Episode 1: “Let’s be friends”

Welcome to Saved You a Seat, a podcast for those who are new to indie publishing. Sometimes self-publishing can be overwhelming, a little like transferring to a new school. It can feel just as intimidating as walking into a cafeteria full of strangers. But don’t worry, we’ve saved you a seat. We want to share with you all that we’ve learned about indie publishing. This week we’re talking about our individual publishing journeys from the very beginning to where we are now. Homework Proudly tell someone that you’re a writer! Class Notes James A. Owen told the eggs benedict story That’s it…mainly we were just doodling during class. Where to find us and our books Natalie Brianne Natalie Brianne’s love of writing might be traced back to an old Rainbow Macintosh Laptop she received for her 8th birthday. Perhaps it came from years of storytelling and the discipline of wonder. Or maybe, she was born to write and didn’t realize it until a book sprung out of her fingertips somewhere between a house in Pleasant Grove, Utah and a bus on its way to Edinburgh, Scotland. She received her degree in Interdisciplinary Humanities from BYU. While she could have studied English or Creative Writing, she opted to learn more about culture, distant lands, and people in hopes of writing better stories. Much of her first book, Constantine Capers: The Pennington Perplexity was written when she lived at 27 Palace Court, London, walking the streets as if she were her characters. While her interests in writing spread across genres, you can always expect her work to be imaginative, clean, and clever. When Natalie isn’t writing, she’s illustrating, voice acting, playing the guitar very badly, traveling and forgetting that she has vegetables in her fridge. https://www.nataliebrianne.com Instagram Nataliebriannebooks: Books: Constantine Capers Sherlock Holmes meets 50 first dates in this Victorian detective series Ruth Mitchell Ruth Mitchell was born and raised in Salt Lake City, where she grew up writing plays for the neighborhood kids and exploring the woods near her home. In high school, she founded a Dead Poets’ Society, as well as successfully campaigning to make the school’s all-male service club accept female students. She met her husband on her first day of class at the University of Utah, where she graduated with a BA in journalism. Working for the Deseret News, she reported on wildfires, shootings and human interest stories. Her husband’s medical training took her to Dallas, Texas and then San Diego where they settled and raised their four mostly-grown children. Currently writing a series of contemporary Jane Austen retellings, Ruth’s goal is to write “hospital waiting room” books. The sort that cheer and distract readers when their world is crumbling with stories that make them laugh and sigh and end with little more hope. All of her books are love stories with plenty of banter, crackling chemistry, but no spice. In addition to dreaming up new stories, Ruth loves long rambling conversations, baking (she makes the best pie), hiking, party-planning and running (slowly) along the coasts and canyons of Southern California. Website: Literallyruth.com Instagram @literally.ruth.mitchell Books: Deleted YA Sci-fi about a college freshman who is erased from everyone’s memories Modern Jane Contemporary rom-coms inspired by Jane Austen St. Nicholas and the Faerie Queen A cozy Christmas fantasy romance This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit savedyouaseatpodcast.substack.com