The Self-Publish Strong Podcast: Recent Episodes
Andrea Pearson
In the Self-Publish Strong podcast, USA Today bestselling author Andrea Pearson and her husband Nolan discuss popular (and some not-so-popular) movies, dissecting what they did right and wrong and how it can be applied to writing. They also share uplifting quotes, successful promotional strategies Andrea has used, and marketing and publishing tips that will help you fine tune and boost your writing career.
Andrea and Nolan discuss Six Figure Authors podcast, Shadow Prophet book launch outcomes, future schedule with plans and updates, and motivation. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under.....
Andrea discusses her upcoming book launch, promotions and resources used, costs and tactics; how she determines her price and release date and why, and where promotions are run. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “On.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss Diana Urban’s article on running promotions, generating clicks and running promotions as a new author, hitting the USA Today best seller list, along with recommending a few other articles. The Article discussed: How to Run a.....
Andrea announces the new Six Figure Authors podcast and gives a quick update. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Andrea talks about being true to yourself as an author, finding the correct path for you, personal goals and life updates. Contact forms, making yourself easy to reach, being approachable, and working with your community. Remember to leave a rating!.....
Andrea and Nolan with guest Graham Bradley discuss smart villains, plot twists, and logical story arcs. Properly paced plot, character logic, believable conflict, character abilities, and battlefield interactions. Delivering on your promises. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme.....
Andrea and Nolan with guest Graham Bradley discuss starting a story, different takes on monster movies, character motivations, refreshing romance, drifting, breaking and setting your own rules, and bad science. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss slapstick humor, classic tropes, motivations and goals, character and antagonist progression, and sticking with it. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons:.....
Andrea and Nolan with guest Josh discuss dialogue, writing and editing, giving your project the proper time, perfecting your craft, illogical comments, poor and excellent foreshadowing, show and tell, and what not to do in romance. Remember to leave a.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss awkward pace, establishing norms, unmotivated characters, classic romance structures, 3d characters, dancing to save the community and complex relationships and interactions. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss good foreshadowing, believable disasters, Dante’s Peak vs Volcano, creating a story that ages well, fitness techniques, pacing, and character trust. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss acting in different roles, characters and mysteries, adaptations compared to the originals, matching audience for adaptations and knowing the audience, writing to market, leading the reader astray, and dark mystery for my little pony. Remember to.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss genie motivation, re-imagining a story vs following the original closely, Will Smith as Genie, giving characters a reason, breaking and following lines of logic, filling plot points by contorting characters, and invalidating a premise. Remember to.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss clumsily made characters, emotional story elements over visual appeal, how to make a gradual romance interesting and realistic, and budget Antonio Banderas. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way”.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss what it means to be a full-time author, research and how believable a character’s abilities and background are, characters need to learn from their actions, avoiding monster cliches, following your own rules, and pushing the story.....
Andrea, Nolan, and guest Joshua discuss when character stereotypes add to the story and when they do not, building the tone with small details, relating to characters, complicated vs simple plot and pacing, having a good story in spite of.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss running advertising, newsletter provider, their schedules, download bonuses, rebranding, and an upcoming book launch. 50% off courses: FRIDAY15 —> SelfPublishStrongCourses.com Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod.....
Andrea, Nolan, and guest author/illustrator Graham Bradley discuss Avengers: Endgame, covering topics such as building off of a low point, calm villains, and drive and determination. They also discuss the following topics about characters: threads, sacrifices, ending timelines, and depth.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss creating trajectories for series, natural relationship changes, sustainable plots, plausible character growth, making your bad guys obvious and growing them like a character (because they are one), and future episode plans. Remember to leave a rating!.....
Andrea gives a few updates on life, projects, and staying motivated while raising a family. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Andrea, Nolan, and Josh discuss babies, mailchimp, extreme quirks, light-hearted tones, character relationships, writing for your audience, and humor. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss romance, interesting conflict and how it affects romance, show thematics, plot threads and how they intertwine, and having a baby Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).....
Andrea and Nolan discuss life events, future plans and schedule, how to focus your marketing, reader magnets, and how there was a baby. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss staying fit mentally and physically, the effects of sitting at a desk, dealing with body types, setting aside time for your fitness, putting your mind to the task and easing into it, things you can do.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss remakes/reboots, believability, pacing, looking suspicious but no one noticing, good and bad luck as a plot point, knowing your genre and your audience. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday”.....
