I loved this arc!
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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...
Dave!! Appreciate you so much man ๐
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
--with trademark good humor, he cheerfully dissects his entire career, incl advances, royalties (or negative royalties), and book production quality. Finally, he and Scott discuss the pressing question of how and why authors keep writing, despite it all. Https://tinyurl.com/dwragg
After solid sales for his first duology, David Wragg's next book series got caught in the infamous post-covid
Ty kindly! It's an inversion of what most folks assume but I would say that broadly aligns with my experience of trad as well, and is a big part why epic fa is lagging in trad atm sales wise (but booming indie)
They can all be found here! They should be on the site but it not the easiest thing to navigate sorry! rss.com/podcasts/pub...
Huge thanks for listening!
Ahh ty for listening! X
I'd definitely be looking them up Publisher's Marketplace if you have a sub (or I can always look, if folks need) and evaluating whether that agent has any good sales history etc. But I can't say that my lack of platform has been an issue, and even big agents (eg Juliet Mushens) don't require it x