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Every episode we talk about common writing roadblocks. We interview publishing industry experts about how they overcame the hard things in their careers, and we give you our best tips to keep your stories rolling.
SURPRISE!We said we were taking a break for the summer—and we are—but we couldn't skip this opportunity to have the fabulous Alessandra Torre on the show to talk about her journey into writing, publishing, and running one of the best writer conferences in the country.
Alessandra (AR) Torre is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of more than 30 novels. In addition to writing, she's the co-founder of Authors AI and Inkers Con.
In this interview, Alessandra shares how a spontaneous tweak in her book description led to massive success, how she's overcome writer's block and the inertia of the messy middle, and why she developed Inkers Con, an online-first conference geared to help writers across all stages find success for their career.
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Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Do you have an intentional author brand?If not, today's guest is bound to help. In fact, in this interview, she did an on-the-spot workshop with Megan, helping her rethink her own social media content strategy! If you want practical tips and real-world examples, you have to listen in on this one.
Melanie Herschorn wants to help you step into your spotlight as an authority. As a book marketing and publishing strategist for business owners, consultants, and speakers worldwide, she’s on a mission to support and empower her clients to share their message with the world. Her new book, Make a Big Impact with Your Book, is available now.
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Melanie HerschornWebsite: vipbookmarketing.com
Book: Make a Big Impact with Your Book
Facebook: @vipbookgroup
Instagram: @vipbookgroup
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Ever wonder why some books grab you from the first line, while others fail to spark your interest?
This week's quick tips are all about the opening hook.
Tip #1: Some people never read past the first paragraph, let alone the first page. Make it count!
Tip #2: Know the difference between in medias res and place en scene. Choose your start carefully.
We will be taking a break for the summer, so we're turning off paid sponsorships. Make sure you subscribe on your favorite podcast player so you don't miss out when we come back on the air!
Plus, there might be a few summer surprises headed your way as well!
In the meantime, if you’re enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting the show by leaving a five star review and sharing it with a writer friend. We don't advertise, so our growth is entirely dependent on word of mouth.
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Walking the knife's edge between depth and brevity...
Today's guest is a master of the short story and professor at George Mason University. He's built a career in the trenches of the literary magazine world, where every word counts.
Our conversation digs deep into the art of the scene, with a ton of practical advice to keep readers turning pages no matter the length of your book.
Art Taylor is the Edgar Award-winning author of two collections: The Adventure of the Castle Thief and Other Expeditions and Indiscretions and The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 and Other Tales of Suspense. His debut book, On the Road with Del & Louise: A Novel in Stories, won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel. His short fiction has also won the Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Macavity Awards. He is an associate professor of English at George Mason University.
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Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
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Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Don't be a bunny. Avoid head hopping.
We're tackling one of Megan's biggest pet peeves this week; head hopping, or changing character point of view without a visual transition in between.
It happens when authors switch from the internal monologue or emotions of one character into another character, within the same scene, without a scene break or chapter break to identify the new point of view.
Tip #1: Know your point of view
Tip #2: Put yourself in the head of the character. Only write what that character can see or feel.
If you’re enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting the show. For a few dollars a month, you can help us cover the ongoing expenses—like hosting and editing—that are critical to the creation of this podcast. Plus, supporters will be thanked on each interview episode, so you'll get to hear your name on the air!
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TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
Click here to learn more!
The journey of a writer is a blend of art and commerce, heart and head.
"Intuitive Editing is the process of taking the hard craft skills and melding it with creating the story that you're trying to create, not the one that some writing guru or dogma has suggested would be the right structure for you."
This week we're thrilled to have editor Tiffany Yates Martin on the show. She is strong believer there's a difference between editing and revising. Editing gives you the map for revising your story, while revising sculpts your novel into shape.
Tiffany Yates Martin has spent nearly thirty years as an editor in the publishing industry, working with major publishers and New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling and award-winning authors as well as indie and newer writers. She is the founder of FoxPrint Editorial (a Writer's Digest Top 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2023 and 2024) and author of Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing. She is a regular contributor to writers’ outlets like Writer’s Digest, Jane Friedman, and Writer Unboxed, and a frequent presenter and keynote speaker for writers’ organizations around the country. Under her pen name, Phoebe Fox, she is the author of six novels.
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Tiffany Yates MartinWebsite: https://www.foxprinteditorial.com
Book: Intuitive Editing: A creative and practical guide to revising your writing
Online Courses: https://foxprinteditorial.com/online-courses/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tiffanynyates/
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
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Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
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Megan Haskell:
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Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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In this week's quick tips, we're taking a deep dive into the info dump.
What's that, you ask?
An info dump happens with the author writes everything they know about a character, setting, or their worldbuilding into a single stretch of prose. It's really common, especially for newer writers who feel like they need to explain everything for the reader.
TL:DR - You don't.
But how can you avoid it?
Tip #1: Beware the prologue. Readers don't care about the world until they care about the characters, which is why many will skip the prologue anyway. If you're going to write one, keep it short, sweet, and in the action.
Tip #2: We like the broken glass metaphor. Imagine you write it all down on a single pane of glass, then drop the glass. Pick up the pieces and insert the shards of information only where necessary.
If you’re enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting the show. For a few dollars a month, you can help us cover the ongoing expenses—like hosting and editing—that are critical to the creation of this podcast. Plus, supporters will be thanked on each interview episode, so you'll get to hear your name on the air!
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Megan Haskell:
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TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
Click here to learn more!
Books get claimed by the world...
In this week's episode, we're taking a deep dive into audience building, author platform, and finding your tribe with publisher and agent, David Morris.
David Morris is the publisher of Lake Drive Books and a literary agent at Hyponymous Consulting, two innovative ventures working together to specialize in authors and books that help people heal, grow, and discover. David holds a PhD in psychology and religion from Drew University, and is the author of Lost Faith and Wandering Souls: A Psychology of Disillusionment, Mourning, and the Return of Hope. He lives with his wife in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and they have two daughters.
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David MorrisWebsite: https://lakedrivebooks.com
Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Threads: @lakedrivebooks
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Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
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If you're enjoying The Author Wheel Podcast, please consider supporting the show by clicking the link below! Your contribution helps us cover the ongoing expenses—like hosting and editing—that are critical to the creation of this podcast. Plus, you'll get a shout out on air and in the show notes!
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
Click here to learn more!
Ever struggled to write dialogue that sounds natural and captures the essence of your characters?
This week's quick tips will help you overcome that challenge.
Tip #1: Listen to people talk in real life. Hang out in different locations with people from different walks of life. They don't speak the same!
Tip #2: Don't overdo dialect. While you want your characters to be unique, you don't want them to sound like a stereotype, and you don't want to tire out your reader.
Bonus Tip #3: Avoid fillers. You don't need to write "well", "um", or other conversational fillers. Get straight to the point.
If you’re enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting the show. For a few dollars a month, you can help us cover the ongoing expenses—like hosting and editing—that are critical to the creation of this podcast. Plus, supporters will be thanked on each interview episode, so you'll get to hear your name on the air!
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TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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We're entering a new era for the indie author...
In the last few years we've once more seen seismic shifts in the self-publishing industry.
No one understands that better than author consultant Joe Solari, who recently took the reins of what was once the 20Books to 50k conference. Rebranding under the Author Nation banner, Joe has been on the front lines, helping authors marry their artistic dreams with concrete business goals.
In this interview, we dive deep into the history of 20Books, the changes that are coming with Author Nation, and how Joe hopes to grow regional support around the largest author conference in the country.
Joe Solari is a consultant for authors and publishers, known for his experience in business ownership, private equity, and fundraising. He holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Since 2016, he has been helping authors navigate the complexities of the publishing market and has written guides for this purpose. He the Managing Director of the Author Nation Conference and Co-founder of Cybercraft Studios.
Joe SolariWebsite: https://www.authornation.live/2024tickets
Twitter: https://twitter.com/author_nation
Instagram: @author.nation
Facebook: @authornationevents
TikTok: @author.nation
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
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Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
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Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
Thank you to our Sponsor
Many thanks go out to this week's sponsor, Stanley B. Trice. Check out his novel High School Rocket Science for Extraterrestrial Use Only on his website at https://stanleybtrice.com/.
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The Happy Writer with Marissa Meyer
Authors, from debuts to bestsellers, chat about books, writing, publishing, and joy.
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Want to create deeper, more three-dimensional characters?
Today's quick tips are geared to help you do just that.
Tip #1: Use the Enneagram to understand your character's motivations, fears, and desires. Make sure this stays consistent throughout your story.
Tip #2: Give your character a flaw or a quirk. Make it a visual representation of their internal story arc for extra depth and development.
If you’re enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting the show. For a few dollars a month, you can help us cover the ongoing expenses—like hosting and editing—that are critical to the creation of this podcast. Plus, supporters will be thanked on each interview episode, so you'll get to hear your name on the air!
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Another great way to support the show is to leave a five star review and share it with a writer friend. We don't advertise, so our growth is entirely dependent on word of mouth.
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Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
Support the Show.
FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
Click here to learn more!
From a family band to scriptwriting to romance novels and teaching...
Ines Johnson joins us on the show this week to talk about understanding the market and finding your place in the trends. She's a master at finding patterns and applies that skill to the art of storytelling while meeting reader needs. Lucky for us, she's also a teacher at heart. This episode is a masterclass for writers at every stage.
Lover of fairytales, folklore, and mythology, Ines Johnson spends her days reimagining the stories of old in a modern world. She writes books where damsels cause the distress, princesses wield swords, and moms save the world.
Aside from being a writer, professional reader, and teacher, Ines is a very bad Buddhist. She sits in sangha each week, and while others are meditating and getting their zen on, she’s contemplating how to use the teachings to strengthen her plots and character motivations.
Discover how to strike the perfect balance between art and commerce, and learn why understanding your audience's desires is crucial to penning a story that resonates.
Follow Us!Ines JohnsonWebsite: http://www.ineswrites.com/
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
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Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
Thank you to our Sponsor
Many thanks go out to this week's sponsor, The Indy Author Matty Dalrymple. If you're interested in starting a podcast or improving your podcasting skills, her new Pod Pro Author Coaching service is a must!
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
Click here to learn more!
