Podcast appearances and mentions of lindsay buroker

Welcome to A Reader's Book Corner! In today's episode, we are discussing Hammered by Lindsay Buroker. This is a fantasy book about a home renovator who happens to buy a house that gets a lot of attention and it's not the attention you would want. This leads her down a road of mystery along with the help of an elf-assassin. She works to clear her name while trying to find out the elf-assassin's agenda. We discuss the main character and her family, the threats to her home, side characters, the portals, a little about the author and more. Her books are available on Amazon. Connect with Lindsay via her website at lindsayburoker.com. If you would like to suggest an indie book or author to the podcast, feel free to email me at authortabeasley@gmail.com or via the contact page on arbookcorner.wordpress.com. You can connect with A Reader's Book Corner on Instagram/FB and X @areadersbc. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast. Until next time, Happy Reading!

This week is a "continuation of the general behooving," otherwise known as "Katie went into some weird funk and ended up reading all seven books in this series and now wants you to read them all, too." The Emperor's Edge series by Lindsay Buroker may be a slow burn, but boy is it worth it!The Emperor's Edge Series by Lindsay Burokerhttps://www.goodreads.com/series/66385-the-emperor-s-edgeAnd remember, the first book is free on Amazon!https://a.co/d/9kQXfDa

Calling all buddies! Katie's pick this week is a buddy read of the self-published, The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker, an insanely slow burn (think a nineteen-hour simmer on low heat) featuring magic, monsters, and a handsome no-nonsense assassin. Come for the slightly incorrect recollection of the plot, and stay because the first book is free on Amazon!https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/10031259Amazon: https://a.co/d/9kQXfDaNeed similar works to convince you? Think...The 2001 blockbuster hit "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (a movie that Jordan hasn't seen, shame!)20th Century Fox TV show "Bones"Fox/NBC TV Show "Brooklyn 99"

My strong - possibly unpopular - opinions on people out there selling classes, advice, and coaching to authors. How writing isn't always fun when it's your actual job. And happy news on the flip side of piracy.Join my Patreon and Discord for mentoring, coaching, and conversation with me! Find it at https://www.patreon.com/JeffesClosetROGUE FAMILIAR out now! https://jeffekennedy.com/rogue-familiar The Audiobook is also out here https://www.audible.com/pd/Rogue-Familiar-Audiobook/B0CB1Y9B7Q?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-357495&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_357495_rh_usRead the Falling Under books  in Kindle Unlimited! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C1ZMDW1YIf you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).Sign up for my newsletter here! (https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r2y4b9)You can watch this podcast on YouTube here https://youtu.be/LD2qDnHxL3gSupport the showContact Jeffe!Tweet me at @JeffeKennedyVisit my website https://jeffekennedy.comFollow me on Amazon or BookBubSign up for my Newsletter!Find me on Instagram and TikTok!Thanks for listening!

Mark interviews Lindsay Buroker, a full-time independent fantasy and science fiction author who has written over a hundred novels, appeared on the USA Today bestseller list, and has been twice nominated for a Goodreads Readers' Choice Award. Prior to the interview, Mark shares an extremely short personal update, and a word from this episode's sponsor. You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway. During their conversation Mark and Lindsay talk about: Lindsay's first appearance on the Stark Reflections Podcast, back in December 2018 The last time they saw one another in person, back in Vegas at 20BooksVegas a few months prior to the global pandemic Lindsay's start in self-publishing, which started just prior to Christmas in 2010 How she had been about to hit the publishing button for her first book when she received an offer back from an agent - and she decided to just go ahead and hit that "publish" button Using Podiobooks to release the first three books in audio for free Doing a Kickstarter to pay for the audiobook production back in 2012 What it was like self-publishing back in 2010 through 2013 Writing in different genres, the various experiences of doing that, and the surprising number of readers who willingly follow her on this journey Listening to her fans, but actually responding more to sales than to requests from her readers The writing, editing, proofreading, betareading, publishing process Lindsay loops through Always being aware of the possibility that the sales and consistent income might not always be there Launching books to her fans "direct" via Patreon prior to pushing them into KDP Select How an introvert like Lindsay can deal with being in such high demand from the author community and the reader community Pseudo-retiring the weekly schedule of The Six Figure Author Podcast and considering doing an episode once every quarter Books that Lindsay would recommend new readers might want to start with Advice Lindsay has for authors who prefer to "follow the muse" And more... After the interview Mark reflects on a few things about Lindsay's unique journey as well as how much he enjoyed returning to her books as a reader. Links of Interest: Lindsay Buroker's Website Lindsay on Twitter Lindsay on Facebook Sinister Magic (Book 1 in Death Before Dragons) 6 Figure Authors Podcast (new episode June 20, 2023) Episode 54 - Personable Publishing with Lindsay Buroker Mentions/apperances of Lindsay on Stark Reflections Findaway Voices Buy Mark a Coffee Patreon for Stark Reflections Best Book Ever Podcast Lovers Moon Podcast The Relaxed Author Buy eBook Direct Buy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for Authors An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores Wide for the Win Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story) A Canadian Werewolf in New York Stowe Away (Novella) Fear and Longing in Los Angeles Fright Nights, Big City Lover's Moon Hex and the City The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles   Lindsay Buroker is a full-time independent fantasy and science fiction author who loves travel, hiking, tennis, and vizslas. She's written over a hundred novels, appeared on the USA Today bestseller list, and has been twice nominated for a Goodreads Readers' Choice Award.   The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

This week, Tarah is back chatting about finishing Better Off Dead (Mountain Shadow Mysteries Book 1) and toddler-mom life. Better Off Dead will be out May 15 and is now available for preorder!Support the books on Patreon!This week's featured book is Blood Ties (a prequel to Aether Witch).Get the ebook for free.Listen on YouTube.This week I'm reading Wrenched (Legacy of Magic Book 1) by Lindsay Buroker and listening to Bars and Boxcars (Mitzy Moon Mysteries Book 6) by Trixie Silvertale!

On this week's episode, we discuss everything but The Elf Tangent by Lindsay Buroker and reveal some upcoming books. (Seriously, you all need to read Master of Crows).The Elf Tangent (2022) is a standalone fantasy romance featuring a mathematically-minded princess, some mercenary elves, and zombies.Join our book club on Fable! Vote on your favorite characters, chat with other readers, and tell us what we should read next.https://fable.co/club/not-another-heroine-book-club-with-not-another-heroine-podcast-463770506743Want to sneak a look at our upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroinehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60620822-the-elf-tangenthttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6811150-master-of-crows?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Y1qT3WIvhG&rank=1

The Elf Tangent (2022) is a standalone fantasy romance featuring a mathematically-minded princess, some mercenary elves, and zombies.Join our book club on Fable! Vote on your favorite characters, chat with other readers, and tell us what we should read next.https://fable.co/club/not-another-heroine-book-club-with-not-another-heroine-podcast-463770506743Want to sneak a look at our upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroinehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60620822-the-elf-tangent

On this week's episode, we discuss part two of The Elf Tangent by Lindsay Buroker.The Elf Tangent (2022) is a standalone fantasy romance featuring a mathematically-minded princess, some mercenary elves, and zombies.Join our book club on Fable! Vote on your favorite characters, chat with other readers, and tell us what we should read next.https://fable.co/club/not-another-heroine-book-club-with-not-another-heroine-podcast-463770506743Want to sneak a look at our upcoming content? Follow us on Instagram @notanotherheroinehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60620822-the-elf-tangent

What are the core fundamentals of a successful independent author business? How can you focus on writing, as well as sell more books, and stay healthy? Prolific fantasy author Lindsay Buroker shares her tips. In the intro, YouTube gets into audio-only podcasts; Seth Godin's book marketing for The Song of Significance; How to make more […] The post Writing And Investing For A Long Term Indie Author Career With Lindsay Buroker first appeared on The Creative Penn.

On this week's episode, we discuss part one of The Elf Tangent by Lindsay Buroker.The Elf Tangent (2022) is a standalone fantasy romance featuring a mathematically-minded princess, some mercenary elves, and zombies.Share your shelves and come read with us on GoodReads and Instagram @notanotherheroine.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60620822-the-elf-tangent

Quitting what doesn't work for you and getting away from survivorship bias and reverse engineering success. Instead finding out what works for YOU & owning your process. Also putting audiobooks on YouTube.Becca Syme's post is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXHdAYJI97ILindsay Buroker's post on putting audiobooks on YouTube is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IirTbyR9wrUThe Filmora Wondershare link is here https://filmora.wondershare.com/Interested in Author Coaching from me? Information here: https://jeffekennedy.com/author-coachingSHADOW WIZARD, Book One in Renegades of Magic, continuing the epic tale begun in DARK WIZARD. https://jeffekennedy.com/shadow-wizard is out now!ROGUE'S PARADISE is out (https://jeffekennedy.com/rogue-s-paradise). Buy book 1, ROGUE'S PAWN, here! (https://jeffekennedy.com/rogue-s-pawn) and book 2, ROGUE'S POSSESSION, here! (https://jeffekennedy.com/rogue-s-possession).If you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).You can watch this podcast on YouTube here https://youtu.be/tCGF7DDFo_4Sign up for my newsletter here! (https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/r2y4b9)Support the show

Lindsay is a full-time independent fantasy and science fiction author who loves travel, hiking, tennis, and vizslas. She's written over a hundred novels, appeared on the USA Today bestseller list, and has been twice nominated for a Goodreads Readers' Choice Award.Tess and Karen loved hearing about how she got her start in publishing, why she decided to set up a Patreon account, and why she believes that free books are a valuable marketing tool for authors. She also explains the writing process that has enabled her to write over 100 books.Enjoy!Book mentioned:The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. WhiteLindsay BurokerSix Figure Authors podcast

Episode 128 / We're headed back to the archives for a fun interview with Lindsay Buroker. Lindsay talks about the benefits and drawbacks of pen names, the advantages of podcasting for writers, and how she writes and releases books into Kindle Unlimited using the rapid release model, then goes wide later.  Intro links:  Timeshifter app Claire's Kickstaster Inkers Con digital ticket (affiliate code for discount: ALBRIGHT22) Show notes: The importance of embracing the entrepreneurial mindset when you're an indie author Advantages of using Patreon before a launch to let wide readers get a book before it goes into KU Why Lindsay is glad she did a writing workshop before she published The benefit of giving your cover artist freedom to be creative Why first-in-series-free book still works Lindsay's lessons-learned about writing in multiple genres and pen names Advice for writers who want to start a podcast Rapid release and how Lindsay writes the books back-to-back before launching Book One The power of using “open loops” in a series and how it boosts readthrough of a series Focusing on what you're good at and leaning into that whether it's writing fast or marketing Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group! You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. Lindsay Buroker Six Figure Authors Podcast The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes  Jami's Launch Plan Sara's Book Release Timeline Checklist Jami's books Sara's books Resources from the Author and Reader Community to Help Ukrainans

This week, Tarah chats about the stumbling blocks she's encountered building the fantasy world for her new series. She also talks about the Victor Gem and Mineral Show and the local celebrity she sighted there. Finally, she asks listeners to weigh in on their perception of orcs versus ogres versus goblins.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: The Witch's Fortune.Listen to me read Blood Ties on Read by the Author With Lindsey Sparks.This week I'm reading Kingdoms at War by Lindsay Buroker and listening to Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey.  I just finished Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

This week, Tarah chats about her upcoming launch of The Witch's Fortune. She also laments the time/energy balancing act of being a WFH parent and discusses why she's having to revise so much as she writes on her latest project.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: The Witch's Fortune.This week I'm reading Kingdoms at War by Lindsay Buroker and listening to Secrets of the Sword II by Lindsay Buroker.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

This week, Tarah chats about her realization around priorities. She talks about what she needs to stay happy and sane and how one particular business decision stood in the way of that. She also shares a hot medicinal plant tip for preppers and some of the star characters in her upcoming epic fantasy novel.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: Recon (book one of The Fringe).This week I'm reading Kingdoms at War by Lindsay Buroker and listening to Secrets of the Sword II by Lindsay Buroker.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

How can you make your self-published books available to libraries in every format? How can you pitch librarians so they are interested in ordering your books? Eric Otis Simmons explains how he successfully pitches and sells to libraries throughout the USA. In the intro, Books2Read is useful for sharing wide links; Lindsay Buroker gives long […] The post How To Get Your Self-Published Book Into Libraries With Eric Otis Simmons first appeared on The Creative Penn.

