Oct 20, 2026 · 33 min · 8 segments
This week we were joined by fellow coven member and hybrid author, Kate Kenzie, to chat about the Mythic Alley writing competition that launched on 19th October! You can find all the guidelines and…
Emma JacksonHost
Jessica HainesHostKate KenzieGuest
So the idea was, and this does kind of link into what our competition is all about, and we'll do a little bit of intro about each of us too.
The idea was for us to basically come together as indie authors to and offer help to each other using our experience and our knowledge in different areas so that we can self-publish while also giving the books a package that is similar to what you would do if you were traditionally publishing because that is just easier to When you have other eyes on it, I know some people like to self-edit and that's obviously entirely your choice if you're wanting to keep your funds down.
And so, yeah, so that was basically the idea to kind of keep costs down because I don't think any of us have got like thousands of pounds to be spending on a lot of the services that you can spend it on.
You know, there's a lot of amazing people out there providing these services, but not everybody can afford to do that.
So shall I hand over to Jess or should we just quickly talk about the books we've published with Mythic Alley first? I
was going to say, yeah, if we kind of just give you a little snippet into who we are and what we've done so you can kind of see, yeah, if you kind of see what we're doing and see if you kind of go, actually, that's not too bad.
been at least three years because A Blend of Magic's been out three years this month.
So, yeah, and I think, was A Blend of Magic the first Vivi Kelly book? It was either that or it was
So the idea was, and this does kind of link into what our competition is all about, and we'll do a little bit of intro about each of us too.
The idea was for us to basically come together as indie authors to and offer help to each other using our experience and our knowledge in different areas so that we can self-publish while also giving the books a package that is similar to what you would do if you were traditionally publishing because that is just easier to When you have other eyes on it, I know some people like to self-edit and that's obviously entirely your choice if you're wanting to keep your funds down.
And so, yeah, so that was basically the idea to kind of keep costs down because I don't think any of us have got like thousands of pounds to be spending on a lot of the services that you can spend it on.
You know, there's a lot of amazing people out there providing these services, but not everybody can afford to do that.
So shall I hand over to Jess or should we just quickly talk about the books we've published with Mythic Alley first? I
was going to say, yeah, if we kind of just give you a little snippet into who we are and what we've done so you can kind of see, yeah, if you kind of see what we're doing and see if you kind of go, actually, that's not too bad.
been at least three years because A Blend of Magic's been out three years this month.
So, yeah, and I think, was A Blend of Magic the first Vivi Kelly book? It was either that or it was
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