How do you research your novel? How do you avoid procrastinating via research?
In this week's Quick Tips we're tackling the pre-planning journey of research.
Tip 1: Set limits, create deadlines, and use timers.
Tip 2: Understand the type of research you need. Is it traditional, freeform, or experiential? Each type has its benefits and drawbacks, so know what you're doing before you fall down that rabbit hole.
If you’re enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting the show. For a few dollars a month, you can help us cover the ongoing expenses—like hosting and editing—that are critical to the creation of this podcast. Plus, supporters will be thanked on each episode, so you'll get to hear your name on the air!
Click here to become a paid subscriber and support the show!
Another great way to support the show is to leave a five star review and share it with a writer friend. We don't advertise, so our growth is entirely dependent on word of mouth.
We appreciate your generous help!
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
Support the Show.
FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
Click here to learn more!
The new digital-first traditional publisher...
It's been awhile since we talked about the differences, pros and cons of traditional versus indie publishing.
As our tagline says, "We believe there's no single right way to produce, publish, or promote your writing, only what works for you!"
Which is why we're excited to have Stephanie Carey on the show. Steph is the Commissioning Editor at Joffe Books, one of the UK's leading independent publishers of commercial fiction, and they’re currently looking to expand further into the American thriller/suspense market.
We met Stephanie at the 20Books to 50K conference in Vegas last November, and really enjoyed our conversations. We always think it’s a good idea to learn about all of the publishing options, and Joffee has been on the cutting edge of the NEW digital-first traditional publishing space. Both indie and traditional authors will learn a lot from this one!
The indie publishing landscape can feel like untamed wilderness, but Stephanie reveals how Joffe provides a collaborative yet hands-on approach, giving authors the reins over editorial decisions and cover art. This blend of control and support could be the nurturing ground needed for authors to flourish long-term.
If pitching publishers is on your horizon, Stephanie has advice on how to query, what to do, and better yet, what NOT to do as you seek a contract.
THIS WEEK'S SUBSCRIBER SPONSORMany thanks to The Indy Author, Maddy Dalrymple, for becoming a subscriber and sponsoring the show. Take a listen to the Indy Author Podcast and learn more about Podcasting for Authors.
Follow Us!Stephanie CareyWebsite: https://joffebooks.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StephMCarey
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
The Last Descendant Special Edition Kickstarter Campaign
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/meganhaskell/lastdescendant
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7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Ever felt like your creative well has run dry?
In this week's Quick Tips we're tackling brainstorming and writing creativity.
Tip 1: You are what you eat so consume good content.
Tip 2: Capture and expand on your ideas.
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What makes a reader experience? How do you build a sustainable author career?
We're thrilled to have Kevin Tumlinson back on the show this week to talk about what he's coined "The Artisan Age." If you follow the podcast you know that we interviewed Kevin for our first episode of 2024, but we felt like we didn't have time to cover all the issues we wanted to talk about, including the rise of the reader experience and decline of the rapid release model.
If you're a writer looking to build a long-term author career, this is truly a conversation you won't want to miss.
Kevin Tumlinson is an award-winning and bestselling author of hundreds of books crafted to thrill and inspire. He recently left the role of CEO for BookSweeps, and is now helping to inspire writers as the industry seems to be shifting from a rapid release model to what Kevin has coined “The Artisan Age.” Kevin is known as the Voice of Indie Publishing for his work in podcasts, conferences, public speaking, and consulting for authors. Every day he helps and encourages hundreds of thousands of will-be and established authors around the globe.
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This week is all about the book series. How do you plan your writing to build an expansive world? What are the kinds of series you can choose from? (Psst: there's more than one!)
Tip #1: Think big, even if you have a small town.
Tip #2: Identify the type of series that's best for your story.
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Ever feel like your voice as an author gets lost in the crowd?
In this week's interview, Matty Dalrymple of the Indy Author Podcast joins us to talk all about podcasting for authors. If you've ever wondered what it takes to be on a podcast, or start your own, this is the episode for you. It's a conversation packed with practical tips and advice you won't want to miss.
Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts. Matty also podcasts, writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage as The Indy Author. She has written books on the business of short fiction and podcasting for authors, and her articles have appeared in Writer’s Digest magazine.
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As we jump into April, we're sharing some of our favorite tips in the pre-writing stage, starting with Worldbuilding!
Tip #1: No matter the genre, every book needs a world, so don't forget to build one.
Tip #2: Keep your own rules to avoid breaking reader immersion.
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Personalizing the pyramid of needs...
This week, we're thrilled to have Melissa Storm join us on the Author Wheel Podcast to talk about writing craft, authorpreneurship, being a hybrid author, crossing genre lines, writing under pennames, mental health, wellness, and more. It's an absolutely fabulous interview packed with actionable advice for writers across all levels.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Melissa Storm is happiest with a book in her hands and a pet on her lap. She writes in a number of genres including Women’s Fiction and Psych Thrillers. Melissa lives with her family in the heart of Alaska.
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This week's Quick Tips are all about Easter Eggs—what they are, how to use them, and why you should.
Tip #1: Use Easter Eggs to build a fandom.
Tip #2: Be open-minded about what to use as Easter Eggs.
Bonus Tip: Use Easter Eggs as a cross-promotional tool.
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How do you promote your books?
It's not just about penning the next bestseller; it's about connecting with readers, and that's where Written Word Media comes in. If you have questions about book marketing, listen in.
In this week's interview, we're talking with Clayton Noblit, senior marketing manager at Written Word Media, a platform that empowers authors and publishers to reach their audience through specialized book promotion products. He might not be an writer himself, but Clayton is passionate about helping authors find their readers and sell more books.
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This week's Quick Tips are all about meeting reader expectations to satisfy their literary cravings.
Tip #1: Put the hook on page one!
Tip #2: Check your pacing.
Learn from our mistakes!
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". . . my job is as a coach is to help writers recognize the things that they have control over and that they don't."
This week's interview is with Enneagram teacher and Author Accelerator book coach Dani Abernathy. She helps people write the stories they need to tell so their readers can feel seen and can see others. She believes that stories can change the world, one reader at a time, and are one of our most powerful tools for having less war and more love. She's the creator of the Rooted Writers Mentorship, a year-long writing mentorship that helps people write brave stories.
From writers' block to using the Enneagram for character development, Dani has great advice for all of us on building a sustainable author career.
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How do you write genre fiction without feeling formulaic?
This week, we’re taking a deeper look at tropes and giving you our best tips for combining elements to effectively cross genre lines.
Tip #1: Understand the rules before you break themTip #2: Pick a primary genre first, then twist it with other elements, keeping your reader in mind
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Do you use AI tools in your writing?
AI is the hot button topic of the modern creative industry. No matter your position, the genie is out of the bottle, the cat is out of the bag, and Pandora's box is open. So how do we, as authors, decide where we stand and what our personal positions will be?
This week, we're thrilled to have Cameron Sutter—founder of Plottr—on the show to talk about his software but also dive into the world of AI tools and use cases for authors. We debunk common AI misconceptions, clarify the difference between true AI and machine learning, and argue for the irreplaceable human touch in art.
Cameron Sutter is a YA sci-fi/fantasy author, software developer, and the inventor of Plottr – the popular visual planning software for books and stories of all kinds. He's also the writer behind Real Human Writers, a substack newsletter that strives to demystify AI and show writers how to use it for their benefit . . . and when not to use it at all.
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Plottr: http://plottr.com/Substack Newsletter: Real Human Writers
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Have you ever considered writing serialized fiction? What about releasing your novel chapter by chapter as you write it?
In this week's episode, author coach Kim Boo York joins us to talk about how she rediscovered her love of writing through fan-fiction, dealt with imposter syndrome and the internal critic telling her there wasn't an audience for her story, but ultimately found success with serialized fiction, particularly with the Ream platform.
(Spoiler: It's about striking a balance between creating suspense and maintaining a steady flow of content, much like the anticipation of a favorite TV show's new episode.) But it's not just about the craft; it's about the community. We delve into the strategies for building a devoted readership and the joy of sharing works-in-progress.
KimBoo York is a GenX elder-goth whose main life purpose is to provide a good life for her rescue mutt, Keely-Boo, who is perfect and beyond reproach in every way. She is also a librarian, former project manager, and a professional author who wears too many hats and crosses too many genres including romance, fantasy, and non-fiction. She is also the co-host of the popular podcast, Around the Writer's Table.
Follow Us!KimBoo YorkBecome an Unstoppable Storyteller: How to Craft Compelling SerialsSubstack Newsletter: KimBoo's Scriptorium
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When we’re first learning to write fiction, most of us know broadly what genre we’re targeting. You might tell people you're working on a Fantasy, or Thriller, or Romance novel. That's a great starting point, but it's not specific enough once you're trying to publish and market that book.
There’s nuance to the niche sub-genres on the major ebook retailers. In this episode, we're giving you our best tips to research your specific sub-genre so you can give readers exactly what they want.
Tip #1: Leverage the Amazon genre tree
Tip #2: Understand the popular tropes
Tip #3: Read books in your genre that are comparable to your own. Read a lot of them.
Bonus Tip #4: Listen in to find out!
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This week's Quick Tips are all about self-care.
From setting realistic expectations to financial budgeting, building in time for self-reflection and rest, and taking care of our physical bodies, we're tackling the mental, emotional, and physical roadblocks that can hold you back from a sustainable author career.
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Ever wondered how your favorite indie authors make their mark in the vast expanse of international publishing?
In this episode, we're talking with Tara Cremin of Kobo Writing Life. She's giving us the inside look at international publishing as well as the secrets to success on Kobo.
Tara Cremin is the Director of Kobo Writing Life (KWL), Kobo’s independent publishing platform. She leads a team of book lovers who are actively involved in the indie publishing community and always looking for ways to help authors reach a new audience of readers. Tara hosts monthly live events for Kobo Writing Life with author and industry experts and you can sometimes hear her as a guest host on the Kobo Writing Life Podcast.
If you're interested in reaching international readers, publishing on multiple ebook platforms (aka "going wide") or just curious about resources outside of Amazon, this episode is for you.
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Podcast: https://kobowritinglife.com/category/kwl-podcast/
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How do you deal with rejection, negative criticism, and disappointment?In this week's Quick Tips, we're giving you our best advice to overcome the negativity and flip the switch to a positive mindset.
