#034: Nick Cole – Innovating rapid release, guarding your brand, and giving readers what they want.

Nick Cole is a former soldier and working actor living in Southern California. When he is not auditioning for commercials, going out for sitcoms or being shot, kicked, stabbed or beaten by the students of various film schools for their projects, he can be found writing books.

Nick’s Book The Old Man and the Wasteland was an Amazon Bestseller and #1 in Science Fiction. In 2016 Nick’s book CTRL ALT Revolt won the Dragon Award for Best Apocalyptic novel.

The Galaxy’s Edge series is his new bestselling series and an Audible smash hit.

In this episode we go deep into:

Nick’s love for Stephen King and, specifically, the genius of The Dark Tower
Being financially successful or critically acclaimed
The demanding rapid release market
Maintaining quality while rapid releasing
Serving the readers with what they want
Nick’s publication process
Utilizing your fans to help with your process
The power of stacking books
Learning the power of restraint to maximize marketing impact
What metrics kicked off the journey into building a collaborative universe
Taking what you love and putting your own spin on it
It’s better to do nothing than hurt the brand
Investing money in the right things
Dividing responsibilities across collaborators
Handling the growth as you ‘Ride the Tiger'
Prioritizing and enjoying writing above all else
Nick’s writing daily writing
Growing your writing muscle by building the writing habit
Creating opportunities to star in your own intellectual properties
Why Nick Cole writes

Find out more about Nick:

https://nickcolebooks.com/

https://galaxysedge.us/

Links from the show:

Sacha Black ’10 Lessons from one year of full-time writing’ https://sachablack.co.uk/2020/05/02/028-10-lessons-from-one-year-of-writing-full-time/

Stephen King’s, “The Dark Tower” https://books2read.com/u/m2VWX6

Nick Cole’s “Wyrd” Series https://books2read.com/u/b55VOw

Nick Cole and Jason Anspach "Galaxy’s Edge” https://books2read.com/u/3LD1rN

Chris Fox’s "Six Figure Author” https://books2read.com/u/4Az8gA

Special thanks to:

Intro vocals: Persephone Rose

Show theme: Karl Hughes

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