Mastering Author Newsletters
Today we’re talking about Author Newsletters. Why? Because I still have seasoned authors ask me why I feel so strongly that they need one. I
April 24, 2023
ep 177 Teaching Writing and Book Coaching with Jennie Nash
What does it take to be a book coach? Do you have to be a writer to understand writing? Jennie Nash doesn’t think so. After
April 17, 2023
Ep 176 Selling Nonfiction Books as an Indie Author
This week I’m talking with Marc Reklau about writing nonfiction books as an indie author.His book 30 Days: Change Your Habits, Change Your Life is
April 10, 2023
Ep 175 Refining Your MC’s Personality
Today we’re going to look at the Big 5 personality types to help us define and refine who our characters are (and how they should
April 3, 2023
EP 174 Traditional publishing and Why Attend Writing Retreats with David Rocklin
David Rocklin is a traditionally publish writer who s coming out with his third book. We talk about how he comes up with the premise
March 27, 2023
Ep 173 Thrillers. Plotting and Writing Craft with Plot Master Troy Lambert
Troy Lambert is a serial Thriller writer. With 30 novels under his belt and many more edited by him, Troy knows what makes a story
March 20, 2023
EP 172 Body Language and Emotional Description with Stacy Juba
Do you struggle with writing new and fresh body language and emotional description in your stories? Today Stacy Juba is bringing us some tips to
March 13, 2023
Ep 171 Craft Book Anthologies with Emma Dhesi
Emma Dhesi is my guest this week to talk about Launch Pad: The Countdown to Writing Your Book. It’s a collaborative craft book between Emma
March 6, 2023
Ep 170 Character-First Writing with Daniel David Wallace
My guest this week is Daniel David Wallace! I’m so excited to have him on. I’ve been part of his amazing summits as a participant
February 27, 2023
Ep 169 The 5 Secrets to Facebook Ads with Carlene Kelsey
Carlene Kelsey has been working with digital ads for years and knows the secrets about how to spend your money wisely and get returns on
February 20, 2023
Creating Book Graphics with BookBrush
Kathleen Sweeney is the Customer Service Manager & Marketing Lead at BookBrush.com. Today she tells us about BookBrush, their dedication to indie authors, how we
February 12, 2023
Editing Tips with EditElle
Edit Elle is my guest this week and we bring you all a well rounded conversation about editing, why a writer might need an editor,
February 6, 2023
Live Storytelling with Jack Canfora
Jack Canfora is an actor and screenwriter. He has won two Edgerton Playwriting Awards, forJericho(2010) andThe Source(2018).He won the 2016 Webby Award for Best Writing
January 30, 2023
Marketing with AuthorsXP with Amy Vansant
Amy Vansant started , a website dedicated to helping authors promote their books and build their audience. Authors can find newsletter buidlers, giveways, facebook ad help, reviews, beta readers and more at . Today Amy tells us how she started…
January 23, 2023
NoTimeWriter with Daria White
is a writer of sweet romance, christian ficiton and cozy mysteries. With over ten novels she knows what it takes, and doesn’t take, to get that book written. Which is why she started the group NoTimeWriter Mentorship program to give writers the…
January 16, 2023
Plottr Your Book
You know I’ve struggled with outlining my novels, so when offered to come on Pencils&Lipstick and talk me thorugh their software, of course I said Yes! This week Troy talks all things outlinging, plotting, and even editing using . He’s sold on…
January 9, 2023
WriteItScared with Stacy Frazer
Today I talk with Stacy Frazer, a fellow Author Acclerator Book Coach, about the key things a writer needs in their manuscript, about her webinar and much more! Stacy Frazer is a formerly repressed creative soul turned speculative fiction writer, YA…
January 2, 2023
Judging Your Scene Like and Editor
They say to delete your darlings, but how do you know what is a darling? How can you decided which scenes to keep and which scenes to delete? In this show we’ll go through simpel ways to look at the scene and decide is it’s a keeper or it needs to be…
December 26, 2022
Screenwriting, short stories and being a writer with Rachael Biggs
Rachael Biggs is an author, screenwriter, copywriter and journalist. She studied creative writing at UBC, UCLA, and with masters of the craft Syd Field and Robert McKee. In 2016 she earned a screenwriting diploma from Vancouver Film School with a…
December 17, 2022
Passionate Green Writing with Denise Baden
I’m happy to have Denise Baden back on the show this week to talk about all the projects she had going on, namely writing fiction for the COP27 summit in Egypt! Denise came on a year ago to talk about her novel, , which offered some gentle solutions…
December 12, 2022