Garrett Robinson is the author of #1 bestselling Amazon fantasy series, “The Nightblade Epic”, a heroic fantasy saga with tens of thousands of avid readers. The epic is set in the land of Underrealm, alongside a second bestselling series, “The Academy Journals.” His imprint, Legacy Books, has published over 2 dozen fantasy titles, showcasing fresh writing talent in the genre. Garrett is also a filmmaker, and successful YouTube talent, with brand new vlogs hitting his channel every Friday.

In this episode we go deep into:

• Garrett’s advice for anyone who hasn’t watched Hamilton yet

Garrett answers questions from Patrons:

• Yanni Jade: "You're currently releasing your novel in episodes like with the previous books, what are the pros and cons to publishing this way?"

Find out more about Garrett:

https://underrealm.net/

Links from the show:

Garrett’s Episode on “The Story Studio” https://open.spotify.com/episode/67ODq5qyQCZaS7jeUb3DvX?si=hrmrE3FKTUKy_Ej1SR2ciA

A Cloak of Red, Brenna Gawain: https://www.amazon.com/Cloak-Red-Underrealm-Tenth-Kingdom-ebook/dp/B083RLS7DK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+cloak+of+red&qid=1593612588&sr=8-1

Garrett’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/garrettbrobinson

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Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and podcaster of dark fiction. He is one fifth of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, co-producer of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, 'The Other Stories,’ as well as the host of the 'Great Writers Share' podcast, in which he breaks down the strategies, tricks, and productivity habits of some of the best writers in the game today.

Residing in the UK, Dan's work explores the catastrophic and the strange. His stories span the genres of horror, post-apocalyptic, and sci-fi, and his work has seen him collaborating with some of the biggest names in the independent publishing community.

In this episode we go deep into:

• Where did Dan’s collaboration journey began

Dan answers questions from Patrons:

• Yanni Jade: What are some things to look for in a collaborative partner?

Find out more about Dan:

www.danielwillcocks.com

Links from the show:

Collaboration for Authors https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLn

J Thorn’s "American Demon Hunters" https://books2read.com/u/4AKKVK

Craig Martelle "Collaborations: When the Whole Is Greater than the Sum of the Parts"

https://books2read.com/u/b5ZZ1k

J Thorn & Joanna Penn “Co-writing a Book” https://books2read.com/u/m2ZZNR

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Julie Hiner is a writer of dark crime, horror, and non-fiction.

Julie has been fascinated with the complexity of the dark mind of the serial killer and obsessed with trying to understand how murder can occur. Finding inspiration at a talk given by a local homicide detective, Julie surged down her new path to writing a dark, serial killer novel.

Julie's favorite parts of her new found writing process are the detailed research, creating an in-depth character and digging deep into his, her or its mind, and unleashing her inner artist on photos to create the cover and marketing material.

In this episode we go deep into:

• Julie’s journey into reading and writing

Find out more about Julie:

Https://killersanddemons.com

Links from the show:

Collaboration for Authors https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLn

Just a Girl and a Bike: https://books2read.com/u/b6Zjnp

Final Track by Julie Hiner: https://books2read.com/u/31qPvn

Reading of “Twisted”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ezx67ExVdI&feature=emb_logo

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino

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Jenna Moreci is a half-human, half-weaponized robot hellbent on overthrowing mankind. She’s also a best selling author specializing in so-cute-you-could-barf romance interspersed between extreme violence and bloodshed.

A Silicon Valley native, Jenna hosts a YouTube channel with over 210,000 subscribers (at the time of recording) where she uses her passion for storytelling and background in business to help other creators navigate their writing and publishing journey. When she’s not writing or ’tubing, Jenna enjoys listening to music, cuddling with her dog, and kissing her fiancé’s gorgeous face. Her other talents include prolific cursing, spilling/dropping things, accidentally making people cry, and cooking.

