Andy Weir

There's no barriers.

20 years ago and all the way back to the Gutenberg Press from there, you had to convince a company that they would make money by selling your book.

Now there's no longer an old boy network between you and the reader.

You can post things directly to the reader.

The only thing it costs you is the time that you're going to spend writing that book, which is theoretically something you want to do anyway.

So if you can't get a traditional publishing deal, then self-publish.

It's fantastic.

A lot of authors have broken in via self-publishing, myself included.

Excellent.

I mean, lots of personal life stuff.

I have a baby.

He's 20 months old now.

And that has completely changed my viewpoint on like a lot of things in the world and a lot of things about my own history and my own relationship with my own parents and stuff like that.

It really changes every aspect of your life.

Your whole outlook changes when you have a baby.

Like, I kind of care about what happens to Earth after I die now.

You know, like, never really did before.

You didn't before?

Well, I mean, not too much.

If I'm being honest, I'm like, yeah, climate change is a real big issue.