This week, Tarah chats about the Patreon launch of Warrior Witch and what's coming for the VIP launch. She also discusses her current work in progress, the Witches of Mountain Shadow spin-off series, and how she plans to connect the worlds of her paranormal series to a new epic fantasy story.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: Demon Witch (Witches of Mountain Shadow book two).Get the audio version of Demon Witch — or any of Tarah's audiobooks — here.This week I'm reading The Witches' Blade (The Five Crowns of Okrith, book two) by AK Mulford and listening to Blood Ties (Agents of the Crown, book two) by Lindsay Buroker.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

This week, Tarah chats about her first Mother's Day, the metaphorical writing cabin, and her process of plotting the Witches of Mountain Shadow spin-off. She also talks about her Facebook faux pas, where she made the mistake of mentioning that Wesley had a new dog.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: Lawless (The Lawless Saga, Book One)Psst! It's FREE!This week I'm reading Any Witch Way (A Witch in Wolf Wood Book Three) by Lindsay Buroker. I'm listening to A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas and Blood Ties (Agents of the Crown, book two) by Lindsay Buroker.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

In this episode, Tarah chats about the Warrior Witch release, the Witches of Mountain Shadow merch, and what's coming for Blood Ties and Fiona's prequel novella. She also reads the blurb for book one in the Mountain Shadow spinoff!Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: Recon (Book One of The Fringe).Psst! It's FREE!This week I'm reading Any Witch Way (A Witch in Wolf Wood Book Three) by Lindsay Buroker. I'm listening to A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

In this episode, Tarah reveals some of the weird, embarrassing, and sometimes inaccurate things that readers get angry with her about. She also chats about the first time flying with her eight-month-old baby and this month's Patreon short story.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: Blood Ties (A Witches of Mountain Shadow Prequel Novella)Psst! It's FREE!This week I'm reading Spell Hound (A Witch in Wolf Wood Book Two) by Lindsay Buroker and listening to Eye of Truth (Agents of the Crown Book One) by Lindsay Buroker.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

In this very special episode, Tarah reveals the real-life locations she used to create the bars, restaurants, and shops of Mountain Shadow, Colorado. Learn where she stole those names from and what special places she used to flesh out these fictional settings, including Alchemy, the Fireside Café, Déjà Brew, Sophia's, and Copperfield's Bookstore.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: Lawless (The Lawless Saga Book One).Psst! It's FREE!This week I'm reading Spell Hound (A Witch in Wolf Wood Book Two) by Lindsay Buroker.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

In this episode, Tarah chats all about her final round of revisions on Warrior Witch and what beta readers are saying about the book. She also gives her reaction to the Warrior Witch cover and talks about her big plans for the Witches of Mountain Shadow audiobooks.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: Colony One (Book One of The Elderon Chronicles)Psst! It's FREE!This week I'm listening to Eye of Truth (Agents of the Crown Book One) by Lindsay Buroker and reading Spell Hound (A Witch in Wolf Wood Book Two) by Lindsay Buroker.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

This week, Tarah discusses the big sticking point with the Witches of Mountain Shadow spinoff series: how to keep Fiona and Gabriel from stealing the show. She also hints at a much darker Mountain Shadow and why she's decided to nix the half-human, half-demon character Cyndel. Tarah also reveals some big decisions she's made about audiobooks and how to cope with the attention economy as an author.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: Aether Witch (Witches of Mountain Shadow Book One).Psst! It's FREE!This week I'm reading Eye of Truth (Agents of the Crown Book One) by Lindsay Buroker. Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

This week, Tarah reveals an important detail about Romulus that she forgot to mention in Witches of Mountain Shadow books one through five. She also discusses her high-fantasy romp in another realm with Gabriel and Bellamy and the importance of appreciating where you've been along your journey. Finally, she answers the reader question about why she stopped writing dystopian books.Support the books on Patreon at Tarah Benner Labs.This week's featured book: Recon (Book One of The Fringe).Psst! It's FREE!This week I'm reading The Elf Tangent by Lindsay Buroker.Send your listener mail to tarahbenner@gmail.com.Connect with Tarah on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or in her Facebook reader group.

Join me in The Dragon's Library for review of shows, movies, games, and books. This is a review of Sinister Magic, by Lindsay Buroker. This is a new and interesting work of urban fantasy, following Val, a half-elf hitwoman. You can find this book at the links below.Sinister Magic (Amazon)Sinister Magic (Audible) You can follow me on Twitter and contact me with the email address below.Twitter: @Dragon_Library2Email:  thedragonslibrary.main@gmail.comNew intro audio designed to be compatible with new youtube intro.

Roland has feedback on good places to get audiobooks. Librivox Libraries (Libby App by Overdrive) Amazon Kindle Kobo Chirp Libro.fm Audiobooks.com EPIC! Spotify Youtube.com Lindsay Buroker's Audiobook Playlist – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKJZyogOFzg&list=PLF295gYtb6lVRx8Cb_D_2hD8AanNFRAeS Lindsay Buroker's videos for authors on why audiobooks on YouTube works: https://youtu.be/tfLNW0gnlCM https://youtu.be/IirTbyR9wrU The post Feedback: More On Getting Good Audiobooks appeared first on The Every Day Novelist.

Hello everyone and welcome to the 41st episode of Speak Seductively. This episode will be a fun departure from our usual 'seductive' discussions. Before we start, have you checked out one of our sponsors? Sexi-Boutique.com. We love their products so much we have become affiliated with them. https://www.sexi-boutique.com/?afmc=1c&utm_campaign=1c&utm_source=leaddyno&utm_medium=affiliate A few weeks ago we interviewed Eileen Troemel and found the three of us shared a love for science fiction and fantasy. In fact, we talked so much about authors and favorite books we decided to do a second interview with Eileen. One of our goals for this podcast has been to help promote fellow independent authors. Until now it has been erotica authors. For this episode, we each decided to give mention to three of our favorite indie sci/fi and fantasy authors. I should add, Eileen has written several excellent Fantasy books and Kyle is in the process of writing a science fiction novel. So, kind of home territory for them both. Eileen is one of the featured authors in this collection of stories - No Way Out. Her authors are: Morgan Redstone - fantasy, BDSM, and funny; Amelia K Oliver - contemporary mythological fantasy as well as apocalyptic; and Jade Thorn - oh she's a delicious writer. paranormal, fantasy... Kyle hasn't published any in this genre but some of his current favorite authors are: Glynn Stewart, M.D. Massey and Christopher Nuttall Lilly is currently reading: Lindsay Buroker. She has other favorites but has been engrossed in Buroker's series for the last few months. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kyle-canon/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kyle-canon/support

Your two hardcore introvert authors, Jo Lallo and Lindsay Buroker, discuss ways to market that won’t force you too far from your introvert tendencies but that can also sell books. (Note: this is not a…

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Meet Lindsay Buroker, an insanely prolific writer – she has written around 80 books, most of them as part of a series. With ten years of experience, Lindsay will teach us today how to write a successful book series. 2:00 Lindsay’s introduction – where she comes from, how many books she has written – hint: many!! 2:55 How she finally became a full-time writer – her biography is astonishing 7:48 Why you should write series instead of standalone 9:15 The Do’s and Don’t when it comes to writing book series 11:30 How to plan a series effectively 15:55 Lindsay’s process of writing a series 19:23 Lindsay’s secret to writing 10 novels a year 26:00 Efficient book series marketing practices 29:38 How to market subsequent books in the series 32:47 How to boost read-through 34:22 Lindsay’s favourite story 35:34 Podcast summary ✅ Lindsay’s fiction: https://lindsayburoker.com The Six Figure Authors Podcast: https://6figureauthors.com

Prolific sci-fi author Lindsay Buroker explains how uploading her books to YouTube brought in a four-figure monthly income.

Welcome to Jon's Author Diary for the week ending March 28, 2021. In this week's episode Jon talks about his forthcoming launch of the Wasteland series boxset, his progress on Dawn of Assassins, and his plans for the Easter holiday. Click HERE to claim your free copy of Birth of Assassins.

Climbing aboard the book mobile this week is successful (read: $ucce$$ful) self-published author, Lindsay Buroker! She is a well-known fantasy novelist, with over 75 titles in circulation. More importantly, she has solved the self-publication game--as more and more authors are turning away from traditional publishing houses. For most, they are weeded out by the grueling process of securing and then maintaining an audience. Listen in and learn from Lindsay’s experience and her good nature. A nearly unique accomplishment in the industry!

Our guest this week is Lindsay Buroker, the author of the Death Before Dragons series. Lindsay joins co-host Paul Sating to talk writing, quick releases, and book cover gaffes in this episode of the Urban Fantasy Author Podcast. This episode's excerpt is from chapter one of Sinister Magic, book one of Lindsay's “Death Before Dragons” […]

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As new writers, we can be tempted to put so much into our characters that they become overwhelming. Or maybe you've gotten some feedback and they're flat and boring. Characters are so important to getting readers to connect to good fiction, but there are a lot of misconceptions out there about what makes a good, 'likeable,' character. Let me break down those misconceptions and show my unique Theme-based planning strategy for creating compelling characters, no matter what kind of story you're writing.------Don't forget to download the free Story Planning Guide when I take you through finding your Theme, and using the process of Theme-Based Story Planning to create your characters, world, and story conflicts.You can also sign up for the free Pick Up the Pen Challenge if you want a guided experience talking more about character creation and putting your character on the page.Correction: I referenced Lindsay Buroker's Star Kingdom series, but was really thinking about her Fallen Empire series. Both are great, if you want fun stories and really interesting characters.

Episode 050 / Not to be outdone by the countdown to the new year (and who isn’t ready to wave goodbye to 2020?), Jami and Sara count the top ten episodes of the first year of the Wish I’d Known Then podcast. In the intro, Sara talks about reading Gail Carriger’s book The Heroine’s Journey. Jami is finishing her story that she’s sending to her newsletter. Jami recommends Warrior Nun and Sara’s binging Hallmark Christmas movies. You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. Episode with the most comments/interaction: Ep 44: Narrating Your Fiction Audiobooks with Nikki Haverstock Episodes with the most Youtube views: 1 -Ep 15: Finding Success in Small Genres with Elana Johnson 2 - Ep 48: Becca Syme on Unrealistic Expectations and JOMO (the Joy of Missing Out) 3 - Ep 41: Robin Cutler on the Advantages of IngramSpark for Print and the Future of Publishing Countdown of Top 10 Podcast episode downloads: 10 - Ep 5: Learning to Reverse Engineer a Novel with Cecelia Mecca 9 - Ep 24: Why Isn’t This Book (or Series) Selling? Shea MacLeod on Analyzing Backlist Titles 8 - Ep 30: Understanding Your Motivation to Write with H. Claire Taylor 7 - Ep 17: Lindsay Buroker on Pen Names, Podcasting, and Rapid Release 6 - Ep 15: Finding Success in Small Genres with Elana Johnson 5 - Ep 22: How Pamela Fagan Hutchins Turned Her Writing Career Around 4 - Ep 1: Mistakes and Lessons Learned in Indie Publishing 3 - Ep 8: How David Gaughran is Using his Lessons Learned to Reboot his Fiction and Nonfiction Books 2 - Ep 29: Craig Martelle on Pricing Strategies, Making More Money with Less Books, and Writing with Health Issues 1 - Ep 26: Book Launch Plans: The Mega Episode The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group.

