Publishing Rodeo: The Good, The Bad, and the Bloody Ugly

4 - ANATOMY OF A BESTSELLER, PT 1 with Richard Swan


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Richard Swan, Sunday Times bestselling author of JUSTICE OF KINGS, talks to us about the role that luck and timing play in publishing, and the polar opposite approaches that Sunyi and Richard take to writing.

We also deep dive into publishing contracts and clauses that debuting authors should be looking at (Richard used to be a lawyer in his dayjob). Other topics covered: marketing plans (or the lack of them), what editors mean when they talk about "having a vision" for your novel, the advantages/disadvantages of selling world rights, and the hideous invention that is Joint Accounting.

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Publishing Rodeo: The Good, The Bad, and the Bloody UglyBy Sunyi Dean

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