Margaret Lashley on Creating Your Own Genre and Being True To Yourself

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English - February 28, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MB
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Episode 208 / Want to write something a little bit different? How do you appeal to readers in one of the main genres, but also forge your own path?

Margaret Lashley joins us to share how she created a subgenre of wacky, humor-filled mysteries that appeal to cozy readers as well as women’s fiction readers.

How Margaret’s background in advertising helps her write fictionWhy Margaret only uses one social media siteHow she markets her genre-adjacent fictionWriting humor as well as crafting quirky, but relatable charactersWhy a backlist is important for longevity

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