Podcast: Philippa Ballantine On Her 12 Year-Overnight Publishing Success

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Podcast: Download (Duration: 25:20 — 5.8MB)

I have just finished the wonderful “Chasing the Bard” podcast novel by Pip Ballantine, so was thrilled to interview her for today's podcast. [This was a two-part interview with Pip and Tee Morris, podcasted last week.]

Pip is an award-winning New Zealand author and podcaster. Her books include Chasing the Bard, Digital Magic and Weather Child.

In this podcast you will learn:

How Pip started in writing and then how she got a 2 book deal with Ace publishing in New York after 12 years of writing
Why writers need to have a “tough skin” and separate the writer from the clerk if they want to get published
Why it's not just about being published – writing and creation are important
How Pip won the Sir Julius Vogel Award, the New Zealand Hugo for “Chasing the Bard” podcast
How being in New Zealand affects a writing career
Having an accent can help your podcasting voice talent career
How the Double Trouble promo got Pip and Tee into the Amazon bestseller lists
Tips for authors who want to podcast
How long podcast episodes can take to create, and why you would want to spend the effort to do it
Why the podcasting crowd is so much fun! and why working together is such a great idea
Chasing the Bard is now an iPhone app – another way to reach your audience
Writing the all-important sex scene! (Erotica a la Carte )