Reset Your Bar
10 Feb 2026 · 1 min
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Mike Chatfield, a LitRPG author who's published around 60 books, talks about his shift from self-publishing to a traditional deal. He credits volume as his core strategy:
Mike Chatfield, a LitRPG author who's published around 60 books, talks about his shift from self-publishing to a traditional deal. He credits volume as his core strategy:
We are in the presence of greatness today. This is Mike Chatfield. He is an extremely successful sci fi, fantasy litrpg author. You have a big book tour coming up, which is exciting. What cities are you.
Going to? So we're going to be doing east coast, west coast. We're going to be doing this for the two week curse, which is awesome because we finally got a trad published deal, which is amazing because, like, going from indie to trad is so, so difficult.
Yeah. How many books have you written, you think, at this point? Okay, so I think I published 60 books. And then 60 books. Just to reset your bar. Okay. Not 6, 6D. That is an insane level of output. And again, just to reset your bar. Volume wins, you know?
Right.
Right, right. Volume wins. Volume wins.
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