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How Authors Can Empower Themselves As Creative Entrepreneurs With Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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Channel: The Creative Penn · 2017 · Education

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USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. Under that name, she publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy (including the Fey series, the Retrieval Artist series and the Diving series), award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance.

Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov’s Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award.

Her latest nonfiction book is, "Closing the Deal...on your Terms: Agents, Contracts and Other Considerations - which is a must read if you're serious about your writing career.

Kris's early beginnings as a writer, and her start in radio and journalism
Why writing fiction is more tiring than writing non-fiction
Kris's thoughts about pen names
Dealing with self-doubt
Why one book isn't really just one book
On co-writing and the legal and copyright issues related to that
Thinking of an indie author career in terms of decades not years

You can find Kris at www.KrisWrites.com or WMGPublishing, or on Twitter @KristineRusch

How Authors Can Empower Themselves As Creative Entrepreneurs With Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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