[ISBW] Chinaza Bado and Moving From Romance to Epic Fantasy

Even writing badly will get you to writing well eventually. - Chinaza Bado

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S21 Ep17

In this episode, we sit down with Chinaza Bado, author of Birth of a Dynasty, to discuss the challenges and strategies of getting a trilogy published. Chinaza shares advice for how to query the a book and how to pitch a trilogy to publishers. We also discussed agents and marketing yourself in a competitive landscape.

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• Chinaza Bado
• Harper Voyager
• Martha Wells

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September 8, 2025 | Season 21 Ep 17 | murverse.com
"Chinaza Bado and Navigating the Trilogy" by Mur Lafferty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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