There are all kinds of disappointments in this job. Rejections from agents and editors, fizzled launches, and one-star reviews.
Our advice?
- Remember this business, like so many others, is all about relationships.
- Analyze the data. If you get a negative review, assess whether that person was really your target audience, or if there's truly an issue in your book that should be addressed.
- Spin it to a positive. That one-star review that wasn't your audience, may actually draw in your true target. A rejection from an agent with feedback might help you pitch better next time.
- Reward your wins. Post the good stuff prominently in your workspace and refer to to frequently to keep yourself motivated.
We talk about all this and more, so tune in!
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What's hiding in your shadow self, and how can you use it to improve your writing?
Today's conversation with Joanna Penn is a brilliant look at what it takes to unearth the raw essence of author creativity.
Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. Penn. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. www.TheCreativePenn.com
In this interview, we talk about her book "Writing the Shadow" while reflecting on our own personal strides in writing and business - from transitioning from the corporate world to the arts, tackling email conundrums, and developing a growth mindset.
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The Writing Romance Mastery Summit
There's still time to register and learn from some of the best authors and coaches in the writing industry. The summit takes place from February 19, 2024 through February 23, 2024, and we promise it’ll be a top-notch event.
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When motivation is flagging, how do you fall back in love with writing?
The key lies in self-awareness—recognizing your introversion, extroversion, or something in between, and how these traits fuel your creative fire. Our personal stories and practical strategies will guide you to embrace who you are and channel your innate strengths into a writing career that's not just productive, but profoundly fulfilling.
Our quick tips for this week:
- Spend some time learning about yourself. Take a personality test and think about how the results might apply to your writing life.
- Review your past. What worked before, that maybe you've lost track of?
- If you're struggling right now, think about what threw you off course. Is there a way to bring yourself back into alignment?
- Finish up your obligations so you can give yourself the time and space to create.
- Work on a palate cleanser: a fun story that you find inspiring but that might not be part of your current series.
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Have you ever tried to write your novel longhand?
For this week's guest, that's simply how it's done. At least for the first draft. For her, it's a great way to connect body and brain and keep the story flowing. But when even that fails, Paula turns to reading to fuel her creative soul. This week's episode offers new solutions that can turn setbacks into triumphs, especially for those navigating the sequel blues.
Paula Judith Johnson is an entrepreneur and the author of 4 steamy romance novels.
Two of her books were finalists in the Book Excellence Awards Historical Romance category in 2020 and 2021, respectively. She is also the creator and host of the Writing Romance Mastery Summit, where you can learn about writing, publishing, and marketing your romance novels.
Hosting summits isn't just about bringing together a community; it's about fostering growth and sharing expertise. Despite its name, the Writing Romance Mastery Summit is not just for romance authors. So much of what we do as writers crosses genre lines, there's definitely something for everyone.
The Writing Romance Mastery Summit will take place from February 19, 2024 through February 23, 2024, and we promise it’ll be a top-notch event. Paula Judith is bringing together the biggest names and most knowledgeable experts to share their best secrets.
We're proud to be included in this year's lineup of guests, talking about how to decide if you should self-publish or get an agent. By clicking this link, we may earn a commission from your purchase, at no additional cost to you.
Get ready to fuel your passion and propel your writing journey to new heights.
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How do you refill your creative well?
In this week's quick tips, we're talking about creativity and how we can nurture our subconscious mind.
Tips include:
- Intentional content consumption: no matter the medium, what we watch, read, or experience influences our writing
- Building community: conferences, writing groups, online summits are all fodder for your creative brain
- Travel: long-distance or close to home, changing venue can often spark creative joy
Listen in for an episode that promises to refresh your perspective and keep your creative heart beating with excitement.
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Have you ever attended an in-person writing conference or summit?
This week's guest is not only a full-time writer and productivity guru, she's organizing the Author Alchemy Summit in Portland February 22-25!
Jessie Kwak is an author and business book ghostwriter living in Portland, Oregon. She is the organizer of the Author Alchemy Summit, as well as the author of a supernatural thriller, two series of space scoundrel sci-fi crime novels, and a handful of productivity books including From Chaos to Creativity and From Big Idea to Book.
The path from scribbling in notebooks to professional ghostwriting is no small feat. Jessie opens up about her strategies for productivity, including reserving her mornings for creative fiction and afternoons for client work. It's not just about finding time but protecting it fiercely.
Our discussion then shifts to the more personal side of writing—self-promotion and confronting impostor syndrome. We affirm the power of individual narratives, sharing touching stories of readers who have found solace in our work, and reminding all authors that their words can be a sanctuary for someone out there.
In our final segment, the spotlight turns to the Author Alchemy Summit and all the work that goes into planning and attending a writers' conference. From the event's conception to networking for the introverted author, we explore strategies for creating an engaging, memorable conference that can leave a lasting impression on attendees.
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Ever feel like your New Year's resolutions vanish into thin air before January's over?
In this week's quick tip, we're talking about the difference between goals and resolutions, and how to turn vague wishes into achievable progress.
We'll walk you through the basics of the SMART goal setting method so you can make your goals Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. We share some of our favorite techniques to keep your story rolling, including the 'Seinfeld principle' for consistency and 'habit stacking' to implement your tasks into your daily routine.
Tune in for personal anecdotes and a dash of inspiration, to turn those writing wishes—or any project, really—into milestones.
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Too many external voices...
Today's guest, a former lawyer turned author and book coach, joins us in this week's interview to talk about her writing process. Mary's journey from courtrooms to the craft of storytelling is not only inspiring but also enlightening for writers navigating their own creative paths.
Mary Adkins is the author of the nationally recognized novels “When You Read This”, “Privilege”, and “Palm Beach”. She is also an online writing coach who helps aspiring and established authors write through resistance and finish their books by finding a creative process that works for them. As the founder of The Book Incubator—a 12-month program to write, revise, and pitch your novel or memoir—she helps aspiring authors finish their books with joy and clarity.
Mary's biggest roadblock came up in having too many early readers, and too much feedback. Rewrites and critique classes nearly stole the joy of the story. Together, we share our experiences with reader teams, discuss the effectiveness of tools like Book Funnel and ProWritingAid, and emphasize the importance of breaks to reignite our storytelling passion.
Which is why Mary developed the Book Incubator program, detailing how it supports authors from draft to publication. Plus, we spotlight some invaluable resources for writers seeking to carve out their unique identity.
So, whether you're a lawyer with a secret novel-writing ambition or a seasoned author in search of camaraderie and guidance, join us for a conversation that celebrates the quirks and quandaries of the writer's journey.
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Imposter syndrome. It's the elephant in the room that almost every author faces at some point in their career.
In today's episode, Mark Leslie Lefebvre's shares his wisdom on dealing with this behemoth. With over 30 years experience in the writing, publishing, and bookselling industry, Mark understands the heartbeat of writing and publishing. .
Mark Leslie Lefebvre first became a bookseller in 1992, the same year his first short story appeared in print. He has since worked in numerous roles across the book industry, and published more than two dozen books. Writing, storytelling, and helping other authors are among his greatest passions.
Embracing the conviction that your story matters can be your breakthrough. Mark takes us through the kaleidoscope of book marketing, emphasizing the human touch in an algorithm-driven world. From the tactile connections at in-person events to the pioneering platforms like Draft2Digital, this episode offers a fresh perspective on how personalized efforts can lead to lasting success in the literary world.
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Ever feel like the intricate dance of authorship could use a choreographer?
Well, put on your dance shoes because we're here to help. From the solid foundation of goal setting with an author strategy template to the daily twirls of bullet journals and to-do lists, we have tools to help guide your steps. We share how breaking tasks into bite-sized pieces can transform daunting projects into a graceful sequence of achievements, and why celebrating the mini victories along the way is crucial for your morale and momentum.
By mapping out your tasks and decluttering your mental space, your mind can focus on what you're truly passionate about: spinning tales that captivate and inspire. You'll hear us confess our own moments of overwhelm and how our "auxiliary brains" – those trusty templates and tools – serve as our loyal understudies, ensuring the show goes on uninterrupted.
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As we catapult into a fresh year, many of us grapple with a mounting stack of tasks and the elusive beast that is organization. Luckily, tools like StoryOrigin are here to help!
We're thrilled to have guest Evan Gow on the show. Evan is the indie developer of StoryOrigin, a marketing tool and community of authors that work together to find reviewers, build mailing lists, increase sales, and stay on top of deadlines.
Throughout our conversation, Evan draws enlightening parallels between software development and crafting a story, offering insight into how Story Origin's early features—like reader magnets and group promos—have become a lifeline for authors.
As we unpack the strategic decisions behind the platform's initial launch and its gradual evolution, we underscore how StoryOrigin serves as an all-in-one haven for authors at all stages. From building a robust mailing list, to designing an author website, and managing the myriad post-production tasks that often overwhelm indie authors, the software has helpful tools for just about every author.
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Happy New Year and welcome back to the Author Wheel Podcast!
This week isn't so much a quick tip as an update on our plans for 2024, and boy oh boy, do we have some great shows headed your way.
Our regular Monday interviews will continue, and we have some fantastic guests lined up for the show. From the brilliant Joanna Penn, to indie guru Mark Leslie LeFebvre, and bestselling multi-genre author Melissa Storm, it’s going to be a fabulous season.
We're also thrilled to announce that we'll be continuing the weekly quick tips each Thursday in 2024. Each month will have a theme, and regular listeners will benefit from the progression of topics. February will be all about maintaining motivation and consistency in the New Year before we move into some of our favorite craft topics in March and April.
If you have any suggestions for topics, or quick tips of your own to share, please send them our way! We love to hear from listeners. You can always email us at info@authorwheel.com
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Happy New Year!
We're starting 2024 with a bang, and digging right into our first guest interview with the Voice of Indie Publishing, Kevin Tumlinson.
Our conversation wheels through the valleys and peaks of a writer's life, from childhood tales etched in crayon, to overcoming self-limiting beliefs, to live blogging his story as its being written, Kevin has experienced it all. We even discuss the seismic shift from traditional to indie publishing, and the value of developing reader engagement through direct sales and subscription services.