Fitness Plus from Apple   Tried this out over the last week. Disappointing initially that none of the Workout routines were either Audio Described or had another way of finding out what actual exercises were being performed, I decided for now just to do my own exercises, and use the training and rest times in each Workout. As there is no actual exercises to do I the Treadmill or Bike Workouts, these worked as expected. If you use the Apple TV with the Apple Watch, your real time data comes up on the screen so you can monitor and see how others have gone with this particular workout. You can just use fitness Plus int eh Fitness app on iOS without the Appel Watch, follow along with each routine, but you won’t get any direct data from your Apple Watch. I think if you had a treadmill, bike or rowing machine, these weekly pre-recorded workouts with the trainer, and great music are fine. Otherwise, perhaps not. At least you can try it out for 1 month free or 3 months if you buy an Apple Watch. After that, it is $14.95 per month.   https://fitness.apple.com/us/subscribe?itscg=10000&itsct=fit-hero-hp_tile-apl-ann-201111   New Head Phones from Apple - AirPods Max   Cost: $895.00 Australian.   Brief Product Description:   Apple’s over the ear version of the AirPods Pro with a lot of great features and sound. Stainless steel head band with mesh canopy, aluminium ear cups, and magnetically removable/replaceable ear cup fabric cushions. Two easy access controls, Digital Crown to control media/Siri, and Noise Control for Noise Cancellation, and Transparency Mode.   What you Get in the Box:   AirPods Max. Smart case (AirPods Max already inserted in to the case). Lightning to USBC cable. Getting started guide.   Purchased  Separately:   USB charger. Lightning to 3.5mm TRS audio cable. Note - plug AirPods Max in to chargers that you would usually plug your iPhone in to. Audio cable is to allow AirPods Max to be plugged in to older devices purely for getting audio out of them, can’t use Siri etc with this cable plugged in.   Physical description and Details of the Head Phones:   Stainless steel frame head  band with a soft to touch and stretchy canopy  to take weight off top of head. Telescoping stainless steel ear cup arms to adjust ear cups to fit over ears. Brushed aluminium rectangular ear cups with rounded corners. Stainless steel had band colour to match iPhone 12 colour, and ear cups colour to match iPad Air or MacBook colour. Ear cup cushions magnetically attached to ear cups, and can be replaced. Sensors to detect if AirPods max removed from head and will stop media, continuing once head set back on. When taken off, both ear cups can be rotated 90 degrees to lay flat or to be inserted in to the smart case. When wearing the head set, ear cups rotate slightly for a better and more comfortable fit. 9 microphones spread   over both ear cups  to deal with calls, noise/transparency modes, and wind noise reduction. Each ear cup also contains the H1 chip and 10 core audio computational processor.     What they Sound Like:   Music is absolutely brilliant with individual instruments almost having their own space. Rich sound. Spacial audio sound is amazing with the music surrounding the listener. Not basie  at all, only when music calls for it. Excellent with Head Phone Accommodations that you can truly customise the sound. Lovely to listen to audio books or podcasts. Phone calls are clear, and callers report ease of listening. Video conferencing services such as Zoom worked just as well with audio quality. Noise reduction even better than that of the AirPods Pro, this goes the same for the transparency mode. VoiceOver is just as responsive with the AirPods Max as it is with the AirPods Pro. Hey Siri is very responsive.   Benefits: Extremely responsive with VoiceOver on iOS or Mac. Very comfortable to wear, even though weight is 380 grams. As reviewer is a voiceOver user, wearing the head set all day is not an issue at all. Telescoping arms allow the perfect position to be set, and take a little effort to adjust when is great as they then do not shorten or lengthen. Ear cups feel very comfortable over ears, and do not seem to cause sweating etc. When the AirPods Max are placed in to the Smart Case, magnets in the case put the head set in to a low power mode. Instant reconnection to an Apple device when placed back on the head. Just simply convenient to turn a dial or press a button. Easy to locate and use the Digital Crown (volume etc), and Noise Control buttons. Easy to locate lightning port for charging or plugging in the not supplied audio cable. There is a notch in the smart case to allow a lightning cable to be plugged in to the head set as well. The aluminium ear cups feel smooth and cool to the touch. Unlike some head phone cushions, these cushions have a whole magnetic housing which magnetically clips in to the ear cups. Works with Find My. Like with AirPods Pro, when playing media or dictating, AirPods Max does not turn this off when using Siri, which it does on Mac OS. When plugging head set in to a 20W UsBC fast charger, 1.5hours of battery is gained within 5 minutes. When plugged in to a standard iPhone charger (not a fast charger), from 0 to 95% is achieved in 2hrs. The aluminium used in the ear cups is the same in the iPod air or MacBook Pros, and is quite durable. The not supplied Lightning to 3.5MM audio jack cable is purely to connect the head set to older 3.5MM audio devices and offers no benefit besides the physical connection. Hey Siri and Announce Messages by Siri is also available.   Points to consider: Note - a few software issues, but the hardware is excellent, software can be improved upon. Supply own charger. Supply own audio cable. The 3.5MM audio cable takes its volume from the device, not the head set, maximum volume therefore on such devices such as the Victor Reader Stream, Victor Trek or the Envoy Connect are about half the volume that the AirPods can put out at maximum volume. Head set is not water proof. Smart case doesn’t offer that much protection especially if they are placed in a bag etc. How durable the mesh is at the top of the head set remains to be seen. Given the cost, strongly suggest Apple Care. Reviewer would suggest these are more for office/home use, rather than being out in the community.   Discussion of the AirPods Max from the Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast:   https://s160.podbean.com/pb/dda560e68aab5fc4aff7190c5bc0381b/5fe01898/data4/fs54/339150/uploads/AirPods_MaxcCat8bd7q.mp3?pbss=c6d31427-5cbd-519c-9cbb-667c0c0d8b9c   AirPods Max page   Https://www.apple.com/airpodsmax     Things to Keep you Occupied over the Break   Podcasts   You can find these podcasts on your smart speakers by simply saying the name with Play Podcast:   Applevis. Daily Tech News Show Dot To Dot. Double Tap Canada. Download this show. iOS Today. iSee Using Various Technologies from a blind persons perspective. MacCast for Mac Geeks. MacBreak Weekly Main Menu. Mosen At Large. RNIB TechTalk. Rene Richie. Talking Tech Vision Australia Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast. This Week In Tech. Windows Weekly.   Books   Great Audible Listens (my top 14 Series):   Series - The Demon Accords by Jon Conroe. Series - Death’s Mantel by Harmon Cooper. Series - The Keeper Chronicles by JA Andrews. Series - The Wandering Inn by Pirate Aba. Series - Chaos Seeds by Aleron Kong. Series - King’s Dark Tidings by Kel Cade. Series - The Castes and the Outcastes by Davis Ashura. Series - Sentinels of Creation by Robert W. Ross. Series - Dragon Blood by Lindsay Buroker. Series - The Unbelievable Mr BrownStone by Michael Anderle. Series - Alison Brownstone by Judy Berens, Martha Carr, and Michael Anderle. Series - Nightlord by Garon Whited. Series - The Enslaved Chronicles - by R. K. Thorne. Series - Hellequin Chronicles by Steve McHugh.   Kindle   Most of the time these days you can find both Audible and Kindle versions of the same book. However, sometimes a new series may not yet be recorded on Audible or fully complete, in this case, I turn to Kindle books, I just find it nicer to llisten to a good Human Narrator. One series which there is only one book in Audible is the Edge by Ilona Andrews so I’ve stuck it here as an example. Series — the Edge by Ilona Andrews.   Of course, you can also check out books on the Vision Australia library.   Radio   You can find these radio stations n on your smart speakers by simply saying the name with Play StationName:   Vision Australia Radio Melbourne. Vision Australia Radio Adelaide. ABC Sports. ABC Sydney. ABC Melbourne. Any radio station around the world.   Music   With a smart speaker, you can play any type of music you like: Artist, track name, Album or category. These are played through music subscription services such as Apple Music, Spotify etc on your Nest Audio, Amazon Echo Dot or HomePod mini. Where to get Help During the Break with Tech Issues   Apple Accessibility support - 1300 365 083. Microsoft Disability Support - 1800 280 300.q Remember Aira, and Be My Eyes. Google Help Desk via the Be My Eyes app.  

Joe Lallo discusses THE PROS AND CONS OF PRE-ORDERS, including the specific considerations of pre-orders on Amazon versus other platforms, whether or not pre-orders make sense for an author's first book or for standalone novels, and things to keep in mind to avoid annoying your most faithful fans. We also talk about pricing strategies, including how to price box sets. Joseph Lallo was educated at NJIT, where he earned a master's degree in Computer Engineering. In September 2014 he was given the opportunity to take a promotion that would eliminate his writing time or become a full-time author. He chose the books. Since then he has written dozens of novels and novellas in genres across the science fiction and fantasy spectrum, including the international bestselling Book of Deacon series and the critically acclaimed Free-Wrench series. In addition to writing, he helps run the Six Figure Authors podcast with Lindsay Buroker and Andrea Pearson. Past ventures have included the Science Fiction and Fantasy Marketing podcast and BrainLazy.com. In his spare time he builds pointless doodads in his ridiculously over-equipped basement workshop.

Author and co-host of the Six Figure Authors podcast Lindsay Buroker joins us on the podcast this week. Lindsay has been an indie author for almost a decade and she talks to us about how the industry has changed over that time, where she thinks it’s going next, and she tells us about her Patreon and how she utilizes the platform to distribute ARCs and reward her fans.  Learn more about this episode!

Episode 028 / Ryan Zee of Booksweeps and Plottr joins Jami and Sara this week and shares tips on how to make your emails to readers more effective. They talk about how marketing, trends, and branding. You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. Sara has shifted to revision for her WIP and she’s uploading audio to Kobo. Sara recommended The Creative Penn Podcast with Lindsay Buroker about writing a series. Sara has a book on the subject: How to Write A Series. Sara’s also using a pomodoro timer app, Flat Tomato. Jami’s been helping her daughter move. She started writing her new book and shared that that Homecoming King is still doing great. Jami’s also been enjoying the Wish I’d Known For Writers Facebook group. Drop by and join them! In this podcast episode, you’ll discover: How Booksweeps helps authors promote their books and grow their email newsletter lists How Plottr, a digital plotting and outlining software, can help authors write books Common mistakes authors make with email Why tenacity and focus are characteristics of successful authors Book trends in genres related to the pandemic Changes Ryan has seen in the publishing industry Trends in voice search How focusing on one genre can help you create an author brand and how authors can use diction and word choice in marketing and in newsletters to emphasize their brand Links: RyanZee.com Booksweeps.com Plottr.com

We live in a binge consumption culture and the best-loved stories are often those that allow a deeper experience of character and world. Think of your favorite TV shows or books and you will likely find a few series in there! Writing a series can also make you more money as a writer since you […] The post Writing A Series. Satisfy Readers And Make More Money With Lindsay Buroker first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Lindsay Buroker knows how to maximize her reach as an indie author. By writing under multiple pen names across multiple genres, following a rapid release model to generate interest, and running a podcast to help uphold her brand, she continues to expand her audience and influence across the writing landscape. Buroker is a full-time independent author who focuses primarily on the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Among her impressive number of successful series are Death Before Dragons, Dragon Blood, and Star Kingdom. She is also known for co-hosting Six Figure Authors, a podcast dedicated to providing writers with tactical knowledge to help improve their careers. Lindsay’s latest release, Elven Doom, is available now.From Amazon.com:Lindsay is a full-time independent fantasy and science fiction author who loves travel, hiking, tennis, and vizslas. She's written over sixty novels, appeared on the USA Today bestseller list, and has been twice nominated for a Goodreads Readers' Choice Award. She grew up in the Seattle area but has itchy feet and moves every couple of years. She's currently living in Bend, Oregon, and working on the next book.Whether you’re traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today’s publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins.Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouse, J. Thorn, as they gain unique insight and valuable advice from the most prolific and accomplished authors in the business.In this episode, you’ll discover:How to utilize the rapid release modelWhen to commit to a genreWhen to use a pen nameHow to approach cowritingHow to structure a day of writingLinks:J. D. Barker - http://jdbarker.com/J. Thorn - https://theauthorlife.com/Lindsay Buroker - https://lindsayburoker.com/Elven Doom by Lindsay Buroker - https://books2read.com/ElvenDoomSix Figure Authors Podcast - https://6figureauthors.com/Supercharge Your Scene - http://superchargeyourscene.comSave Indie Bookstores - https://www.saveindiebookstores.comMusic by Nicorus - https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep Voice Over by Rick Ganley - http://www.nhpr.com and recorded at Mill Pond Studio - http://www.millpondstudio.comContact - https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/ “Muggable” quote by Harley Christensen - https://www.mischievousmalamute.com/*Full disclosure: Some of the links are affiliate links. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Career Author Summit RecapAfter a fantastic weekend (and week-long) at The Career Author Summit, the guys are here to share a recap of the event as well as the most pertinent takeaways from all of the presentations.J. and Zach also share some details about the forced pivot to a virtual event and how they're thinking about the future of live events.The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving your writing craft, and honest discussions of what it takes to build a successful career as an author.In this episode:Making (More) Money as a Writer! with Honorée CorderCareer Author Alternatives: Unique Ways to Live as a Full Time CreativeThe Future of Publishing: An Industry PanelMyths & Legends of Amazon Advertising with Bryan CohenMastering Amazon's A9 Algorithm and Your Book's Rankings in the Market with Dave ChessonHow Many P's Are There in Publishing Success? with Mark Leslie LefebvreYou Are Not Broken with J. ThornAudio for Authors: Audiobooks, Podcasting and Voice Technologies with Joanna PennFind the Right Mentor to Fast Track Your Author Career with Tim GrahlCan I do this? Revision Made Easy (Okay, Easier) with Rachael HerronHow to Write a Series That Keeps Readers Buying with Lindsay BurokerAlso in this episode, a preliminary look at 2021 events.Send us your ways and hacks - https://thecareerauthor.com/waysandhacks/ Leave us a comment: Which takeaway most resonated with you?Thanks to our Patrons.Podcast sponsored by Kobo Writing Life - https://writinglife.kobobooks.com Get exclusive bonus content by supporting The Career Author Podcast on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thecareerauthorWant to work with us? Get the details at https://thecareerauthor.com/services/Links:Supercharge Your Scene 5-Day Writing Challenge (free) - http://superchargeyourscene.com Honorée Corder - http://honoreecorder.com/Bryan Cohen - http://bryancohen.com/Dave Chesson - https://kindlepreneur.com/Mark Leslie Lefebvre - http://markleslie.ca/Joanna Penn - https://www.thecreativepenn.com/Tim Grahl - https://booklaunch.com/Rachael Herron - https://rachaelherron.com/Lindsay Buroker - https://lindsayburoker.com/The Career Author YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/thecareerauthorThree Story Method -

