5 Takeaways from Interviewing Author Erik Buchanan

Erik’s new book is quite a page turner. I’ll be writing a review when I finish it…. which should be in a week or so.

If you follow this blog at all, you know that I also host a little podcast called Writing Is Hard Work. This week’s podcast is one you should probably listen to if you haven’t been listening.

I had the privilege to interview Erik Buchanan this week. You can find the show in question by clicking , but Erik turned out to be a fount of very valuable information.

Erik has written a wonderful out-of-the-box fantasy novel entitled , is an actor, a fight choreographer, a ghost writer and a very good writer. I’m a couple chapters into Trials and I love it. He has created a female heroine who is not in any way cliche or trite, and a fantasy world that is gritty and realistic. I will be reviewing it when I finish reading it, which won’t be long because it is indeed a page turner.

Erik has been traditionally published, but has chosen to self-publish for reasons he lays out in the podcast, but I wanted to share five things I learned from Erik that might help you. There are many more bits of wonderful advice in the podcast, so please give it a listen. You won’t be sorry you did.

1. Mailing Lists — If you jump over to , you’ll find a handy sign-up form that offers something really cool: a free book! If you sign up on his mailing list, you’ll receive periodic emails with his newsletter where he will…