"Money is a real thing." Great ep that touched on a lot of my current insecurities as an author re: career momentum. (Also, I will also die on the universal healthcare hill.)

PRpublishingrodeo.bsky.socialOct 7, 2024 1:07pm

Sunyi and Scott both discuss career momentum, cheerfully losing at the Hugos, and pushback on Reddit. And finally, they each get to give the pettiest hill they’d die on. Hint: Sunyi’s hill starts with “J” and ends in “owling”. publishingrodeo.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/s...

S2 Ep 43: Momentum, Worldcon, and Arguing on the Internet

Catch-up episode after a long gap! Sunyi and Scott both discuss career momentum, cheerfully losing at the Hugos, and the pushback they’ve had from Reddit / the internet. Sunyi explains why sh…

Sunyi and Scott both discuss career momentum, cheerfully losing at the Hugos, and pushback on Reddit. And finally, they each get to give the pettiest hill they’d die on. Hint: Sunyi’s hill starts with “J” and ends in “owling”. publishingrodeo.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/s...

S2 Ep 43: Momentum, Worldcon, and Arguing on the Internet

Catch-up episode after a long gap! Sunyi and Scott both discuss career momentum, cheerfully losing at the Hugos, and the pushback they’ve had from Reddit / the internet. Sunyi explains why sh…

I loved this arc!

As he is wont to do, Suyi says very smart and true things in this episode 👇

PRpublishingrodeo.bsky.socialJul 11, 2024 7:58pm

Authors are expected to juggle many different demands on their time and energy--from social media and self-promotion, to side projects and live events. How do we decide what is or isn't worth our efforts, and where do we set boundaries to prevent burnout and overwhelm? 1/2

Award-winning author and professor, @suyidavies.comtinyurl.com/suyidavies

S2 Ep42: Managing Your Author Bandwidth

Authors are expected to juggle many different demands on their time and energy--from social media and self-promotion, to side projects and live events. How do we decide what is or isn't worth our effo...

Authors are expected to juggle many different demands on their time and energy--from social media and self-promotion, to side projects and live events. How do we decide what is or isn't worth our efforts, and where do we set boundaries to prevent burnout and overwhelm? 1/2

Dave!! Appreciate you so much man 🙏

Show Notes: Being a hybrid author How SPFBO works Paying for publicity (via Black Crow) Collaborative efforts with Orbit Book Tours Thinking about longterm goals LitRPGs and why they remain indie Theories about OrbitWorks Chatter about jujitsu and other nonsense 2/2

After submitting his debut novel to the annual SPFBO competition, Alexander Darwin landed a trad deal and agent. Alex applied his self-pub experience and many different methods to boost his trad re-launch, sharing what worked and what didn't. 1/2 publishingrodeo.wordpress.com/2024/04/20/s...

This is ridiculous. This press is asking for "first right of refusal for adaptation rights (film, graphic novels, etc.) of the work for a period of 3 years from the signing date." THREE YEARS. Run, don't submit, don't sign this. Such a bad thing for writers. www.emberletterpress.com/submissions

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