Well, this is the motherlode of write ups! I launched A Game of Hearts and Heists a spicy sapphic fantasy romance on the 10th of February 2023 and I promised to share everything that I’d done to create this new pen name.
Goal: create a financially sustainable fiction pen name that gives me the opportunity to have fun writing and create books that are ‘cannot put down, hangover inducing’
Subgoals: surpass 33 preorders, give out over 100 ARCs, keep production costs as low as possible
TLDR Take Aways
- Hate to say it, but mindset IS everything
- Infrastructure is key
- You need more time than you think
- TikTok works
- You have to talk about your excitement
Read full blog post here.
