How do authors make money? Great question! Royalties, advances, lending rights... so much to unpack but I'm keeping it simple in the hope to bring some clarity to an often confusing topic.

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Jodi

This week I welcome our second guest author for 2024, debut novelist Liz Foster. Liz's contemporary fiction novel 'The Good Woman's Guide to Making Better Choices' is out now and is a terrific read. 

Liz joins me to today to tackle three common questions from listeners including:

How to know when your manuscript is ready for submission.

What the editing process is like. 

And, Liz also offers her advice for authors seeking traditional publication. 

It's a ripper of an episode with so many great nuggets of wisdom. 

You can find Liz at www.lizfoster.com.au 

More about The Good Woman's Guide to Making Better Choices, here. 

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Jodi

This week's question is one that took me quite a bit of thinking before answering and I'm not even sure if I answered it well. But it's a great question. What is the number one thing I've learned about myself as a person since being published? Listen to find out!

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Jodi

This week I'm offering an author advice on navigating publication day with particular regards to social media. Release day, especially when it's your debut novel is such a mix of emotions, but there's a few things you can do to make most of the lead up to and the actual day. 

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Jodi

This week's question is all about how to set and keep deadlines. 

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Jodi

In this week's episode I have my very first guest author for 2024. Kylie Orr is an Australian author of dark and twisty contemporary fiction with two novels under her belt. Kylie is going to answer three questions from listeners and give a different perspective on all things writing and publishing.

You can find Kylie on her website https://www.kylieorr.com/ 

or follow her on Instagram www.instagram.com/kylieorr_writer

You can find Kylie's books at all leading bookshops and her latest novel

is The Eleventh Floor https://www.amazon.com.au/Eleventh-Floor-Kylie-Orr-ebook/dp/B0CDDP85MP  

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Detailed show notes can be found at www.jfgibson.com.au

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Jodi

This week instead of answering a writerly question, I'm furthering a conversation sparked from the last point of last week's episode. Last week I mentioned that I would do things a little differently with my next release. Whereas I always set out to be an indie author, I set out to do things exaclty the way a trad publisher or trad author would do things. But, I've learned, it doesn't always work that way. After much thought and discussion in my Write Squad Community on this topic, I've had time to really consider why and how I would do things differently next time. So, listen up! 

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Jodi

This is a cracker of a question and one that I almost wasn't going to answer and record because hindsight is always a wonderful thing. But I have. So what would I do differently if I were starting out all over again in writing and publishing? You'll have to listen to find out! 

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Welcome to season 2 of Ask The Author. 

The first question of the year is all about dreaded writer's block. Is it real? Is it just a form of procrastination? And what do you do when you feel like there's something stopping you from sitting down and writing? All will be revealed in this detailed episode with some great tips to get you writing again.

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Happy writing!