Indies That Sell Podcast: Recent Episodes
Indies Who Sell: The Craft Podcast
Hosts Sylvia Frost and Mary Novak interview Michael J. Sullivan, bestselling author of The Riyria Chronicles and Riyria Revelations series.
In an interview/consultation, developmental editor Mary Novak and author and cover designer Sylvia Frost interview author Felicia Beasley and critique the cover, blurb, and "Look Inside" of "Nephilim Falling" from her urban fantasy series "Trenton Investigations."
Episode 9: Co-host Mary Novak interviews Rick Gualtieri, author of the Tome of Bill urban fantasy series
In an interview/consultation, developmental editor Mary Novak and author and cover designer Sylvia Frost interview author Aaron Hodges and critique the cover, blurb, and "Look Inside" of "Stormwielder" from his epic fantasy trilogy "The Sword of Light."
Episode 7: Hosts Mary Novak and Sylvia Frost interview Beth Revis, NYT bestselliing author of the Across the Universe trilogy.
In a new segment, hosts Mary Novak and Sylvia Frost interview author Patrice Williams Marks and critique the cover, blurb, and "Look Inside" of her book "Montgomery Vale: Scorched"
Hosts Mary Novak and Sylvia Frost interview Scott Pratt, author of bestselling legal thrillers including the Joe Dillard series.
Hosts Mary Novak and Sylvia Frost interview Rosalind James, a top-selling indie romance author, and talk about her path to success and her approach to craft.
Hosts Mary Novak and Sylvia Frost interview Jasmine Walt, breakout urban fantasy author, and talk about her path to indie success.
While mini-sode might not be the right word for our thirty-minute peek under the hoods of T.S Joyce's shifter paranormal romances, it's the word I'm using. Join Mary and me, Sylvia Frost, as we discuss how T.S Joyce uses the following tools in her writer's arsenal to grow her fanbase:
-Relatable Heroines Alienated by the Modern World -Moments of Setting-Specific "Joy" -Shifters As a Metaphor for Modern life vs. "Supernatural Superheroes" -Efficient Plotting and Prose
Annie Bellet is the Hugo-nominated author of the bestselling urban fantasy series, The Twenty-Sided Sorceress. In her interview with Start with Substance, Annie discusses many aspects of her work including:
- how she hones her craft
- developing a setting based on modern nerd culture
- planting seeds of plot to blossom across many books
Co-hosts Sylvia Frost and Mary Novak introduce themselves and their professional relationship. Sylvia is the USA Today Bestselling author of books such as The BBW and the Beast and Cinder's Wolf. Mary is a freelance developmental editor who edits for many authors including Sylvia.
In this episode, they describe their relationship as writer and editor and how it evolved into this podcast. Sylvia describes her writing process as an independent author and how she came to seek out a developmental editor. Mary explains how she took the first draft of Cinder's Wolf and suggested revisions that led it to be Sylvia's highest-reviewed work to date. They conclude by explaining their intentions for this podcast: to discuss top-rated books by bestselling independent authors, and look at how the best substantive qualities of these books may attract readers and influence sales.