Jeff Adams ON: ACCESSIBILITY and the MENTAL GAME of Being an Author

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Jeff Adams has written stories since he was in middle school and became a published author in 2009 when his first short stories were published. He loves hockey and musicals, and you’ll usually find at least one of those elements in his stories. Along with his husband, Jeff co-hosts the “Big Gay Fiction Podcast,” a show for avid readers and passionate fans of gay romance fiction.

In this episode we go deep into:

Balancing passion, drive and a pandemic [01:58]
Relevance and value [3:30}
Big Gay Podcast community [6:10]
Queer content in the mainstream [6:43]
Big Gay Fiction Fest [7:26]
Managing big projects and learning as you go [11:28]
Marketing [13:28]
Collaboration [14-19]
Teaching to a wider audience and why it’s a good time for online [16:33]
Balancing Online & Live content [17:26]
The importance of systematization [20:05]
Website accessibility and how authors can be inclusive with theirs [23:01]
Creativity, the mental game and getting back on track [33:10]
The ‘real’ side of being an author [38:28]
Doing what works for you [41:53]
Embracing self-publishing [43:35]
Jeff’s ‘Why’ [45:29]

Find out more about Jeff Adams:

https://www.jeffandwill.com/jeff-adams-writes/

https://www.jeffandwill.com/biggayfictionpodcast/

Links from the show:

Top 3 Areas to Help You Create Accessible Content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bACXSraEelg

Color Contrast Checker: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

Pride Book Fest: https://www.youtube.com/c/PrideBookFest

Big Gay Fiction Fest: http://biggayfictionfest.com/

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https://www.danielwillcocks.com/

Special thanks to:

Show theme: Karl Hughes

Show editing: Sam Frost