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Mar 19, 2024

In this episode, we talked with J.J. Johnson, Jason Joyner, and Merrie Destafano about getting your Author Kickstarter going. 

Quick points:

  • Kickstarter for Authors FB group
  • $500 is a good, solid number to shoot for
  • Keep holidays in mind when planning when to run your campaign
  • Backer update swaps w/other KS authors.
  • Make sure you have your book and graphics complete before launching the campaign.

Find out more about the authors at their websites:

Merrie Destafano
JJ Johnson
Jason Joyner

 

THIS EPISODE ORIGINALLY AIRED ON JANUARY 27, 2024 ON TWITCH.TV/LDK_PODCAST

Sep 7, 2016

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Jill Williamson, Nadine Brandes, Lauren Brandenburg, and Katie Grace to discuss writing from a young author point of view.

 You'll notice that we have fewer laugh tracks because we all had our microphones muted!
Also, we had 7 people on a chat, so some of us had some technical issues. :( Sorry about that!)

Some of the topics we discussed were:

  • Challenges that young writers face, from their own perspective.
  • Challenges for mentors to young writers.
  • Who mentors the mentors?
  • Creative people versus non-creative people.
  • Making time for writing and editing.
  • Different writing software--and tools and apps!
  • Character arcs of favorite superheroes.

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting. -- Robert Graves

Books you have to read (besides our own):
The Lunar Chronicles

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