In this episode we go deep into:

• How Jenna accidentally makes so many people cry

Jenna answers questions from Patrons:

Yanni Jade: How long did it take for you to write The Savior’s Sister and edit it to the point where you were happy with the end result?

This week’s question:

Based off the content of this week’s interview, I’m posing the question: How successfully do you engage with your readers and/or fans?

Find out more about Jenna:

https://www.jennamoreci.com/

https://www.youtube.com/jennamoreci

https://twitter.com/jennamoreci

https://www.instagram.com/jennamoreci/

https://www.facebook.com/authorjennamoreci

The Savior’s Champion: https://amzn.to/2MLqzYp

The Savior's Sister: https://amzn.to/2MHGPtu

Links from the show:

https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLn

The Nine Weird Habits of Writers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpmE_gtZChY

Jenna and Sacha Black, How to Become a Full-time Writer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozs-VRE1mjI&t=361s

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Drew Starling is an Amazon bestselling author of horror and dark fiction, a husband and dog dad who loves strong female leads, martial arts, and long walks in the woods with canine companions. He would like to think his plots are better than his prose, but strives to make his words sound both beautiful and terrifying at the same time. He listens to Beethoven, Megadeth, and Enya when he writes.

His only rule of writing: the dog never dies.

In this episode we go deep into:

• Why the dog never dies

Drew answers questions from Patrons:

Ian J Middleton: what Must Read books would you put on a horror writers reading list?

This week’s question:

What systems do you use to gain real-time feedback?

Find out more about Drew:

Get your free story https://www.drewstarling.com/dan

Links from the show:

Https://www.patreon.com/greatwritersshare

Https://books2read.com/anatomyofprose

https://www.doesthedogdie.com/

https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/

https://www.cormacmccarthy.com/

https://www.amazon.com/N-K-Jemisin/e/B0028OIVC0/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8550800/

“Guts” by Chuck Palahniuk http://readfulltext.blogspot.com/2013/10/guts-by-chuck-palahniuk.html

https://storygrid.com/

The Shining https://www.amazon.com/Shining-Stephen-King/dp/0345806786/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+shining&qid=1591020355&s=books&sr=1-1

It https://www.amazon.com/Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1982127791/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=it&qid=1591020343&s=books&sr=1-1

The Stand

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Dr. Lindsay Weisner is the host of the Neurotic Nourishment Podcast – a show where she talks with smart, sweary women about s**t that matters – and her first book ‘Ten Steps To Finding Happy’ released on March 20th, 2020.

Dr Weisner graduated from Georgetown University in 1999 and was awarded a fellowship in child development at the NIH. She received her doctorate from C.W. Post, LIU and pursued post-doctorate training at the American Institute of Psychoanalysis

In this episode we go deep into:

• How Lindsay defines ‘happy'

This week’s question: How do you find your happy?

Comment over at https://patreon.com/greatwritersshare, or join the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/greatwritersshare/

Find out more about Lindsay:

https://www.instagram.com/psychshrinkmom/

Neurotic Nourishment podcast: https://pod.link/1464366670

Ten Steps to Finding Happy: https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Steps-Finding-Happy-Satisfaction/dp/0996430660/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ten+steps+to+finding+happy+weisner&qid=1590507483&sr=8-1

Links from the show:

Collaboration for Authors pre-order https://books2read.com/collaboration

Supercharge Your Scene with J Thorn https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com?aff=willcocksauthor

Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/experts/lindsay-weisner-psyd

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Mag Dimond is the award-winning author of BOWING TO ELEPHANTS, Tales of a Travel Junkie (which hit #1 in 5 countries on the day it launched and just won Best Indie Biographies & Memoirs from Kirkus). Her book has been compared to EAT PRAY LOVE in professional reviews and has received accolades from many thought leaders in the mindfulness space, including Jack Kornfield.

Having written her first book in her 70s, Mag has also been honored in American Literary Review, Travelers Tales Solas Awards, the Tulip Tree Awards, and the William Faulkner Wisdom Awards.