Episode 017 / Science fiction and fantasy author Lindsay Buroker joins us to talk about the benefits and drawbacks of pen names, the advantages of podcasting for writers, and how she writes and releases books into Kindle Unlimited using the rapid release model, then goes wide later. You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. In the intro, Jami shares what a struggle it was to write her recent book, but she got it done and it went to beta readers today. Yay! Sara is lost in the complexities of her WIP's plot and trying to find her way out of the tangle. Jami recently listened to the SPA Girls podcast on editing and highly recommends it. In this podcast episode, you’ll discover: The importance of embracing the entrepreneurial mindset when you’re an indie author Advantages of using Patreon before a launch to let wide readers get a book before it goes into KU Why Lindsay is glad she did a writing workshop before she published The benefit of giving your cover artist freedom to be creative Why first-in-series-free book still works Lindsay’s lessons-learned about writing in multiple genres and pen names Advice for writers who want to start a podcast Rapid release and how Lindsay writes the books back-to-back before launching Book One The power of using “open loops” in a series and how it boosts readthrough of a series Focusing on what you’re good at and leaning into that whether it’s writing fast or marketing Genres discussed include science fiction, fantasy, steampunk/epic fantasy, space opera, sci fi romance, and urban fantasy. Links: Lindsay Buroker Six Figure Authors Podcast

No script, no plan. Just coffee and getting psyched for an awesome week of writing! Come hangout! *** Hosts: Josh Hayes, Scott Moon, C. Steven Manley [00:00] Opening remarks—Dragon Award Nominations are open! [05:45] Weekly update, “Smooth Jazz and Air Force Beret” Edition Josh: Developed an appreciation for instrumental jazz. Segue into discussing writing music (with and without lyrics, mood music, no music, etc.). Couldn’t stop writing with Tron: Legacy music. Finished the developmental edit of Valor #3. Working on resolution chapters for the story. Read-through on another author’s work and doing some story development beat work. Playing with dolls. Scott: Scott listens to a lot of Pacific Rim, Call of Duty, and lots of Hans Zimmer. Did some dictation, so working on a new process with dictation following his beats. Publishing Invasion Day. Chuck: Finished Galactic Murder Clowns 3. Back to working on Jack Dark Book 2 and Brace Cordova on the backburner. FBI trilogy concept in the works. [26:00] Main Event: Motivation Monday! -Starting off with jumping right into David Baldacci’s Memory Man -Scott is staying positive because of this damn book. -Getting back into a good headspace for writing. -Listening to audiobooks getting you back into writing. -Enthralled with Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie -Falling out the habit or groove that makes writing possible. -Character POV jumping criticism in The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon -Getting inspiration from other works and reading as motivation. -Scott and Chuck love Mr. Mercedes (The Bill Hodges Book 1) by Stephen King -Reading old pulp novels for enjoyment and how stories were told decades ago because of the era they were written in—Conan, Gor, Doc Savage, etc. -Waxing upon the difference between bad characters and bad authors -The controversy over Amélie Wen Zhao’s Blood Heir -Epistolary novels like World War Z by Max Brooks -Wanting to read Splinter of the Mind’s Eye by Alan Dean Foster -Wanting to read The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher (The Witcher Saga Book 1) by Andrzej Sapkowski -Looking forward to writing a different genre as a refreshing shift. -The importance of reading cross genre reading for inspiration and breadth of experience. -Avoiding romance? -Slow burn romance of Han and Leia over three movies of OT vs. how to write it. -Complaints of the Disney five-minute romance. -Learning from Nicholas Sparks (ex. The Notebook) -Chuck schools Josh on how to find novel breakdowns without doing it himself. -Jamie Albright’s romance books. -Lindsay Buroker’s science fiction romance books. -Hallmark Romances are Fantasy? -The importance of dialogue and next week’s guest (Damon Suede’s Verbalize: bring stories to life & life to stories). [1:00:00] Closing remarks Coffee and Concepts Writer’s Journey Storytelling   Become a Medium today! https://keystrokemedium.com/mediums/ Don't forget to Like and Subscribe and get involved with the mayhem and shenanigans in the live chat! http://www.youtube.com/c/keystrokemedium If you have any thoughts or ideas for show topics or if you have authors you'd like to see on the show, let us know. Visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KeystrokeMedium For all the latest and greatest KSM Gear, check out our store at: https://keystrokemedium.com/ksm-store/ Also, subscribe to Sci Fi Explorations for the best discounted and free books we come across through our contacts: http://www.scifiexplorations.com Keystroke Medium Anthologies      Kingdoms of Iron and Stone - https://amzn.to/2GjbE6I       Horizons Beyond - https://amzn.to/2SrJ6uX      Farthest Reach – https://amzn.to/2UZINeo The Writing Dream – and How to Make it to Happily Ever After – Keystroke Medium’s first non-fiction book. https://amzn.to/2UZINeo If you enjoy this podcast, please leave us a review and rate the show on iTunes, Podbean, Stitcher, or wherever else you found us!

This is the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast Episode 96 with Lindsay Buroker. Good day and welcome to this episode of the Books and Authors Fantasy Podcast. I’m your host, podcaster and author of Fun Fantasy Reads, Jamie Davis. This … Continue reading → The post Dragons, Fantasy Books, and More with Author Lindsay Buroker appeared first on Fantasy/Sci-Fi Focus.

Good Adventures,  Author Kayla Dawn Thomas is on the show this week, talking about romance authors you need should be reading. Comment over on our YouTube channel.  Links:  Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks Today's guest - Kayla Dawn Thomas On Instagram - the rippedbodice Agents of the Crown by Lindsay Buroker (five books not three!)  Ain't Nothing but a Pound Dog by Jeannie Wycherley ~~~ What do I write? Thanks for asking. Get the free prequel to my June Nash Misadventure series and find to why a monkey was wearing June’s bra. https://books2read.com/u/3npXnK Or dive right in and get the full length novel, How to Sex Your Snake. A pool of blood, a missing body, a famous brother accused of murder. June Nash has the worst luck. https://books2read.com/u/bxvJYq That’s it for this week. Go read a good book. Melissa

Mark takes a look at his 2019 goals compared with his accomplishments for the year and also shares the %'s of his eBook, audio, and print sales for his indie published books in 2019. Prior to the main content, Mark shares some recent comments and emails received. He also talks about a forthcoming live webinar he will be hosting featuring: M Jane Colette, Tracy Cooper-Posey, Andrea Pearson, and Talena Winters talking about productivity for 2020 (On Monday Jan 6, 2020). This episode is sponsored by Findaway Voices. You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway. Mark thanks Lindsay Buroker for joining the team of Patrons supporting the show over at Patreon.com/starkreflections. In the main content, Mark reviews his 2019 goals and discusses the fact that he only achieved one of those items on his list. He then looks at the things he DID accomplish in 2019 that weren't on the initial list. And he follows that with outlining 16 goals he has set for 2020. He then looks into the breakdown of his sales % from his indie publishing income for 2019 broken down by format: eBook, print, audio. He then breaks each format down by source, exploring where his income earnings came from.   Links of Interest: Jan 6, 2020 Webinar on Productivity The 7 P's of Publishing Success Findaway Voices Patreon for Stark Reflections   The music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0    

US-based author Lindsay Buroker explains how she started her self-publishing career way back in 2010, keeps her fans happy and manages to write ten books a year for them.

I (Trudi Jaye) was VERY EXCITED to get to interview super-successful fantasy author and fellow podcaster Lindsay Buroker at 20BooksVegas, and (OMG!!) she didn't disappoint. Lindsay's doing really well in the genres of Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, Fantasy Romance, and is about to publish a new Urban Fantasy series next year - so she talks about how she makes writing in multiple genres work so well for her career, how and why she switches between fantasy to sci-fi and, of course, how she's so productive.  Even if you're not like me and a total fangirl, this is a must-listen episode from a super-smart self-publishing author.

I (Trudi Jaye) was VERY EXCITED to get to interview super-successful fantasy author and fellow podcaster Lindsay Buroker at 20BooksVegas, and (OMG!!) she didn't disappoint. Lindsay's doing really well in the genres of Fantasy, Sci-Fi Romance, Fantasy Romance, and is about to publish a new Urban Fantasy series next year - so she talks about how she makes writing in multiple genres work so well for her career, how and why she switches between fantasy to sci-fi and, of course, how she's so productive.  Even if you're not like me and a total fangirl, this is a must-listen episode from a super-smart self-publishing author.

