I had the good fortune of speaking with Jeff Borschowa on the Clientology podcast. We talk about feeding horses, not maxing out every day, being patient with yourself during the writing process, and (obviously), why publishing a book is a great way to get clients!

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What do you do when you can’t find anything you want to read? You write it yourself. After plumbing the depths of Amazon for erotic romance featuring queer POC and coming up empty, Katrina Jackson took matters into her own hands and started writing her own. Seventeen books later, we chatted with her about why word-of-mouth is still the best marketing tool—even for self-published authors!—why publishing her work on platforms besides Amazon allows her to reach a much wider international market, and why cats (!) have been crucial to her books. We also discuss the revelation that Amazon may not be the actual devil, inasmuch as it allows work by historically overlooked and marginalized groups to find an audience, something that traditional publishing has emphatically not been able to do, and the importance of self-reflection when it comes to building your personal library.

I have no one second guessing whether this is marketable because *I* don’t second guess whether a thing is marketable.

Guest Bio

Katrina is a college professor by day who writes romances by weekend when her cats allow. She writes high heat, diverse and mostly queer erotic romances and erotica. She also likes sleep, salt-and-pepper beards, and sunshine.

Relevant Links

Katrina wants to remind you to check your voter registration and vote!
Donate to a bail fund (we pick PDX for obvious reasons).
And support the USPS (um, you can buy a mail carrier Halloween costume for your dog??)
You can find her on Twitter @katrinajax and Instagram @katjacksonbooks

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It all started, as it does for many book people, during childhood trips to the library. Since then, Corinne Kalasky’s publishing career has taken her all over the United States. She went from a “state school” in Seattle to working in New York amongst the East Coast Ivy League kids. She hob-nobbed her way into Harper, and then changed it up with a move to Nashville.  And after a stint in the Bay Area, she’s back in Portland, OR working as marketing coordinator with Beyond Words Publishing.

And she’s one of the only people I know who can actually pull off blunt bangs. (Please don’t go through my old Facebook photos for the love of God.)

In addition to being a coworker, Corinne is now also on board as Co-Host for the Hybrid Pub Scout podcast. Click play below to listen to us laughing into our microphones. I promise the compression will keep it from hurting your ears.

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