Scott know one another fairly well.
Yeah, everything you see me doing in the video I learned from Scott. He was the one who first showed me how to get this going.