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Margaret Lashley on Creating Your Own Genre and Being True To Yourself
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Episode 208 / Want to write something a little bit different? How do you appeal to readers in one of the main genres, but also forge your own path?
Margaret Lashley joins us to share how she created a subgenre of wacky, humor-filled mysteries that appeal to cozy readers as well as women’s fiction readers.
- How Margaret’s background in advertising helps her write fiction
- Why Margaret only uses one social media site
- How she markets her genre-adjacent fiction
- Writing humor as well as crafting quirky, but relatable characters
- Why a backlist is important for longevity
Author website: https://www.margaretlashley.com https://www.facebook.com/valandpalspage
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/B06XKJ3YD8
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Manage episode 403526245 series 3441303
Episode 208 / Want to write something a little bit different? How do you appeal to readers in one of the main genres, but also forge your own path?
Margaret Lashley joins us to share how she created a subgenre of wacky, humor-filled mysteries that appeal to cozy readers as well as women’s fiction readers.
- How Margaret’s background in advertising helps her write fiction
- Why Margaret only uses one social media site
- How she markets her genre-adjacent fiction
- Writing humor as well as crafting quirky, but relatable characters
- Why a backlist is important for longevity
Author website: https://www.margaretlashley.com https://www.facebook.com/valandpalspage
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/B06XKJ3YD8
💜 🎙 Become a supporter of the podcast! We can’t wait to give you a shoutout in a future episode. https://wishidknownforwriters.com/support
Links:
Findaway Voices by Spotify current TOS: https://my.findawayvoices.com/terms-of-use#
Buzzcast’s episode about Spotify: https://buzzcast.buzzsprout.com/231452/14513452-spotify-s-new-podcast-strategy
Author’s Republic: https://www.authorsrepublic.com
Spoken Realms: https://spokenrealms.com
🚀 Jami’s Launch Plan https://www.jamialbright.com/authorservices
❤️ Jami’s books https://amzn.to/3wSraA5
🔎 Sara’s books https://www.sararosett.com/bibliography/
📚 Sara’s How to Write a Series book and audiobook: https://www.sararosett.com/how-to-write-a-series/
The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes https://bookshop.org/lists/recommenced-resources-for-writers-from-the-wish-i-d-known-then-podcast
Resources from the Author and Reader Community to Help Ukrainians https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E9QQhmcpa_dlxQY-GEqBiIbIZk-_J1MgQX_BxLI3F84/edit?usp=sharing
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