Today, Jo and Andrea interviewed fellow co-host fantasy and science-fiction author Lindsay Buroker to find out more about her book launch tactics. She’s been self-publishing since December of 2010, earning a full-time income since 2012, and…Continue ReadingSFA – 003 Book Launch Tactics for Wide, Kindle Unlimited, Pre-Orders and Rapid Release with Lindsay Buroker

On our first show, learn more about our hosts, Lindsay Buroker, Andrea Pearson, and Jo Lallo, all of whom have made at least six figures a year from their book sales. They looked at the…Continue ReadingSFA – 001 What It Takes to Make Six Figures as an Author + Dispelling Myths

The general advise is that it's better to write in series instead of standalone novels if we want to earn a full-time income. What does a six figure author has to say on that topic? Lindsay Buroker, a highly successful fantasy authors, join Am Writing Fantasy to share advice on how to earn a living as an author. You can find out more about Lindsay here: http://lindsayburoker.com/  New episodes EVERY single Monday. To subscribe on YouTube, go here: http://bit.ly/1WIwIVC PATREON! Many bonus perks for those who become a patrons. https://www.patreon.com/AmWritingFantasy  LET'S CONNECT! Closed Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmWritingFantasy/  Blog and Courses: https://www.amwritingfantasy.com/  Jesper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SchmidtJesper  Autumn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/weifarer  Read the full transcript below. (Please note that it's automatically generated and while the AI is super cool, it isn't perfect. There may be misspellings or incorrect words on occasion). Jesper (1s): You might have heard the advice that one should be writing in a series if one want to earn a living as an author. And there is actually something to that. And today I am joined by Lindsay Buroker who is a very successful fantasy author who earns a six figure income a year from writing. If you're a fantasy author, then you've come to the right place. My name is Jesper and between Autumn and myself we've published more than 20 books. Jesper (34s): And it is our aim to use our experience to help you in your writing and marketing endeavors. So first of all, thank you for joining me here on a amwritingfantasy. Lindsay Lindsay (47s): thank you for having me. I'm excited to talk about books and marketing and in series of course. Jesper (52s): Yeah, it's, it's always a good topic to talk about and uh, but maybe, maybe you can say a bit about yourself, uh, your writing. And I also know that you're, well, I transitioning out of an old podcast and starting a new and so forth. So maybe we could just sort of give a bit of context for stuff. Lindsay (1m 8s): Sure. I am mostly self-publish. I have an audio book publisher, but I started self-publishing at the end of 2010. Uh, when my first series was the emperor's edge, and I had only two books written at that time and they weren't in the same series. So I can talk to what it is to start out without, you know, there's a lot more you can do with marketing when you have more. Um, I was, uh, pretty excited about it from the beginning. I saw the potential, even though I didn't make a lot of money to start with. You know, I think I was really excited when I made more than a hundred dollars a month. Lindsay (1m 40s): Uh, but as I got more books out in this series, I had people do fan art and, um, they started, you know, doing some fan fiction and things like that. So I saw that people enjoyed my writing, uh, at least certain numbers of people, the ones that you're, you're hoping to target. And so that was really reassuring and I felt confident that eventually I could get to the point where I could make it my day job. And by the time I'd finished that series, I ended up doing about eight books. Uh, I was, you know, making I think over 10,000 a month. And I thought to myself, well, if I could just keep doing that, that'd be awesome. Lindsay (2m 13s): And, uh, I could, you know, you have expenses to edit paying editors and cover art and such. But, uh, that was before anybody was spending much money on advertising. So that was mostly take-home money. And, um, I've, since fruit and numerous more fantasy series, I've also done some science fiction. Uh, if you take a peek at me when this podcast comes out, you'll see that I'm doing my star kingdom scifi series, but, uh, I'm, I'm kind of alternating next year would probably be back to dragons. So, um, and you asked about the podcast. We, uh, myself, Joe Lolo and Jeff Poole did the science fiction and fantasy marketing podcast for over four years. Lindsay (2m 49s): We are kind of been winding it down this year. I was starting to feel that we had a message that could be for more than just scifi and fantasy authors. So, uh, Joe and I are going to start a new one this summer called six-figure where we kind of help people that want to get to that level. And even beyond that, it is possible as a solo author, if you're a prolific and marketing and in a genre where it works that you know, you can make $1 million or more a year. So there's right now it's a great time to be self publishing or you know, just kind of managing your own future. Lindsay (3m 20s): If, uh, if you have any entrepreneurial spirit at all and uh, uh, as I'll be the first to admit I liked the writing more, I kind of do as much, you know, I learned as much in marketing stuff is you have to, but uh, I think I'm kind of can demonstrate that you don't have to be a super pro at a Facebook ads or AMS have or anything like that. I'm still feeling my way. A lot of it, some of that stuff. Yeah. Jesper (3m 45s): Yeah. And I'm, I'm glad that you said about the, that this is a good time to, to get into or to publish in general or to write books in general because I, I sometimes come across the line of thinking that, that people think like, well isn't it a bit too late now? And of course if we are comparing two, and I guess you'll have this from personal experience, but if we compare it to like 2010 2012 something like that, then for sure it is a different marketplace nowadays. But in the global view of things here with, with all the countries who doesn't even have eBooks or you eat, there's an old doing all of that yet. Jesper (4m 21s): And we're still sort of in the, in the earliest stages of this stuff. Wouldn't you agree? Lindsay (4m 27s): I do. And I often tell people, when I started, it was December, 2010 I thought I was too late as it cause Amanda Hawking had already made her like million dollars from a, you know, her paranormal romance books. And there were a few other people that got in really early and we're killing it. And, and keyboards was around back then, the writer's cafe forum. And people were saying like, Oh, it's getting a lot harder. So I was like, well, we'll, we'll, we'll try to figure it out. Um, in the early days you kind of had to go hunting on deviant art.com or somewhere, or no, an artist. Lindsay (4m 59s): There wasn't really this whole industry to support indie authors yet. You kinda had to find an editor that maybe could do fiction. Uh, my F my editors started out in the technical editing field and so I was referred, I was her first person doing like SciFinder fantasy and to this day I think I'm one of her main people. She's still, it's like, what is this term you're talking about? But, um, so now at least it's, it's, there's a lot of great advice out there. There's a lot of sites for am promoting your book. If you've got a little money to spend at the social media stuffs a little more established. Lindsay (5m 32s): So I do think, you know, you still see people that are just, and maybe they started a couple of years ago, but they kind of figured it out with a new series or something and that's taken off for them. So it's very possible still here and not 2019 to to make a splash. And, uh, I feel you do have to pay attention and learn some of the marketing stuff. It's, it's, you're probably not going to just throw a book up and get lucky by having it in the right category. Am you saw more of that early on, especially, you know, if a new category of popped up on Amazon that hadn't been served by traditional publishing, if you just threw something up there with a horrible cover, it didn't matter if people would give it a try and those days are probably gone. Jesper (6m 11s): Yeah, true. Yeah. And in that way, it is a different marketplace now, but, but uh, but okay. But I guess at the end of the day, one should also say that, you know, if you want to get into writing because you want to earn money, then I think there is, there's a lot of different professions that will get your many way quicker than writing books. So that way it's, it's not the right motivation. There's not because you want it. And many I did the right word of business because you love writing and you love telling stories and that that should be the main driver. Jesper (6m 44s): But then of course you need to couple it with, with some advertising. But I guess then, uh, coming back to sort of the main topic here, because now that we are talking about advertising and one of the often made arguments about it's better to write in a series rather than writing stand along books is because of course you can sort of put a bit more marketing budget against a, the first book in the series because then people would go on to read the other ones. But I know you've written quite a lot of series, so I'm curious too, to have your inputs or views on, on, well I guess on one hand, how do you decide when, when is it time to stop a series, but also what have you seen from when you're comparing your series to your standalones? Jesper (7m 32s): Can, can you still make a standalone work well or is it sort of doing the interface? It's, if you do that, Lindsay (7m 39s): it's a little tougher if you have a fan base built up and they'll just, you're lucky enough that they'll try anything new you put out. And I have a, a standalone I did last year PSI Phi, um, that did pretty well. Um, you know, it certainly more than covered its costs and the time I put into it. Uh, but knowing me, I always end up like wanting to write two or three more and the, the readers always want more to. So I have very few actual stand-alones that are still standalone am my dragon blood series, which has eight books, a spinoff book, uh, and a spinoff series of five books that started as a standalone. Lindsay (8m 12s): I hadn't known intention of writing, I'm just like, I'm just getting this sweet little fantasy romance with magic and it'll just be a nice side thing. And uh, I really enjoyed the characters, which is what happens. I tend to fall in love with the characters and hopefully the readers do too. And I always end up doing more. And you're right on the advertising. If you're gonna spend money on a book one, you know, especially if you're thinking maybe I'll make it free or 99 cents as a way to kind of lower the barrier of entry then am it helps if you have seven more books at four 99 that people will hopefully get sucked into the series and continue on to purchase. Lindsay (8m 51s): I'm not super calculating as far as like, Oh, well last year I actually had a of did quite well. That was a heritage of power. It was that spinoff series in that world where I already had a lot of readers and I wrote five of them and they were still selling really well. And I remember thinking, you know, I should just keep writing more of these, but I kind of planned a five book story arc. Actually I planned a three book story arc and it turned into five. So, and I'm not really someone that can just go, well let's just take these characters and keep writing more of them even though I've sort of solved that overarching story plot so I was already moving onto something else. Lindsay (9m 28s): And um, then that's something people can decide for themselves. I do try to write, I like the am to do like three before I launch anything because it lets me really get into the story and I'm committed before, you know, cause sometimes if it doesn't sell well you can get discouraged or even if it sounds okay but not nearly as well as something else you've done. Uh, that can also be like you always comparing either against other authors or your own past successes. So it can be a challenge to stay in food if something doesn't do as well. Lindsay (9m 58s): So I like kinda committing beforehand and like, you know, I think this is going to be at least five books and uh, w you know, we'll see how it goes from there. I feel lucky enough to have readers that I know I'm not going to lose money on a series or cause it, they'll try anything new. So that's a nice place to get to. I know that's not everybody yet, but I do think it's worth doing maybe committing to three books there. You know, especially if you're newer and don't, you're still kind of figuring out the marketing stuff. Maybe you can afford super cool. Lindsay (10m 30s): You know, like custom illustrated cover art, which is always great in like Epic fantasy if you can have a illustration, but that can be $800 or more. So not everybody can start out with that. And so if you don't have a real cop killer covers to start with, that can be a little tough. If you're not really great at writing blurbs yet, you're still learning how to do that. Uh, you can kind of unknowingly sabotage or a series. So you want to give it a bit of a chance. And then I always say like, before you abandon it, you know, try to try getting new covers, ask for opinions, you know, cause a lot of people really struggle with blurbs. Lindsay (11m 5s): Uh, I can't tell you how many I've looked at as just as a reader looking for something to read and like it's just kind of, it'll be a little choppy or it doesn't quite make sense and it's probably cause they edit it so much that it became less natural. So there are definitely challenges when you're starting out and uh, sometimes it's the second or third series that does well for you and takes off. Jesper (11m 27s): It's often actually a bit difficult to figure it out. Lindsay (11m 30s): What will Jesper (11m 31s): sort of resonate with the readers are bare and Lindsay (11m 36s): am. Jesper (11m 37s): I, I don't, I mean I talked to Dave Chesson quite recently. Of course he has his publisher record a software that sort of can help you figure out if there's a market for certain book ideas. But I, I've always been more of the line of thinking that, Lindsay (11m 53s): right. The story Jesper (11m 54s): that I'm excited about writing and then maybe it'll take off, maybe it won't, but maybe then the next one will. But I don't know. But that's sort of my, my line of thinking on it. And I guess one could be smarter and the research, the market burst specifically figure out what people want and then write that. But I, I dunno, I've never really been a prescriber to that mythology. Lindsay (12m 15s): I'm not any good at it. So I don't either. Like I, you know, I think if you see, I think you can write to market if you happen to be the market yourself. Like you love those vampire romance novels that sell like crazy. I, I'm kinda one that wants to subvert the tropes rather than doing what's super popular. So I've just found that even if sometimes I think before I write a series, you know, this one, I think it's got a few, you know, enough things that are popular and like Epic fantasy that maybe it'll take off. And then inevitably that one, it's just, you know, it does okay. Lindsay (12m 47s): But, and then it will be a series where I wasn't expecting that much from it and that will end up doing better. And I'm kind of reassured because I think traditional publishing has the same experience there. There also seemed to not be very good at predicting which things will end up. They end up calling him a sleeper hit because they didn't expect that one to do well. You know? And then sometimes you push something really hard and it's just, it doesn't click with people. And you know, I think you can get better at predicting what will you know, what's going to do well. But usually I can tell in hindsight why something did well, but not necessarily as far as sitting down and planning like, Oh, I'm trying to write the next big hit. Lindsay (13m 25s): Uh, I'm just happy to, I like you. I think it's important to write what you're really excited about and then you can figure out how to try to market it in the best way that, yeah. Has the best chance to do well. Like, you know, you can put a dragon on the front cover if there was a dragon in chapter eight, you know? But yeah, that seems to be the traditional fantasy symbol that, uh, people see and get excited about and they're like, Oh, that's my kind of book. Jesper (13m 52s): Yeah, indeed. But if we're, if we're saying that committing to at least a trilogy, then is is sort of the advice, um, have you had any success in, for example, having, okay, you show your written a trilogy but it's not really taking off and then you're rebranding it with newcomers and new blurbs and stuff. Have you had success in actually making such a story sale whereas before it actually didn't? And what I'm hinting at here is that the actual story is actually okay, but it was just a wrapping around it meaning the covers and the blurbs and stuff that really didn't work. Lindsay (14m 31s): I've seen it happen a lot for other people. Um, my first year is actually did not have very good covers that were, you know, I remember the emperor's edge was my first series and kind of a high fantasy steam era kind of thing. So not only did it not quite fit Epic fantasy or steam punk kids kind of in the middle, I had these covers that uh, I don't know, said is this historical Indian fiction because there are these yellow covers and apparently that's what it puts them in mind. And I agree looking back that they weren't super, you know, they didn't scream Epic fantasy. Lindsay (15m 5s): Um, but I was always willing to make the first book free and run sales and I feel that the story pulled people in well enough that if they would just give it a try, they would, you know, enjoy it. And I didn't have like super hot success. Right. Like I said right from the start, but I was always willing to like run those, you know, make this free run a promo, just give away the first book to try to get people to try it. And I was lucky enough that you know enough people like the story and I think the word of mouth helped a little bit too. Lindsay (15m 35s): Uh, that's still seems to be a fan favorite that are that first series. So if you're not super to market and you don't have the exact, you know, perfect cover, it's more of a challenge and I think you might have to be willing to do the free book one or you know, to try to lure people in and then hope this story is strong enough to, uh, to get them in there. But if you know better and can you just make it all awesome from the start? Your odds are of course better. And uh, I have seen other people where they recovered it in kind of relaunched the series a that suddenly they gained some traction and am with mine, I put new covers on it eventually. Lindsay (16m 12s): Uh, it wasn't really a game changer, but it's, it made it easier to get BookBub ads on the box set. So that's always a plus if you can get some one of those a year. But they're getting, they're getting tougher to get. So even for established others, Jesper (16m 27s): and I was thinking, because I know I've noticed that you have quite some some series starter. The first book in a series are free. Uh, and I've also noticed actually I think you have some thought trilogies that are free as well, but do you have a, like a conscious strategy about what you're making free and why and so forth or how do you, how do you decide what to charge for and what to make free? Lindsay (16m 52s): I usually don't start out with book one