Authors Naomi Musch and Amy Walsh, who have participated in several collaborative fiction projects, share advice on creating a marketable project that novelists will love to write and fans will love to read.
Naomi and Amy cover such topics as the difference between a series and an anthology, finding a common element for the stories in the collection, financial commitment and deadlines, logistics of the launches, handling royalties, the importance of relationships and so much more.
This episode is a great starting place for anyone who is interested in creating or participating in a series or an anthology.
Bios:
Naomi Musch writes to bring hope that will change the story—maybe even her own. Some of her novels have been finalists in the Carol Awards; the Faith, Hope, and Love Readers’ Choice Awards; the Selah Awards; and have been twice nominated for Book of the Year. Naomi’s perfect day is spent writing, roaming the farm, and loving on her passel of grandchildren.
Amy Walsh writes historical and contemporary romance, mysteries, speculative fiction, and women’s fiction. She is a 5th-grade writing teacher in an urban public school. Amy and her husband, Patrick, have three creative children. Amy considers herself greatly blessed in the roles God has given her as an earthling--including aspiring wordsmith, teacher of youngsters, nature appreciator, tea aficionado, avid dessert fan, book fanatic, lover of family and friends, and Christ-follower.
