Mark interviews Greta Boris and Megan Haskell of The Author Wheel. Prior to the interview Mark shares a brief personal update and a word from this episode's sponsor. Prior to the interview, Mark reads comments from recent episodes, shares a personal update, and a word about this episode’s sponsor. This episode is sponsored by ScribeCount (affiliate link). Spend less time logging in to multiple platforms and crunching numbers, and more time writing and marketing your books thanks to ScribeCount’s handy all-in-one interface. In the interview Mark, Greta, and Megan talk about: How Megan started writing as a creative outlet when she was working for a major accounting firmThe writing done on the train on the way in to work in Los Angeles and the blogs she had writtenContinuing writing after having her daughter in 2012 and then publishing her first book before her second child was bornGreta's magazine background (her father was an editor and publisher of some major magazines back in the day)The writing she did for a number of magazines over the years and the various genres and topics she took onBeing inspired by interviewing a bunch of fiction authors, including Joanna PennHow Greta got her first publisher doing a Twitter pitchTwitter pitches being really good for writing log linesMegan and Greta's "meet cute" at the Southern California Writer's Conference in 2014Pitching a course to that conference at a later date so they could attend it again without having to pay which got turned into a book (Publish: Take Charge of Your Author Career)How they started The Author Wheel courses, podcast, and other resourcesThe metaphors for The Author WheelThe way they try to break topics down into the smallest bits possible to simplify peopleWhy it's helpful to recognize that authors are all at different places and there are so many different paths and choices an author can makeTheir course Trope Stacking and Other Genre Magic which is a companion to a quick-guide Understanding Your GenreGreta's pioneering with writing a book she felt was a "Cozy Horror" novelStrategies for mixing and layering in genres that are complimentary to one another while creating something uniqueHow writing to an outline made Megan feel like her creativity was being stifledThe way that Megan and Greta collaborate in their writing, the podcast, the social media, and the coursesAnd more . . . After the interview Mark reflects on the idea of the "Twitter pitch" and the benefit of having to craft writing that has tight restrictions as well as the importance of understanding that there's no one-size-fits-all solution, and that there's no single right way for authors to do things. Links of Interest: The Author Wheel PodcastCourses: 7 Days To ClaritySelf Publish or Get an AgentFinish Your Novel FasterLayering Your Story WorldTrope Stacking and Other Genre Magic Megan Haskell's WebsiteGreta Boris's WebsiteMark's Interview on The Author Wheel Podcast: Overcoming Self-Doubt and Mastering Book Marketing with Mark Leslie LefebvreScribeCount (Mark's Affiliate Link)DropCap Marketplace Use coupon STARK20 to get 20% off Cruising WritersBuy Mark a CoffeePatreon for Stark Reflections How to Access Patreon RSS Feeds An Author's Guide to Working With Bookstores and LibrariesThe Relaxed Author Buy eBook DirectBuy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for AuthorsAn Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & BookstoresWide for the WinMark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story)A Canadian Werewolf in New YorkStowe Away (Novella)Fear and Longing in Los AngelesFright Nights, Big CityLover's MoonHex and the CityOnly Monsters in the Building The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and AutomobilesYippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard Greta Boris is a USA Today Bestselling mystery and thriller author. Megan Haskell is an award-winning fantasy adventure author. Together, they founded The Author Wheel, publishers of books, courses, and a podcast to help writers overcome roadblocks and keep their stories rolling. The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