free, but I'll often launch at 99 cents since. So it's uh, you know, people will check it out. And then am it's usually after the series is complete. Like most of the ones where I have a free book, one that's always free, it's like an eight book series. And so there's seven more. And usually you sit and spin off stuff. So if I suck them in with the first one, then they'll go give it a try. And then I will often box up the first three books in this series. I find that, um, if people read the first three books, they're even more committed to going on and finishing the series. Lindsay (17m 25s): And if they just try the first one and I don't usually leave those free to sort of like if I got a BookBub a few months ago, I made it free for the BookBub and then I just kind of a pain to go back in. And I have one right now that I think is free on Amazon even though I put the price up on the other sites and it's like, Oh, okay. Um, and so I will usually do those for sales. Do you like the three books? And again, in a series where there's like eight, so there's still a lot of stuff for them to go on and pay for if they wish to. Jesper (17m 56s): I'm also sort of tried to use the, uh, book one free or I have my first book in the service for free as well, just because as S I think you've said earlier, it just lowers the resistance and the barrier for new readers too, to actually give it a chance. Um, and in that way, it works. I still believe in here in 2019 that the freestyle is still works, Lindsay (18m 20s): I think especially on the non-Amazon sites for those who are not exclusive and want to sell on Barnes and noble and Kobo and Apple, that am, those people don't have a subscription service yet. Like K you can own limited on Amazon. So there, there's still, I feel like a lot of people surfing looking for the free books on those sites. I even had somebody the other day say they grabbed my free book, went on Smashwords, which has like, wow, I didn't know if people are still shopping there, but I think the international crowd that maybe doesn't have a local Amazon, you know, in their country, uh, you might be able to, they might still use Smashwords. Lindsay (18m 56s): And you know, some people just like that there's no DRM and all that stuff to deal with on the sites. But I forgot what I was talking about. Oh, free working. Yeah. So I feel like on Amazon, Kindle unlimited maybe replaced it a little bit, uh, because those people will kind of have their $10 a month subscription and they don't think about it. That just automatically comes out of their account and everything in Kindle unlimited at that point is essentially free for them so they can just shop from that store. But I still find that when I do a free run on Amazon that I can get some, some new readers checking them out. Lindsay (19m 31s): Uh, I'm surprised at how many people have come in from the free promo sites. They'll say like, Oh I found your book first on Freebooksy or BookBub cause I feel like authors are saying others don't work anymore or they don't work as well as they used to. But I think there's still a lot of readers subscribe to it that you know, they, they read a lot. They want bargain books. And as indie authors, even if we price it for 99 we're still a bargain compared to nine 99 or 1499 from traditional publishing. So I am still a fan of free. Lindsay (20m 1s): Like, I'm happy if I can get my stuff into libraries and you know, people can read them that way because people that buy, you know, even if they download your stuff for free, they may still tell a friend and share the story with somebody who's going to go pay for it. And so that's why I've never been bothered by, you know, at least sharing. Most of my book ones ended up being a complete a story. So it's not like they have to read on, but I do try to set up a bigger story arc to kind of draw them in and there's questions that aren't answered about the characters. Lindsay (20m 32s): Is that, cause I think if you give him just a complete book that ends, then there's like more friction. They're not necessarily going to automatically just continue on with the next one. Hopefully if they love the characters they will. Jesper (20m 46s): Yeah. Then then the cliffhanger, of course you can, you can use those as well just to S people into the next book in the series as well. Lindsay (20m 54s): Yeah. I often, I sh I don't like to do those, but somehow it ends up being kind of a cliffhanger. Like I tried to do a complete story and the novel, but then it's obvious there's more things that the characters have to go and deal with. I, especially in fantasy, I think that we just tell these massive sprawling stories that at the end it's a whole different like government system, you know, that had to be put in place. It's not like this, it's not just a little romance. Usually it's this Epic spanning scope. Lindsay (21m 25s): We'll pretend that made sense. Jesper (21m 28s): Yeah. Um, but I was thinking as well, because we talked about the freestyler, but on the opposite end of the scale is, is uh, the, let's say more expensive pricing element. And I talked to Joseph Melik recently as well because he, uh, actually increased the prices of all these supposed to nine 99. And it was quite interesting conversation because he was telling me that in terms of actual unit sales, there was no difference from when he had the lower price point. Jesper (22m 2s): Um, and so you basically use, just increased all his revenues. But he's not selling any less amount of books. And it also went, of course, enables him to, to spend a bit more money on the advertising because he can afford it. But uh, have you played around with the price ranges on your books to see if it makes a difference in that way? Lindsay (22m 21s): I, at one point, I went up from doing a lot of them three 99 up to four 99. I am conscious that, uh, I published pretty often. So if somebody's gonna come in and read everything I published that year, it might be like 10 novels. So I would feel that it might be harder for them to buy everything if I made it something $10. And I've certainly heard from a lot of people, they're like, well, I'm kind of on a budget, you know, I'm retired, I have a set income. So I really appreciate that your books are affordable. And in my case, I make plenty. Uh, so I'm not like, you know, I am feel like I need to make more. Lindsay (22m 55s): It just cause I have so many books out now that a and I managed to keep the back list selling reasonably well and I almost always have a new series, uh, each year. So, um, you know, if you want to try it and it works, there's nothing wrong with that. I think I, we had Joseph on the show. I think he kinda does like one book a year or something in that I think you might have diminishing returns if you've published really often at that price point. We're am it depends on how prolific you are too. I know he's a big fantasy. You can be doing these 200,000 word novels and you're not going to be publishing is often. Lindsay (23m 28s): So, um, I am a big fan of looking at the overall income rather than worrying too much about what one book costs. That's why I'm happy to do 99 cents or free for a book line if it means I make more overall. And um, you know, I, I like I have less than traditional publishing. I feel like that's a real advantage for us. And when I still make 70% yeah, that's, that seems like a really, you know, making $3 three 50 per per ebook seems good if you're, as long as you're selling, you know, lots of copies. Lindsay (23m 59s): If you're selling three copies a month, then a little more frustrating and you know, you might want to play around with all kinds of price points. Jesper (24m 9s): Yeah. But maybe, I mean if you're selling three copies than three 99 or nine 99 doesn't really make much of difference except that one more cup of coffee you can buy that month. But otherwise it doesn't make much of a difference. I guess Lindsay (24m 21s): it depends also if you're in Kindle unlimited and people can borrow them, I've noticed that the higher price points can actually be more appealing then because they feel like, Oh, I'm getting a really good deal because I can just borrow this six 99 book instead of having to pay for it. Whereas if it's 99 cents, they might just go, well I'll either buy that or maybe I won't get that one because it's not as a good of a deal for one of my 10 borrows that I can have at a time. So that's something to consider too. Jesper (24m 51s): Okay. So I guess at least am what I get from, from all of this is that for sure it is still advisable that that people should be writing in series. I think we settled on that. Uh, give it a nice commitment to write three books before you were sort of abandoned it and find something else. And I guess also based on what you're doing here that sometimes I, I, it's almost sounds like sometimes you're just writing a book and then you, you just make sure that the ending is at least open enough that if, if people like it, you can write on, but it almost sounds like many of your series of sort of spat out of just one book then then happen to get extended into a full series. Jesper (25m 32s): Is that, is that right? Lindsay (25m 34s): I think the dragon blood series is the only one where I didn't at all, wasn't planning to do a series. And then I've got a little box set that's two books where am the first one was encrypted and I totally meant that to be a standalone. And then people liked it and I was curious what happened next with the character. So I turned that into a to book things. So it got a sequel and a short story. Generally now you know with experience on my side I will plan out something that can go to five or eight books and I will plan from the start for it to have like there's questions about the hero or maybe the villain that you're not going to get the answers to right away. Lindsay (26m 11s): So that will make the reader curious and want to read on. And there's, there's some something going on that needs to be resolved. Like I did one scifi series where the heroin was trying to search for her daughter that was missing and that took it through all eight books. Poor kid. So like, even though there are individual stories, and you'll see that a lot on TV series too, where this sort of like there's one thing where they're trying to accomplish in the end, solve some crime or something. You know? And I think that if you design it that way from the beginning with a few little things like that, that people want to see resolved, it keeps them reading. Lindsay (26m 47s): I know I'm reading something right now where I think I'm only reading cause I want to see the character become the thing. You know, she's trying to become a Knight. It's like these are okay. But you know, I'm not sure if I would keep reading if it had been a complete story in one book. So sometimes just that stuff can keep people going on, even if maybe there's some other stuff that wouldn't have made them a super fan and then by the end maybe there'd become more bigger fans of the series. So we also have a very, uh, been sort of watching reading, what's it called, mentality. Lindsay (27m 23s): But the culture nowadays and being in Kindle unlimited, I guess that helps. But, uh, do you have all your books in most of your books you can limit or how do you do the split between widen and Kindle unlimited? All of my older stuff or older series are wide because I started publishing before Kindle unlimited and KDP select existed. So I really resisted for a long time. I didn't want to go into the Amazon exclusivity with anything and I finally saw that it was an advantage to be in there and kind of a disadvantage not to be in there since the borrow is also count as sales as far as calculating your sales rank and whether you're going to be in the top 100 of your John rhe thing. Lindsay (28m 5s): So cause I know if you pop into like Epic fantasy, you'll kind of look through and unless it's a big traditionally published author, chances are the books are in Kindle unlimited. There very few people who are able to make it and kind of stay in that top 100 for a while if they're not in canola limited. So I started launching new series in there. And so they might stay there for a year or so. And then when I have something new, I'm going to start a move that series wide and kind of do a, like a second launch, I guess. Yeah. On free or 99 cents and run some promos. Lindsay (28m 37s): Again, it's sort of an opportunity to say, Oh, Hey, I'm launching now on Kobo and Apple and all the other bookstores. So it's not the ideal thing, you know, I think right now people are making more money by being exclusive with Amazon, which is seems counterintuitive and we'll find it tough to jump. Um, I've heard from, uh, you know, like Kobo and stuff, like the worst thing you can do is kind of jump back and forth. Yeah. I, so I just, I started in NKU and then move it out and then it's going to stay out. I'm not gonna try like yank it and try to put something back in. Lindsay (29m 10s): Kau so I'm, it's usually the most recent series is in there. And then, um, yeah, just put the other chef wide and I also do a Patrion for the sole purpose of putting my books out early before I enroll them in KDP select. So the fans that are not Amazon people can, if they're willing to download it from book funnel. Uh, and you know, I announced it on Patrion they can get the books early. I usually put him a week or two up, uh, before the, before they launch. Lindsay (29m 40s): So that's sort of how working around right now because the problem was starting out wide as you have fans on the other site and say get grumpy when understandably so when they find out your new book is only on Amazon. So it's, there's a little bit, a bit of a challenge. I uh, I'm would certainly love it if Amazon removed the exclusivity requirement cause I, I don't have any problem with people getting it as a subscription thing. That doesn't bother me. I still make money on that. But they do make it tough by not allowing you to have it anywhere else or even sell it on your own site. Jesper (30m 13s): I, I'm not, I have not unwilling to put any of my books are in Kindle unlimited, but uh, but, uh, yeah, that's a whole other story that I've talked about pre previously. So, uh, we'll leave that a little for now. Um, but I was wondering now that, um, now that I have you here and we've talked around the, the, the series and the importance of writing in series, but because, because you also were six-figure author, I'm wondering if sort of you have any advice for sort of the different stages that people go through to get to that level or, you know, is there any good advice for beginners versus a, once you maybe pass that 10 K Mark and, and so forth, is there any, any sort of, uh, the best of the best advice for, for, for those stages of writing? Lindsay (30m 59s): I think if you kinda keep your expectations low and just, you know, cause I feel like people get so disappointed if they're, they're new and they see how much you can possibly make, but they're booked, doesn't do, or their book maybe even does. Okay. You know, they're like, Oh, I made $500 this month. That's, that's horrible because this other person's making $5,000 in my genre. So I always had the kind of low expectations. Like I thought maybe if I got enough books out, I could eventually do this for my day job. So, um, it's, I think it's kind of tough actually when you have success right out of the Gates because then you think it's always going to be that easy. Lindsay (31m 33s): And I've seen now I've had the opportunity to see a lot of authors disappear. Like they had one series it took off and then their next two series flopped and then they're just gone now. So I think it's, uh, probably not bad if you just kind of gradually, you know, put more books out every time you put a new book out, it gives you an opportunity to, you know, have a sale on book one. And I just think of it in terms of, I'm trying to get a few, few more readers with each new book I launch and, uh, hopefully they'll become lifetime readers. I, I've, I dunno, I think I have maybe 60 novels now between my name and I did like 15 under a pen name. Lindsay (32m 9s): And I have readers tell me regularly that they've read every single one. And I'm, uh, I'm just amazed. I'm like, I don't, I haven't even gone back and like read a lot of them as just as a reader. Um, so that's great. And then, you know, of course if you do start making some money, make sure, you know, I was going to be different in every country, how much you need to put aside for taxes. But, uh, the government will want their portion and it can be pretty high when you get up into six figures. They, they, you know, at least in the U S they do your tax bracket based on, you know, what your income was. Lindsay (32m 42s): So make sure to put money aside for that. And um, you have to hear, you have to be able to pay for health care on your own. I know in some countries that's what you get as a citizen that pays taxes. So that's something to consider in the U S and some other countries where you need it by your own health insurance. So usually you need to make more as a self employed person than you did maybe as a salaried person in order to cover all your expenses. So it's ideal if you can probably do both for a while and just pay off any day you have before making the jump to full time. Lindsay (33m 18s): And then you'll probably find that there will be jumps. Like I thought, you know, income would just kind of steadily rise. Uh, but you tend to like something takes off, you know, a little bit and then you get a big jump and then you're at that level hopefully, and you stay there and then maybe the next year is there'll be a bigger jump. I w even inevitably it won't continue to just always trend upward. So it's, it's good to put money in the bank and then not assume that you're just always gonna make the same level every year. I tend to pay for things with cash just so I don't am and have to worry about it. Lindsay (33m 49s): You know, they don't, I don't want a big mortgage on a house or anything like that. So I, I feel like if you have gradually success, you're probably going to handle it better than if you just suddenly start making 100,000 from your, you know, some trilogy that took off like crazy. So, but you know who, who wouldn't hope for that to happen? Jesper (34m 7s): Yeah, I guess I can't blame anybody from hoping that. Okay. So thanks a lot for all your advice here. Lindsay am where can people find out more about you if they want to, to learn about your writing or your podcast or whatever. Lindsay (34m 28s): I'm on lindsayburoker.com if you come anywhere close, just filling my name, you'll probably find it. It's Google can help. This is not too common of our El. So, uh, that's my website. I'm on Twitter as goblin writer, which is a kind of handle you get if you have had it for 10 years before you started publishing in New York and thinking like, Oh, I need a professional author thing. And then under lindsayburoker on Facebook and also on Instagram. And uh, the, the new podcast is going to be a six figure author's dot com with the number six because that is the domain that was available. Lindsay (35m 3s): So hopefully we'll, we're going to do kind of a higher level, you know, just sort of skip the basics cause there's a lot of podcasts that, you know, do some of the basic stuff and we'll try to get on some really successful guests and just drill down and ask them the good questions. So if you're a podcast listener or on YouTube, hope you check us out. Jesper (35m 23s): That's great. And thank you so much for coming on to amwritingfantasy Lindsay and have a chat to you today. Lindsay (35m 29s): Thank you for having me. Jesper (35m 31s): And so you out there, thank you for watching and see you next Monday.

