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Back to EpisodesNavigating Writing, Marketing, the Day Job, and TikTok with Finley Daniels (New Author Series)
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313 / How do you balance the demands of a full-time job with launching a romance writing career? Finley Daniels shares her lessons learned in writing and marketing.
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- Balancing writing with a full-time job
- Challenges in marketing and ads
- Importance of book titles and tropes
- Building an email newsletter
- Finding editors and cover designers
- Success with TikTok and BookBub
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- Sara on The Creative Penn talking about special editions, direct sales, and low-key marketing: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2026/04/13/special-editions-seasonal-podcasts-and-the-art-of-low-key-book-marketing-with-sara-rosett/
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🔎 Sara’s books https://www.sararosett.com/bibliography/
📚 Sara’s How to Write a Series book and audiobook: https://www.sararosett.com/how-to-write-a-series/
The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes https://bookshop.org/lists/recommenced-resources-for-writers-from-the-wish-i-d-known-then-podcast