Ep. 36 – David Hopkins Pt. 1
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In this super-sized episode I talk with my friend and colleague, David Hopkins. He is an indie fantasy author. Over the last few years, he has built a solid author platform (sleek re-designed website with pop-ups, e-mail newsletters, Patreon, team of kick-ass collaborators, etc.) and is selling his goods as a self-published author. He is growing an expanding community of readers and fans and is set to release his largest, most ambitious project yet later this year. However, his career has been delightfully circuitous and relatable. In this first of a two-part discussion, Hopkins and I talk about his first attempt at playwriting, self-publishing, writing for comics, journalism as a uber skill and 1960s burlesque.
NOTES | Media/ concepts mentioned:
- David Hopkins website
- T-shaped person
- Brandon Sanderson BYU Writing Lectures on YouTube
- David’s Friends article on Medium.com
- The Wild and Wayward Tales of Tammi True
- David’s TEDx Talk: The Unfortunate Appeal of the Heroic Idiot
- My own new ebook The Yeti in the Airport Lounge and Other Holiday Tales
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