Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authors

The one where Melissa Blair tells us how she lit up BookTok by publishing her novel anonymously.


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Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, JP Rindfleisch IX, Kevin Tumlinson, and Patrick O'Donnell as they discuss the week's publishing topics, including the WGA union strike. Then stick around as Christine chats with BookTokker and fantasy author Melissa Blair!

Melissa (she/her/kwe) is an Anishinaabe-kwe of mixed ancestry and the author of The Halfling Saga. Melissa has a BookTok account where she discusses her favorite kinds of books, including Indigenous and queer fiction, feminist literature, and non-fiction. Her latest novel (and follow-up to her viral smash hit A Broken Blade) is called A Shadow Crown and releases tomorrow, May 9.


Check It Out!

R.L. Stine and J.D. Barker (Replay) - https://www.youtube.com/live/Rqz62umPFWc

Kevin's New Non-Fiction Book - https://books2read.com/authornote

CopCamp2023 - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.premeditatedfiction.com/copcamp2023⁠⁠⁠
[FB Group - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/1280410339558799⁠⁠⁠]


Show Links:*

Writers, Ink on YouTube! - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@jdbarker_author/podcasts⁠⁠⁠

J.D. Barker - ⁠⁠⁠https://jdbarker.com/⁠⁠⁠

Christine Daigle - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.christinedaiglebooks.com/⁠⁠⁠

JP Rindfleisch IX - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.jprindfleischix.com/⁠⁠⁠

Kevin Tumlinson - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.kevintumlinson.com/⁠⁠⁠

Patrick O'Donnell - ⁠⁠⁠https://www.copsandwriters.com/⁠⁠⁠

Melissa Blair - https://www.tiktok.com/@abrokenblade


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AutoCrit - https://www.autocrit.com/jd (click this link to take advantage of our Writers Ink special offer!!!)

MasterWriter - ⁠⁠⁠https://masterwriter.com/⁠⁠⁠


Best of BookTok - ⁠⁠⁠https://bestofbooktok.com/⁠⁠⁠

Booktrib - ⁠⁠https://booktrib.com/author/writers-ink/⁠⁠

Music by Nicorus - ⁠⁠⁠https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep⁠⁠⁠

Voice Over by Rick Ganley - ⁠⁠⁠http://www.nhpr.com⁠⁠⁠ and recorded at Mill Pond Studio - ⁠⁠⁠http://www.millpondstudio.com⁠⁠⁠

Show notes & audio production by Geoff Emberlyn - ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/gmbrlyn⁠⁠⁠

Website Design by Word & Pixel - ⁠⁠⁠http://wordandpixel.com/⁠⁠⁠

Contact - ⁠⁠⁠https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/⁠⁠⁠

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Writers, Ink: Your backstage pass to the world's most prolific authorsBy J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle

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