Ep 65: Traditional Publishing is Harder than Hollywood?! Top 3 Publishing Myths Busted with Author Mara Williams
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Ep 65: Traditional Publishing is Harder than Hollywood?! Top 3 Publishing Myths Busted with Author Mara Williams
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If you need one reason to watch this interview on video: Mara’s disobedient dog.
I didn’t think The Sophia Chang Show could get any more honest, but this week with author Mara Williams we crank the No BS to high gear—busting three of the biggest myths about traditional publishing.
Mara writes contemporary fiction about strong, messy women, and together we trace our own winding journeys from dance floors to life getting in the way to finally finding our voices—and how age became our secret weapon.
My favorite myth we smash? That finishing your first book is the hardest part. Nope. That’s just the prologue.
Mara on reclaiming identity: “Sometimes when you get to a certain age, as a woman especially, you have to get back to yourself. You have to let all the constraints of society and everything everybody's told you about what you should be doing fall away and figure out who you've always been and find your way back to that.”
Me on the sobering reality of trad publishing: “I went through Hollywood and I had an easier time making money there than I do in traditional publishing.”
Buy Mara's Books:
Debut: The Truth is in the Detours
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Pre-order: The Epicenter of Forever
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Where to Find Mara:
- Website
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Timestamps:
00:00 Mara's Dog Steals the Show
00:07 Intro
01:54 Practicality gets in the way
04:32 Overcoming Perfectionism and Fear
06:25 Hollywood is easier than trad publishing
07:15 Myth #1: My First, I Mean Sixth Book
10:10 Finishing the book is just the prologue
14:50 When I Went Blind I Thought My Dream Was Over
17:26 Keeping Your Sense of Self
21:48 Myth #2: I'm rich!
27:06 Myth #3: Trad v. Indie Marketing
29:29 Will TikTok get me published?
32:24 I thank Leigh Bardugo every day
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