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Episode 86B – Amanda Desiree – Working with Editors
Overview
Amanda had an interesting experience getting her book published through Ink Shares. She discusses how important it is to choose a good editor and listen to your editor.
She first entered a contest where the books were basically crowd funded. She won and feels they did a great job helping her finish publishing her book.
She also has tried dictation and shares her results with working that way.
YouTube
https://youtu.be/-yToAeNoDSU
Transcript
[00:00:45] Stephen: All right before we get to the second half of the interview with Amanda, where we talk a lot about editing. Uh, working with editors and the company she went through to get her book published. Uh, let's hear from Emma. She right now is [00:01:00] running a masterclass. So if you listen to this, you may want to go check out her masterclass.
There's a lots of authors in there that have some great information to teach you. I'll put a link in the show notes, but, uh, let's hear from Emma and then we'll get right to the interview with.
[00:01:16] Amanda: Hi, I'm Emma Desi. And I host turning readers into writers, a podcast for first time novelists each week I interviewed debut authors, editors, publishers, and even number one best sellers who help you find the time and confidence to write your own first.
Together, we'll keep you inspired, motivated, and educated on all things, writing, editing, and publishing. So head on over to Emma, desi.com, where you'll find everything you need to know to start and finish your novel.
[00:01:51] Stephen: So before we get started talking about our topic, uh, which I have several questions on, um, what are some things you have learned with your [00:02:00] first book that you're doing differently with your next couple of.
[00:02:06] Amanda: Um, my first book was published almost by chance. I entered it in a contest that a hybrid publisher was offering. Um, having had the chance to work with a hybrid publisher. I think I'd like to have a chance to self publish one of my books to see. How it would feel to have a little more control over the books.
Um, the publisher that I worked with did make a lot of points about the marketability of the book that I hadn't considered. They brought up issues about manuscripts that might make it difficult to create an audio adaptation. It talked about audience expectations and how to pitch the book to read her.
And those were all things that I never thought about. I'm looking at the book from the artistic perspective about the story. I want to tell him, not necessarily thinking about. The nitty gritty features. So now that I have a little bit of preface to what goes into marketing book, I'm [00:03:00] going to be a little bit more aware of those issues as whether I end up self-publishing it, or whether I publish it traditionally.
Um, but I'm going to have to think about how those factors are going to impinge on my narrative.
[00:03:12] Stephen: Okay, well, let's talk a little bit more about anxious, cause I'm not familiar with them and they sound like something, uh, other others may be interested in. So you said they do a, like a crowdfunding. So essentially they have a whole big list of books and the ones that get the most attention and votes are the ones they help promote and get out into the world.
Does that sound okay?
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Overview
Amanda had an interesting experience getting her book published through Ink Shares. She discusses how important it is to choose a good editor and listen to your editor.
She first entered a contest where the books were basically crowd funded. She won and feels they did a great job helping her finish publishing her book.
She also has tried dictation and shares her results with working that way.
YouTube
https://youtu.be/-yToAeNoDSU
Transcript
[00:00:45] Stephen: All right before we get to the second half of the interview with Amanda, where we talk a lot about editing. Uh, working with editors and the company she went through to get her book published. Uh, let's hear from Emma. She right now is [00:01:00] running a masterclass. So if you listen to this, you may want to go check out her masterclass.
There's a lots of authors in there that have some great information to teach you. I'll put a link in the show notes, but, uh, let's hear from Emma and then we'll get right to the interview with.
[00:01:16] Amanda: Hi, I'm Emma Desi. And I host turning readers into writers, a podcast for first time novelists each week I interviewed debut authors, editors, publishers, and even number one best sellers who help you find the time and confidence to write your own first.
Together, we'll keep you inspired, motivated, and educated on all things, writing, editing, and publishing. So head on over to Emma, desi.com, where you'll find everything you need to know to start and finish your novel.
[00:01:51] Stephen: So before we get started talking about our topic, uh, which I have several questions on, um, what are some things you have learned with your [00:02:00] first book that you're doing differently with your next couple of.
[00:02:06] Amanda: Um, my first book was published almost by chance. I entered it in a contest that a hybrid publisher was offering. Um, having had the chance to work with a hybrid publisher. I think I'd like to have a chance to self publish one of my books to see. How it would feel to have a little more control over the books.
Um, the publisher that I worked with did make a lot of points about the marketability of the book that I hadn't considered. They brought up issues about manuscripts that might make it difficult to create an audio adaptation. It talked about audience expectations and how to pitch the book to read her.
And those were all things that I never thought about. I'm looking at the book from the artistic perspective about the story. I want to tell him, not necessarily thinking about. The nitty gritty features. So now that I have a little bit of preface to what goes into marketing book, I'm [00:03:00] going to be a little bit more aware of those issues as whether I end up self-publishing it, or whether I publish it traditionally.
Um, but I'm going to have to think about how those factors are going to impinge on my narrative.
[00:03:12] Stephen: Okay, well, let's talk a little bit more about anxious, cause I'm not familiar with them and they sound like something, uh, other others may be interested in. So you said they do a, like a crowdfunding. So essentially they have a whole big list of books and the ones that get the most attention and votes are the ones they help promote and get out into the world.
Does that sound okay?