Andrea, Nolan, and guest Tristi Pinkston/Amelia C. Adams discuss The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. They cover topics such as Nazis (grammar and otherwise), knowing what you’re getting into, and making your narrative fit the genre. They also.....
Andrea, Nolan, and guest Michaelbrent Collings discuss Michaelbrent’s screenplay for the movie Barricade, diving into building a cohesive script and story, showing instead of telling, creating intelligent characters, paying attention to little details, and using an unreliable narrator. They also discuss.....
Andrea, Nolan, and guest Joshua discuss being willing to fail, perfect timing, confusing character interactions, doing research and dealing in probability, overused tropes, doing your research, not invalidating your premises, reasonable character responsibilities, and teenagers leading for no reason. Remember.....
Andrea and Nolan touch on technical snafu, future schedule, fighting to the death, promotions on various sites, fighting the Amazon algorithm, and getting better results. Remember to leave a rating! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-self-publish-strong-podcast/id1357881950?mt=2 Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod.....
Andrea, Nolan, and guest Joshua discuss professional websites (quick correction by Josh. Wix DOES have a way to measure distance, but it isn’t relative. So, if you have two elements on the site, you have to eyeball measuring between them.....
Andrea and Nolan with guest Joshua discuss character roles, establishing normal, epic showdowns and gradual buildups, cliches, unnecessary characters, getting to know characters, and snakes in the glade. Remember to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday”.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss helping others, setting up a professional website, humor that lasts, deaths, tying up loose ends, keeping track of character plots, double roles, and being disappointed with skinny legs by skipping leg day. Remember to leave a.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss the amazon ads redesign, book repricing and price point testing, large character arcs, minor and major character flaws, cliche’d sidekicks, attractive characters but not too attractive, swoon-worthy romances, and starting a story with a heartbreak. Remember.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss life events, language in audiobooks, and amazon ads. Remember to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Andrea and Nolan discuss Ads, audiobooks, titles that match the movie, brand recognition, character believability, good plot devices, great timing and pacing. Remember to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss updates, being prolific, knowing if writing is right for you, what you need as a fresh author, the importance of newsletters and an online presence, and how you can manage and scale your business. Find us.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss the character relationships, interactions, and realism, characters vs reality, blending genres, breaking the 4th wall, breaking rules and having fun with it, and not always going for the obvious thing and knowing your audience. Find us.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss audiobook narrators, building confidence, characters fitting their roles, character challenges, introducing a character quickly, highlighting a character’s strengths and weaknesses and finding unique ways to use them. NOTBLACKFRIDAY (Expires the 15th of December, 2018) Find us.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss character development, story predictability, character deaths, humor, villain power and how they can use it, rules of challenges, and series predictions. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “Cheery Monday”.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss industry news, emotions, strong personalities are great, trigger emotions, out of the ordinary events, and finding reasons to be with together in a romance. storybundle.com/nano Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss not putting things off because of the time commitment, adapting to the market, being open to change, planning for failure and success, learning how to invest in a series, and navigating Hollywood without getting ruined. Find.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss interviews with the Passive Guy, Mark Leslie LeFebvre, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kevin J. Anderson, Dean Wesley Smith, and Damon Courtney on topics such as writing prolifically, staying focused on your career, bookfunnel tips, the passive voice.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss Throw Momma from the Train with guests Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta. Topics covered include creating quirky and strong characters, motivations of said characters, and pacing. Also discussed: trying until you succeed, writing successful back-cover.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss a quote by Earl Nightingale in depth, including topics like what sells, passion in your projects, being in control of your content, being consistent, finding your sweet spot, and keeping the course. The 2018 NaNoWriMo Writing.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss starting and stopping writing, character motivations, plot vs character, simplicity, and sticking to the fundamentals. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss believable twists, probable and interesting action, romance, and an opening scene that fits the tone. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss Patreon Q&A, ads, publishing, writing rate, taking breaks, staying motivated, and paying attention to the industry. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed.....
