#042: Garrett Robinson – Serializing fantasy, making it through the hard times, and changing the world with fiction.

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English - July 02, 2020 23:01 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Previous Episode: #041: Daniel Willcocks – “Collaboration for Authors."

Next Episode: #043: Gemma Amor – Funding horror through Kickstarter, keeping things simple, and the joy of creation.

Garrett Robinson is the author of #1 bestselling Amazon fantasy series, “The Nightblade Epic”, a heroic fantasy saga with tens of thousands of avid readers. The epic is set in the land of Underrealm, alongside a second bestselling series, “The Academy Journals.” His imprint, Legacy Books, has published over 2 dozen fantasy titles, showcasing fresh writing talent in the genre. Garrett is also a filmmaker, and successful YouTube talent, with brand new vlogs hitting his channel every Friday.

In this episode we go deep into:

Garrett’s advice for anyone who hasn’t watched Hamilton yet
Garrett’s experience working in filmmaking, screenwriting, and directing, and how that segued into his writing career
The origins of his hit series “Underrealm"
Letting your story grow in your mind until you’re professionally ready to write it
Allowing yourself time to develop as an artist
The experience of writing and releasing serial fiction, and how that has changed over the years
How to come out of bouts of non-writing
Leveraging Patreon to create a sustainable career
Talking yourself through the tough stuff and coming out on the other side
Controlling your use of social media to avoid distraction and procrastination
The realities of living as a full-time creative
How global disruption affects your personal state
Putting yourself first before you reach out and start helping others
Generating real social change with your fiction
How to approach serialization as a writer
Keeping an eye on the long-term when creating your marketing strategies

Garrett answers questions from Patrons:

Yanni Jade: "You're currently releasing your novel in episodes like with the previous books, what are the pros and cons to publishing this way?"
H.B. Lyne: Do you have any tips for balancing writing with YouTubing. How does he fit it all in?
Jenn Mitchell: Do you approach the story telling process the same way when writing and making a film? Are there differences between the two for you?

Find out more about Garrett:

https://underrealm.net/

Links from the show:

Garrett’s Episode on “The Story Studio” https://open.spotify.com/episode/67ODq5qyQCZaS7jeUb3DvX?si=hrmrE3FKTUKy_Ej1SR2ciA

A Cloak of Red, Brenna Gawain: https://www.amazon.com/Cloak-Red-Underrealm-Tenth-Kingdom-ebook/dp/B083RLS7DK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+cloak+of+red&qid=1593612588&sr=8-1

Garrett’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/garrettbrobinson

Special thanks to:

Intro vocals: Persephone Rose

Show theme: Karl Hughes

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Thank you to my patrons:

David Hines