Getting started with gay romance fiction, collaboration, and keeping the creative passion burning.

Jeff Adams and Will Knauss are both writers of gay romance fiction, as well as the hosts of both the Big Gay Fiction Podcast (a podcast aimed at sharing their love for gay romance fiction) and the Big Gay Author Podcast (in which they document their journey to full-time writerdom, interviewing successful indies along the way).

Jeff and Will are a powerhouse couple in both business and life, residing in Northern California after more than twenty years of marriage.

In this episode we go deep into:

How Jeff and Adam got into the writing gameHow to keep the flame alive as a writerWhat Jeff and Will’s collaboration looked like when they released their co-written novelWhat were the pitfalls found in collaborating on a novel?How to manage expectations on a series when the next book has fallen by the waysideMarketing your books with content podcastsThe growth journey of a podcastHow to maintain your interest in your podcast after years of publishingJeff and Will’s shared experience in writing gay romance fictionThe best place to start when writing gay romance fictionThe truth behind the gay romance reader base and communityHow COVID has affected Jeff and Will’s writing process and scheduleHow to confidently write gay charactersWhy do Jeff and Will write

Jeff and Will answers questions from Patrons:

Jenn Mitchell: Even the smoothest of collaborations will occasionally have a difference of opinion so I'm curious how you deal with this. Does the fact that you're not just co-authors but a real life couple impact how you work out a writing related difference. Is it harder or easier since you know each other on a deeper level than most co-authors would.Sacha Black: What’s your husbands best and worse working trait?

Find out more about Jeff and Will:

Jeffandwill.com

Links from the show:

Joanna Penn’s “Business for Authors” https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MQTR9HA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7

Romancing the Beat: https://books2read.com/u/4XnNkg

Hockey Player’s Heart: https://books2read.com/u/4NL50G

Big Gay Fiction podcast: https://pod.link/1055183594

Big Gay Author podcast: https://pod.link/1473717205

https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com/superchargeyourscene/

Get your Great Writers Share merchandise!

https://www.danielwillcocks.com/merch/gws

GWS Press books:

Collaboration for Authors: https://books2read.com/u/3G2jLn

Special thanks to:

Intro vocals: Persephone Rose

Show theme: Karl Hughes

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