Ep477 — Michael R Miller — “A Sprinkle of My Experience”

Hailing from Scotland’s wet and wild west coast, Michael writes sweeping and epic fantasy and since 2018 has sold over 330,000 books topping Amazon and Audible charts along the way. He’s also worked for Bloomsbury publishing, and is the co-founder of digital publisher Portal Books. He’s written The Dragon’s Blade trilogy and now returns with Defiant, the third book in the ongoing Songs of Chaos series. Michael tells us how he’s found success in epic fantasy and epic audiobooks, and how he’s taken the challenges in his own life and used them to add a personal touch to his writing and fantasy worldbuilding.

And in the extended version for Academy members and podcast Patrons, the Two Marks discuss producing your own audiobook, the differences between the markets in the USA and the UK, and whether you should write a trilogy, series or standalone, and much more!

WE DISCUSS…

What Michael has learned from being a publisher
How his writing ended up in an exam anthology next to Jane Austen
And how his new series got its own Dungeons and Dragons campaign…

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This Week’s Links:

Discover more about Michael here: https://www.michaelrmiller.co.uk/aboutmichael
Michael’s Deep Dive: https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep170-teaser-deep-dive-start-your-own-publisher-with-michael-r-miller/
Songs of Chaos DND: https://www.michaelrmiller.co.uk/dndthegame
Mr Stay’s busy diary of events: https://markstaywrites.com/diary-and-appearances/
Our episodes with Kim Bretton on audiobooks and ACX:
https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep225-kim-bretton-working-with-acx-audiobooks-producers/
https://bestsellerexperiment.com/ep226-an-audiobooks-masterclass-with-kim-bretton/

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