Part One of Podcast Interview with author and Substacker, Meg Oolders at The Romantic posted a few days ago. You can listen here:

In Part Two, Meg shares advice on ways to use Substack as one of your tools to align with your goals as an author. Meg shares her varied publishing experiences: self-publishing, traditional publishing, hybrid publishing as well as her current strategy for traditionally publishing her award-winning YA novel, See Dot Smile. Does her publishing journey sound like yours? Listen for advice that might be the motivation you need to keep going with your book.

In this episode, our guest Meg Oolders shares:

* How to come up with the subject of your substack… Say that fast 10 times… “subject of your substack, subject of your substack, subject of your substack….”

* Why Authors need to know their competition without chasing trends

* Research how to publish your manuscript. You have choices.

* Authorship is a business. Ease into this idea. Get comfortable With It. You can do it.

* What is Billionaire Werewolf Fantasy genre? Knowing the book industry and what is popular is important.

Links from the episode:

Meg Oolder’s New Substack The Romantic

Meg’s Substack, The Romantic, is entertaining, smart, and nostalgic. It will get you thinking AND take you back to good times. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Meg Oolder’s Substack Stock Fiction

Meg Oolder’s YA Novel See Dot Smile

Meg Oolder’s Book of Poetry Dear Mystery, Poetry Without Borders

Meg Oolder’s Podcast Talk Fiction

Snip of Olivia Newton-John’s A Little More Love from “Totally Hot” Album

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