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

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