Kate and Marty discuss marketing, which of their efforts paid off and setting their mindsets.
(Sorry this episode is a day late.)
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Marty and Kate have a special episode for this season finale: reading ~1500 words of their current projects, and then giving critiques to each other.
Warning: Kate says the phrase "lean in" about a hundred times.
Enjoy this repost! Kate and Marty are feeling the pressure of time and they weren't able to record this week. BUT next week will be the season finale, where they share writing and give criticism. So this episode seemed appropriate.
Come on a journey with Kate and Marty, through the ups and downs of giving and receiving criticism.
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Kate wrote a prompt for this episode about what it is to dissect the meaning of love over an over again as a romance author, Marty interprets it as a craft question, Kate interprets it as an introspective question. Neither feel like they full answered the prompt.
Apologies for Sounds of Opening Mail in the first few minutes of the episode.
Kate and Marty discuss:
Progress by Wordcounts and Nanowrimo
Shelving Projects and Coming Back to them
How was Your Halloween?
Not Impressed with Past Selves
It Takes 200 Hrs for Marty to Write A Whole Book
Rest Is Productive
24 Hr Plays and Being Too Tired to Sleep
Understanding Where Your Genre's Market Is At
Marty Outlines Her 2024 Writing Plans
Niche Troubles
Kate Can't Conceptualize Time Further Out Than A Month
Summary of the Strategy:
Continue Building Backlist
Apologize to the Buisness Majors, It Is Actually Hard Stuff
Do Math
Figure Out How Much Writing You Get Done Every Year
Different Kinds of Sales
This was an idea for an episode we had a while back. Think of it as a demonstration of soundboarding, something we end up mentioning really late in the show.
It's all in the title this episode, Marty and Kate talk about the myriad of different ways a character can grow, what growth can look like and how it can serve the plot, as well as a really long (still relevant) discussion about Pride & Prejudice.
The girls are both a little sick in this episode so the pacing is slower, but this week Kate tells Marty things she realized she did wrong with her most recent book release only after the fact. They both compare things that they're currently doing with their books and strategize how to work around those obstacles for next time.
This week Marty and Kate dissect the Second Chance Romance trope, since they realized they're both writing books with it at the same time.
We cover:
Why Are They Werewolves?
Giving Second Chances Another Try
Marty Verbally Wedgies Kate from 1000 Miles Away
Holding Suspense Throughout
Plotting A SCR is Extremely Weird
Getting Rid of the Mindset that All Chapters Need the Same Pacing
Differences Between First-Time and Second Chance Romance Beats
The Right Level of Emotionally Wounded
Required Reading: Gwen Hayes' Romancing the Beat
Mid-Pod Apology To Marty's Mom
Kate Rails Against the Best Friend Character
How Do It Right?
Adding a Plot After The Book is Written
Failing In Exactly the Same Direction
Write Faster, Think Less
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This episode is mainly about building your author business without giving in to hustle culture, but we also go off on a number of tangents, such as:
Marty Is Eating Her Library Books
If You Don't Enjoy Reading A Genre, Why Would You Write In It?
There Are No Bears in Michigan
The Lunar Cycle Brain Curse
Kate Describes Writing Process Very Similar to ADHD Symptoms
Your Manuscript's Honeymoon Stage
Backlists Over Marketing
FOMO Never Goes Away
Get Out of My House, Off My To-Do List
Kate Wants to See ChatGPT Cry
Automating The Banal
Ads Aren't the Only Answer
Craft Books and The Bubonic Plague
Coercing People Into Doing Your Taxes
What's The Marketing For OnlyF*ns Look Like
Don't Demonize Yourself for Wanting to Be Paid
You're the Child of Our Divorce, Listener
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This episode, Marty and Kate talk about:
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You can find Kate on Twitter @bykateprior, and Instagram @bykateprior, and Tiktok @bykateprior. Marty can be found on TikTok @martyveeauthor and Instagram @martyveeauthor and Twitter @martyveeauthor.
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