Podcast: Shoot the Stuff

Sandbox Earth, named after Scoot’s novella of the same name.

Welcome to Audio Germanicus, the podcast edition feature of Germanicus Publishing. In this episode, I have a proper podcast as I talk about my plans for this Substack and other works of mine moving forward.

As the title of this episode suggests, I’ll be rambling on a lot of things. And before anyone points out, yes I know the family-friendly term is actually “shoot the breeze”, but by the time I realize it, I already made the recording. Oh well, shrugs. Here’s the episode outline:

0:00 - Introduction

• 0:08 - Episode IV: A New Voice (AKA “enjoy my beautiful voice”).

• 0:34 - Shout-out to

  Scoot
  for his podcast format, which I shamelessly ripped off.

• 1:00 - Back from Bali.

• 1:20 - The First Story, my latest story.

• 1:40 -

  Bill Hiatt
  compared my work to Paradise Lost.

2:10 - My History with Making Verbal Content

• 2:13 - Shout-out to

  Alvin H
  for our Zoom talks which set me on this path. Watch them on YouTube.

• 2:30 - And one to

  The Chronicler
  and the
  Macabre Monday
  crew for bringing me on to the Meet the Maniac podcast.

• 2:40 - From phone to mic.

• 2:58 - Voicing The First Story and others. Asking for advice.

3:40 - Overhauling Germanicus Publishing

• 3:50 - More paid content.

• 4:00 - Writers are scared to charge for their stuff?

• 4:20 - Shout-out to

  Erica Drayton
  . Undervaluing one’s own work.

• 4:35 - People have the right to be compensated for their labor

• 4:50 - My rant on BS jobs.

• 5:35 - Shout-out to

  Brian Niemeier
  for his words of wisdom. Here’s the article in question.

• 6:00 - Changing my approach.

6:38 - My Plans

• 6:40 - An upcoming sci-fi serial. Also, continuing The Santara Commentaries.

• 7:32 - Audio Germanicus. Yet another shout-out to Scoot. If you want to hire him for voice work, click here.

• 8:17 - My ambition cannot be stopped.

• 8:55 - I am a hypocrite! :(

• 9:09 - My nonfiction stuff at Germanicus Publishing.

• 9:21 - My thoughts on writing about writing.

• 9:47 - Shout-out to

  The Brothers Krynn
  and their article on genres. Also, my response to that.

• 10:34 - My secondary Substack,

  Indonesian and American
  and my plans for it.

• 11:00 - Using Substack Chat to make a photo album.

• 11:42 - Indonesian Independence Day.

• 12:26 -

  Bima Sakti
  and getting that Substack back on track.

• 13:15 - Me waxing lyrical.

• 13:40 - My aim as a writer in a nutshell.

13:54 - Conclusion

• 14:00 - Words of wisdom from my dad.

• 14:55 - People feel like they are not needed.

• 16:03 - Just do it!

• 16:10 - Some sports metaphors.

• 17:50 - Just get the work out there. No fear.

• 18:15 - The End.

Enjoy.

-Michael P. Marpaung

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