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Episode 66: Creating a Cosplay Book with Zonbi’s Workshop

Episode 66: Creating a Cosplay Book with Zonbi’s Workshop

Posted on by Tim Ludy

Greetings Entreprenerds!

My guest this week is Grace Herbert from Zonbi’s Workshop, cosplayer, YouTuber, and author of “The Cosplay Handbook: A Book of Costume and Prop Making Techniques”. Zonbi shares her experience from nearly 15 years of prop and costume making in over 150 YouTube tutorials. She was also a contestant on SyFy’s Cosplay Melee along with former guests KnowOne’s Designs and Marty LeGrow.

Listen on iTunes or Stitcher.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • 3:00 How Zonbi got started in cosplay and YouTube
  • 5:00 Monetizing a cosplay brand
  • 8:00 Writing “The Cosplay Handbook”
  • 10:00 The book publishing process
  • 15:00 Growing the Zonbi YouTube Channel
  • 20:30 Engaging with the cosplay community
  • 22:00 Filming SyFy’s Cosplay Melee
  • 28:00 Promoting Zonbi’s Workshop

Head to Zonbisworkshop.com to learn more and follow Zonbi’s Workshop on YouTube, Instagram and Twitter.

I’d really appreciate any feedback either on Twitter @UndertheCapes, in the blog comments or through a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you soon!

Episode 65: Publishing D&D Books with Sly Flourish

Episode 65: Publishing D&D Books with Sly Flourish

Posted on by Tim Ludy

Greetings Entreprenerds!

My guest this week is Mike Shea aka Sly Flourish, the author and publisher of The Lazy Dungeon Master, Sly Flourish’s Fantastic Adventures, and many other Dungeons and Dragons adventures and resource books. His books, blog and YouTube channel provide resources for Fifth Edition Dungeons and Dragons to help build the better D&D dungeon master.

His newest book, Ruins of the Grendleroot, provides a series of Fifth Edition adventures in an undermountain setting that can be easily added to any established setting or homebrewed world.

Listen on iTunes or Stitcher.

  • 5:00 Getting starting with D&D book publishing
  • 15:00 Scheduling work around a day job
  • 20:00 What goes into Publishing books
  • 33:00 Kickstarting book projects
  • 45:00 Finding your own model for success vs following others
  • 55:00 Managing the stress level of your side hustle

Learn more about Mike at SlyFlourish.com

I’d really appreciate any feedback either on Twitter @UndertheCapes, in the blog comments or through a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you soon!