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Johnny Truant and Sean M. Platt are the authors of the new book: The Fiction Formula: The New Rules of Self Publishing Success. Collectively they’ve written 100 books. So how do they come up with so many book ideas? That’s the subject we tackle in this episode. How to figure out what book you want to write, the value of “genre therapy”, and why the books you love to read may not be the books you should write.
The show celebrates its one month anniversary as Will kicks things off by talking about the Three Day Novel Contest and September's Story A Day Challenge. The guys talk about their decision to leave Dreamspinner Press and the opportunities it offers to reset Jeff's author career, which will be documented in future episodes. Jeff also discusses his September plans, which includes attending Rachael Herron's 90 Days to Done class. Will looks at two helpful books: Newsletter Ninja by Tammi Labrecque and 15-Minute Dictation by Sean M. Platt and Neeve Silver. Complete shownotes for episode 9 are at BigGayAuthorPodcast.com.
Jeff & Will had to put their business hats on this past week and they talk a little bit about that. Will shares things he learned from three books: The 10 X Author by Sean M. Platt and Johnny Truant, How to Write Fast by Sean M. Platt and Neeve Silver and On Being A Dictator by Kevin J. Anderson and Martin L. Shoemaker. Will wraps up this week's show honoring Toni Morrison with two inspirational quotes for writers. Complete shownotes for episode 6 are at BigGayAuthorPodcast.com.