Exploring Art & the Business of Writing: An Interview with Courtney Maum, Author of Costalegre

Art In Fiction

Welcome to EPISODE 16 of the Art In Fiction Podcast.
Courtney Maum is the bestselling author of three novels as well as a fabulous writing guidebook for authors.
In this lively episode, I chat with Courtney about her two novels listed on Art In Fiction, Costalegre and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, and her new book for authors: Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book.
Highlights:

• Costalegre and its relationship to Peggy Guggenheim and her daughter Pegeen
• Role of Surrealist artists and visual art in Costalegre
• Coming-of-age theme in Costalegre
• Overview of I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You
• Role of installation and contemporary art in the novel
• Use of satire in the novel
• Writing from the point of view of a different gender
• Role of Paris in I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You
• Genesis of Before and After the Book Deal : A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book
• Valuable information for published authors
• Financial matters related to publishing
• The role that marketing plays in an author's life
• "The Cabins"--an artists' retreat founded by Courtney Maum

Press Play right now and be sure to check out Courtney Maum's novels Costalegre and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, both found in the Visual Arts category on Art In Fiction.
Courtney Maum's website: http://www.courtneymaum.com
The Cabins: https://www.thecabinsretreat.com/
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Photo Credit: Colin Lane
Music Credits
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Chapters

1. Welcome (00:00:00)

2. Costalegre (00:02:25)

3. Why Courtney wrote about the Surrealists (00:04:50)

4. Writing from a teenage girl's point of view (00:07:27)

5. Writing about the arts (00:08:43)

6. Writing in the voice of another gender (00:11:45)

7. I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You (00:13:30)

8. Satire in I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You (00:14:50)

9. On installation art (00:16:17)

10. Advertisement - ProWritingAid (00:18:40)

11. Before and After the Book Deal, A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book. (00:19:40)

12. Making money as an author (00:24:30)

13. Marketing a book (00:27:45)

14. Courtney's artists' retreat at The Cabins (00:29:30)

15. Courtney's writing routine (00:31:17)

16. Extro (00:32:34)