{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/678ff5b0c4926bdc795f5b1a/6ad650430093286d3b1a02e0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Kickstarting Her Career: The Deluxe Edition","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/678ff5b0c4926bdc795f5b1a/1792428914502-b2b81e38-3bf1-4ea7-aced-e622664600b2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Paula Lafferty used a successful kickstarter campaign to raise funds for her self-published debut (gorgeous deluxe editions included!), for which she later landed a trad-pub deal.</p><p><br></p><p>Her Queen Guinevere time travel fantasy, THE ONCE AND FUTURE QUEEN, came out first as a self-published novel and was later rereleased traditionally and became an instant USA Today and Indie Bestseller. The second and third books in The Lives of Guinevere trilogy will be traditionally-published.</p><p><br></p><h2>The Long Road to Publishing with Eva Langston:</h2><ul><li>Follow me on<a href=\"https://substack.com/@evalangston?utm_source=user-menu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Substack</a> or subscribe to my<a href=\"https://evalangston.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Substack Newsletter for Writers</a>.</li><li>Find me on<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/evalangston/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram</a> and<a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/evalangston.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Blue Sky</a>.</li><li>Send me an email at longroad.pub@gmail.com</li><li>To pitch to the podcast, <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffTVgjx1w5OVa0BWBHn95p3m1-dWZaTjUdQK_lRP-LiiZE0w/viewform?usp=header\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">go here</a></li><li>Find books by guests and books mentioned on the podcast at the Long Road Bookshop: <a href=\"https://bookshop.org/shop/evalangston\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bookshop.org/shop/evalangston</a></li><li>The Long Road to Publishing is sponsored by Wonderland Books: <a href=\"https://www.wonderlandbooks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.wonderlandbooks.com/</a></li><li><strong>Long Road to Publishing Index on Instagram:</strong> https://www.instagram.com/p/DdGvqV5FTIt/?img_index=1</li></ul><h2></h2><h2>PAULA LAFFERTY:</h2><ul><li><strong>Website: </strong><u><a href=\"http://paulalafferty.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PaulaLafferty.com</a></u></li><li><strong>tiktok: </strong>@paulalafferty</li><li><strong>instagram:</strong> @paulalafferty_writes</li><li><strong>threads: </strong>paulalafferty_writes</li></ul><p><br></p><h2>Show Notes:</h2><ul><li>Self-publishing A to Z on Medium by Travis Baldree</li><li>The website where Paula found her cover designer is 99 Designs </li><li>The instagram of the cover designer Paula used is Dauphine Dopamine <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dauphinedopamine/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/dauphinedopamine/</a></li><li>Books Mentioned: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, Lightlark by Alex Aster</li><li>Shoutouts to: Liz Gilbert, Alex Aster, Rebecca Thorne, Kensington, Travis Baldree, Dietrich Stogner, Kickstarter, Merrick Bookshop, Julia Whelan, Audiobrary</li></ul><h3></h3><h3>Credits:</h3><p>The Long Road to Publishing is sponsored by Wonderland Books. The show is produced and edited by Eva Langston, and the intro/outro music comes from the artist Soundroll on #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/lost-in-love</p><p>License code: EEKRDQPCTGSBM5LZ</p>","author_name":"Eva Langston"}