{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F4e489235-6dae-4163-809a-1a2bde01f97f","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 38: Greg Gerding \u2014 Author and Publisher at University of Hell","description":"What do you do if you\u2019ve got 30 notebooks full of your writing and no one to publish them? If you\u2019re University of Hell Press founder Greg Gerding, you do it yourself and create a self-publishing empire. The author of seven published books of prose and poetry, Greg\u2019s initial spark for the press came from a weekly reading series he\u2019d hosted at a bar in Washington, D.C., aptly called Hell. After moving to San Diego, he was inspired by the city\u2019s local music scene\u2019s DIY ethos and began calling on his friends to design covers, among other things. Finding himself in Portland a few years later and virtually swimming in literary goings-on, Greg expanded the press and at this point, publishes a combination of solicited and unsolicited material, and spends most of his time trying to convince other folks to start their own self-publishing empires. His birthday buddies include Stephen Baldwin (boo) and Tony Hawk (yay)! \n\nPlease rate and review us on whatever podcast platform you happen to use. And follow us on:\nOur website: hybridpubscout.com/episode-38-greg-gerding-university-hell\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/hybridpubscout/\nTwitter: twitter.com/hybridpubscout\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hybridpubscoutpod/\nOur newsletter: eepurl.com/gfajR9","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/24b92fda-571a-49d8-bab1-967058921e60/avatars-000506036508-o7577i-original.jpg"}