Episode #158
In Conversation With … Rob Bignell, author and editor
Rob Bignell is the owner and chief editor of Inventing Reality Editing Service , which meets the editing and proofreading needs of writers both new and published. Several of his short stories in the literary and science fiction genres have been published, and he is the author of the literary novel Windmill, the nonfiction Storytelling 101 Quick Reads, 7 Minutes a Day…, Best Sights to See, Hikes with Tykes, Headin’ to the Cabin, and Hittin’ the Trail guidebooks, a poetry collection and several children’s books. His latest book is Protecting Yourself against Book Marketing Scams . For more than two decades, he worked as an award-winning journalist, with half of those years as an editor. He spent another seven years as an English teacher and community college journalism instructor. He holds a master’s degree in English and a bachelor’s in journalism and English. For more about Rob, visit his website , check out his blog , and listen to his podcast . You can also follow him on Bluesky , Facebook , LinkedIn , Instagram , Pinterest , Threads and X/Twitter . In today’s conversation, we’ll be talking about avoiding scam artists in the publishing world.
