From Indie Author to TV Phenomenon | Hugh Howey on "Silo" and Self-Publishing Success

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🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Today, we have a special guest who needs no introduction if you're a fan of science fiction, the talented writer of "Silo" – now an Apple+ TV series - Hugh Howey. Hugh joins James in a thought-provoking conversation about the fascinating universe of "Silo" and the intricacies of television production. Together, they explore the themes of optimism versus pessimism, the rise of artificial intelligence, and many other captivating subjects.

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0:00.0	Have you seen the excellent TV series, Silo, on Apple Plus?
0:11.0	The science fiction series, I won't describe anything more about it, but I love it.
0:14.8	My whole family loves it.
0:16.3	And I am glad to have the writer and creator of the initial novel of the series, Hugh Howey,
0:23.5	on the podcast today.
0:24.9	I've known Hugh for about a decade, Amazon, about a decade ago.
0:28.7	Flew Hugh, me, and a bunch of other self-published writers who were doing very well with self-publishing.
0:34.6	Flew us out to Santa Monica.
0:36.8	We all had dinner.
0:38.0	We all talked about writing and publishing.
0:40.6	And the next day, Jeff Bezos showed us all, Kindle Fire, he launched the Kindle Fire that day.
0:46.0	And it was fun time.
0:47.2	I got to know Hugh came on the podcast in 2014.
0:50.0	Hugh has such a great story.
0:51.3	He was initially just working in bookstores and he was a rougher and he worked on boats.
0:55.5	He was writing science fiction novel after science fiction novel and other novels as well.
1:01.5	And just like I found when I self-published, choose yourself,
1:05.8	he found when he self-published, Wool, which eventually became the TV series, Silo,
1:10.6	he found this is the way to go.
1:12.3	And we describe why in the podcast,
1:15.5	what we talk about writing, self-publishing, science fiction, the TV series, Silo and TV in general,
1:24.0	optimism versus pessimism, AI, and so many other interesting things.
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