We're joined on today's edition of The Future is Bleak by Nathan Bransford, a literary agent with Curtis Brown Ltd.

Topics covered:
The challenges of being an agent
The joy of words
The Amazon Kindle
Writers on the web

If, after listening, you want to know about Mr. Bransford, you can visit his website here.

To watch the Bleak House Books team talk about the publishing industry on Youtube, go to one of these two choices:

Benjamin LeRoy, Publisher

or

Alison Janssen, Senior Editor

We sat down with Lee Lofland, author of the book Police Procedure and Investigation: A Guide for Writers  to get insight about his time in law enforcement and the writing world.

Lee Lofland is a veteran police investigator who began his law-enforcement career working as an officer in Virginia's prison system. He later became a sheriff's deputy, a patrol officer, and finally, he achieved the highly-prized gold shield of detective. Along the way, he gained a breadth of experience that's unusual to find in the career of a single officer.

This September marks the three year anniversary of Bleak House Books being acquired by Big Earth Publishing. We reflect on how much has changed, how much has stayed the same, and how things were in the distant past.

And for those of you who want to know more about Bleak House Books Senior Editor, Alison Janssen, we've got nearly a half hour's worth of question and answer.

Enjoy!