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CLICHES OF THE  GENRE, FANTASY IGNORES LGBTQ, BUSINESS ADVICE FOR WRITERS, WHY YOU MUST OWN  YOUR ISBNs Christian A. Brown is an epic fantasy author and indie publisher who’s earned the praise of Kirkus Reviews, Clarion Reviews, The Huffington Post, and a former supervising producer of  The Oprah Winfrey Show. LISTEN/DOWNLOAD The former fitness trainer is also an active blogger on numerous topics, including gender and sexuality, and on his mother’s experience of cancer. Christian Brown spoke with me by Skype on December 30, 2015 via Skype. We discussed: How he distinguishes between cruelty and clarity in an editor The clichés of high fantasy, including sexism, and what he calls “the need for male wenches” How fantasy fiction ignores LGBTQ issues, how his own writing employs psychological realism, and why he needs to surprise himself The business of writing and indie publishing, handling ret...

WHY AND HOW TO START A MAILING LIST, CREATE AN AUTHOR CENTRAL PAGE, THE SWEET SPOT FOR EBOOK PRICING, WHEN AND WHY TO OFFER DISCOUNTS, AND WHY BUNDLING WITH OTHER AUTHORS FOR 99 CENTS CAN EARN YOU THOUSANDS Last fall I was one of the guests of honour at Pure Spec, one of E-Town’s most important conventions, and because I was giving a talk, I missed a session that people were raving about. They said that an indie author who’d had major sales was handing out her success secrets for free! Being an indie author myself and also very, very cheap, I immediately cursed myself for having missed such an excellent chance, and then remembered, Dude, you’ve got a podcast! You can ask anybody for anything! So I asked Krista D. Ball to tell me and thus you how she went from a low-selling epic fantasy series to being able to pay her mortgage from book sales. LISTEN/DOWNLOAD Krista Ball is not only a charming and delightful interviewee, she’s also the author of 13 novels and n...