Kurt Dinan is the author of The Scam List, and Don't Get Caught. In this episode he talks about the difficulty of marketing humor and the learning curve of skills for indie publishing.
Historical Novelist Fiona Davis On Writing The Recent Past
Today's guest is Fiona Davis, historical novelist, national bestseller and library darling. Fiona Joined me today to talk about the 125th anniversary of the New York Public Library, which is the setting for her newest book, The Lions of Fifth Avenue. We talk about writing historical fiction, research methods, the difficulty of writing dual timelines and the difference between writing recent history versus the past.
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L.C. Barlow on Moving From Self-Publishing to A Traditional Career
Today's guest is L.C. Barlow, a writer and professor working primarily in the field of speculative fiction. Her fiction has reached over sixty-five thousand readers and garnered praise, including a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Awards, a winner of the Indie Reader Discovery Awards, a winner of the eLit Awards, and IndieReader’s Best Books of 2014. She joined me today to talk about moving from a self-publishing career to a traditional career, and the value of having a large reader base in order to make the change.