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If you’re a longtime listener of Self-Publishing Roundtable or you’re a part of the Sci-Fi & Fantasy indie writing community then the name Lindsay Buroker will be familiar to you. Lindsay published her first fantasy novel back in 2011 and never looked back! Up until the past couple of years her writing genre of choice has been predominately Fantasy–with romantic elements.
In October 2014 Lindsay dipped her toe into science fiction romance under the pen name Ruby Lionsdrake before returning to her name to publish an eight novel science fiction series. So far she has an impressive 10 series under her belt but what is even more interesting is that each time she launches something new her audience expands in leaps and bounds. So, of course we wanted her (back) on the show to pick her brain about her latest series: Fallen Empire.
About our Guest
Lindsay Buroker is a full-time independent fantasy author who loves travel, hiking, tennis, and vizslas. She grew up in the Seattle area but moved to Arizona when she realized she was solar-powered.
Lindsay is the host of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast and was a former host here at the Self-Publishing Roundtable.
Questions and Topics Discussed:
- Please tell the audience a little about yourself and your fantasy and sci fi series.
- Why the move to science fiction? Was this a move to market?
- What was your launch strategy for your Star Nomad, your first book in the Fallen Empire series?
- Why did you decide to put them into Kindle Select?
- Why is the first in the Fallen Empire series $0.99 as opposed to permafree?
- What made you decide on a $3.99 price point for your novels?
- What are your review strategies for getting over 100 reviews per book?
- How do you use your mailing list?
- any interesting trope violations or things done differently from the current crop of space opera?
- You’ve said your first drafts for Fallen Empire can take approximately two weeks to write. What is your writing schedule like?
- Inquiring minds want to know: Plot or Pants (or totally Pantless)?
- What are the essential elements in building an effective launch if you are starting out?
- Why 8 books for this series?
- Do those change as you have a larger email list and larger platform?
- Do you still have the karaoke blackmail footage from the Smarter Artist Summit?
- For most of this year you’ve published only Fallen Empire books. Do you usually focus on one series at a time or have you ever mixed it up?
- You have your own podcast… what was the best tip or technique you have copied from another author?
- What inspired you to write the Fallen Empire series?
- How do you world build?
If you have a second, an iTunes review would be VERY appreciated!
How many hours a day do you spend writing? Do you have a definite plan in before you begin or it it more seat-of-your pants? And how much of what you’ve written do you end up deleting?
Ohai. It’ll be Chrishan, Robert and myself hosting tonight 🙂
Hello
tspaulauthor ohai
Smoke em if you got em.
Please stand by.
We are go for launch.
refresh. we are on!
Please post your questions for Lindsay here.
Hi LIndsay!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRq8u4S1Dk
YAY, LINDSEY! I love it when she visits!
CateMorgan it’s been awhile 🙂
Or, in Lindsey’s case, unsuspecting chickens!
CateMorgan the first book of hers that I read was because she mentioned a chicken and I had to read it
Kill em kill em, all
BatmanErica Ah, the perils and pitfalls of genre hopping! (Which, of course, didn’t stop me in the least. Dead chickens notwithstanding–let ’em fry!)
Lindsay, do yu segment your mailing list? If so, how do you break it apart?
WayneStinnett Hey Wayne!! ::hugs Wayne::
tspaulauthor NO! No killie!
WayneStinnett Now, see, I would used a sledgehammer. But that’s just me.
tspaulauthor ::hugs to make you feel better!::
I have a question – Lindsay mentioned that the series isn’t written to market – any interesting trope violations or things done differently from the current crop of space opera?
ChrishaunKellerHanna tspaulauthor Pneumonia just sucks
ChrishaunKellerHanna WayneStinnett Hey Chrishaun!
CateMorgan WayneStinnett Hey Cate!! Miss you! ::hugs::
Hi all.
ChrishaunKellerHanna WayneStinnett You too! I’ve got too many books I gotta release the rest of this year so I can afford to go to Austin. So soon you’ll have WAY TOO MUCH of me. 🙂
CateMorgan ChrishaunKellerHanna WayneStinnett there’s no such thing!
ChrishaunKellerHanna WayneStinnett You say that now…
boneless chicken ranchesRChazzChute BatmanErica
The cyborg should look in the junk yard 🙂
*gasp* IT MUST BE MINE!
CateMorgan FLACO!
Inquiring minds want to know: Plot or Pants (or totally Pantless)?
CateMorgan ooh
Or there are those of us who discover the Kingkiller Chronicles and now have a cramp in our foot from tapping it for so long… after our watches have given up the ghost.
(Oo! New steampunk series idea! The Watchkiller Chronicles!)
So that cyborg must be GREAT with his hands
ChristopherHawkins and his lips 😛
BatmanErica ChristopherHawkins No joke, that cyborg is legit selling the series for me.
*prayer circle for Tyrion*
night lindsay. Get better!
Night everyone
pastafarianism
G’nite, y’all.
No after party.
tspaulauthor A frog, no a toad, no a frog!
WayneStinnett Hey, Wayne!
David Anson Hey, David!
David Anson Thanks!
tspaulauthor Is that my new religion? How much does it cost me? 😉
More books = best advertising is one of my key takeaways. Good to hear it again. Good interview!