Around the World in Fiction: Meet Tina Hartas, the Creator of TripFiction

Art In Fiction

Welcome to EPISODE 17 of the Art In Fiction Podcast!
Do you love reading novels set in locations you hope to visit? Then you have to explore TripFiction (www.tripfiction.com).
In this episode, I interview Tina Hartas who developed TripFiction to provide readers with an easy way to find novels set in specific locations around the world. We talk about technology and marketing and our mutual love of books. And as you'll discover in this episode, TripFiction was the inspiration for Art In Fiction.
Highlights:

• The genesis of TripFiction: how trips to Vienna and Bangkok led to a great idea
• What is TripFiction?
• TripFiction's Sense of Place Creative Writing Competition
• Using social media to promote a book-lovers website
• Developing TripFiction--from 0 books to 14,000!
• Are people reading more in the age of COVID-19?
• The most difficult aspect of launching a website
• What has contributed to the success of Trip Fiction?
• Tina's favorite places to read about
• Tina's favorite genres
• TripFiction reviews on YouTube
• Book giveaways on TripFiction
• The role of passion in creating a book website that readers love

Press Play right now and be sure to check out TripFiction at www.tripfiction.com
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Music Credits
The intro music on the Art In Fiction Podcast is from Symbolist Waltzfrom the album Alive in Seattle ,and the ad music is from The Fever from the album Full Moon. Both pieces are composed by Gregg Simpson and performed by Lunar Adventures. Follow the links to download the full tracks.
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Chapters

1. Welcome (00:00:00)

2. The inspiration for TripFiction (00:01:30)

3. Launching TripFiction (00:03:00)

4. Describing TripFiction (00:03:40)

5. TripFiction's mission (00:04:50)

6. Sourcing listings for TripFiction (00:05:47)

7. Marketing and advertising TripFiction (00:08:15)

8. Reading in the time of COVID (00:09:20)

9. The TripFiction team (00:11:02)

10. Challenges of launching a website (00:11:47)

11. The secret to TripFiction's success (00:12:44)

12. Tina's favorite places to read about (00:13:10)

13. Tina's favorite fiction genre (00:14:36)

14. How Tina selects novels for TripFiction (00:15:32)

15. Advertisement - Buzzsprout (00:16:33)

16. "Sense of Place" writing competition (00:17:30)

17. TripFiction on YouTube (00:20:35)

18. What's next for TripFiction (00:23:20)

19. Tina's advice about starting a books website (00:24:36)

20. Extro (00:28:07)