A fantasy writing advice show, jointly hosted by Jed Herne, Dyrk Ashton, Rob J. Hayes, and Michael R. Fletcher.
Curated by: Jed Herne (128 videos)
For more Kickstarter inspiration, check out Jed's interview with Aaron A. Reed, who ran a $500k Kickstarter book campaign: https://youtu.be/UerRC8E_qA4 We’re joined by Michael J. Sullivan and his wife and business manager Robin Sullivan to discuss how to run effective Kickstarter campaigns. They’re masters at this - Brandon Sanderson even paid credit to them when running his own massive multimillion-dollar Kickstarter campaign, describing them as pioneers of this new publishing approach. Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 3:11 - Michel and Robin as a writing/business duo 7:42 - The current Kickstarter ecosystem 11:32 - Laying the Kickstarter 'foundation' for Brandon Sanderson 14:52 - What are many Kickstarter projects missing? 22:55 - Kickstarter's reservoir of potential readers/backers 24:37 - Why did Michael and Robin get into Kickstarter? 31:21 - Scaling a Kickstarter and selling direct to readers 38:12 - Kickstarters as indie 'book advances' and risk/rewards 42:36 - Fulfillment companies/Outro PATREON: Support Wizards, Warriors, & Words on Patreon for bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/wizardswarriorswords EMAIL US YOUR QUESTIONS: wizardswarriorswords@gmail.com OUR WEBSITE: https://wizardswarriorswords.com/ FOR MORE ABOUT OUR HOSTS & OUR BOOKS: Jed Herne: https://jedherne.com/ Dyrk Ashton: https://www.paternusbooks.com/ Michael R. Fletcher: http://michaelrfletcher.com/ Rob J. Hayes: https://www.robjhayes.co.uk/ This episode was produced and edited by Adrian M. Gibson. https://amgibson.com/ Thanks to all of our patrons for funding the show, and an extra-special shoutout to our Legendary Wizard patrons, Taylon and Daniel! #kickstarter #michaeljsullivan #brandonsanderson #crowdfunding #podcast #podcasting #podcasts #sciencefiction #scifi #fantasy #writing #writingadvice #writingcommunity #writers #author #authortube #panel #books #literature #reading #read #advice