Ep. 193: Carissa Broadbent talks The War of Lost Hearts, Hybrid Publishing, Marketing & More

About this episode

Adrian M. Gibson and Greta Kelly interview bestselling author Carissa Broadbent about her new novel and various aspects of publishing and marketing.

Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson & Greta Kelly as they chat with bestselling author Carissa Broadbent about her new novel Mother of Death & Dawn and The War of Lost Hearts series, building up broken characters, balancing big stakes with intimate moments, finding hope in dark times, differences between self-publishing and traditional publishing, truths about marketing and product visibility, the indie-to-trad pipeline, hybrid publishing and book rights, debates about the "romantasy" label and more. NOTE: This is part one of a two-part chat with Carissa. Stayed tuned next week for her writing masterclass on Writing Romantasy. 🍄 ⁠⁠⁠ PRE-ORDER THE BOOK OF SPORES ANTHOLOGY ⁠⁠⁠ 🍄 OUR SPONSOR: FLOUR & FORGE by Herman Steuernagel is The Hobbit meets The Wizard of Oz in a charming, feel-good fantasy adventure. Available now in all formats. Purchase it ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠ . SHOUTOUT TO THE 'SFF ADDICT' PATRONS: Thank you Ian Patterson, Emily Marie Wagner, Herman Steuernagel, David Hopkins, Luke F. Shepherd, Christopher R. DuBois, Luke A. Winch and GavinGuile for supporting us on Patreon at $10+. SUPPORT THE SHOW…

People in this episode

Hosts: Adrian M. Gibson, Greta Kelly

Guest: Carissa Broadbent

Topics covered

• hybrid publishing
• marketing
• self-publishing
• traditional publishing
• character development
• romantasy
• book rights

Keywords

• Carissa Broadbent
• The War of Lost Hearts
• Mother of Death & Dawn
• hybrid publishing
• marketing
• self-publishing
• romantasy
• character development

Sponsors

FLOUR & FORGE

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mother of Death & Dawn, The War of Lost Hearts

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