Podcast Episodes

The Empowerment Of Selling Books Direct To Your Readers With Steve Pieper

What are the benefits of selling direct? Why might using your face to advertise your books be a good idea? What might be the future of selling direct? Steve Pieper talks about these things and more. …

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Writing Travel Memoir, Fear Of Judgment, Fear Of Failure, And Journaling With J.F. Penn

What do you need to consider when writing travel memoir? How fear of judgment and fear of failure are real issues even for established authors, and more in these selected excerpts from interviews wit…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

The Importance Of Confident Creative Direction, Voice, And Taste, In Generative AI Art With Oliver Altair

How can you use AI tools to ethically and responsibly create in whatever sphere you love? What are some of the tools and why are creative direction, voice, and taste, so important? I discuss these is…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Multi-Six Figure Book Sales And The Power Of Daily Habits With Marc Reklau

How can small, daily habits make you more successful as an author? How can you use the 80/20 rule in your author business? How can you create multiple streams of income when you sell mostly print? Ma…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

Intuitive Writing And Book Marketing With Becca Syme

Do you sometimes just ‘know' when a story is right? Does something ‘click' during the writing process and suddenly things make sense? Do you lean into your curiosity and emotion when it comes to writ…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

How To (Finally) Finish Your Book With Roz Morris

What are the most common reasons why writers don't finish their books —and how can you overcome them in order to finish yours this year? Roz Morris gives practical writing and mindset tips.

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Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

How To Use Paid Advertising As Part Of Your Book Marketing With Mark Dawson

How can you use paid advertising as part of your book marketing strategy? How can you reach more readers and sell more books in the year ahead? Mark Dawson provides strategies and tips in this interv…

Published on 2 years, 11 months ago

My 2023 Creative and Business Goals With Joanna Penn

Happy New Year 2023!

I am more excited than ever this year about the books I want to write and publish.

I've had a difficult few years (haven't we all?!) but now I'm ready to create at full throttle…

Published on 3 years ago

Review Of My 2022 Creative Business Goals

Another year ends, and once more, it's time to reflect on our creative goals. I hope you will take the time to review your goals, and leave a comment below about how the year went. Did you achieve ev…

Published on 3 years ago

What Do You Need To Quit? With Joanna Penn And Orna Ross

“If you just keep writing/querying/marketing/etc you will eventually be successful. Just don't give up.” We've all heard a variation of this, but what if it isn't true? When is quitting worthwhile?

Published on 3 years ago