Indie Author Maxx

First time author Laura J Fitzwilson, talks about her debut novel The Fool, and how she has created a fantasy world influenced by Australia.

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In this episode I talk to author Quinton Li about writing diverse characters and also writing for the love of creating something new.

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L. J. Armstrong is an Australian writer and director. On this episode we talk about how L.J, has used his experiences with screen writing and directing to turn his hand to novel writing. You can find his work here. https://www.amazon.com.au/Forged-Exile-Part-L-J-Armstrong-ebook/dp/B0F28Q777R

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It’s time again for Clunes Booktown Festival. This year I will be joining with some local authors in a fantasy writers marquee. One of those authors, Jade Andrews joins me for an interview. You can find out more about Jade Andrews at https://bookburrow.com.au/collections/jade-andrews. For more information about Clunes Booktown, go to https://clunesbooktown.org.au/

Rose Harvey is a multi award winning author. In this episode I talk to Rose about submitting manuscripts for writing prizes and using quick release to drive sales of your books. I also talk about this year’s Clunes Book Town festival coming up next month. You can find out more about Book Town at https://clunesbooktown.org.au/.

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The October 2024 episode of the podcast can be found here https://open.spotify.com/episode/5sJRV0m3ggTj1MdXTjGoWk?si=CTM72meMTPWvCUf1SBirNg.

It’s a new year and a new book from friend of the show, Lindsey Kinsella. Lindsey talks about his new book Broken Voyage and I talk about what’s new for me this year. Links to other episodes mentioned :) So you have another book in you https://open.spotify.com/episode/3GMzPRjkWC11RUS7tsGsX4?si=_1e66lqJRQedehYot7a4vg Are you ready to go viral? https://open.spotify.com/episode/4HOUc8wD5KYrLE9OSCZ1q4?si=XMApvRffSdSxPW3sM4saPA

Time travel and dinosaurs anyone? https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ywlt9lx8R9V4OqsZhg7Gk?si=APGOjsneRmG3jnpm_Kr2jQ

In this special Christmas themed episode, I talk to four different authors about their Christmas books. Tori Woods, author of Mistlehoe.

November 2nd, 2024, is the 3rd Chapter Indie Bookworm event. Find out more about two of the attending authors in this month's episode:

Sapphic Fantasy author JC Rycroft

and Epic Fantasy author Anthony Kearle.

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Warning Spoilers! If you haven’t read my books yet this episode has some spoilers. This short episode is a fun discussion about my books from Notebook LM. Enjoy.