Episode #339: Anniversary Q&A Part 2
Grace and Alvina continue answering the questions that had been submitted for their seven-year anniversary, including questions about diverse publishing, book tours, shifting genres, and what is taken into account when acquiring a book, including sales track.
For the Fortune Cookie segment, they both share some happy snow memories. And, they end as always with what they're grateful for.
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How have you been?
Alvina did a school visit with Stephen! They celebrated by going to an AIRE spa! Before that, Alvina was at Kindling Words. Everyone’s travel plans were altering because of the big storm! It was Hazel’s vacation week so they worked on selling some Girl Scout Cookies. Grace found out that she can’t bring “Heated Rivalry” book to China.
Questions from our Listeners!
What do DEI discussions look like 1-year into the Trump Administration?
What is the best strategy an author can use to tackle a place/setting in their story that they don’t want to get too close to like a cemetery?
Do the economics of a book tour travel pay off in the book sales?
Publishers are pulling back from books that might be banned. What does the future look like for authors who are writing books that are targets of book banning?
When work masters your life, how you master down time?
How do you know when it’s time for an author to stretch into a new format or genre?
How much of things such as a creator’s past book sales, social media’s presence, accolades etc…are taken into account?
Happy Snow Memories
Grace and Alvina share their happiest snow memories!
Thank You
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