Indie Author Mastermind: One Short Story a Week (The Self Publishing Show, episode 281)

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3 жыл бұрын

J. Thorn talks to James about his indie author career, writing a book specifically for traditional publishers, and the value of joining a group of authors who will understand the challenges and joys of being a writer in a way that others may not.
Show notes:
On the evolution of a writer and their production schedule
Writing a short story per week for a year
The challenge of writing a story within a 2500 word boundary
How J’s mastermind group supports authors whatever their goals
Links mentioned in this episode:
Patreon: / selfpublishingshow
Ads for Authors Course: www.selfpublishingformula.com/...
J Thorn free giveaway: theauthorlife.com/storyrubric/
www.selfpublishingformula.com

Пікірлер: 14

@amphibianverse2195 2 жыл бұрын

I love being a hobby writer! Its stress free and I can just focus on getting these damn stories out of my head.

@williefilmore5836 3 жыл бұрын

It was so refreshing to hear from an artiest, some one not in it for the money... I will pick up some of his books.

@azaleaellis8011 3 жыл бұрын

I'm also a fan of DeepL.

@jonevansauthor 3 жыл бұрын

Asimov's I, Robot is one of the best collections to read because between the stories, you get an author's note from Asimov describing how he wrote it, what the editors at the magazines said, what changes he made to satisfy them and why they were right, or why they were wrong and he didn't make the requested changes. A fascinating insight into how an author started selling at 17. IIRC Nightfall comes as an anthology and the reason the story Nightfall reads like a novel is because it's a novella. The rest of the stories are shorts I think (although there may be other editions than the original). His novels are excellent too, and perhaps Apple is going to do Foundation justice? Or else they'll make a total hash of it and it'll be decades before someone else gets to take a crack at it.

@LauraBurtonAuthor 3 жыл бұрын

Mark's face, while James was talking about the boat metaphor, has made my day. 🤣

@jamesblatch9049 3 жыл бұрын

I think it was the greatest metaphor in the history of KZfaq.

@k9hannibal 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 🛳⛴🚢🛥⛵️🚤🛶

@DKWall 3 жыл бұрын

Officially at Waffle Stage! I could hear the alarm klaxon as he said it. (Probably also happens when James says the word "journey.")

@deematthewsfitness 3 жыл бұрын

Love this pod

@alanwhite6250 3 жыл бұрын

I like it these shows explore different topics from week to week.

@OscarWrightZenTANGO 2 жыл бұрын

HELP !!!! - After sending over 300 proposals to agents for my book "Rebel With A View, The Florentine Diaries Of Oscar Wright, 1997 - 2002", a got a note from a small publisher whoo said, "sounds interesting, please send me the full manuscript" which I did....however it has been 6 months with just one other exchange of emails and then silence....my question is, should I continue to wait or self publish ?

@AProlificAuthor 10 ай бұрын

Self publish. Traditional publishing has no purpose anymore unless you are lucky enough to get a big paycheck, but you most likely won’t unless you’re lucky enough to have a massive hit.