William Kingsfield Publishers

01/04/2023

WKP is taking a break from posting on this page, but if you're looking for Matty Dalrymple's fiction platform, please follow her at Matty Dalrymple or at her private Matty Dalrymple Readers Group, and if you're looking for her non-fiction platform, please follower her at The Indy Author!

23/03/2023

This week on The Indy Author Podcast, Matty Dalrymple talks with S. W. Millar about HOW TO BE A WRITER IF YOU HATE WRITING, including diagnosing a dislike of drafting; whether first drafting quickly is a problem; tips for fleshing out setting and characters, including getting to know your characters in your first book and the advantage of continuing characters in a series; the benefit of learning story structure; the danger of too much study and not enough practice; and the markers of a writer's true goals.

If one of those topics piques your interest, you can easily jump to that section on YouTube https://youtu.be/f2L-Gu4l0JM by clicking on the flagged timestamps in the description.

Show notes at https://bit.ly/TIAP178

Shane Millar is a Fictionary Certified Story Coach and the author of the Write Better Fiction craft guides. He is also the author of the Myth & Magic urban fantasy thriller series (writing as S. W. Millar), and a co-host on the Storytellers Faceoff Podcast. Shane holds a BA in journalism and is a member of The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi). He lives in Buckinghamshire, England and is obsessed with the writing craft, mythology, personal development, food, and martial arts movies.

Shane Millar talks about HOW TO BE A WRITER IF YOU HATE WRITING, including diagnosing a dislike of drafting; whether first drafting quickly is a problem; tip...

21/03/2023

WKP was excited to see this announcement from International Thriller Writers Organization, which is adjusting its policies for more inclusiveness for indy authors!

"ITW is thrilled to announce new membership guidelines for independently published authors! Previous guidelines required five published novels which prevented indies from participating in the Debut Thriller Award and Debut Author Program. The new guidelines reduce that number to one or more books, generating an income of $5k or more during the previous 12 calendar months along with standard quality reviews and checks such as copyright/ownership. With independent authors being the fastest growing segment of our membership, we hope these changes will allow us to share all the tools, knowledge, events, and awards ITW has to offer with this exciting and passionate group."

Thanks to ITW Executive Director KJ Howe and others who supported this change, including ITW Indie Author Chair Jerri Williams!

The International Thriller Writers is an honorary society of authors, both fiction and nonfiction, who write books broadly classified as “thrillers.” This would include (but isn’t limited to) such subjects as murder mystery, detective, suspense, horror, supernatural, action, espionage, true cr...

19/03/2023

This week on The Indy Author Podcast, Matty Dalrymple talks with author Leslye/L. Penelope about FROM INDY TO TRAD TO HYBRID, including being an indy author approached by a traditional publisher (and how that’s the exception, not the rule); what changed with her traditionally published release and what stayed the same; publisher and author rights; partnering with one's traditional publisher; backlist books and traditional publishing; the idea that trad publishers' customers are bookstores, not readers; assessing fit for indy or traditional per book; and choosing your publishing path.

If one of those topics piques your interest, you can easily jump to that section by going to video of the interview at https://youtu.be/8pT6Bck685k and clicking on the flagged timestamps in the video description.

Show notes at https://bit.ly/TIAP177

Leslye Penelope has been writing since she could hold a pen and loves getting lost in the worlds in her head. She is an award-winning fantasy and paranormal romance author. Her novel SONG OF BLOOD & STONE was chosen as one of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. Equally left- and right-brained, she studied filmmaking and computer science in college and sometimes dreams in HTML. She hosts the My Imaginary Friends podcast and lives in Maryland with her husband and furry dependents.

Author Leslye Penelope talks about FROM INDY TO TRAD TO HYBRID, including being an indy author approached by a traditional publisher (and how that’s the exce...