I'd really love to hear more about the business and professional side of things, especially as it relates to second books and beyond—avoiding the Sophomore Slump, what to do practically and emotionally when a book doesn't perform as well as you'd hoped (or when it does!), going out on sub again as a published author, changing editors or publishers, marketing and promotion, dealing with burnout, habits and strategy, etc. Basically: tools for turning a debut into a sustainable career.
I’m so excited that you are back and to what wonderful plans for the next year! There are so many great ideas already listed. I am also jumping in with the topics around what changes with book #2. Specifically, how you ande decisions on how to fit character arcs across the whole series, and whether there were changes you ended up making from your initial outline by the time you got to writing that part. Did you ever find yourself constrained in newly evolving ideas based on what was in book #1? How did you work with and around it?
All of those prompts sound amazing!! Especially how to dive into a sequel because I'm seriously struggling with that in the fantasy series I'm working on. I don't know why it seems so much harder than the first one, so any insight on how to tackle that beast would be much needed information 😅
Yay you’re back! I’m about to go on sub with my first novel, a ya underwater dystopian sci-fi, so selfishly, I’d love to hear about book marketing, social media, recruiting and building a street team... the promo side of things!
So many great topics on that list! I'd love more in the craft side, especially related to book series. How did you go about doing character arcs over your book 2s and your series overall? How does romance work differently in a series compared to a standalone? How much did you have in mind for book 2 when book one was being drafted?
But also some business stuff. Did you always intend them to be duologies and did your agents pitch them as such? How is publicity and marketing different for a sequel?
Okay, that's probably enough questions. So glad to have a little hoorah to end the year and I can't wait until February. And of course, July and August! ☺️
I'd really love to hear more about the business and professional side of things, especially as it relates to second books and beyond—avoiding the Sophomore Slump, what to do practically and emotionally when a book doesn't perform as well as you'd hoped (or when it does!), going out on sub again as a published author, changing editors or publishers, marketing and promotion, dealing with burnout, habits and strategy, etc. Basically: tools for turning a debut into a sustainable career.
I’m so excited that you are back and to what wonderful plans for the next year! There are so many great ideas already listed. I am also jumping in with the topics around what changes with book #2. Specifically, how you ande decisions on how to fit character arcs across the whole series, and whether there were changes you ended up making from your initial outline by the time you got to writing that part. Did you ever find yourself constrained in newly evolving ideas based on what was in book #1? How did you work with and around it?
All of those prompts sound amazing!! Especially how to dive into a sequel because I'm seriously struggling with that in the fantasy series I'm working on. I don't know why it seems so much harder than the first one, so any insight on how to tackle that beast would be much needed information 😅
Yay you’re back! I’m about to go on sub with my first novel, a ya underwater dystopian sci-fi, so selfishly, I’d love to hear about book marketing, social media, recruiting and building a street team... the promo side of things!
So many great topics on that list! I'd love more in the craft side, especially related to book series. How did you go about doing character arcs over your book 2s and your series overall? How does romance work differently in a series compared to a standalone? How much did you have in mind for book 2 when book one was being drafted?
But also some business stuff. Did you always intend them to be duologies and did your agents pitch them as such? How is publicity and marketing different for a sequel?
Okay, that's probably enough questions. So glad to have a little hoorah to end the year and I can't wait until February. And of course, July and August! ☺️
Love to hear more about craft topics, writing a second book, and process nuts and bolts.
super interested in readalongs and craft topics :)