Mark interviews Lindsay Buroker, a full-time independent fantasy and science fiction author who has written over a hundred novels, appeared on the USA Today bestseller list, and has been twice nominated for a Goodreads Readers' Choice Award.

Prior to the interview, Mark shares an extremely short personal update, and a word from this episode's sponsor.

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During their conversation Mark and Lindsay talk about:

Lindsay's first appearance on the Stark Reflections Podcast, back in December 2018
The last time they saw one another in person, back in Vegas at 20BooksVegas a few months prior to the global pandemic
Lindsay's start in self-publishing, which started just prior to Christmas in 2010
How she had been about to hit the publishing button for her first book when she received an offer back from an agent - and she decided to just go ahead and hit that "publish" button
Using Podiobooks to release the first three books in audio for free
Doing a Kickstarter to pay for the audiobook production back in 2012
What it was like self-publishing back in 2010 through 2013
Writing in different genres, the various experiences of doing that, and the surprising number of readers who willingly follow her on this journey
Listening to her fans, but actually responding more to sales than to requests from her readers
The writing, editing, proofreading, betareading, publishing process Lindsay loops through
Always being aware of the possibility that the sales and consistent income might not always be there
Launching books to her fans "direct" via Patreon prior to pushing them into KDP Select
How an introvert like Lindsay can deal with being in such high demand from the author community and the reader community
Pseudo-retiring the weekly schedule of The Six Figure Author Podcast and considering doing an episode once every quarter
Books that Lindsay would recommend new readers might want to start with
Advice Lindsay has for authors who prefer to "follow the muse"
And more...

After the interview Mark reflects on a few things about Lindsay's unique journey as well as how much he enjoyed returning to her books as a reader.

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Lindsay Buroker is a full-time independent fantasy and science fiction author who loves travel, hiking, tennis, and vizslas. She's written over a hundred novels, appeared on the USA Today bestseller list, and has been twice nominated for a Goodreads Readers' Choice Award.

The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0