Episode 484 – Serializing a Novel on Substack with Matty Dalrymple

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In this episode Mark talks to Matty Dalrymple about her recent experience serializing a never-before-published new novel on Substack.

Prior to the main content, Mark welcomes new patrons, shares comments from recent episodes, a personal update, and a word about this episode’s sponsor.

This episode is sponsored by an affiliate link to Manuscript Report. Use code MARK10 at checkout and save 10% off your own personalized report.

In the interview, Mark and Matty talk about:

• How long Matty has been a writer, a podcaster, and a consultant to indie authors
• The 52 days Matty has been experimenting with serialization of her latest novel
• Why Matty enjoys Substack despite being frustrated and exhausted with most social media platforms
• Leveraging Substack to get some early reader feedback on a novel
• How once Matty starts to use a tool she likes to maximize its use as much as possible
• The way Matty is serializing the novel and the way she introduced/set it up before it started
• One of the pitches of people having access to see behind-the-scenes a little of writing a novel and offering feedback to the author before official publication
• Releasing the book in chunks every single day
• Asking specific questions for certain chapters of things Matty was interested in getting feedback on
• The challenge of managing the logistics for subscribers in the way Matty preferred
• What Matty has planned for a week of posts that come after the last chapter (including the title reveal allowing people to offer their feedback on that (and then the cover reveal)
• How Matty plans on continuing to use Substack as a way of releasing over novels
• The additional perks that subscribers to the book on Substack would receive in addition to the serialized novel
• And more . . .

After the interview Mark reflects on a few things that came up in their conversation.

Links of Interest:

• Matty Dalrymple’s Website
• The Indy Author Website
• Matty on Substack
  • The Indy Author
  • From Expertise to Authority
  • At Sea (Serialized Novel)
• EP 443 – Strategies for Short Fiction with Angelque Fawns and Matty Dalrymple
• EP 440 – Behind the Scenes of the Podcast Guest Playbook with Matty Dalrymple
• EP 216 – Podcasting for Authors with Matty Dalrymple
• EP 382 – From Page to Platform: How to Succeed as an Author Speaker with Matty Dalrymple and M.L. Ronn
• EP 482 – Outlining for Novelists Who Don’t Outline with Paul Austin Ardoin
• EP 116 – Taking the Short Tack with Matty Dalrymple
• Substack Article: How To Build More Revenue With a Tiny Audience (Monica Leonelle)
• Substack Article: Lessons From That Furry Friend Underfoot (Mark’s article about his dog Indie)
• Substack Article: ‘Cause the Scammers Gonna Scam, Scam, Scam (Mark’s article about predators & scammers)
• Manuscript Report (Mark’s affiliate link – use MARK10 to save 10%)
• Buy Mark a Coffee
• Patreon for Stark Reflections
• Mark’s YouTube channel
• ElevenLabs (AI Voice Generation – Affiliate link)
• Mark’s Stark Reflections on Writing & Publishing Newsletter (Signup)
• Stark Realities Book
• An Author’s Guide to Working With Bookstores and Libraries
• The Relaxed Author
  • Buy eBook Direct
  • Buy Audiobook Direct
• Publishing Pitfalls for Authors
• Wide for the Win
• Ghost Stories of the Great Lakes
• Mark’s Canadian Werewolf Books
  • This Time Around (Short Story)
  • A Canadian Werewolf in New York
  • Stowe Away (Novella)
  • Fear and Longing in Los Angeles
  • Fright Nights, Big City
  • Lover’s Moon
  • Hex and the City
  • Only Monsters in the Building
  • Once Bitten (Novella)
• The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles
• Yippee Ki-Yay Motherf*cker: A Trivia Guide to Die Hard
• Merry Christmas! Shitter Was Full!: A Trivia Guide to National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
• I Think It’s A Sign That The Pun Also Rises

Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels and Suspense Shorts. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. ​Matty also podcasts, writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage as The Indy Author, and she is a Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors

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