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Welcome to another edition of the Self-Publishing Roundtable! The weekly interview show that brings you the biggest names in indie publishing, to help you sell more books.
This week we are interviewing bestselling romantic suspense author Kaylea Cross.
This show will air live at 6 PM PST/9 PM EST.
A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Kaylea Cross writes edge-of-your-seat military romantic suspense. A hybrid author, Kaylea started her writing career with some of the larger epubs: Wild Rose Press and Carina. During the summer of 2013, she began self-publishing a series of romantic suspense novels titled Titanium Security. The first book in the series, Ignited, was released in June and quickly rose to the top of the romantic suspense bestsellers list. Four subsequent novels in the series followed in the first book’s footsteps.
In the past six months she’s begun self-publishing a second romantic suspense series.
I wanted to bring Kaylea onto the show to talk about how she transitioned from an epublisher to self-publishing before she warps into the millionaires club and becomes so famous we have to approach her through a publicity agent. 🙂
You can find out more about Kaylea as well as her sexy alter ego, Callie Croix here.
Who is in the house tonight?
Never fear, BatmanErica is here 😀
I’m not late! Thought ya’ll went early. Phew
hi
Let there be show.
Technical Google Related Issues. Normal programming will resume shortly.
In the mean time… who wants to watch me sing songs from Disney’s Frozen?
Carl Sinclair sure
Carl Sinclair yes!
Starting in seconds.
Carl Sinclair How about the Little Mermaid instead?
nicholaskahler Carl Sinclair Yes. The Average-Size Merman would have been a better story
We’re live!
Evening.
Ronny Khuri nicholaskahler Carl Sinclair Ethel Merman?
Darren Wearmouth Good early morning to you.
Hello Darren
What’s up kidz? You are all awesome.
writerwade jlward Changed timezone here last Sunday, 02:14am!
RemarkableReadsHey Kevin, did you see that Lyndsay Buroker mentioned your episode on her blog? http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-wake-up-call-for-tracy-hickman.html
RemarkableReads Kevin!
Question:
You mentioned using a PR team for self-pubbing. What did they do for you?/Were they worth it?/What are the costs?
Oh, snap, Dave!
I’m here
JayChastain Chastain….
Carl Sinclair RemarkableReads carl, did you take down a douche today?
http://litconnect.com/
JayChastain Dude, you’re too dark to see.
I’m here but I seem to be ten minutes behind the podcast lol
beautiful website
Demelza Carlton Hey hey Demelza!
From the site: At this time, we are only servicing for the romance genre of traditionally published authors and publishers for our virtual tours, appearances, and Twitter parties. Facebook Events are open to all fiction genres.
RemarkableReads JayChastainMore like… Too Dark To Pee!.. AMIRIGHT!?
RemarkableReads JayChastain…..
Ronny Khuri Not as beautiful as this one though, right Ronny? 🙂
JayChastain RemarkableReads i do not recommend peeing in the dark. just saying.
Carl Sinclair Ronny Khuri Yeah!!!!!
Though I’m not too impressed with this comments section. Not very efficient use of space! (says the guy who posted the huge picture)
Ronny Khuri Carl Sinclair We like it because it’s in real time and also lets me have a lot more control over what is posted. You can collapse comment threads too.
Ronny Khuri There is also a lot of power in sharing the comments and doing other things with them.
Carl Sinclair Ronny Khuri The functionality is beautiful, no doubt.
Carl Sinclair Hi mate – LOL, I have to watch the video on my phone as it’s faster than the ADSL.
Demelza Carlton Carl Sinclair Perth represent.
Anyone have any questions for Kaylea?
Come on. Speak up.
Did Kaylea have a reversion clause with the publisher? If so, would she be kind enough to elaborate on that.
Wait. Why was Dave invited? I thought he was going to become a Dancing Cartoonist???
This is an epic Canadian accent.
RemarkableReads Yeah. Way better than Guindon and Granville’s.
I love Canadians! Except when they are playing the US in hockey.
If Amazon is 98%, would Kaylea consider putting books in Select to get the borrows. Or does she think it’s important to be in all available stores?
Carl Sinclair RemarkableReads Why does everyone say we have accents in Canada? What’s that all aboot? We don’t have an accent.
