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SFFMP 176: Launching Well as a New Author, Writing Quickly, and Keeping the Momentum Going

April 10, 2018 SFFpodcast Author Interview, Podcast

This week’s interview features NYT best-selling indie fantasy author Jasmine Walt. She talks about how she burst onto the scene a couple of years ago with her popular Baine Chronicles series and breaks down why she think it hit big even though she was a new author at the time. We also ask her about her various collaborations and how she’s kept the momentum going with the numerous new series she’s started.

Here are some of the specifics:

Expectations for urban fantasy, fantasy with romance, and reverse harem fantasy.
Writing stories that combine a lot of elements and aren’t exactly to market.
When taking on a collaboration partner can make sense and mistakes to avoid in co-writing.
Jasmine’s process that helps her publish a novel almost every month.
How much outlining she does before she starts writing.
How her first launch went and what she did to get pre-orders and sales as a brand new author.
What a launch looks like for her these days as a more established author with a fan base.
The challenges of having success with a second, third, etc. series after the first one was a hit.
When it’s time to move some series out of Kindle Unlimited and try to build a readership in other stores.
The factors that go into deciding how long a series should continue.
What Jasmine does for the back matter of her books.
Whether hitting bestseller lists (New York Times, USA Today, etc.) are useful for marketing or just nice accolades to have.

You can visit Jasmine on her website and check out the first of her Baine Chronicles novel, Burned. It’s available in all stores. Her Dragon’s Gift series (reverse harem fantasy) and recent release Cursed by Night are available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited.

Also, if you listen in time and you’re interested in going to the conference Jasmine is putting on in May 2018, here’s the link for that:

http://bostonfantasyfest.com/

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SFFMP 143: Writing Quickly, Sci-Fi Anthologies, and Networking with Other Authors with Craig Martelle

August 1, 2017 SFFpodcast Author Interview, Podcast

Today, science fiction author Craig Martelle joined us to talk about how he’s gotten rolling so quickly, publishing 20 novels in two years, spearheading three anthologies, and becoming super involved in the popular 20Booksto50K Facebook group, where he’s helping to put together a couple of huge conferences for indie authors.

Here are some of the specifics on what we covered:

Jumping right in with a schedule to write and publish books quickly.
Target word counts and planning out series ahead of time.
Differences in post-apocalyptic and space opera genres.
Reasons for putting together anthologies and how to make them profitable.
Networking with other authors online and in person.
Whether marketing and business should play a role in how you choose the next books you’re going to write.
Creating a bundle of starter books once you’ve got multiple series out.
What Craig posts on his Facebook page to keep readers interested and sell more books.
Asking for reviews at the end of books (and linking back to the book’s page in the store to make it easier for readers).

If you’re interested in signing up for either of the conferences that Craig talked about, here are the links:

20Booksto50K Las Vegas (November 2017): http://20booksvegas.com/
20Booksto50K London (February 2018): http://20bookslondon.com/

Be sure to check out his website and his work on Amazon, such as the first book in his Terry Henry Walton Chronicles.