Kevin Tumlinson is an award-winning and bestselling author of hundreds of books crafted to thrill and inspire. He recently took on the role of CEO for BookSweeps, a pioneer of the genre specific list building giveaway, and the most successful platform building tool for authors and publishers worldwide. Kevin is known as the Voice of Indie Publishing for his work in podcasts, conferences, public speaking, and consulting for authors. Every day he helps and encourages hundreds of thousands of will-be and established authors around the globe.
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Ready to supercharge your productivity in 2024?
This week marks our final December Quick Tip, and it's all about implementing a workflow that will keep your stories rolling.
We dig into our past, examining our old habits and systems, and underscore the importance of making necessary amendments. Our personal experiences, like our morning writing routine, will give you some practical ideas, and we’ll also chat about the perks of setting achievable goals. Plus, learn why routine tasks, like growing a mailing list, should be integrated into your workflow consistently.
By the end of this episode, you'll be fully equipped to crush your writing goals in the coming year.
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Do you know the difference between strategy and tactics?
In this week's Quick Tip, we're talking about how we can simplify our strategy to focus on the most impactful activities that will move us toward our goals. To do that, we first have to understand the difference between the day-to-day tasks (tactics) and the overarching plan (strategy.)
Keep in mind, you don't have to start from scratch. That's why we reviewed the past year first. Refining past strategies for the upcoming year can be just as impactful, if not more so.
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Ready to jumpstart your writing journey this New Year?
This episode of the Author Wheel podcast will be your perfect guide. We've stitched together a mashup of wisdom-rich clips from our previous guests, including Tonya Kappes, Matt Holmes, Claire Taylor, Sacha Black, Paul Ardoin, and Becca Syme.
Struggles and success go hand in hand. As a creative, you may find yourself at a crossroads of following the crowd or trusting your intuition, like Becca Syme. That may mean developing a reader-centric mindset like Tonya, or digging into your own psyche to understand your motivation for writing like Claire and Sacha. It could mean doing less but doing it better, like Matt, or writing what you love to read, like Paul.
So, are you ready to ignite your motivation, understand the market, and kickstart your writing journey? Tune in now, and let's start 2024 with the right foot forward.
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Clarity. It's such an ephemeral concept. Ever changing and just out of reach, and yet we need clarity to focus.
This week's quick tip is all about understanding ourselves and our motivations so we can set audacious goals for 2024 that are aligned with the future we want.
Our dreams and ambitions can evolve over time. The things that we wanted yesterday might not be the same as what we want for tomorrow. Luckily, the writing industry allows for flexibility and endless possibilities.
You'll get a peek into our own plans, both for our fiction and for The Author Wheel. Then, we set you up to plan your own writing future.
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Dream big and go for it!
In this highly motivational interview, we're talking with bestselling author Jonathan Yanez about his journey from the written word to the big screen.
From learning to write screenplays by reading them online, to immersing himself in film culture by attending film conventions and events, he discusses the importance of understanding and accepting one's limitations while also encouraging listeners to push beyond their comfort zones.
Jonathan Yanez is the bestselling author of the Forsaken Mercenary series and award-winning writer and producer of Infinity System.
Question of the Week: Have you ever thought about writing your own screenplay to turn your novel into film? Did you go for it?
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This month's quick tips are all about the end of year reset and refresh.
Join us as we take a deep dive into the world of author strategy, turning the rear-view mirror towards 2023 and putting 2024 in sharp, clear focus. It's all about finding the sweet spot between your dreams, realities, and actions.
We’ve distilled the planning process into four actionable steps:
1.) Review your past year,
2) Clarify your goals,
3) Simplify your approach, and
4) Implement your strategy.
Trust us, it’s not as daunting as it sounds!
This week, we start with the review.
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The art of blurbs, navigating Amazon Ads, and seeking help . . .
Writing is a lonely craft, but it doesn't have to be. In this week's episode, Bryan Cohen gets candid about the necessity of help-seeking in the author space, sharing personal stories of how collaboration and networking transformed his business. He opens up about his personal journey, the lessons he learned, and his secret sauce for sustaining successful ventures.
Bryan Cohen is the founder of Author Ad School, Best Page Forward, and the Author Ad Agency. He's also the co-host of The Sell More Books Show podcast which just finished its 500th consecutive week!
Whether you're a novice in the publishing world or a seasoned author, the insights from this episode can be the game changer you've been waiting for.
Question of the Week: How have you incorporated feedback and outside help into your author business?
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It's the final countdown! How are you doing with NaNoWriMo?
Whether or not you "win" this month, you've done something amazing. You've created something out of nothing and gotten words on the page. That's incredible.
Which is why...
Tip #1: Celebrate! Whether you wrote 50k or 20k, recognize your effort this month.
Tip #2: Take a break! Don't immediately jump into editing or publishing this book. Give yourself a little space to breathe and think. Then go back to it with fresh eyes in the new year.
If you've found these short "betweeniesodes" helpful, please email us and let us know! We're discussing new monthly themes to keep the tips rolling, like goal-setting and planning for the New Year in December, and editing strategies in January. We'd love your feedback!
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Bold statement: indie publishing is a maturing industry.
A few weeks ago, The Author Wheel attended the 20Books to 50k conference in Las Vegas, and in this episode we're going to talk about our experiences.
Our biggest takeaway? There are dozens, possibly hundreds, of different strategies for author success. Moreover, the very definition of success depends on the author and what they're looking to get out of their writing. With nearly two thousand writers in attendance, we saw it all, and talked about most of it.
The landscape of publishing is changing once again. We highlight successful indie authors who have secured contracts, expanded their reach through film and audio book adaptations, and built impressive careers. Understanding your genre, treating your books as a catalog, focusing on your target audience, and building a growth mindset are critical.
Listen in to learn more!
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Ever feel like the world conspires to distract you every time you sit down to write?
In this week's "betweeniesode," award-winning fantasy author Megan Haskell and USA Today bestselling mystery thriller author Greta Boris share their best hacks to shut down distractions and focus on your writing.
Tip #1: Use technology to your advantage. Try out apps like Freedom which shut down distracting websites and social media across your devices, setting "Do Not Disturb" on your phone, or Brain.FM for white noise.
Tip #2: Change location. If your household chores are calling your name or family keeps unintentionally interrupting you, try going to a coffee shop or library to get those precious words on the page.
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Ready for a front seat on the roller coaster ride of the writing world?
Today's guest has pretty much done it all. From working in the theater, to writing Pakistani soap operas in New York, to moving to L.A. to pitch T.V. scripts, then transitioning to prose during the pandemic, there's barely a writing project that Lawrence hasn't tried.
He's applied that same can-do attitude to marketing. His number one question—which we can all learn from—is "can I make this fun for myself?" Don't fear failure. It can all be fixed in post.
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Lawrence Allan is an award winning mystery writer of the Jimmy Cooper Mysteries. His debut novel BIG F@!KING DEAL was a Shamus Award Finalist. He holds an MFA in Playwrighting from the University of Texas at Austin and lives in Los Angeles.
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During NaNoWriMo, speed is king (or queen) and the faster you write, the better you optimize your time. Which is why in today's quick "betweeniesode" we're sharing our best tips to pick up your writing pace.
Join award-winning fantasy author Megan Haskell and USA Today bestselling mystery thriller author Greta Boris as we unveil tried-and-true strategies to stay focused on your word count and keep your story on a roll.
Tip 1: Try writing in short bursts using the "Pomodoro" technique or writing sprints.
Tip 2: Don't be afraid of a little healthy competition! Whether you're competing with yourself or with other faster writers, you'll be sure to get more words on the page.
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Hard magic systems, finding community, and creating luxury hardback book...
This week is all about publishing on Kindle Unlimited and creating beautiful deluxe special edition books on Kickstarter.
Join us for a deep and insightful conversation with renowned fantasy author Rachel Rener, whose international best-selling Gilded Blood series has left readers spellbound...and tattooed. She shares her experiences on everything from writing and publishing in Kindle Unlimited, to community building and managing a successful Kickstarter campaign for a luxury limited edition series omnibus. It's absolutely gorgeous!
Rachel Rener is a #1 International Bestselling contemporary fantasy author who loves blurring the line between science and magic. Rachel is an animal loving, language learning, picture taking, mineral collecting, video game playing, modern rock listening, celery hating, acrylic painting kind of gal.
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NaNoWriMo is all about getting words on the page. In today's quick "betweeniesode" we're talking about how to avoid the distractions of research and revisions.
Join award-winning fantasy author Megan Haskell and USA Today bestselling mystery thriller author Greta Boris as we unveil tried-and-true strategies to stay focused on your word count and keep your story on a roll.
Tip 1: Mark sections that need additional research detail and come back later.
Tip 2: Use comments to note consistency issues or new ideas to be worked into earlier chapters rather than revising in the moment.
Get ready to boost your productivity, and keep that story rolling.
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Do editors need editors?
Short answer: Yes.
In this episode, we're talking with Jennifer Silva Redmond - an accomplished editor, a resilient writer, and a true raconteur. From her early days as an aspiring Broadway actress, to life on a sailboat, to launching her own editing business, Jennifer has a treasure trove of experience to share.
As we delve further into the world of writing and editing, you'll learn:
- How to critically review your work
- How to give and receive constructive criticism
- The different types of editing and Jennifer's role as a content editor
- Why editors still need editors
Jennifer Silva Redmond is a writer and editor whose memoir Honeymoon at Sea was just released by Re: Books of Toronto. She is on the staff of the Southern California Writers Conference and San Diego Writers, Ink. Jennifer lives with her husband Russel, an artist and teacher, aboard their sailboat on the West Coast of North America.
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Ever wondered about that magical state where words flow unrestricted, time seems suspended, and the world around you ceases to exist?
To help you through NaNoWriMo this November, we're giving you practical tips to increase your productivity and get the words on the page. What better place to start than getting into the flow?
Tip 1: Build a ritual to teach your brain it's writing time.
Tip 2: Try the "brain dump" technique - visualize the scene before you start "officially" writing.
We'll guide you through the ins and outs of these two tips in today's quick NaNoWriMo episode.
