February 02, 2021

No One is Looking for Your Book with Roy Glenn

1 hour 14 minutes

In this episode of Black & Published, Nikesha is speaking with author, Roy Glenn, about his long career that started when he self-published his debut novel, Is it a Crime, in 1994 in part as a response to Waiting to Exhale. Glenn, who is a multi-genre author and is known as the master of suspense, has published more than 70 novels both independently and traditionally.

Episode Notes

In this episode of Black & Published, Nikesha is speaking with author, Roy Glenn, about his long career that started when he self-published his debut novel, Is it a Crime, in 1994 in part as a response to Waiting to Exhale. Glenn, who is a multi-genre author and is known as the master of suspense, has published more than 70 novels both independently and traditionally.

Roy talks to Nikesha about how he made the jump into mainstream publishing with Carl Weber in the early 2000s, why distribution is king, how he finessed his books into Barnes & Noble, and why after all these years he prefers the art of independent publishing. Glenn also reads from his novel, Changed Man, which is getting the film treatment thanks to a new deal with Vision Quest Productions.

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