What is your strategy to overcome major struggles as an author, or in life? Bryan and Jim are back from the Summit and excited about all the wonderful presenters and attendees that participated. Thank you to our Patrons: Leading Effectively: Proven Leadership by Mildred Stallworth, A Band Director's Guide to Everything Tuba, and Twins of Prey. The Top Tips of the week are how Lindsay Buroker has developed a workaround to be in KDP Select and wide, how Creative Commons can quickly get you to the royalty free images you need, and why printed proofs can help authors get a clear perspective on WIP manuscripts. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include why Will Self feels that creative writing graduates will never make a living as novelists, what Apple books is doing to actively squash all mention of competition in the back matter, why Shawn Inmon shifted gears to self-publishing and a happier life, how Amazon is harpooning KU whales, and how Liz Copen was able to use her writing income to help her family in a difficult time. Question of the Week: When is a time you faced a major struggle in your life (as an author or otherwise) and needed to work at a higher level to overcome your challenge?

Should you publish exclusively on Amazon or should you publish your books wide, making them available on every platform, in every country and every format possible? In today's episode, I explain your options and my own choices as an independent author. In the introduction, The Amazon Conundrum, Lindsay Buroker's thoughts on KU; Draft2Digital announce Reading […] The post Exclusivity vs Publishing Wide For Ebooks, Print, And Audio With Joanna Penn first appeared on The Creative Penn.

I'm in well-refilling mode, so mostly chatting about books and movies. Photo is of the full moon rising, not a great pic, but the brightness is astounding. Support the show (http://paypal.me/jeffekennedy)

Spoiler Review of the Dragon Blood series (books 1-8) by Lindsay Buroker.

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In the final episode of 2018, Mark interviews Science Fiction and Fantasy author Lindsay Buroker, a successful author who has been indie publishing for about eight years.  Prior to the interview, Mark shares a short personal update and thanks new Patron, Michael Lister; he also mentions that he recently released the third special "Reflections on other Podcasts" episodes for Patrons, which appears at www.patreon.com/starkreflections. He also thanks those who reached out to him after hearing him on episode 408 of The Creative Penn Podcast which was released on Dec 23rd. Mark then says a word about this episode's sponsor, Findaway Voices . . .In their conversation, Mark and Lindsay talk about: The main differences between when Lindsay first started out more than eight years ago releasing her first novel, The Emperor's Edge (while also producing her first podcast), and today The joy of getting to a place where each book's sales are enough to ensure paying for the cost of production The pros and cons of writing in multiple series in different genres Reasons why Lindsay released a new series of novels under a fresh and then-unknown pen name in 2014 Managing three mailing lists for the different reader bases that Lindsay has acquired over the years for different genres and pen names Maintaining a very personable persona in the mailing lists and in discussions with her fans The benefit of hosting a podcast with two other people for the SF & Fantasy Marketing Podcast, compared with the solo podcast (Saavy Self-Publishing) that Lindsay created many years earlier What Lindsay gets out of her guests from being one of the hosts of the SF & Fantasy podcast Why she is happy that she didn't experience a lot of luck early on in her writing success, and, instead, slowly built up her readership over time and how they can become loyal fans Lindsay's one experience writing collaboratively and whether or not she plans on doing that again Some of the reasons why, despite her success, Lindsay hasn't yet hired a personal or virtual assistant The early adoption of audiobooks that Lindsay invested in years before most indie authors began creating audiobooks What Lindsay would tell her younger self who was just beginning as a writer After the interview, Mark reflects on the personal connection that Lindsay enjoys and maintains as an important and authentic element of her author journey. Links of Interest: Lindsay Buroker's Website Lindsay's Facebook Page Lindsay on Twitter Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast Findaway Voices WMG Publishing Anthology Workshop RUSH - Hold Your Fire Album Info Patreon for Stark Reflections Stark Reflections Survey   Lindsay Buroker has early memories of convincing childhood friends, pets, and stuffed animals to play the roles of characters in her worlds, so it's safe to say she's been making up stories for a long time. She published her first novel, The Emperor's Edge, in December of 2010 and has written and published more than 50 novels since then, most under her own name, but a few steamier ones under a pen name. When she's not writing, she's usually hiking with her dogs, practicing yoga, playing tennis, or eating entirely too much dark chocolate (she only does one of those things truly well, and she will let you guess which it is). She grew up in the Seattle area but has itchy feet and has moved several times over the years. She most recently landed in Bend, Oregon, where she and her dogs now have eighty acres to roam around on. Someday, she may even have a house on that land.  If you're interested in reading more of her work, you can download The Emperor's Edge, Star Nomad, and Balanced on the Blade's Edge for free in your favorite store.    The music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Big thunderstorm this morning - and thoughts on cats, software updates, the movie Tully, weight loss and gain, and updates on THE DRAGONS OF SUMMER. For those interested, Lindsay Buroker's podcast, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast, is here https://www.marketingsff.com/. (Gorgeous pancake breakfast courtesy of Minerva Spencer, from my weekend visit to Taos.)Support the show (http://paypal.me/jeffekennedy)

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During this episode of Author Platform Rocket, Jonny Andrews discusses coping with impostor syndrome and the panic of the writer’s life with author Patricia D. Eddy, who currently has released 15 well-received books. She shares her journey to learning herself better to become a better storyteller. Download PDF Podcast Transcription Patricia began writing on a typewriter when she was a child, and became a technical writer for Microsoft products. Lindsay Buroker was the first indie author Patricia ever read. Examining past relationships has helped Patricia deepening her characters. Build a better career umbrella to protect yourself from industry changes. Work the problem to find a solution instead of panicking with fear. If you are operating from panic, you are not working as your best self. Step away from an author group if the current temperature is negative, complaining, and fear-mongering. Most of the stuff posted on the internet are people’s versions or reactions to other things. Download PDF Podcast Transcription 3 Key Points: Finding your purpose is key to telling your own stories. The better you know yourself is the better you will know other people. Most of the characters Patricia has written have her in them. Tweetable Quotes: -    “The reason I didn’t finish a book for so many years was that I needed to understand what inside me was driving me to create these stories.” – Patricia D. Eddy. -    “If I was going to write the story of my life, what would I want the arc to be?” – Patricia D. Eddy. -    “If you don’t know yourself, it is very hard to know other people.” – Patricia D. Eddy. Resources Mentioned: Author Platform Rocket – Book marketing service Patricia D. Eddy – Website for Patricia D. Eddy Twitter –Twitter for Patricia D. Eddy  