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What's the best way to approach literary agents? How do you make your manuscript stand out? Do you need to be on social media?Today's guest has the answers. We discuss understanding submission guidelines, showing respect for the agents you meet or query, and leveraging social media to promote your work (because yes, even traditionally published authors need to market their books.) Whether you're an introverted writer or love to be in the limelight, there's something for everyone as Amy shares her strategies on balancing privacy while engaging with readers.
Amy Brewer is a senior literary agent at Metamorphosis. Her intuitive human understanding can help writers bridge the communication gap and jump into the publishing world. Her experience in the mental health field and yoga training help her guide and assist clients with stress and anxiety in this highly competitive industry. All of this is pulled together with a multi-tasking and hyper-organized brain, so that at the end of every day she feels accomplished and grateful. She is seeking captivating stories of human connection and books that touch her heart.
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Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
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Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Ever felt overwhelmed at the thought of writing a 50,000-word novel in a month?
We're here to help!
In our second "betweeniesode," award-winning fantasy adventure author Megan Haskell and USA Today bestselling mystery thriller author Greta Boris, give you new tips to prep for the marathon of National Novel Writing Month, aka "NaNoWriMo."
In this episode, we're going to help you set a foundation for your novel to streamline your writing process. How? By planning your chapters in advance and creating a story bible to house your research, world building, character development, and more.
Does this mean you have to be an outliner?
No! Megan's not. But building a file structure in Scrivener or whatever program you like to use—even writing down your ideas on notecards—and inputting as many details you can in advance will still help you avoid decision fatigue during the challenge. Listen in for all the details.
Let's get you ready to "Win" NaNo!
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7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Tired of the traditional 9 to 5 grind and yearn to ignite your creative spark?
You've heard today's guest before . . . on our intro! We're talking with our podcast producer, Jim Wilbourne about his journey into the writing and publishing world.
Fun fact: a lot of writers don't write full time. Arguably most. In fact, many "full-time authors" have multiple streams of income. Jim has taken his background in music into the author world to provide audio engineering and editing services for audiobooks and podcasts—like ours! This has allowed him to embrace his unique writing style and still fulfill his creative career dreams.
We talk about how he focuses on evergreen content that can be shared essentially forever, his multi-years' long email autoresponder, repackaging content into multiple media formats, and the power of niche-focused marketing.
Jim Wilbourne is a creative at heart. If he’s not writing a novel, he’s writing and recording a song, or once again trying to learn how to draw. When he’s not working on the next project, he spends his free time working on another project. He totally has a life. Jim lives in the deep south with his wife and son and doesn’t miss the snow at all.
Follow Us!Jim WilbourneFiction Website: www.jimwilbourne.com
Audio Services: www.emergentrealms.com
All the Stuff: https://linktr.ee/jimwilbourne
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
TikTok: @AuthorMeganHaskell
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Are you ready to WIN NaNoWriMo but worried about the overwhelming challenges to writing 50,000 words in the month of November?
Fear not! Starting this week, The Author Wheel will be sharing our best tried-and-true novel writing and productivity strategies in weekly "betweeniesodes" of the podcast.
First up, prepping for the challenge begins with setting the right atmosphere at home. We'll guide you on communicating your goals to your loved ones, carving out dedicated writing time, and even preparing your mind and body for daily writing. Also, we'll shed light on the importance of starting a daily writing habit beforehand to minimize the shock to your system come November. So, buckle up and get ready to transform your writing journey with our practical tips and tricks!
Want even more writing productivity help?From now through Halloween, we're offering podcast listeners and subscribers 50% off our online course, Finish Your Novel Faster. Just go to https://www.authorwheel.com/finish-your-novel-faster and use code NANOWRIMONOVEL at checkout.
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Lead magnets, advanced reviews, author cross-promotions, and more...
Are you ready to unlock the secrets to building an engaged readership and securely sharing your work with the world?
Join us as we welcome Damon Courtney, creator of BookFunnel to the show. In this interview, we unpack the platform's fascinating features that help authors track reader engagement, deliver digital books, and create compelling reader magnets. From aiding budding authors with their newsletters to managing advanced review teams for established authors, Damon enlightens us on the plethora of ways BookFunnel is beneficial for authors. Authors are even using this platform to coordinate book promos and build a community of 'true fans.'
Damon Courtney is the creator and CEO of BookFunnel, an ebook and audiobook delivery service for authors and publishers. As a lifelong software engineer, Damon is an expert in just about everything technical and can offer unique insight on publishing as it relates to software and technology. He is also the self-published author of his very own Fantasy trilogy and continues to spin stories in his head that he hopes to some day get around to writing.
Follow Us!Damon CourtneyWebsite: https://www.bookfunnel.com
Email: support@bookfunnel.com
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Should you self-narrate your own book? Should an indie take a traditional deal?
This week, mystery author and podcast host, Pamela Fagan Hutchins, is taking us on a journey into her writing world. We talk about the art of narrating your own audiobooks and how to manage continuity across multiple book series. Plus, hear first-hand why she's a dedicated indie who's just secured a traditional publishing contract—and the challenges that came along with it.
Pamela Fagan Hutchins is a USA Today bestselling and Silver Falchion Best Mystery winning mystery/thriller/suspense author (and recovering attorney and investigator) who splits time between an off-the-grid lodge on the face of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains and a rustic cabin on Maine’s Lake Mooselookmeguntic with her husband, kids and grandkids, rescue pets and sled dogs, and draft cross horses.
Follow Us!Pamela Fagan HutchinsWebsite: http://pamelafaganhutchins.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/pamela.fagan.hutchins.author
Podcast: Crime & Wine Novelist Chats https://pamelafaganhutchins.com/crime-and-wine-with-pamela-fagan-hutchins/
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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The first step in defining your strategy? Getting clarity.Clarity. What is it? How do we find it? Where do we even start?
In today's duo episode, we're once again talking about finding clarity in our lives. It's a topic that's been on our minds a lot, both personally and professionally. And honestly, it just might be the most difficult part of developing a productivity system that works.
Clarity breathes life into stale systems and provides the focus for our future plans. But to get there, we have to first dig through our past and honestly assess where we are today. It can be a rough road, emotional and fraught with hard truths, but without knowing where we are, we can't plot our path to the future we want to achieve.
Join us on the journey!
Follow Us!The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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In this week’s episode, we’re talking about the writing process. Specifically, we’re talking with screenwriter and novelist John Gaspard about the similarities between the movie-making process and the novelist’s journey. They have a lot in common! From pre-production story planning to writing productivity, then editing and distribution, it’s a complementary system. And lucky for us, John is willing to share some of his best “popcorn principles” with us.
John is author of the Eli Marks mystery series and the Como Lake Players mystery series. He also has four other stand-alone novels, including two greyhound inspired pastiches: The Greyhound of the Baskervilles and A Christmas Carl.
John has directed six low-budget features and has written multiple books on the subject of low-budget filmmaking. In addition, he wrote two books for novelists: The Popcorn Principles and More Popcorn Principles: The Sequel.
His most recent fiction book is a prequel to his Eli Marks series, “The Curious Mysteries of Eli Marks.” The Middle Grade book introduces us to thirteen-year-old Eli and explores how he came to the world of magic and magicians.
Question of the week: What's your purpose for writing? Or have you ever even thought about it? Join our new Facebook group and let's chat!
Follow Us!John GaspardWebsite: https://www.albertsbridgebooks.com/
and: https://www.elimarksmysteries.com/
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
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Overcoming depression and finding your purpose in writing books…Books provide an escape. I think most writers know and appreciate this, but sometimes we forget our books reach people on a fundamental level, giving them an experience they can’t find in the real world.
Today’s guest, Tonya Kappes, leans into a desire to help one reader each week, and in so doing, has found massive success reaching thousands of readers. With over 180 books published, she is an incredibly savvy author-preneur who never loses sight of her core purpose.
Amazon All Star Author Tonya Kappes has written more than 180 southern cozy mysteries, all of which have graced numerous bestseller lists, including USA Today and Woman’s World Book Club pick twice. Best known for stories charged with southern charm, emotion and humor and filled with flawed characters, her novels have garnered reader praise and glowing critical reviews. She lives with her husband in northern Kentucky. Now that her four boys have flown out of the nest, Tonya writes full-time in her camper!
Question of the week: What's your purpose for writing? Or have you ever even thought about it? Join our new Facebook group and let's chat!
Follow Us!Tonya Kappes:Website: https://tonyakappes.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authortonyakappes/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TonyaKappes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyakappesbooks/
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
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FREE Mini Email CourseHave you ever struggled to explain to others exactly what you write? Or wondered which of the many fiction ideas running through your brain you should tackle? If so, The Author Wheel’s new mini-course might be your solution.
7 Days to Clarity: Uncover Your Author Purpose will help you uncover your core writing motivations, avoid shiny-thing syndrome, and create clear marketing language.
Each daily email will lead you step by step in defining your author brand, crafting a mission statement, and distilling that statement into a pithy tagline. And, best of all, it’s free.
Click here to learn more!
What's your writing ritual? Do you have an accountability partner?This week's guest really does it all. Not only a fiction author, she's a multi-business owner, consultant, and savvy entrepreneur. She's found success by partnering with others to keep herself accountable, and keeping her creative fiction writing space separate from her business publishing space. It seems to be working!
Chelle Honiker is the publisher of Indie Author Magazine, bringing over two decades of executive operations and leadership experience to the indie publishing world. She's a grounded digital nomad currently hunkered down near her adult daughters in Texas, but it's said she could run a small country with just the contents of her ever-present backpack. She'd rather not put it to the test.
In early 2021, together with Alice Briggs, Chelle launched Indie Author Magazine, where writing means business. Their vision is to be the trusted industry leader for indie authors by providing unbiased, well-researched, and articulate content, in the most engaging format possible.
Question of the week: What's your process? Do you have a writing ritual or an accountability partner? Join our new Facebook group and let's chat!
Follow Us!Chelle Honiker:Website: https://indieauthormagazine.com
Facebook: @indieauthormag
Twitter: @indieauthorzine
YouTube: @indieauthormagazine
Instagram: @indieauthormagazine
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
Don't waste time getting lost in the weeds. Join today!
Clarify, Simplify, and Implement . . .These are the lessons we've learned after a year of interviewing some of the top minds in the author world.
