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Ditch Diggers #60: Novellas and Publishing with Margaret Killjoy

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  • Mur and Matt come to you live from Morgan Freeman’s conversion van with special guest co-host, author/publisher/designer Margaret Killjoy!
  • Conversion vans are NOT Transformers.
  • Margaret talks about her Danielle Cain series from Tor.com Publishing, including the second and newly released THE BARROW WILL SEND WHAT IT MAY.
  • The Ditch Diggers and Margaret talk about the resurgence of the novella in mainstream publishing, educating reader consumers about the model, particularly novella series, the pitfalls, difficulties, and potential.
  • The difficulties of writing utopian fiction in a modern context.
  • Margaret talks about Combustion, her own publishing imprint, its origins and the realities of running a small press publisher.
  • Margaret gives advice to those interested in starting their own publishing imprint (beyond the obvious piece of advice, which is, “Don’t.”).
  • How our perception of the people and works we took advice from when we were younger can change, and even sour, over time.
  • Twitter Q&A! Questions about Patreon, transitioning from shopping your first manuscript to becoming a published author.

THE BARROW WILL SEND WHAT IT MAY: http://a.co/jg434vE
Margaret’s chock-full-o-essays blog: http://birdsbeforethestorm.net/
Margaret’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoy
The Age of Men is Over by Feminazgul: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Men-Over-Feminazgul/dp/B07B52VK9Y

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