The 21st Century Writer

28: Toni McGee Causey

Toni McGee Causey splashed into traditional publishing a decade ago with her Bobbie Faye series. After some ups and downs, both personal and professional, she's starting in indie publishing with a new book, a new career, and a new outlook on what makes for success. Her new book, the dark thriller The Saints of the Lost and Found, will debut in February. You can read the RT review of the book Toni mentions (and it's glowing!). Toni's series with St. Martin's Press, the Bobbi Faye series, be...

26: Sandra Schwab

Sandra Schwab is a German author who writes in English (very much like our own Hannah!). Why did she choose that? What has her journey been like from trade publishing with Dorchester to striking out on her own as an indie author? She's reissuing her first novel, the dark romance The Lily Brand, on many bookstores. Since this podcast was recorded, the Ellora's Cave lawsuit has been settled, and you can read about it on Deirdre Saoirse Moen's page. Sandra uses Jutoh software to format her boo...

25: Annetta Ribken: Editing for Indies

Annetta Ribken is an award-winning editor of indie authors -- and only indie authors. We discuss what editing is, why writers need editing, and why having a few beta readers is not the same thing. While she highly recommends working with an editor (and we discuss why on the podcast), she does offer a course called "Content Editing with Netta" that you may want to check out. HIGHLY recommended by Diane, Hannah, and Annetta: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself ...

24: Robert Gregory Browne

Robert Gregory Browne joins us to talk about his new book, Casting the Bones: An Indie Author's Guide to the Craft of Fiction and his thirty-year career as a working author, first as a screenwriter, then as a novelist published with trade publishers, and finally as an indie author charting his own path. Rob is...opinionated. Some of his books that he talks about are: Trial Junkies, his first indie published novel. The Paradise Prophecy, the book he wrote for a trade publisher (and he wrot...

23: Susan Kaye Quinn and the indie author mindset

Susan Kaye Quinn is an author of science fiction and YA (and, under a secret pen name, romance!). She's also the author of The Indie Author Survival Guide (a guide for new self-publishers to the indie publishing arena) and For Love Or Money (a guide for more experienced indie authors on how not to lose their minds). She's also lots of fun to talk to! Susan highly recommends the book The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life by Thomas M. Sterner as an aid to developing y...