Kaylea is so nice I can’t bring myself to say idiotic things
JayChastain She even says aboot in a nice way.
Carl Sinclair JayChastainSomething I didn’t think possible
JayChastain Carl Sinclair Well met.
Anymore questions?
My husband turns the internet off between midnight and 4pm, monday to friday.
BatmanErica Heathen!
BatmanErica If they would hurry up, I would take nanobot tech to be connection 24/7 right now. Including cybernetic implants. I want in the internets, right now.
Carl Sinclair sometimes the internet is boring, but I just can’t stop looking at it.
BatmanErica Carl Sinclair It’s never boring. EVER! That’s a horrible lie.
Horror authors are dicks 🙂
JayChastain No they’re not! Some aren’t anatomically equipped to be called that!
Demelza Carlton JayChastainHAHA Fair enough 😉
Demelza Carlton JayChastain Male authors are dicks.
Carl Sinclair Demelza CarltonJayChastainBig flopping dicks
JayChastain Carl Sinclair Demelza Carlton The only help I give other authors is how to be better at Hearthstone.
Carl Sinclair JayChastainDemelza Carltonyou’re advice is so Australian anyway…
Carl Sinclair JayChastainDemelza Carlton not what I heard…and I don’t know what Hearthstone is.
Demelza Carlton Carl Sinclair JayChastain Don’t ruin my public persona of being an asshole Demelza. Hearthstone is the most important thing for EVERY author to be involved with. Such a great use of your time.
I go through periods of epic reading. Sometimes I’ll go weeks, months without reading a book. Other times I’ll read like 7 books in a week. I think my earnings go straight to paying for ebooks for me to read 😛
Carl Sinclair Demelza CarltonJayChastain Thanks Carl…NO, it absolutely isn’t. I think Hearthstone (I can google! Yay!) is the biggest danger to my husband’s PC…
I’d happily support the hawk if it tried to peck Dave’s eyes out.
Darren Wearmouth it’s an osprey
Darren Wearmouth Me too
Demelza Carlton Carl Sinclair JayChastain He needs it. Now.
Have read some very detailed romantic suspense books. A lot of research goes into these 🙂
BatmanErica I just put Unicorns in mine.
BatmanErica Darren Wearmouth One of these things?
Carl Sinclair Demelza Carlton JayChastain Eating intestines is not scary or edgy, it’s boring and shite.
Demelza Carlton BatmanErica Darren Wearmouth If Dave seen’s that he is going to start crying. He was… molested by it this last episode… so sad…
Demelza Carlton BatmanErica Darren Wearmouth A good looking bird.
comments keep stopping and I have to reload the page
RolandDenzel Working okay for me.
Carl Sinclair RolandDenzel I wrote that 20 minutes ago
Darren Wearmouth Carl Sinclair Demelza Carlton JayChastain He reached down among the rotting pile of intestines as three zombies came for him. He found an AK47 and shot all three in the head, with perfect shots.
Carl Sinclair Demelza CarltonBatmanEricaDarren Wearmouth Oh my…this guy was watching my daughter at the beach. We just thought he was a big, fat seagull until I got close enough to photograph him. Maybe he only likes women and children.
Carl Sinclair Darren Wearmouth Demelza Carlton JayChastain OMFG he thought as he ran through a group of shambling wrecks. He thrust his sabre across their heads, opening them up like boiled eggs. Brains dribbled out and it was dead disgusting and that, fucking horrible.
Afterparty?
RemarkableReads I’ll get dressed, then
RemarkableReads I can do half an hour.
Darren Wearmouth RemarkableReads Can you bring some more info about intestines.
Add me please 🙂
Carl Sinclair Darren Wearmouth RemarkableReads Of course.
BatmanErica me, too
RemarkableReads I WANT IN GUYS
…what’s an afterparty and do Aussies get invitations?
Demelza Carlton You’re invited. you need a mic though. You should have gotten it on G+ or Gmail.
Carl Sinclair Demelza Carlton Thank you – I found my mic. Apologies for having to leave early and very suddenly.
Sorry for the delay on the audio. I had a bunch of internet problems the past two days. It is available now.