Welcome back to Talk Fiction, the podcast dedicated to entertainment media’s most overlooked underdogs: Fiction writers.

Many authors dream of attaining bestseller status. Many more would be happy just to be able to “make a living” as a writer.

But how many of those authors would be ready (or willing) to wait a quarter of a century to realize those dreams?

Hopefully, today’s guest will convince a few more creative souls to “hang in there,” because her success story proves that patience, along with flexibility and a willingness to experiment, is an indie author’s most valuable asset.

Mary Louisa Locke is the bestselling author of dozens of independently published books, novellas, and short stories from Historical Mystery and Romance to near-future Science Fiction.

She is a wealth of information and an inspiring example of how a writer’s childhood dreams can become reality … if only given the time.

I hope you’ll sit in for this illuminating conversation, and don’t hesitate to drop a follow-up question for Mary Lou in the comments. She’s as brilliant a business woman as she is a storyteller.

Music: Sub Arbore, written by C Torrey | A Torrey, performed by Two Days From Monday.

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