Today, we're talking about our new Author Career Strategy system and how we've implemented these changes in our own author lives.
Follow Us!The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
Don't waste time getting lost in the weeds. Join today!
Have you ever considered going back to school for a Masters in Creative Writing?This week's guest did, but she realized what a privileged position she was in. Not everyone can afford the time and money to go back to school. So she set out to create a program that brings together the best of the MFA experience while allowing students to complete the coursework on their own timeline for a fraction of the cost.
Thus was born DIY MFA.
Gabriela Pereira is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and author of the book DIY MFA: Write with Focus, Read with Purpose, Build Your Community. As the instigator of DIYMFA.com, her mission is to challenge the status quo of higher education. She speaks at national conferences, industry events, and college campuses, and also hosts the podcast DIY MFA Radio.
Question of the week: What part of the DIY MFA program is the most exciting for you?Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Gabriela Pereira:Website:
Courses:
Twitter & Instagram: @diymfa
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
Don't waste time getting lost in the weeds. Join today!
A realistic strategy for new indie authors.
In this interview, Greta and Megan pick Paul Austin Ardoin's brain about his slow-and-steady wins. Paul's marketing approach is commonsense. He tells us how we can implement the same strategies he's used to make a steady $1,000 plus dollars a month on a single series.
Paul Austin Ardoin is the USA TODAY bestselling indie author of The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries and The Woodhead & Becker Mysteries. He holds a B.A. in creative writing from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. in marketing from the University of Phoenix. His articles have been published in Indie Author Magazine and European Communications, and he’s been a guest on several writing podcasts, including Kobo Writing Life, Stark Reflections, and The Bestseller Experiment Deep-Dive.
Question of the week: Have you tried any of the strategies Paul talks about? How have they worked for you? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Paul Austin Ardoin:Website: https://www.paulaustinardoin.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulardoinauthor
Twitter: @paulardoin
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
Don't waste time getting lost in the weeds. Join today!
Do you know your top 5 Clifton Strengths?This week's guest is the expert at using the Clifton's Strengths to help writers understand themselves so they can write more, write better, and build a writing career that they love.
Becca Syme (MATL) is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and has been coaching success alignment for more than a decade. She is the author of the Quitbooks for Writers series and the popular Write Better-Faster course. She also writes mystery novels in her spare time and lives on one of the thousand lakes in Minnesota.
Question of the week: What are your strengths?Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Becca Syme:Website: http://betterfasteracademy.com
Instagram: @becca_syme
TikTok: becca_syme
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
Don't waste time getting lost in the weeds. Join today!
Buckle up for this episode!
This week Sacha Black helps us mold our writing careers by dialing into our personalities. For instance, she shares how she leaned into her competitive nature to quadruple her writing time! She shared so many fantastic ideas about craft, the author business, and productivity our heads were spinning.
Sacha Black is an author, rebel podcaster, speaker and casual rule breaker. She writes writing craft books for authors, and spicy sapphic fantasy romance as Ruby Roe.
Question of the week: How many words do you write per hour?Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Sacha Black:Website: www.sachablack.co.uk
Courses: https://sachablack.thinkific.com/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/sachablackauthor/
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
Don't waste time getting lost in the weeds. Join today!
Finishing the first draft, finding yourself, and achieving your definition of success…This week we’re thrilled to be chatting with podcaster and book coach, Emma Dhesi. She talks about being a staying at home mom and balancing caring for her family with building her own writing career. Tip of the day: do what you can, when you can!
Emma Dhesi is a book coach and author mentor who specialises in helping beginner authors write their first novel. She is the host of the podcast Turning Readers Into Writers, which focuses on the challenges new authors face when trying to balance ‘all the things’. She's also the co-author of Launch Pad: The Countdown to Writing Your Book, a guide for authors.
Question of the week: How do you keep motivated in your writing? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Emma Dhesi:Website: http://www.emmadhesi.com/
Book: https://launchpadcountdown.com/
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
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The biggest risks can lead to things you never expected...The conflict between the maker's life and the manager's world is a constant struggle. It's something that every creative entrepreneur has to deal with. Luckily, this week we have Brock Swinson on the show to share the productivity secrets of some of the most prolific writers around.
Brock Swinson is an interviewer for Creative Screenwriting, the host of Creative Principles Podcast and the author of Ink by the Barrel. He's giving away 100,000 copies of his recent release, Ink by the Barrel: Secrets from Prolific Writers and is currently working on a DocuSeries called Daredevil Society.
Question of the week: Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Brock Swinson:
Download the book for free! https://www.brockswinson.com/ink
Website: Creative Screenwriting
Podcast: Creative Principles
Instagram: @brockswinson
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
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One hour a day is all it takes.Some episodes of the podcast are contemplative, some are inspirational, this week's is full of absolutely practical information on how to find new readers for your books and increase your income.
Our guest, Matt Holmes, brought the monthly income from his wife's fantasy series into five-figures through advertising, and he tells us how he does it. One thing he doesn't do is fiddle too much with things. More than an hour a day, and you'll probably screw things up.
*Matt Holmes is a book marketing consultant, helping self-published authors bring their work into the world through intentional and strategic marketing and advertising.
He writes a free book marketing newsletter received by thousands of authors, called "The Saturday Self-Published Author", and also offers various other resources, tools, and courses*
Question of the week: What are you doing to market your books? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Matthew Holmes:Website: https://www.matthewjholmes.com
Courses: https://www.matthewjholmes.com/courses
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewJHolmes1
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
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Perfectionism, time management, and saying "no" . . .This week we're talking with Maddie Margarita, a local author friend who is a community organizer for writers all over Southern California. She generously shares her time with different writing groups, sometimes at the expense of her own writing time.
Maddie Margarita writes mystery/romantic suspense. She is the host of Lit Up! OC --a popular monthly writer’s salon in Southern California, and the Southern California Writers Association HUMP DAY BOOK TOUR broadcast live on Facebook every Wednesday morning, available on YouTube @SCWAwritersonline. When not writing, or talking, Maddie serves on the Board of the Southern California Writer’s Association and as President of Sisters-in Crime Orange County. A teaching artist at the Muzeo Museum & Cultural Center in Anaheim, CA., her short stories can be found in IT’S ALL IN THE STORY CALIFORNIA and BLOOD FICTION, both anthologies of short fiction.
Maddie's biggest roadblock is managing her time and learning how to set goals and say "no," so we're digging into our strategies to help her find clarity for her work.
Question of the week: How do you protect your writing time? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Maddie Margarita:Website: Maddiemargarita.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/madeline.tighemargarita
Instagram: @Maddiemargaritawrites
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
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The cover's sole purpose is to attract readers . . .Once again, we're talking about how critical it is to understand your genre when you're trying to reach readers, and the cover is a part of that package! But sometimes, you need to lean into the experts.
We were thrilled to have Mariah Sinclair, "Queen of Cozy" Covers, on the show. She's an award-winning cover designer who has worked for advertising agencies as a designer and digital marketer serving Fortune 500 companies and the City of Los Angeles. Then she designed her first book cover in 2001. Now known as the “Queen of Cozy,” Mariah has designed over 1500 book covers with her clients regularly dominating the top of the cozy mystery charts on Amazon.
This was a fascinating conversation about the process behind the cover design.
Question of the week: What do you look for in a cover designer? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Mariah Sinclair:Website: www.mariahsinclair.com
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
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This week on the podcast, Megan and Greta talk with the amazing Dan Blank. Dan has worked in the publishing industry for decades. In this interview, we step back and take a look at the big picture before we drill down to what all of it means to us as individuals.
He also gives us a peek into how he works with his writing clients. There are so many great pointers in this episode, it feels like a coaching session. Plus, you get to hear Megan fan-girl all over the place.
Dan Blank is the founder of WeGrowMedia, where he helps writers develop their author platforms, connect with readers, and launch their books. He is the author of the book Be the Gateway: A Practical Guide to Sharing Your Creative Work and Engaging an Audience. He has worked with thousands of writers, and amazing organizations who support creative people such as Penguin Random House, Sesame Workshop, Hachette Book Group, Workman Publishing, J. Walter Thompson, Abrams Books, Writers House, The Kenyon Review, Writer’s Digest, Library Journal, and many others.
Question of the week: What's one thing you've decided you'll NEVER do as an author? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Dan Blank:Website: https://wegrowmedia.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/danblank/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/danblankThe Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
Don't waste time getting lost in the weeds. Join today!
The care and feeding of editors.This week Megan and Greta talk with Lynne Pearson, an enthusiastic editor. We discuss how to find and choose the right editor for your project and how to prepare your work for them.
Whether our books are traditionally published or indie published, we pay for editing. We pay cash or we pay with our time. Lynne gives us great tips on how to get the most out of that process.
Question of the week: Do you have a nightmare editing experience? Tell us about it. Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Lynne Pearson:Website: https://allthatediting.com/
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The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
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Our Kickstarter campaign is finally over. It was a lot of work, but really successful on a number of levels. Thank you to everyone who supported us and backed the project!
Now, we're taking some time to digest everything we've learned.
The biggest takeaway? Clarity of purpose and messaging is everything.
Today we're discussing how Kickstarter helped us find our core purpose and refine our messaging to bring our project to life. Then, we talk about how we've applied some of those same lessons to our writing life, and how you can too.
It's not just about Kickstarter. We promise.
Question of the Week: What tactics have you found helpful to refine your elevator pitch, whether for a book, project, or your own brand?
Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player! We have some phenomenal new guests coming up, including Dan Blank of We Grow Media, cover designer extraordinaire Mariah Sinclair, and writing community leader Maddie Margarita. You won't want to miss a thing. Stay tuned!
Follow Us!The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showEver feel a bit "all over the place" when it comes to your author purpose? Do you need a quick, memorable tagline to share with your readers and hook them into your writing?
If the answer to either of those is yes, then we've got the perfect mini-course for you.
7 Days to Your Author Brand is a free email-based workshop that will help you Clarify Your Author Brand, Write Your Mission Statement, & Create a Tagline in a Week.
Each day, you'll receive an email with a brief explanation, examples, and action steps to help you:
- Define your style and purpose for writing in a single sentence
- Tell others about your books with confidence and clarity
- Easily decide which future story ideas fit your brand
- Meet reader expectations
Don't waste time getting lost in the weeds. Join today!
