Shane is a biochemist turned teacher turned experimental farmer who decided to add author to the list. He writes weekly non-fiction essays about his passion for transformative agriculture on Substack (at Zero Input Agriculture) and released a short non-fiction book, “Taming the Apocalypse” on the enormous potential for novel domestications.

Under the pen-name Haldane B. Doyle he has also released the world's first and only hard science fiction novel based purely on biological technology, called Our Vitreous Womb. He loved appearing on other people’s podcasts so much that he started two of his own- the Zero Input Agriculture podcast (launching any day now) and Sci Fi Hi Five (analysing and highlighting the best books in the fourth Self Published Science Fiction Competition).

In the 159th episode of The HYBRID Author Podcast host Joanne Zara Ellen Morrell, author of young adult fiction, women's fiction and short non-fiction for authors, chats to Shane on:

• what the biggest contrasts Shane’s found between self-publishing and substack, particularly when it comes to building a readership and maintaining engagement
• the differences between self-publishing and Substack and how they impact creative process and the way one might structure writing projects
• Shane's advice to authors on what factors they should weigh in terms of long-term financial sustainability and audience growth
• how writers can strategically use both platforms to create a well-rounded and sustainable hybrid author model and much more.

https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com/

https://www.amazon.com.au/Kindle-Store-Shane-Simonsen/s?rh=n%3A2490359051%2Cp_27%3AShane%2BSimonsen