-Author David J Pedersen joins us this week!

-Soonercon is this weekend!

-An absurd voicemail. Can you guess which parts the translator got wrong?

-The best part of the concert.

-David J Pedersen: Watson's World, Writing with Parkinson's, gotAngst on Youtube, David's writing & early reader process.

-News: Book sales are back down, Harper Collins is trying to buy Simon & Schuster, audiobook narrators concerned about AI (duh), fanfic writers screw with the robot overlords, virtual reality but for reading, an update on the writer strike, and pirates! Arrrggg!

- Tools: On this week we talk about David's favorite writing tools from his video The Best Writing and Publishing Software for Writers - Things, Evernote, Plottr, Scrivener, and Vellum.

- Creatives on Fire: We share our tips for selling books at conventions.