Скачать или смотреть Choosing Your Publication Path with Christopher Ruocchio & Tatiana Obey | SFF Addicts Ep. 138

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly for a masterclass panel on Choosing Your Publication Path, featuring authors Christopher Ruocchio and Tatiana Obey. During the panel, Christopher and Tatiana share their publishing experiences, discussing the dream of being an author vs. the reality, querying and literary agents, the essentials of being an indie author, self-publishing costs/cover art/marketing, writing series and/or standalones, hybrid publishing, getting indie books into stores, publishing contracts, making mistakes, crowdfunding/Kickstarter, trends, community and more. We hope this panel helps any of you out there who are trying to decide your publication path.

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Transference by Ian Patterson is a near-future, sci-fi dystopia that dissects the medical/pharmaceutical industries, economic inequality, and what it means to be human in a city where diseases can be transferred.

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Intro & Ad
6:21 - Our publishing journeys
14:37 - The dream of being an author vs. the reality
19:59 - Querying and literary agents
26:19 - Essentials of being an indie author
35:22 - Supplementary books, compromises and making mistakes
44:54 - Self-publishing costs, cover art, marketing and more
54:34 - Writing series or standalones?
1:02:24 - Hybrid and publishing trends
1:16:26 - Getting indie books into stores
1:18:34 - Publishing horror stories
1:21:04 - Publishing contracts and rights
1:30:01 - Crowdfunding and running a Kickstarter
1:42:00 - The value of community
1:48:59 - Outro

ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Christopher Ruocchio is the bestselling author of the Sun Eater series, including Empire of Silence, its five sequels and side story novellas.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/...
https://www.sollanempire.com/

Tatiana Obey is the self-published author of Sistah Samurai and the A Forging of Age series.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tatiana...
https://www.tatianaobey.com/

ABOUT OUR HOSTS:
Adrian M. Gibson is a podcaster, writer and illustrator. His debut novel, Mushroom Blues, is available now in eBook/paperback/hardcover/audiobook. Buy it here: https://amzn.to/3Ptg2SH
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https://adrianmgibson.com/

Greta Kelly is the author of ⁠The Queen of Days⁠, as well as The Frozen Crown and The Seventh Queen). You can purchase her books here: https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/a...
https://gretakkelly.com/

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