Hello and welcome to the Story Grid podcast. This is a show dedicated to helping you become a better writer.

I'm your host Tim Graal and I am a struggling writer trying to figure out how to tell a story that works.

Joining me shortly as Sean Coyne, he is a creator of Story Grid, the author of the book Story Grid, and an editor with over 25 years experience. In this episode,

we talk about something new coming out of Black Irish publishing, which is the publishing house

that Stephen Presfield and Sean Coyne created. And we're doing something new over there called

Black Irish Jabs. And I think it's really interesting on two fronts.

The content, what we're actually releasing over there, but also the way that it's being done

and the way that it's being presented and thinking long term about what the publishing landscape

is going to look like for independent writers and independent

publishers. So it's a really interesting episode. I think you're really going to enjoy it.

So let's jump in and get started. So Sean, this week over at Black Irish Publishing, we're doing

something new, something I think is pretty cool. And so I just figured we'd spend

some time today talking about it and sharing about it. I think it's neat because of what it is and

the content and the books and all that, of course. But I also think it has a larger impact on how

we're viewing publishing and especially, you know, we've talked

a lot about publishing models, traditional publishing, self-publishing on the show at different times.

And, you know, I think some of our thinking has influenced this next phase of what Black Irish is doing.

So I thought it would be fun to talk a little bit about what we're doing, the books,

and also kind of our view of publishing and how that's affected this kind of new thing.

But let's start with just, you know, tell a little bit about, for those that don't know,

Black Irish, who's involved, where it came from.

Sure.

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