I’m a fan of Lindsay Buroker’s books as well as of her SFF Marketing Podcast, and I really appreciate how she includes a thoughtful counter here to the common “write to market” advice. Like her, I’m not very mainstream, and the thought of uncritically aping the tropes of something that’s already selling well is abhorrent to me, but there is a middle path between that and writing something that nobody but you will like.
Originally shared by Steve Turnbull
SO, YOU WANT TO BE A SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR?
This is a round up of the current situation by the highly successful self-published author Lindsay Buroker.
I strongly recommend you read it all, carefully,
I’m a fan of Lindsay Buroker and of your work. Mainstream tropes bore me. I prefer to be surprised — and delighted if possible.
My work is not complete unless I’ve flipped at least one trope and ignored a couple of others.