Self-published author and retired engineer Brian Greiner joins us to discuss what it takes to write a book (and if there's any money to be made).

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Table of contents:

0:00 - Intro
1:23 - Brian's education
3:38 - Brian's work experience
7:42 - Brian met his wife on a BBS
11:24 - Technical writing, magazines, and Brian's home library
14:50 - Jeremy wants to know more about Brian's fiction writing!
15:06 - Brian's first book started while participating in NaNoWriMo
17:37 - Coffee Break!
24:46 - The Werewolves of Winter
26:18 - Jeremy talks more about technical writing
27:57 - Letting A LOT of magic smoke out!
28:54 - A writer has to be stubborn and too stupid to quit!
31:15 - Let the characters take over
32:42 - Pat can just throw his writing out and start again anytime!
33:20 - How long is a book?
34:33 - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
35:38 - Can we make a living publishing fiction?!
36:56 - Apple TV's Silo is based on the short story called Wool
37:44 - The Martian started as a series of blog posts
40:49 - Jeremy's diet, weight, and the peril of titanium rings
44:09 - Getting back to writing income!
46:46 - Advice for Jeremy if he wants to write fiction
51:26 - Where can we find Brian on the Internet?
52:49 - Jeremy wants to talk about Tuvalu again
53:56 - Buy Brian's books on Amazon or anywhere that books are sold!
54:52 - Come chat with us on Discord at butterwhat.com/discord
55:42 - Where can we find Jeremy?
57:09 - Bloopers

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