About this episode

Leani Lopez interviews H.R. Gordon about the differences between traditional and indie publishing and the creative process involved in writing through trauma.

Host Leani is joined by author and publisher H.R. Gordon, who explains the difference between traditional and indie publishing as they discuss the transition from writer to publisher, putting creativity first, and writing through trauma. Links: I Got Nothing Instagram , H.R's Website , H.R's Instagram Music Credit: "Blippy Trance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Leani Lopez

Guest: H.R. Gordon

Topics covered

• publishing
• traditional publishing
• indie publishing
• creativity
• writing through trauma

Keywords

• publishing
• H.R. Gordon
• indie publishing
• traditional publishing
• writing
• creativity
• trauma

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: H.R's Website, H.R's Instagram, I Got Nothing Instagram

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