Episode 65: On Demystifying Goodreads, Film Options & Being Unstoppable with Alessandra Torre

Episode 65: Welcome to the Equestrian Author Spotlight podcast! In each episode, you’ll hear inspirational stories from horse book authors including writing advice and marketing tips to help you write your own horse book. If you are an author, aspire to be an author, or simply love horse books then you are in the right place!

In this week's episode, you'll meet Alessandra Torre. She's an award-winning New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four novels and three of her novels have been optioned for film. You'll learn ...

• How to use Goodreads to reach readers. Alessandra busts myths and shares best practices so authors can harness the power of Goodreads to market their books. 
• Alessandra's thoughts on traditional and independent publishing. She has signed two six-figure publishing deals with industry giants Hachette and Harlequin, yet found her greatest success with independent publishing. Psst ... she's hit the New York Times list seven times, all with indie-published novels.
• What to expect when your book is optioned for film and a behind the scenes look at being on set when her New York Times bestseller Hollywood Dirt was produced as a full-length movie in 2017. 
• Why Alessandra launched Inkers Con. She tells us about this annual conference for authors and what they can learn by attending.    
• And MUCH more!

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