Mark interviews Laura and Daniel Martone, former residents of New Orleans who now travel the country in their mobile writing studio, a cozy RV dubbed Serenity. Together they write urban fantasy, post-apocalyptic, time travel, epic fantasy, and space opera novels. Prior to the interview, Mark shares an update on the recent FREE promotion that he paid for via the Kobo Writing Life PROMOTIONS tab. We also talks about the importance for authors to listen, learn and then to adapt what they are seeing, hearing and learning into strategies and tactics that work best for them and their own unique goals and publishing plans. Then he launches the Tongue Twister segment, which is sponsored by Findaway Voices. You can learn more about Findaway Voices at www.starkreflections.ca/findaway. In the interview, Mark talks with Daniel and Laura about: The way they met via the world of films and film festivals The experience of having a horror screenplay altered to the tune of a director's completely different interpretation of their script The storytelling aspect of creating virtual audio ghost tours The incredible patience involved in working on building a product line and listening and learning for more than a year before launching their first collaboratively published book series The planned-out release schedule that they struggle with sticking to for their Space Opera series and their Zombie series How they work together to split the work required in creating and writing their books What Dan calls a “Skeleton Draft” which is a hybrid between a screenplay and story beats of about 17,000 words Laura's next step of taking that draft and fleshing it out into a “well nourished” format The next step where Dan then trims and cuts the 60,000 or 70,000 word draft back down by 5,000 or so words The 9 arc structure that each book they write fulfills Intertwining their different series in a multiverse that they have created How their background in film and screenwriting has woven itself into their writing process Playing off each others skills, preferences, passions and work habits for the ultimate complimentary benefit Being fans of the Supernatural TV show and Joss Whedon's Firefly and the impact that has had on their personal and creative lives Serenity, their mobile home The nature of learning and then adapting the things they have absorbed and learned into their own unique strategies How Laura was inspired by Lindsay Buroker, in particular her expressions of: “Be genuine, be generous” The lack of confidence that can result from not hitting that publish button (which can be a crippling thing for a writer – ie, just STARTING is sometimes the key, otherwise, one might never start) and the concept of learning from doing The collaboration that Laura and Daniel are doing with a larger group of authors (currently 43 writers) for a forthcoming massive project that will be releasing later this year – (Mark gets them to promise to return to the podcast to share an update on that project) The favorite bit of writing advice that resonates with each of them Where The Martones will be traveling (in Serenity) for the remainder of this year (including 20Booksto50K Vegas)   After the interview, Mark reflects on a couple of things that his conversation with Laura and Daniel made him think about. One of those items was about that moment where a writer hesitates with their finger over the “publish” button and the wonder of whether or not they should go back to one more re-write, one more edit, one more re-polish before either publishing the manuscript or perhaps submitting it to an agent or editor.   Links of Interest: The Martones Smarter Artist Summit Bundlerabbit Findaway Voices  

This episode features an interview with J Thorn and Zach Bohannon. They talk not only about the collaboration that the two of them do, but also a few of their more adventurous collaborations with other authors including the original train journey with Joanna Penn and Lindsay Buroker and how that unique writing experience evolved into an ongoing AUTHORS ON A TRAIN voyage from Chicago to New Orleans as well as an awesome 50th Anniversary of George A Romero's classic film NIGHT OF THE WALKING DEAD and how that relates to J and Zach's NIGHT OF THE WRITING DEAD event. Mark provides a personal update on the video views for his #FreeFridayFrights experiment and then shares the evil reaction he had to creating two “silly” versions of the Laurel VS Yanny audio debate. (He created a RickRoll version, reminding writers to get back to writing, as well as a JumpScare one, because, well, he thought it was funny). He notes that the short and silly videos are trending much higher than the more serious reading ones he has done. The Terrible Tongue Twister, sponsored by Findaway Voices, was provided by Laura and Daniel Martone, who will be featured guests in a forthcoming podcast. They asked for another Monty Python inspired accent to read it in, and the Australian accent from the troop's Bruce Sketch came up. After a terrible attempt at singing the Bruce's Philosopher's Song, Mark twists his tongue and likely offends multiple groups of people, from Python fans, to Australians, to beer drinkers and philosophers. Mark thanks the users who have sent feedback and comments as well as the listeners who have become Patreon supporters of the podcast. In the interview, Mark, J and Zach talk about: How Zach and J started collaborating when Zach first became a fan of and then reached out to J The system for how their writing collaborations work and the way they leverage their unique strengths What StoryGrid is and how it shouldn't frighten the math averse The five basic components to story structure J and Zach's The Career Author Podcast, why they collaborated on it and how the process of putting the show together works The analytics of story that they two of them share on what makes a scene work and what makes a story work The original of the AUTHORS ON A TRAIN retreat with the original train trip from Chicago to New Orleans, and how it evolved into something that a slightly larger group of authors can get involved with Details about the forthcoming NIGHT OF THE WRITING DEAD that they are planning for later this year The difficult to measure yet critical value of in person connections After the conversation, Mark shares his own experience having just written a zombie story set at the Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh (where the Romero film was shot and where NIGHT OF THE WRITING DEAD event will be taking place). He then reflects on something important that J and Zach speak about. Even though it was the revolution of digital publishing that has allowed authors to make a full time living off of their writing, a unique time in the history of writing, there's still something critical and important about real-world direct connections.   Links of Interest All About the Fictional Worlds of J Thorn & Zach Bohannon: www.moltenuniverse.com J Thorn's Website J Thorn's Amazon Author Page Zach Bohannon's Website Zach Bohannon's Amazon Author Page The Career Author Podcast Authors on a Train Night of the Writing Dead The Sell More Books Show Summit Findaway Voices Patreon Page for Stark Reflections Mark's Z is for Zombie digital collection of short stories Marks Books at Dundurn The Rush themed 2113 Anthology edited by Kevin J. Anderson   Zach Bohannon writes horror, fantasy, and post-apocalyptic science fiction. He is the author of the bestselling post-apocalyptic horror series, Empty Bodies. J. Thorn is a Top 100 Most Popular Author in Horror, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure and Fantasy (Amazon Author Rank). He has published over one million words and has sold more than 170,000 books worldwide.

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Next week: Gold Dragon by Lindsay Buroker

Lindsay Buroker is a Sci-Fi and Fantasy author who burst on the scene in 2011. Some called it the hay-day of indie publishing and Ebook Revolution. Lindsay hasn't slowed down and has since published 30+ titles. In this episode Ryan and Lindsay discuss her humble beginnings from nonfiction and online marketing to fiction. What are the best forms of marketing for books (you'll be surprised)? What has changed in the indie writing landscape (what has stayed the same)? Her process for writing so many books, and much, much more. You can find Lindsay Buroker at: http://lindsayburoker.com/ Prolific Writer Takeaways: Write what you're excited about. Package book like a pro. Don't be too precious about your books. Writing the next book is your best marketing.  Proud sponsor: Subculture Corsets and Clothing https://subculturecorsets.com    

Live from, New Orleans! Lindsay Buroker, J.F. (Joanna) Penn, and Zach Bohannon crash the show. Rachael asks the rowdy crew about collaboration and what writing has brought into their lives. More info on the collaboration project at http://americandemonhunters.com. Book club date to be announced later, but make sure you finish reading it by April 30, 2017 - Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less Be part of our “Ask Us Anything” event by leaving an iTunes review by March 31, 2017. How to Write a Review in iTunes Enter using the form at The Petal to the Metal, episode #12. What's your answer to our question? Leave one in the comments… Rate & subscribe on iTunes and then share with other writers. Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thepetaltothemetal More information here - http://thepetaltothemetal.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No, not that. Get your mind out of the gutter! Rachael and J. offer up an “Ask Us Anything” in exchange for an honest iTunes review before discussing their morning routines. In addition, J. announces his upcoming collaboration with Lindsay Buroker, Joanna Penn, and Zach Bohannon in the gorgeous city of New Orleans. How to Write a Review in iTunes   Enter using the form at The Petal to the Metal, episode #8.   What's your answer to our question? Leave one in the comments…   Rate & subscribe on iTunes and then share with other writers.   More information here - http://thepetaltothemetal.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's the end of the year, which means it's time for the Professional Book Nerds to reflect and discuss their favorite books of 2016. For this episode we brought back some of our previous guests and asked them to share their favorite titles. (And, because we all read so much, we let them come in with their top three although even that proved difficult for some of us!)  Books Mentioned in this Episode This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa The Nix by Nathan Hill David Bowie: The Last Interview by David Bowie Evicted by Matthew Desmond While the City Slept by Eli Sanders Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Unmentionable by Therese Oneill A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Shrill by Lindy West Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris The Girls by Emma Cline Dodgers by Bill Beverly Playing Dead by Elizabeth Greenwood  Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen Porcelain by Moby Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan Something New by Lucy Knisley Relish by Lucy Knisley The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All The Way Home by Catherynne M. Valente Morning Star by Pierce Brown Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuval Star Nomad by Lindsay Buroker   Say Hello! Find OverDrive on Facebook at OverDriveforLibraries and Twitter at @OverDriveLibs. Email us directly at feedback@overdrive.com     Music "Buddy" provided royalty free from www.bensound.com    Podcast Overview We're not just book nerds: we're professional book nerds and the staff librarians who work at OverDrive, the leading app for eBooks and audiobooks available through public libraries and schools. Hear about the best books we've read, get personalized recommendations, and learn about the hottest books coming out that we can't wait to dive into. For more great reads, find OverDrive on Facebook and Twitter.

In October 2014 Lindsay Buroker dipped her toe into science fiction romance under the pen name Ruby Lionsdrake before returning to her name to publish an eight novel science fiction series. So far she has an impressive 10 series under her belt but what is even more interesting is that each time she launches something new her audience expands in leaps and bounds. So, of course we wanted her (back) on the show to pick her brain about her latest series, Fallen Empire. Audio available for download or watch on youtube

News:What passions do you have that pass Lisa's Ice Cream Test? Let me know!Today's Chat:Lindsay Buroker is a full time author. Her two best known series are Emperors Edge and Dragon Blood though she’s got a ton of others. She's also one of the co-hosts of the Sci-Fi Fantasy Marketing Podcast! To learn more about Lindsay head over to http://www.lindsayburoker.com/

News:Check out my photos from my visit to Austin, TX's graffiti wall:www.scottking.infoToday's Chat:Lindsay Buroker is a full time author. Her two best known series are Emperors Edge and Dragon Blood though she’s got a ton of others. She's also one of the co-hosts of the Sci-Fi Fantasy Marketing Podcast! To learn more about Lindsay head over to http://www.lindsayburoker.com/  

The White Fox family honor had a hole ripped in it big enough to sail through when Yanko’s mother, a powerful and respected warrior mage, abandoned the family to become a pirate. Now Yanko’s father expects him to fix everything by becoming exactly what his mother once was, a powerful and respected warrior mage. When Yanko fails to fulfill his father’s vision he is left disheartened and disgraced without any way to restore his family’s name until a secret mission holds out the tantalizing possibility of success.  Provided he survives the search for a treasure hidden from the entire world, a treasure so great that it would not only restore his family’s honor, but possibly save the entire Nurian nation, and as long as his few and questionable allies don’t subvert the hunt for their own ends, what could possibly go wrong? Listen to the interview of Lindsay Buroker and learn more about her, her writing and the interesting characters and world of Warrior Mage, the first book in the Chains of Honor series. Visit the show page at http://aldusbaker.com/episode-36-lindsay-buroker/

On the second episode of The Writing Podcast hosts Lindsay Buroker and Adam Poe cover two frequently brought up topics: Pen names and wide distribution. Lindsay spills the beans on how she started a secret pen name from scratch and made over $3,000 dollars in her first month. Is it too late to start a writing career? Well that answers that question! Then Adam discusses the trials and tribulations of Google Play. The user interface for authors leaves much to be desired, and with Google's policy of discounting, is it worth the time and risk?   Website: http://thewritingpodcast.com/2 Facebook: http://facebook.com/writingpodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/writingpodcast   Adam's Website: http://adampoe.com Lindsay's Website: http://lindsayburoker.com

On the first episode of The Writing Podcast hosts Lindsay Buroker and Adam Poe discuss what this new show and website will be about and what to expect in upcoming episodes. Lindsay and Adam tell you just who they are and what they are currently doing in the writing and self-publishing world.The hosts also discuss their recent experience in separate multi-author boxed sets. To learn more about the show and comment live, be sure to head over to the main website at: http://thewritingpodcast.com/1Website: http://thewritingpodcast.comFacebook: http://facebook.com/writingpodcastTwitter: http://twitter.com/writingpodcastAdam's Website: http://adampoe.comLindsay's WEbsite: http://lindsayburoker.com