💬 I've been writing serial fiction for 10 years. Ask me anything!
10 years of weekly chapters is a lot of words...
I published the first chapter of my debut serial in 2015. Almost four novels and 520 weeks / chapters later, I’m still going. I’ve learned a lot along the way, and this annual Q&A1 is a chance for you to rummage about inside my brain.
If you’re writing your own serial fiction or are thinking about giving it a go, sling me your questions down in the comments. I’ve likely made all the mistakes one can make with serial fiction, so maybe I can help you avoid them!
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I’ve decided to make this a recurring tradition. There’s always more questions, right?
Congratulations on your success as a fiction writer. I was accepted into the International Poetry Hall of Fame in 1997. Out of a 12 book poetry series, I was able to publish my 1st poetry book on July 26th, 2013. Then years later in 2019, I was able to get my 1st Horror Novel published on October 17th, 2019, then my second horror novel was published on April 30th, 2021, by my publishing company Book Baby Publishing Company -Bookbaby.com. I'm still working on my horror novel series.
How would you recommend going about finding readers for someone who wants to write & publish strictly fiction on Substack? I know you mostly focus on the fiction but with a healthy dose of writing advice & nonfiction in between so I was wondering if/how you'd change your strategy if you were doing just fiction.