good GOD it's been a long time 🫠

No promises on the quality of this episode! We're rusty as anything. Huge thanks to "Drake Scottford" for being our special guest this episode!

S2 e45 is live!

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In this ep, we are joined by GREATEST AUTHOR CHUCK TINGLE @chucktingle.bsky.social as he shares his incredible journey through publishing, and makes a passionate case for why authors are so much more than just the story they write.

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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 efforts, and where do we set boundaries to prevent burnout and overwhelm?

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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

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After solid sales for his first duology, David Wragg’s @thedavewragg next book series got caught in the infamous post-covid “midlist death spiral”. When this current trilogy finishes, his future in trad is uncertain at best. This sounds a bit bleak, but-- 1/2

Sending you all our gratitude for thisb❤️

What's the deal with author book events? Are they useful, do they even sell copies, and why do they all follow the same format? 👀

Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social joins us to talk about book events, book publicity, and author empowerment.

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This week, Steve Leard (a freelance cover artist and fellow podcaster!) joins us to demystify all things cover design: processes, briefs, trends, industry pay, the problem with thumbnails... and finally, the looming specter of generative AI.

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As our one and only return guest, JT Greathouse joins us for the launch of Season 2. We discuss how to get your books into stores, not having a USA deal, what good presale numbers look like, and the myth of the "instant bestseller."

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This year we're organised enough to offer an episode list! We can't book too many months in advance, but here are the first five episodes we have scheduled for Season 2, with the first one landing this Sunday 🙂

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This is tonight! We'll be up to shenanigans with some other lovely authors.

And for those who are curious - our first recording session for Season 2 is scheduled for end of this week 🤓 Still wrangling schedules with lots of people over the next few months to pin down more!

SEASON FINALE!

This week, we talk frankly about author leverage, when & how to pitch new books on proposal, the impact of past sales--and why Scott is (probably) walking away from trad fantasy as a result.

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Scott's fancy nails for tonight's recording

We crossed the 100k download mark tonight, after not-quite 7 months 😳

A huge THANK YOU from both of us to all our guests, listeners, and kind supporters--without you all, we'd just be ghosts in an empty room 🙂 It has been a wild ride of a year.