Surprise! We have a special between-season episode for you!
We asked our past and future guests the following question:
What is the single best insight you’ve had or thing you’ve done to keep yourself motivated to finish the novel you were struggling with?We got some fantastic answers!
Our contributors, in mention order were:
Karen Sue Walker https://karensuewalker.com/
Russell Nohelty https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/tinab
Beth Barany https://bethbarany.com/
Ember Casey https://embercasey.com/
Claire Taylor http://www.ffs.media/
Sara Rosett https://www.sararosett.com/
Donovan Scherer https://studiomoonfall.com/
Troy Lambert https://troylambertwrites.com/author-services/
Matty Dalrymple https://www.theindyauthor.com/
And of course, don't forget to check out our Kickstarter campaign, Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Write.
We'll be back with our regular season in June!
Support the showNow Live! Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writeon Kickstarter.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
Self-Assessment, Clarity, and Finding Balance...We're wrapping up season two this week and discussing all of our takeaways from the interviews we've had this year. Without realizing it, this season seemed to revolve around the theme of finding clarity. Whether it's in your clarity of purpose, clarity of story, or defining your own success, we believe reflection and self-assessment are key to moving forward.
Which is why we're so confident our free 7 Days to Your Author Brand email mini-course will help almost any author. We walk through the steps we took to develop an author mission statement and tagline. It gave us a vision of what we wanted to write and why, and we think it will help you do that too.
You can sign up for the free mini-course by going to www.authorwheel.com/stuff.
We'll be taking a break for a bit as we launch our pre-writing intensive Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Write on Kickstarter. The campaign will open on April 18 with some amazing early bird discounts, so make sure you click the green "Notify Me On Launch" button on the Kickstarter page if you're interested.
And don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player. We'll be back in May with some phenomenal new guests and you won't want to miss a thing. Stay tuned!
Question of the Week: What was your favorite episode this season and why? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showNow Live! Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writeon Kickstarter.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
What goes into making an audiobook?This week we had a great conversation with Mary Castillo, a writer and audiobook narrator. Mary got started as a narrator with her own books, loved the process, and decided to dig in and learn the biz.
The conversation is both informative—especially if you're thinking about doing audiobooks one day—and inspirational. Mary stepped out, took a risk, and it paid off.
Mary Castillo is an audiobook narrator and author of romantic comedy and the Dori O. Paranormal Mystery series. Lost in the Light was nominated for the Daphne du Maurier Award in Paranormal Mystery and the winner of the Orange County Chapter of RWA’s Book Cover contest.
Question of the week: Have any of your books been turned into audiobooks? If not, are you planning on moving into audio? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Mary Castillo:Website: www.MaryCastillo.com, www.marycastillovo.comThe Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Join the free mini-course, 7 Days to Your Author Brand at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff.
Support the show
Coming soon - Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writewill launch on Kickstarter in April.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section. Follow our campaign and back us early for extra deep discounts!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
Tags: #authorcareer, #audiobooks, #marycastillo, #romance, #mystery
Support the showNow Live! Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writeon Kickstarter.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
ANNOUNCEMENT: Are you ready to define who you are as a writer and create a tagline you can pitch to readers? Join our free 7-Days to Your Author Brand Email Mini-Course at www.authorwheel.com/stuff.
Using the Enneagram to Reclaim Your Author Career...This week we're continuing our ongoing conversation about the internal journey of building a sustainable author career that fits your life and your personality. This time, we're going deep into the Enneagram with Claire Taylor, author of Reclaim Your Author Career.
Claire is a comedy and mystery writer and a fiction strategist through her company, FFS Media. She helps authors create stories and align their careers using the Enneagram framework. Her mission is to help creatives avoid industry burnout and build sustainable careers.
In this interview, we talk about how to determine your Enneagram type, how to emphasize your natural gifts without turning your life into content, how to connect with your story theme, and much, much more.
Question of the week: What's your Enneagram personality type and how has that shaped your author career? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Claire Taylor:Website: www.ffs.media
Services: www.ffs.media/author-services-all
The Book: Reclaim Your Author CareerThe Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showNow Live! Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writeon Kickstarter.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
ANNOUNCEMENT: Are you ready to define who you are as a writer and create a tagline you can pitch to readers? Join our free 7-Days to Your Author Brand Email Mini-Course at www.authorwheel.com/stuff.
Knowing Yourself, Finding What Works, and Building a Writing Network...This week we're talking about the journey. If you want a career as an author, then writing a book and having it published isn't really the goal. It's building a sustainable practice that fits your life and your personality.
To discover that process requires a lot of self-reflection and experimentation, as well as a supportive group of peers around you.
That's why, this week, we're thrilled to have Karen Walker on the show.
Karen Sue Walker writes and publishes the Bridal Shop Cozy Mysteries and Haunted Tearoom Cozy Mysteries. She's also the author of the Arrow Investigations Action-Adventure Mysteries.
In the last few years, she went through the testing process and was diagnosed with autism. For her, this was an awakening. She has been able to better understand herself, and create systems in which she can be the most productive.
She has also taken it on herself to network with other writers and create a community of support. Writing in long, binge sprints, Karen went from writing one book every few years to writing four a year.
And she tells us all just how she did it.
Question of the week: How has your process changed over time? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Karen Sue Walker:Website: www.karensuewalker.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bridalshopmysteries
Instagram: @karensuewalker_author
Twitter: @KarensuewalkerThe Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showNow Live! Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writeon Kickstarter.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
Are you a plotter, a discovery writer, or something in-between?
In this episode, Megan and Greta interview Troy Lambert about his writing journey from technical writer to fiction author. They also discuss Plottr, a terrific plotting and planning tool for authors that changed Troy's career.
Troy Lambert is a mystery author, book editor, and the Education Lead for Plottr, the #1 visual book outlining and story bible software. The author of over 25 novels and several works of nonfiction, he lives in the mountains of Idaho with his wife and two very talented dogs.
Make sure to download the Author Strategy Template at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff, available for free when you join our newsletter.
Question of the week: How do you plan your novels? Or do you? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!Troy Lambert:Website: https://troylambertwrites.com
Plottr: https://plottr.comThe Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the show
Support the showNow Live! Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writeon Kickstarter.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
External validation, internal fulfillment, and satisfying your soul . . .How do you define success? Is it financial? Is it lifestyle? Is it accolades?
This seems to be a hot topic lately, and keeps coming up in our interviews and conversations, so we decided to tackle the issue head on in this duo episode. We've each developed goals and strategies to move our writing careers forward, but what does "success" actually look like?
Success is different for everyone, and right now we're on opposite sides of the spectrum despite having the same Enneagram personality type. Listen in as we get vulnerable on air!
Make sure to download the Author Strategy Template at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff, available for free when you join our newsletter.
Question of the week: How do you define success, and how do you celebrate it? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Follow Us!The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showNow Live! Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writeon Kickstarter.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
Tropes are everywhere, trusting your instincts, and avoiding formulaic writing...This week we're talking with Jennifer Hilt about finding and trusting her own writing voice over multiple genres. Through her years of writing, she came to realize that tropes are not just clichés or story building blocks, they're actually relationships. Readers want something familiar with a surprising twist, and understanding tropes and how to use them can help you satisfy your fans.
Jennifer Hilt is a USA Today Bestselling author with more than 24 romances published across four pen names. She is the author of The Trope Thesaurus and Horror Trope Thesaurus. Her latest book, The Trope Thesaurus Romance has a Kickstarter campaign until 2/26.
Final Question: What tropes are you using in your current work in progress? Let us know in the comments to this week's post on Facebook @AuthorWheel!
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff. Follow Us!Jennifer HiltWebsite: www.jenniferhilt.com
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tropethesaurusromanc/tropethesaurusromance
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showNow Live! Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writeon Kickstarter.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
Fulfilling Your Artistic Sensibilities, Being Ready for Opportunity, and Finding Your Critique Tribe...
In this episode, we interviewed speculative fiction author Michael H. Payne, who has spent most of his 30+ year career writing stories about talking animals. He came up through the trenches of traditional publishing, but stuck to his creative dreams and found success with short stories in an anthology with Neal Shusterman. The anthology launched to the New York Times Bestsellers list at number 8!
Michael H. Payne's novels have been published by Tor Books, Sofawolf Press, and his own "Hey, Your Nose is On Fire" Industries. His short stories have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction magazine, the Sword & Sorceress anthologies, and numerous small-press zines and websites, and he hosts a two-hour radio program every Sunday afternoon from 4 till 6 on KUCI, 88.9FM, in Irvine, CA.
Final Question: Do you have a critique group? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments to this week's post on Facebook @AuthorWheel!
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff. Follow Us!Michael H. PayneWebsite: hyinof.com
The Darkling Eclectica Radio Show: https://kuci.org/wp/shows/the-darkling-eclectica/
Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Michael-H.-Payne/author/B001KIOD5Y
Fictionaires Website: https://www.facebook.com/OrangeCountyFictionaires/
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showNow Live! Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writeon Kickstarter.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
Defining character voice, writing for stress relief, and finding your own path . . .We were thrilled to have Jeff Elkins, the Dialogue Doctor, join us on this week's show! It was an incredible interview, with SO MANY fantastic nuggets of wisdom. We talked about everything from coming from a non-writing background and how hard it was to admit we were writers, to developing character through their dialogue, and the fact that readers want something familiar with a twist.
Jeff is the author of 10 novels, an ongoing vella, and over 100 short stories. He trains authors in how to improve their dialogue through his podcast and coaching as the Dialogue Doctor.
Final Question: Have you ever used a plot frame or story map to outline as you go? Let us know in the comments to this week's post on Facebook @AuthorWheel!
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff. Follow Us!Jeff ElkinsWebsite: https://dialoguedoctor.com/2022/03/27/coaching/
Podcast: https://dialoguedoctor.com/the-podcast/
The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorWheel
Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
Instagram: @GretaBoris
Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Support the showNow Live! Foundations of Great Storytelling: Preparing to Writeon Kickstarter.
