EP 305 - Rising Action Publishing with Alexandria Brown

<p>Mark interviews Alexandria Brown from Rising Action Publishing about her role in acquisitions and works with sub-agents on subsidiary rights.</p> <p>Prior to the interview, Mark shares a word about this episode's sponsor.</p> <center><img alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is findawayvoiceslogo.png" src="https://starkreflections.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/findawayvoiceslogo.png" /></center> <p>You can learn more about how you can get your audiobooks distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.</p> <p>During their discussion, Mark and Alex talk about:</p> <ul> <li>Alexandria starting off doing lifestyle and other non-fiction publications such as Thought Catalog from New York</li> <li>Her first two books that focus on dating and romance, and mental health and traveling the world</li> <li>Getting her PhD at the University of Gloucestershire</li> <li>The focus on how to write trauma in fiction in Alex's PhD (How cross-cultural characters and trauma can impact fiction and bind people together)</li> <li>How Alex got involved in starting up Rising Action Publishing with a co-owner she met in Humber College</li> <li>The tremendous value, uniqueness, and diversity that independent publishers can bring to the market that traditional publishes often aren't able to</li> <li>Their partnership with Black Bird Books from South Africa</li> <li>Why it's really important for independent publishers to be part of a supportive and collaborative community</li> <li>How Alex and Tina did a lot of freelance editing in order to generate enough capital to get their publishing business started</li> <li>Leveraging subsidiary rights for things like audio rights to help bring in money for publishing expenses</li> <li>How the publishing partnership between Alex and Tina is very much like a marriage</li> <li>The types of fiction and non-fiction that Rising Action Publishing is looking to acquire</li> <li>The difference between domestic suspense and thrillers</li> <li>The wonderful challenge and problem of getting so many great submissions as a publisher</li> <li>Some of the errors that some writers have made when making submissions</li> <li>A few of the books that Rising Action will be releasing</li> <li>Advice that Alexandria would offer to writers near the beginning of their journey</li> <li>And more...</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>After the interview, Mark reflects on a few of the things that Alexandria talked about and goes into detail explaining how the big traditional publishers of today have a lot more in common with indie authors than at first meets the eye.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links of Interest:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.risingactionpublishingco.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Rising Action Publishing</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.risingactionpublishingco.com/submissions" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Submissions</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a 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rel="noopener" target="_blank">Lover's Moon</a></li> <li><a href="https://books2read.com/hexandcity" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hex and the City</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://books2read.com/b/thecanadianmounted" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Alex Brown</strong> has over ten years of experience in marketing and creative writing. Alex has a Bachelor's in Communications with a major in Public Relations, a Master of Fine Arts - Creative Writing from the University of Gloucestershire, and is a Creative Writing Ph.D. Candidate currently at the University of Gloucestershire. She has two traditionally published nonfiction books. She's a member of the Women's Fiction Writers Association. Alex's primary role is acquisitions and marketing as well as working with sub-agents on subsidiary rights.</p> <p> </p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-dark-gray-background-color has-dark-gray-color" /> <p><em>The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast ("Laser Groove") was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of <a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">www.incompetech.com</a></em> <em>and is Licensed under</em> Creative Commons: By <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Attribution 3.0</a> </p>