Co-Writing The Relaxed Author with Mark Leslie Lefebvre

How can you be a more relaxed author when there is always so much more to do? How can you co-write a book and retain different voices in written text as well as audio? Mark Leslie Lefebvre and I discuss how we co-wrote The Relaxed Author and how we're publishing and marketing it. In the intro, Netflix buys the Roald Dahl catalog [The Verge]; Chuck Palahniuk launches a Substack [LitReactor]; Gillian Flynn launches her own imprint [New York Times]; Tomb of Relics in edits; ProWritingAid tutorial; Selling direct tutorial. Do you want to be a more relaxed author? The Relaxed Author: Take The Pressure Off Your Art and Enjoy The Creative Journey, out now in all the usual formats in all the usual places. You can also buy the ebook and audiobook direct from us at Payhip.com/thecreativepenn Mark Leslie Lefebvre is a horror writer, publishing consultant, speaker, author of books for writers, and my co-writer for The Relaxed Author. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes * What matters when choosing a co-writing partner* Why a legal agreement is so important — even if you're friends* Sharing the various roles while writing and publishing* How royalty splitting works with Draft2Digital* Different styles of working * The benefits of recording conversations to use as a first draft — and the resulting challenges* Sharing launch duties and marketing tasks* Principles for the long-game You can find Mark Leslie Lefebvre at MarkLeslie.ca and on Twitter @MarkLeslie Transcript of Interview with Mark Leslie Lefebvre Joanna: I'm here with Mark Leslie Lefebvre, horror writer, publishing consultant, speaker, author of books for writers and my co-writer for The Relaxed Author. Welcome back to the show, Mark. Mark: Hey, Joanna. It's great to be here. Joanna: So here we are finally. We both have the book The Relaxed Author and it's actually very pretty.