About this episode

Skye MacKinnon shares her insights on self-publishing and writing under multiple pen names in this episode of the KWL Podcast.

In this episode of the KWL Podcast, we were joined by Skye MacKinnon, best-selling author of over seventy romance novels. She also publishes children's books under the pen name Isla Wynter. She loves to help other indie authors succeed and had much great advice to share about self-publishing during our conversation! We spoke to Skye about her writing journey, how she started writing full-time, writing under multiple pen names, publishing wide, working with other authors, translating her books, and much more! Plus, listen to Skye's previous appearance on the KWL Podcast here . Learn more about Skye on her website .

Topics covered

• self-publishing
• writing journey
• indie authors
• publishing wide
• multiple pen names
• collaboration

Keywords

• self-publishing
• romance novels
• indie authors
• writing advice
• publishing wide

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