Kobo Writing Life Podcast #50 - All-Star Indie Author Interviews Live in London
Feb 1, 2016
45:05
For our 50th episode, we're featuring over a dozen all-star indie authors offering an amazing wealth of information about publishing and writing. Tune in to hear from HM Ward, Diane Capri, Melody Anne, and more! You'll learn:
- How this multi-author signing event came together
- What Diane Capri has learned while serving on the board of the International Thriller Writers
- Ruth Cardello's tips for becoming a successful author
- How Melody Anne got started as an author, and why she loves this job. "If somebody ticks me off I get to kill them in my series! So my life is awesome."
- Raine Miller's tips for translating your novels
- Why Michelle A. Valentine works with a literary agent
- How HM Ward manages to write over books per month. "I always have multiple books in the pipeline at a time. So I'll come up with an idea and I'll start a book, and then when I'm not really feeling it anymore I put it down and then I pick up something else."
- Why CC MacKenzie joined the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)
- Steena Holmes describing what ALLi has taught her about marketing to a UK audience
- Chris Keniston's "pantser" writing method
- What Fabio Bueno has learned while writing from both male and female perspectives in his SINGULARITY series
- How Lee Strauss found her German translator
- Rebecca Donovan's thoughts on working with a traditional publisher, Grand Central. She's also heavily involved in the production process turning her BREATHING series into a movie
The KWL team is always on the road attending writer's conferences and publishing events, so Christine lists off just a few that we have coming up in the next few months. We hope we'll have the chance to meet you in person soon!