Andrea, Nolan, and Joshua discuss interesting main characters, tragedy and a good way to handle it, doing proper research and following the rules you set, and bombs that always have to beep. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating!.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss documentary styling, try-fail cycle, formulated stories, believable character relationships, and mullets and chest hair. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons:.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss story plausibility, three act structures, book adaptations, and showering. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss plot points, good arcs, pacing and building emotions, movie adaptations, planning a series, character deaths, and design problems. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss antagonists, character depth, character development, basically all things character, and Sean Cannery’s eyebrows. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons:.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss promotions and why you should be giving away free books, awkward comedy, gradual character development, how stories age, and when to address character development. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided.....
Andrea and Nolan make some announcements and discuss promotions, Facebook ads, networking, and children. Get The Shade Amulet here: https://amzn.to/2MrsJhC Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed.....
Andrea and Nolan give a quick update and discuss a few good tips about things like goal setting, priorities, the key to success, and your attitude. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss realistic character reactions, politics and plot, great conflicts, character progression and emotion, great bad guys, story and flow, set up for sequels, outlines, and male cosmetics. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music.....
Andrea, Nolan, and guest David J. West discuss Casino Royale, covering topics such as James Bond as a character, boring and good romance, the makings of a good origin story, team playing vs going solo, and nail-gun wars. They also.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss antagonists, believable events, animations and animatronics, alternate decisions to improve the story, and plausible dangers. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss things from the beginning of the movie and no spoilers! Some items discussed are characters, logic errors, character roles, and side kicks. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss Ryan Gosling, proper inciting incidents, character progression, showing and telling, and symbols and emotion in your story. Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).....
Andrea and Nolan make jokes and discuss engaging the audience, try fail cycles, Starcraft, pacing, hiring help, and understanding your own premise. Coupon Code: JustBecause Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My.....
Andrea and Nolan go over some more marketing tips! Including: managing multiple pen-names, parenting techniques, AMS ads, offensive movie trailer aesthetics, and effective release timing Coupon Code: JustBecause https://selfpublishstrongcourses.com/ Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss proper explanations and character introduction, amazing hair, good dream sequences, difficulty of good comedy Find us in iTunes to leave a rating! Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss rebooting a series, good foreshadowing, awkward dialogue, good opening scenes, and running serpentine. Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Andrea and Nolan discuss pacing, timing, character reintroduction, and workout routines while reviewing the second movie of the Twilight Series, New Moon. Credits: Theme music provided by: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss consistent aliens, managing time and money for what is important in the story, fluffy cloud ships, and how to build tension properly. Credits: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss success, character history, plot building, dramatic romance tropes, and the importance of giving every character a reason to be in the story. Credits: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution.....
Andrea and Nolan with guest Joshua discuss character development, dreams as plot devices, dressing appropriate for writing conferences, deus ex machina, quality writing strategies, and Alan. Credits: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution.....
In this episode Andrea and Nolan with guest Joshua all discuss RED, a fun quirky action movie and the importance of keeping characters themselves, researching what you’re writing about, and having interesting bad guys. Also, gun safety. Credits: “On.....
Andrea and Nolan discuss character arcs, good foreshadowing, atmosphere, and how these things, and others, are used to make Megamind a great movie. Tip of the day, beta readers. Quote of the day by Benjamin Franklin. Credits: “On My.....
Andrea and Nolan have a quick chat about their short term podcast roadmap, a quote by Mark Twain, the final bits of automation sequence tips, and how to handle door to door pest control solicitors. Credits: “On My Way” Kevin.....
Andrea’s marketing credentials Background – “in the blood” Nearly as passionate about marketing as about writing Guest posting on Joe Konrath’s blog Business master class – approached by several authors to discuss marketing, started inviting authors to chat, after only.....
Show notes: In episode seven, Nolan and Andrea discuss Lost World, including their top three takeaways for authors. Andrea also continues her tips on automation sequences and gives a quote by Dr. Henry Cloud. (“There is a difference between patience.....
Credits: “On My Way” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
In celebration of the launch of this podcast, all of Andrea Pearson’s book marketing courses are available at 50% off. Enter PODCASTLAUNCH – one word – at checkout. This deal expires March 24, 2018 at midnight. Go to selfpublishstrongcourses.com for.....
In celebration of the launch of this podcast, all of Andrea Pearson’s book marketing courses are available at 50% off. Enter PODCASTLAUNCH – one word – at checkout. This deal expires March 24, 2018 at midnight. Go to selfpublishstrongcourses.com for.....