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Writing A Series, Finding Your Voice And Being A Hybrid Author With Zoe Sharp

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Channel: The Creative Penn · 2013 · Education

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Interview on writing and publishing options with Zoe Sharp, author of the bestselling and award nominated thriller series featuring Charlie Fox, ex Special Forces turned bodyguard, compared by many to Lee Child's Jack Reacher. Tips on writing a series, finding your voice as a writer, hybrid publishing and self-publishing.

Zoe Sharp is the author of the bestselling and award nominated thriller series featuring Charlie Fox, ex Special Forces turned bodyguard, and the new thriller, The Blood Whisperer. In the interview, we discuss:

    On finding the voice for the character of Charlie Fox. Read, read, read, write, write, write. Reading it aloud or getting someone else to read it aloud really helps. On writing first person vs third person and how Charlie's character came clearly in 1st POV

    Writing a series and keeping a summary while writing, which helps to look back on at a later point in the series. Zoe does outline but ends up changing them as she writes, whereas the summary is what actually happens in the book. There are 10 books in the series right now and Zoe talks about how she started with a couple of ideas but how it has just continued to grow.

    Zoe's research process and how talking to the right person can be critical in finding the most interesting information.

    Marketing decisions around the progression of the setting from the UK to US in order to appeal to different blood whisperermarkets. How non-US authors can make an impact Stateside by attending conventions and developing relationships

    On being a hybrid author and the pros and cons of traditional and self-publishing. Using short stories and novellas to bring in new readers.

    Why writing is still hard for Zoe and that's a good thing! On being a craftsman, not an artist.

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