Terri Karsten is writing what she wants. Multiple genres, children’s books to historical mysteries for
adults, whatever piques her interest … and she is loving what she’s doing.
And isn’t that the important thing?
Timings
- 0:03 Opening
- 0:46 Finn McCool, a legend of Ireland for Middle Grades
- 2:10 Eclectic in writing and reading, writing in multiple genres
- 4:28 Hybrid publishing: indie for books, traditional for shorter works; the journey along the way
- 7:00 Marketing and agents, self-publishing and an award
- 12:39 Cover designs
- 14:01 Hiring an illustrator for picture books; exploring on Deviant Art for covers
- 16:30 Planning the cover designs for a series: for a Philadelphia tavern in the 1760s and for the world-spanning legends for older kids
- 18:42 Productivity for writing and projects and schedules
- 22:16 Living the writing dream; sparking creativity
- 24:30 Tools for writing (one of them isn’t grammar!); “We are human and not perfect.”
- 29:46 Hard part about writing
- 30:35 Not writing to market
- 32:36 Writing fantasy; mystery in fantasy (her Roscoe Gordon stories)
- 35:25 Terri’s advice for newbies and veterans seeking to improve
- 38:45 Closing
Terri’s website http://www.terrikarsten.com/
Her blog: https://bricabrac164.wordpress.com/
Her publishing company website https://wagonbridge-publishing.square.site/
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