TB & Clare kick off this episode by chatting about their latest village romance books: TB is on the final lap, while Clare has just completed draft one. Round of applause for both! TB and Clare have also been on writing retreats where they penned all the words (both), ate all the ice cream (TB), and drank all the wine (Clare). Clare also reveals she’s opened up a shop on her website so you can buy directly from her: find it here - https://payhip.com/custardbooks

TB has organized a massive lesfic sale on I Heart Lesfic, which runs May 27th through May 31st. Over 200 books are involved. More details can be found here: https://iheartlesfic.com/

Then it’s down to the topic of the day: audiobooks and should you be doing them? The short answer is yes. But the dynamic duo back up that single word with a whole bunch of stats that show how audiobooks are the future. Although being a historian, TB mistrusts the future. She’s going to work on that.

They both share their experiences of finding narrators and creating audiobooks, how to distribute them, what they cost, and whether or not they make you any money as an author. Both agree it’s early days in the audiobook space, but the options for authors are opening up at a quick pace. The bottom line is, if you’re serious about this as a career, you can’t afford to ignore audio.

Resources mentioned in the episode include:

The Creative Penn episode: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2019/03/25/verbalize-power-of-words-damon-suede/

ACX: https://www.acx.com/

Findaway Voices: https://findawayvoices.com/

Lesbian Audiobooks on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1498493863718913/

Lesbian Audiobooks website: www.lesbianaudiobooks.com

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