#004: Martha Carr – Creating universes, trusting the process, and engaging your readers.

Martha Carr is the Amazon bestselling author and co-author of over 100 Urban Fantasy titles, all created in the last 2-3 years. She is the co-creator of the Oriceran universe, a universe containing collaborations with: Sarah Noffke, A.L. Knorr, as well as last week's guest of the show, Michael Anderle, to name a few, creating titles which have dominated the top of the Amazon charts.

Martha is also a regular speaker at many of the 20Booksto50k events across the world, a former New York journalist, a self-confessed geek, and spends her days dreaming of elves, witches, wizards and other magical worlds while hanging out with her two dogs, Lois Lane and Leela.

In this episode we go deep into:

How pets can help with your writing
How the Oriceran universe came to be
How Martha selects her collaborators
How to manage a story universe
How to correct course when mistakes are made
Being authentic and managing the relationship with your fans
The importance of author notes
Creative ways to engage your fans
Choosing Facebook groups instead of pages
The importance of seizing opportunities and saying ‘yes'
Knowing your limits
Why does Martha write?
Giving back to the community

Martha answers questions from Patrons:

Jon Cronshaw: If you were to start your writing career today, what would be the core things you would do to build up an audience and start selling books.
Jenn Mitchell: What suggestions do you have around reader engagement for new authors trying to build their reader base?
Jenn Mitchell: Do you have any advice for newer authors wanting to participate in anthologies – specifically: what to do and what not to do when approaching the gatekeeper in charge of the anthology.

Find out more about Martha Carr:

marthacarr.com

Links from the show:

Oriceran website

Martha Carr Fans Facebook group

The Maggie Parker series

The Career Author podcast

Special thanks to :

Intro vocals: Persephone Rose

Show theme: Karl Hughes

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Jenn Mitchell

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