Published Staff

Join us as we talk to some of our talented staff about their creative endeavors. 

 

AJ Irving books:

Dance Like a Leaf

The Wishing Flower

The Bi Book - coming soon!

 

Alesha Adamson books:

The Dark King and the Eternal Dance

The Wolf’s Golden Deception

 

Blake Casselman books:

Devil’s Triangle

Weird Wasatch

Heroic: Tales of the Extraordinary

 

Blake Casselman films:

Kiss the Devil in the Dark

Adopting Trouble

White Wings

Flight from Shadow

Doppelganger

4

Limbo

 

Jared Anjewierdan books:

The Black Chronicles

1 The Long Black

2 Black Holiday

3 Running Black

4 Black Salvage

5 Battles in the Black

6 Homecoming in Black

 

Clockwork Justice Series

1 Penny Dreadful and the Clockwork Copper

 

Planetary Anthology Series: Saturn

Armored  Heart

Keepers of the Wind

 

Jessica Williams

Etsy shop: JessicaSketches

 

Mary Jensen books:

Lifelines: a Poetry Anthology

Chiaroscuro

 

Tales of Tessagonia Series

1 The Blazing Princess

2 Mirror

3 The Princess Test

 

Timestamps:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:00:25 - AJ Irving

0:01:52 - Discovering a passion for picture books

0:02:41 - Creative Process

0:04:46 - Marketing

0:05:48 - Getting published

0:07:15 - Forthcoming book

0:07:56 - Waiting is the Hardest Part

0:08:42 - Reader Reactions

 

0:10:07 - Alesha Adamson

0:12:46 - Accidental Author

0:16:51 - Writing by Hand

0:19:41 - Did you Get a Developmental Edit?

0:22:21 - Self Marketing

0:24:11 - Future Plans

0:24:47 - Seeing Your Art Out There

0:25:45 - Doing All The Things on Your Own

0:26:39 - Making Connections

0:27:53 - Don't Let Your Struggles Hold You Back

 

0:28:50 - Blake Casselman

0:30:14 - Screenwriting

0:32:43 - Comics Spark a Love for Reading

0:39:11 - Learn Screenwriting from a Library Book

0:41:08 - Selling a Screenplay

0:48:22 - Marketing Independent Film

0:50:54 - Indie Horror in Post-Production

 

0:53:49 - Jared Anjewierden

0:56:53 - First Story I Remember Writing

0:57:39 - Let the Character Do What They're Gonna Do

0:58:54 - Publishing Template

1:00:01 - Marketing

1:01:10 - Future Works

1:03:32 - Commas and Spelling and Endings

1:05:39 - A Book Isn't a Book Until It's Read

 

1:07:20 - Jessica Williams

1:08:41 - Sketching Things Out

1:09:50 - Funny Things on the Internet

1:10:40 - Design to Product

1:12:06 - Favorite Fruit

1:12:48 - Marketing Online and IRL

1:13:29 - Ideas for Miles

1:14:22 - Ideas That Don't Work Out

1:15:02 - Make Someone Smile

 

1:15:58 - Mary Jensen

1:17:01 - Something and an Author

1:17:41 - Different Sources of Inspiration

1:18:34 - Learning to Self Publish

1:19:33 - Social Media Marketing

1:20:08 - Ten More Books

1:20:57 - Chiaroscuro

1:21:59 - Finding My Audience

1:22:31 - The Act of Creation

1:23:01 - Outro