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Shreya writes the most GORGEOUS, lush stories - don't miss the chance to get a giveaway copy of her debut novel!

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Thirteen fantastical stories of strong-willed women in worlds that don't work for them.

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Visions & Hauntings

Nice to see my collection in such excellent company. Happy reading, @runalongwomble.bsky.social!

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I don't disagree. But my original point was that the rewards for "successful" creators in these traditional spaces have declined greatly. For a mid-tier author they are very unlikely to be able to make a full time living from their writing, but there are mid-tier indie authors who are doing this.

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Superstore: Amy Sosa's 'All Bad' Opinion

Totally agree. The overwhelming majority of indie authors will not sell in high volumes (though I don't necessarily think that means they've "failed" - it depends what they're goals are. I'm only saying the OTHER route is also very difficult and becoming even less rewarding than it was.

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ALT: Superstore: Amy Sosa's 'All Bad' Opinion

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To put it another way - "getting lucky" is currently the ONLY viable career path for authors. Either by striking gold as an indie or navigating trad pub against terrible odds. It's just a question of which kind of luck.

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Sure? But it is also very very rare to become successful through traditional publishing. Neither of these things are normal.

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I mean, to be clear that would be my PREFERRED trajectory. I am an agented author with books on submission to trad publishers. But a high proportion of the current best seller lists are made of writers who got their start as indies.

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Hmmm... Matt Dinniman? SenLinYu? Colleen Hoover? Freida McFadden? All built their audiences first as indie and THEN took trad deals. Seems to be becoming much more common.

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Was great chatting with you at the banquet and congrats again on 1) Your nomination and 2) Your exceptionally cool crown.

Good point! Have been trying to think of a historical analogy and the best I can do is that artists are choosing to be wandering bards rather than performing at Court.

I suspect a higher proportion of creators across a lot of media will be indie from the start in future. The economics seem to work better that way in many cases, since bigger platforms hold on to an ever larger share of the value creators produce...

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Yeah she'll be fine. Even though I personally will probably give it a miss. "Thing I don't care about could succeed anyway shocker!"

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I imagine it's probably a pretty satisfying way to operate as a creator as well, since you have more of a relationship with the audience - but you would know! Is it? (I love Origin Stories, by the way.)

Visions & Hauntings: Tales of Women Wanting More

It will be! Currently very interested in indie creator models, having sold my first pre-release copies of my indie published story collection over the weekend. Felt quite... freeing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

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Well, unfortunately, reader wants seem to be accounted for retroactively and inaccurately. "Huh, turns out people DO want sexy monster books."

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Yes, but on the other hand she doesn't need to bring her whole Guardian audience with her to make the venture profitable - a smaller but highly engaged audience can return more revenue than a small share of a larger one because you have more control. So the business model COULD work.

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Hm. That seems rather foolish as my understanding is many readers gravitate to longer audiobooks because they like to feel they are getting more value for their Audible credits.

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👀 Wishing a rotten day to this this woman who is bringing shame to the "I'm trying to be a writer" community.

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Good morning all! I'm still buzzing from an exciting, exhausting, inspiring, informative and just hugely enjoyable weekend at #fantasycon in Glasgow. Here's my write up of 5 things that happened to me there... faerypolitic.substack.com/p/five-thing...

Five Things That Happened At Fantasy Con

This weekend, I was in Glasgow for Fantasy Con.

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Read @georgesandison.bsky.social ‘s short story Agency on the train home from Fantasy Con. A creepy tale which reveals the true fact that London Landlord are bloodthirsty eldritch monsters. Obviously. My biggest jump scare was the mention of Beulah Rd. which is 200 yards from my house.

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I was on the jury for this and we had the same question! Was confirmed as the Danny Robbins one.

That moment of shock and uncertainty (“wait, did he really just say…?”) is so real. Don’t beat yourself up for not reacting “correctly”, but let’s also not let this go unchallenged even if the challenge comes a bit late.

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Do we have video of this?! Because I really want to see it with my own eyes. I’m shook by it

Did anyone ask a challenging question about it? How was the reaction in the room? I was shocked when I heard about it afterwards

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What time do you leave? I’m around until the end so hopefully we can connect…

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Are you still around? I’m on the Importance of Reading panel at 2 if you want to come find me before or after that

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You guys, I don’t want to brag, but multiple actual strangers have bought my book here at Fantasy Con. #authorgoals

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Am hanging about near the con reception wearing a red floral shirt

Are you around this morning? Shall we try to find each other?

I’m in the Argyll room now and am pretty free for the next couple hours if you’re around for a chat?

Will be reading my Halloweeny Lake District faery market story shortly in the Hebrides room at #FantasyCon - hope to see you there?

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BTW, if you'd like a review copy of my collection let me know - I've got a small number of print copies pre-release for the Con. It has some horror stories in it but also some SF and fantasy so appreciate it may not be right in the site's sweet spot.

Glad to hear it! The only two times I've needed surgery it ended up being an emergency both times so I skipped right past the queue. Would not recommend an emergency gall bladder removal or retinal reattachment (just last month) in general - but the severity was excellent for speeding things along.

Argh sorry that they are messing you about with your surgery date, but glad you are able to make it for the all important barcon

On my way to Glasgow for #fanyasycon - will be doing an author reading today at 5 if anyone fancies a pre-dinner story hour!

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Me! I’ll be on the Fairy Tales and the Importance of Reading for Life panel. And reading from my own work today at 5 in the Hebrides. The room, not the region!