Frank’s Indie Insider: Konn Lavery
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I’m pleased to share that I was featured on Frank’s Indie Insider unveiling the business and craft of writing indie horror.
We cover the following questions:
Let’s talk about the process of writing…
- Plotter or Pantser?
- Linear writer or quilter?
- Do you type out first drafts or write longhand? Does that change with editing and revisions?
- Do you write every day? How much weight do you place on writing every day?
- When you sit down to write, do you set goals related to word count, page count, or time spent writing?
- What are your writing rituals now (e.g. time of day, setting), and how have they changed since you wrote your first book?
- What’s one writing rule you believe in? What’s one that you feel is made to be broken?
- Do you believe writers block is real? If so, what are some ways you’ve been able to overcome it in the past?
- Once you have a complete draft, what comes next in your process? How has that changed over time?
- What do you feel your strengths are as a writer? What areas do you want to develop further?
Indie publishing is as much about business as it is about creativity…
- Self-Pub, Traditional, or a combination of both?
- How many books have you published to date?
- Have you discovered any tools, platforms, or strategies that make the business side easier?
- How do you balance your creative work with marketing, publishing, and community-building?
- In the age of interest media and algorithmic relevance, what marketing strategies have you found to be most helpful in your business?
- What do you feel your strengths are as a business owner? What areas do you want to develop further?
- How did you define success for yourself as a writer when you first started, and how do you define it at this point in your journey?
- What’s one piece of advice you’d give to someone just starting their indie author journey?
About Konn Lavery
Konn Lavery is a Canadian author whose work has been recognized by Edmonton’s top five bestseller charts and by reviewers such as Readers’ Favorite, and Literary Titan.
