The idea of authors podcasting their own books is one of the most exciting recent developments in writing and publishing, and we’re delighted to bring you today an in-depth interview with the man who started in all – writer and podcaster Tee Morris.
Tee began his writing career in 2002 with the award-nominated historical epic fantasy, MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe & Askana. In 2004, his title Billibub Baddings and The Case of The Singing Sword, a spoof of both the Fantasy and Hard-Boiled Detective novel, received an Honorable Mention for ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year award, and was a finalist for the Independent Publisher’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy.
In 2005, Tee came up with the idea of podcasting a novel in order to promote its sequel. MOREVI went on to become the first book podcast in its entirety and was nominated for a 2006 Parsec for Best Podcast Fiction. Podcasting MOREVI also led to the founding of Podiobooks.com and the premiere of Legacy of MOREVI: Book One of the Arathellean Wars (a finalist for ForeWord Magazine’s Best Science Fiction of 2005). He has, since then, podcasted The Case of The Singing Sword which won a Parsec Award for Best Audio Drama, MOREVI: Remastered, and a host of other podcasts at imaginethatstudios.com and teemorris.com.
Podcasting introduced Tee to Social Media, and Social Media introduced Tee’s writing to an even larger audience. With his success in podcasting, Tee penned both Podcasting for Dummies (with Chuck Tomasi and Evo Terra) and Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies (with Evo Terra and Ryan Williams). In July of 2009, he released his third Social Media-related title, All a Twitter, from Que Publishing, and then in October Sams Teach Yourself Twitter in Ten Minutes. Adding to both books is the ten minutes companion podcast, Bird House Rules, at http://birdhouserules.com.
Tee is the most enthusiastic advocate for author podcasting you’ll meet; this comprehensive interview kicks off Litopia Daily’s week of talking to successful podcasting authors – we hope it inspires you!
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Thank you Peter for this conversation with Tee Morris. He has some incredible insight into the world of publishing and podcasting. Thanks!
Excellent Podcast Peter and Tee. Really good. Tee’s a pretty inspiring bloke.
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