EP416: Alan Gorevan — “Write Something and Release It”

Alan Gorevan is an Irish thriller writer and winner of the Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair competition. Alan was preparing his debut novel for submission when the 2020 lockdown came along, and he thought his dream was over before it had even started. But then Alan decided he wasn’t going to sit around and wait for agents and publishers, and decided to self publish. Starting with some short stories, Alan’s 2020 led to an extraordinary run of publication and he takes us through it step by step, culminating with his novel The Kindness of Psychopaths.

And in the extended version for Academy members and podcast Patrons, the Two Marks discuss reading your book like a reader, the self-publishing learning curve, the importance of titles, and much more!

WE DISCUSS…

Revisiting old books and rewriting them
Meeting reader expectations and knowing if your book is ready for release
And how he released seven books in 2020 alone…

PODCAST

Love the show? Support the podcast today and get exclusive content, including our most recent Deep Dive on Forensics for writers… https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep413-deep-dive-forensics-with-dr-devin-finaughty-and-chandra-finaughty/

Or the Deep Dive with Ian W Sainsbury that we mention in this week’s episode… https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep386-deep-dive-editing-a-draft-with-ian-w-sainsbury/

This Week’s Links:

Discover more about Alan’s books here: https://www.alangorevan.com/
This week’s Academates Sandra A Hunter: https://sandraahunter.com/
Geoff White copywriting: https://geoffwritescopy.com/insights/

Permalinks…

THE BESTSELLER ACADEMY: bestsellerexperiment.com/academy
Sign up to the 200 Word A Day Challenge here: 200wordchallenge.com
Here’s the 200 Word A Day Word Bank: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/bxp2020–word–count/
Support the podcast and join our exclusive Facebook Group: bestsellerexperiment.com/support
Buy Back to Reality: http://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality/
Back to Reality is now available on Audible!
Sign up to Mr Stay’s newsletter for free books here: https://witchesofwoodville.com/#library
The Unofficial Bestseller Experiment Book Club… https://www.facebook.com/groups/252973655872910

BUY Back to Reality – the novel from the Podcast

Find out more at https://bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

Thanks for listening and joining us. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below.

SPREAD THE LOVE

If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.

SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW ON ITUNES

Please do subscribe on iTunes and leave an honest review for The Bestseller Experiment Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Don’t forget, when subscribing to the show on iTunes you will get automatic updates.