Mag is a practicing Buddhist and dedicated member of Spirit Rock Meditation Center north of San Francisco. The loves of Mag’s life are: her family, playing Bach on her grandmother’s baby grand, meditating, traveling, knitting, watching the wild Pacific Ocean, writing, teaching, reading, and enjoying good food and wine with dear friends.

In this episode we go deep into:

• Mag’s love for her grandmother’s baby grand piano

Find out more about Mag:

Https://magdimond.com

Links from the show:

Collaboration for Authors pre-order https://books2read.com/u/mKDjYL

Supercharge Your Scene with J Thorn https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com?aff=willcocksauthor

Bowing to Elephants: https://books2read.com/u/m0OQxY

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Nick Cole is a former soldier and working actor living in Southern California. When he is not auditioning for commercials, going out for sitcoms or being shot, kicked, stabbed or beaten by the students of various film schools for their projects, he can be found writing books.

Nick’s Book The Old Man and the Wasteland was an Amazon Bestseller and #1 in Science Fiction. In 2016 Nick’s book CTRL ALT Revolt won the Dragon Award for Best Apocalyptic novel.

The Galaxy’s Edge series is his new bestselling series and an Audible smash hit.

In this episode we go deep into:

• Nick’s love for Stephen King and, specifically, the genius of The Dark Tower

Find out more about Nick:

https://nickcolebooks.com/

https://galaxysedge.us/

Links from the show:

Sacha Black ’10 Lessons from one year of full-time writing’ https://sachablack.co.uk/2020/05/02/028-10-lessons-from-one-year-of-writing-full-time/

Stephen King’s, “The Dark Tower” https://books2read.com/u/m2VWX6

Nick Cole’s “Wyrd” Series https://books2read.com/u/b55VOw

Nick Cole and Jason Anspach "Galaxy’s Edge” https://books2read.com/u/3LD1rN

Chris Fox’s "Six Figure Author” https://books2read.com/u/4Az8gA

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Michael David Wilson is the founder of the popular UK horror website, podcast, and small press, This Is Horror. He's a professional writer, editor, and podcaster, and has worked for such companies as 2000 AD, Terrorizer, and Broken River Books. His brand-new novella, The Girl in the Video will be published via Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing on 28 April 2020, with a second novella, House of Bad Memories, to be published by Grindhouse Press in 2021.

Michael's work has appeared in numerous other publications including The NoSleep Podcast, Dark Moon Digest, LitReactor, Hawk & Cleaver’s The Other Stories, and Scream. He is also a professional ESL Teacher and graduate of the University of Warwick’s English Literature and Creative Writing Programme.

In this episode we go deep into:

• How Michael cut his teeth with writing

Michael answers questions from Patrons:

• Ian J. Middleton: are there any common mistakes you see from first time horror writers when it comes to short stories and novels?

Find out more about Michael:

https://www.michaeldavidwilson.co.uk/

https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/

Links from the show:

https://books2read.com/u/3LD6nJ

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Joanna Penn is an Award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author, as well as a writer of non-fiction for authors.

She's written over 30 books and sold over 500,000 books in 84 countries and 5 languages. She's an independent author and also runs a small press, Curl Up Press, with her husband and business partner.

Joanna is also an international professional speaker and award-winning creative entrepreneur. In 2018, she was awarded Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World. Her show, The Creative Penn Podcast, has been downloaded 3.7 million times in 219 countries.

Based now in Bath, Joanna is a travel junkie who also likes hiking, and relaxing with a book and a glass of pinot noir, or a gin & tonic (Hendricks & Fever Tree).

In this episode we go deep into:

• How Joanna’s handling herself during the coronavirus lockdown

Joanna answers questions from Patrons:

Mark Mclure: How are sales for large-print books going (n/f and fiction)?

This week’s question

What are your highest aspirations with your writing career?

Find out more about Joanna:

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/

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