In this episode, we talk about how one scene appeared in Montiese McKenzie's head one day and it led her to be an urban fantasy writer. Her "rear window" writing process and diversifying her cast.

Montiese McKenzie

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Join us as Chris Tebbetts explains his fascinating authorial journey and experience working in some of the intriguing but less discussed sections of the publishing world.

Co-writing, Ghostwriting, Writing for Hire, and Writing for Himself the interesting journey of Chris Tebbetts

In which Andrew and Paul talk about how much fun they had talking to authors in the last few months. Where they are taking the podcast next and what it means to be an author.

Season 2 Finale with Andrew and Paul - the Cost of the Author's Dream

A brief few words from one of our hosts(me) ahead of next weeks Andrew and Paul talk

Mini-Episode with just Paul and his Oreos

We depart from our normal format because of how excited Andrew and I are. KT tells us how she launched her first book to 30 orders then  restrategized and used her beta to build her audience and now sells 30,000.

Using Your Beta to go from 30 to 30,000 readers with KT Strange

We talk with writer, improviser, and voice actor Elizabeth Chatsworth, who sounds so much cooler than us, about her book The Brass Queen. We hear how she uses improv to write her books and how she creates a chapter in four layers.

Montiese McKenzie

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