Episode 281
Shannon Lynn, middle grade sci-fi author and educator, shares how she found time to write while working full time, insight on launching your first book, and small marketing steps that add up over time.
- Balances a day job with writing
- Tips for middle grade authors: marketing to parents and kids
- Lessons learned about pacing
- Print formatting and getting set up with Ingram Spark
- Making strategic choices–and sometimes saying no–to new opportunities
- How Shannon found her editor, cover artist, and illustrator
- Adding skills as you need them
- Building an audience without burning out
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