Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast
Shelf Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast hosted by Allen Tiller & Lee Speed. Allen Tiller is an award-winning, best-selling paranormal historian, and Lee Speed is a children's adventure writer. Shelf Employed explores life on – and off – the bookshelf, diving into the worlds of writing, creativity, small business, and the realities of being “shelf employed” in today’s gig economy. Each episode will feature candid conversations about books, storytelling, self-publishing, community, and the many side hustles that help keep creative dreams alive.
Episodes
On this episode, Allen and Lee discuss South Australia's History Festival and delve into who the first published authors in South Australia were (male and female); who was the first South Australian Aboriginal author, and who was Gawler's first published author.
#historyfestival #podcast #shelfemployed
Episode 10 of Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast -‘Show Me the Money!” On this episode, Lee and Allen talk about getting paid – Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Right (ELR), Copyright Agency, Legal Deposit, eDeposit, Lee’s checklist, ISBNs, Library deposits, A.I., Library technical services, Bolinda, Goodreads, Amazon profiles, Writers SA, insurance and more!
On this episode, Allen returns to the microphone. Lee and Allen discuss book fairs: - what to ask, what to bring, payments, insurance and a lot more!
We talk about The Indie Verse Book Fair at Estonian House, North Adelaide,
...And where Allen has been the last few episodes...
In episode 8 of Shelf-Employed, Lee and Cody speak to Andre and Melissa Hattingh, the creative duo behind Love andShadows and Shadow of Ruin, the first two books in The Donare Series.
Their journey as storytellers is shaped by rich life experiences—Melissa’s childhood in South Africa, where she crafted stories inspired by nature, and Andre’s adventures as a pilot. Their paths merged, leading them to Australia, where their love for...
Judy Gillett-Ferguson published her first novel, The German Teacher, in her early 80's - proof you're never too old to publish a book.
The German Teacher is set in a fictional town near Angaston in the Barossa Valley.
Into a valley deeply divided by war, prejudice and loyalties, arrives Audrey Douglas, a young teacher.
It's January 1917, and this is her first appointment, to replace all vestiges of German language and c...
Eliza is a South Australian Children's Author who works as anurse and is a mum. Her interests are cooking, painting and music. She loves spending time with family and friends, and in her spare time, she loves to write stories and be in nature.
Socials:
Eliza's website: https://elizahutchinson.ampbk.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/ELIZA-H-Author/100063985422751/
Links:
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com.au/stores/Eliza-Hutchi...
Welcome to episode five of Shelf Employed: TheIndie Self-Publishing Podcast – Allen is still M.I.A., so Cody Davies has gracefully stepped into his glittery shoes to co-host. On this episode, Lee and Cody speak with author Trent Moullae.
A writer from a young age, Trent Moullae has always been fascinated with fantasy. After publishing his first book after high school, Trent has worked meticulously to craft unique worlds in the s...
Welcome to episode 4 of Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast; From Page to Screen - with indie author, Portia Stanton-Noble.
This episode is hosted by Lee Speed, with special guest host Cody Davies. Our special guest author for episode four is Portia Stanton-Noble, an indie murder-mystery-romance author from rural South Australia.
Portia discusses her publishing journey from traditional publishing to Indie publishing, a...
For episode 3 of Shelf-Employed: The Indie Publishing Podcast, we recorded live at the Gawler Fringe! Our thanks to Alpacaccinos and Twig and Bloom on Murray Street, Gawler, for hosting us, and thanks to all those who came along to listen and be involved. We truly appreciate your support.
In this episode, we talk about famous Gawler authors across various genres; the ghosts and history of the building we recorded within; and the cur...
In this episode, we hear Allen Tiller's publishing journey, from a low point of a publisher who got EVERYTHING wrong, to self-publishing, and the high point of becoming a best-selling author.
#AllenTiller #selfpublished #indieauthor #paranormal
In our first episode, we discuss what our podcast is about, and what we want it to be, plus Lee Speed Author tells us about her publishing journey so far!
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