We're bringing together our three Quick Guides plus a bonus Author Strategy section into a single paperback omnibus, and developing companion courses for each section.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/authorwheel/preparingtowrite
The 4 C's of Indie Publishing, writing as a team sport, and framing your story boat to make sure it will float . . .This week on the podcast, Megan and Greta were thrilled to speak with Matty Dalrymple of the Indy Author podcast!
Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts. Matty also podcasts, writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage as The Indy Author. She has written books on the business of short fiction and podcasting for authors, and her articles have appeared in Writer’s Digest magazine.
Matty spent her early writing career nurturing a strong sounding board for both the craft of writing fiction, and the business of indie publishing. When she had to throw away a lot of words to fix a story, she developed her own framework to craft her story as she goes, speeding up her writing and minimizing rewrites.
Final Question: Have you ever used a plot frame or story map to outline as you go? Let us know in the comments to this week's post on Facebook @AuthorWheel!
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff. Follow Us!Matty DalrympleWebsite: https://www.theindyauthor.com & https://www.mattydalrymple.com
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Humility, Resilience, and Finding Joy . . .In this interview, Megan and Greta chat with romance author Jami Albright about her earliest roadblocks while learning the craft of writing, and how she's overcome them by being open to constructive criticism. Now, as an Amazon top 100 author, she's helping other writers evaluate their sales pages to improve their author branding and reach their target audience.
Jami Albright is a born and raised Texas girl and is an Amazon top 100 author of the Brides on the Run and the Small-Town Royalty series—they’re sexy, swoony, and pee your pants funny. If you don’t snort with laughter, then she hasn’t done her job.
Final Question: How have you incorporated constructive criticism into your author life? Let us know in the comments to this week's post on Facebook @AuthorWheel!
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff. Follow Us!Jami AlbrightWebsite: https://www.jamialbright.com/
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Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
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Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Welcome to 2023 and season two of The Author Wheel Podcast!
As we begin the new year, we thought it would be a good time to talk about setting a strategy for 2023. Although we don't really believe in new year's resolutions, we do believe that the changing of the year can be a good time to reevaluate your goals and your motivations for being a writer.
In this episode, Greta and Megan walk you through their planning process and how they align their goals with their business strategy and the tactics they'll use to move their projects forward.
Make sure to download the Author Strategy Template atwww.AuthorWheel.com/stuff, available for free when you join our newsletter.
Question of the week: What's your strategy for 2023? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
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Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
We're wrapping up our first season of The Author Wheel Podcast and getting ready for the holidays. But first, what were our biggest takeaways from the interviews this fall, and what are we trying to achieve next?
Make sure you subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player so you don't miss our triumphant return in January. We're lining up some fantastic guests and duo discussion topics, so you won't want to miss a thing!
In the meantime, be sure to download The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff.
Question of the week: If you could have interview any author or book-related service provider, who would it be and why? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
And don't forget to post your Christmas pets!
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Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
Trading services, copyediting, and putting your best foot forward . . .Today, Greta and Megan have a conversation with prolific action thriller writer and editor, Steven Moore.
Englishman Steven's innate love of travel and a degree in anthropology and archaeology informed his action thriller fiction novels. Steven has lived on five continents and visited almost sixty countries, and sets most of his novels in places he has either lived or spent an extended period of time. When not on the road with his writer wife Leslie, Norwich in the UK is home, which they share with their rescue cats Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald and their rescue puppy Charles Dickens.
Steven has written and co-written 27 books and has copyedited over 100 books in the last three-ish years. He gives us his best advice on how to find and choose an editor, as well as what writers should do to prepare their manuscript before sending it off to their editor.
Final Question: Have you hired an editor? What was your experience? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff. Follow Us!Steven MooreBooks: https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Moore/e/B00OBRTPAY/Website: https://www.stevenmooreauthor.com/#condor-publishingThe Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
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Instagram: @GretaBoris
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Obstinate characters, poor motivation, and plot setup . . .
In this duo episode, we're talking about characters. In particular, how do we handle unruly, obstinate, problematic characters who don't follow your author rules!
Sometimes it all comes down to understanding their motivations and personality. Other times, it's all about staying flexible in the moment and being a good character parent: not too strict, not too lenient.
Our favorite tool we use to help create our characters is the Enneagram Personality type. Check it out at EnneagramInstitute.com.
Question of the week: What's your favorite method for developing three-dimensional characters? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel.
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff.
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Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
The Kickstarter Accelerator is back! In this paid course, you'll get step-by-step guidance for your Kickstarter launch + an active support community. They have a 100% success rate!
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We are an affiliate of the Accelerator, but we believe in it so much, we paid for the course ourselves*! Join us!
Banish brain fog, defeat writers' block, and write more words.
Greta and Megan go back a long way with today's guest, Roland Denzel. The message of his upcoming book for writers, The Author Brain, is both necessary and inspirational.
Roland Denzel is a health and fitness author who grew up overweight and sedentary before turning his life around. He caught the health and wellness bug at 35, lost 110 pounds, and has kept it off since 2003. Roland then became a nutritionist, a restorative exercise specialist, a coach, and has now authored over 10 books.
In addition to being a full-time coach and author, Roland has over 30 years in the printing and publishing industry. He created IndestructibleAuthor.com to help authors just like himself be more productive and write more books, all while staying healthy, happy, and sane.
Find all Roland's resources at: https://indestructibleauthor.com
Follow Roland at https://www.instagram.com/indestructibleauthor/
Final Question: What kind of exercise do you do? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Featured Book: The Author Brain, by Roland Denzel: https://indestructibleauthor.com/the-author-brain/
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Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
The Kickstarter Accelerator is back! In this paid course, you'll get step-by-step guidance for your Kickstarter launch + an active support community. They have a 100% success rate!
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We are an affiliate of the Accelerator, but we believe in it so much, we paid for the course ourselves*! Join us!
Working with a small press, creating pop-up conferences, and giving yourself grace . . .
These are just some of the topics we tackled with Jodi Thompson.
Jodi Thompson has been writing for as long as she can remember, but her real talent lies in assisting others with their dreams. After spending some time as a freelance book manager and publicist, she founded a small, traditional publishing house, Fawkes Press. She also dabbles in cozy mysteries as Moira Bates. Earlier this year, she started Terrible Advice: Author Edition as guidance for writers in all stages.
In this episode, Megan and Greta talk with Jodi about traditional publishing and the benefits of a small press as opposed to one of the big guys. She shares her experience with creating pop-up conferences and why she's created her new YouTube channel. Last, we share our difficulties with perfectionism and giving ourselves enough grace and patience to work through the 10,000 hours needed for mastery.
Question of the week: Have you considered a traditional deal? Why or why not? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff.
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Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
The Kickstarter Accelerator is back! In this paid course, you'll get step-by-step guidance for your Kickstarter launch + an active support community. They have a 100% success rate!
https://writermba.teachable.com/a/aff_83z6264s/external?affcode=385310_wretpdc4
We are an affiliate of the Accelerator, but we believe in it so much, we paid for the course ourselves*! Join us!
Prioritization, building habits, and keeping it fun . . .
In this duo episode, we're talking all things productivity. Whether you're scheduling your writing around kids' schedules and a day job, or struggling to focus and find the flow, we've been there. How do you make writing a priority and build a habit in the face of so many other activities?
Question of the week: What's your favorite tool for finding the flow? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Featured Book: The Author Wheel Quick Guide to Productive Writing Habits: How to set goals you'll keep and make the most of your writing time, by G.C. Boris and M. Haskell.
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff.
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Megan Haskell:
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Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
The Kickstarter Accelerator is back! In this paid course, you'll get step-by-step guidance for your Kickstarter launch + an active support community. They have a 100% success rate!
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We are an affiliate of the Accelerator, but we believe in it so much, we paid for the course ourselves*! Join us!
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Part 2 of our 2-Part Interview with USA Today Bestselling Author Russell NoheltyLaunching a book on Kickstarter . . .Russell Nohelty is a USA Today bestselling author, publisher, and speaker. He runs Wannabe Press, a small press that publishes weird books for weird people. Russell is the author of dozens of novels and graphic novels including The Godsverse Chronicles, The Obsidian Spindle Saga, and Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter. He also edited the Cthulhu is Hard to Spell anthology series. To date, Russell Nohelty has raised over $400,000 on Kickstarter across more than twenty projects.
Russell, along with his business partner Monica Leonelle, runs Writer MBA which offers courses for writers on everything from writing productivity to selling direct to readers.
In this episode, Megan and Greta learn more about Kickstarter and how it's being used to launch books. Spoiler alert, after the interview, they joined Russell's Kickstarter Accelerator program and are excited to launch their first Kickstarter early next year!
You can find all of Russell's books and lots more at http://www.russellnohelty.com/
Question of the week: What do you think about using Kickstarter to launch a book and reach new readers? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Featured Program: The Kickstarter Accelerator
In this paid course + community, Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle team up to give you feedback on your Kickstarter journey and help guide you to a successful campaign.
Russell has launched 20+ campaigns on Kickstarter and personally raised over $400,000+ total with novels, comics, anthologies, nonfiction, and audio dramas, so you can be rest assured he definitely knows what he’s talking about.
Couple that with the direct sales + go wide expertise of Monica, and you’ve really got a winning combination!
They have a 100% success rate for authors who launch their campaigns through the Accelerator, and the group so far has raised over $500,000+ on Kickstarter in 2022 alone!!!
You can find more information about the Kickstarter Accelerator at the link below, since they just opened up the cart again for 2022 with the Early Bird pricing.
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The Author Wheel is an affiliate of the Accelerator, which means we earn a small commission from your purchase when you click our link. This does not affect your purchase price. But even more, we believe in this product so much, we signed up ourselves!
We genuinely believe this is a phenomenal course to help build your (and our!) author career!
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The Kickstarter Accelerator is back! In this paid course, you'll get step-by-step guidance for your Kickstarter launch + an active support community. They have a 100% success rate!
https://writermba.teachable.com/a/aff_83z6264s/external?affcode=385310_wretpdc4
We are an affiliate of the Accelerator, but we believe in it so much, we paid for the course ourselves*! Join us!
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Part 1 of our 2-Part Interview with USA Today Bestselling Author Russell NoheltyValidation, Indie vs. Traditional publishing, and there's no substitute for time and experience . . . Russell Nohelty is a USA Today bestselling author, publisher, and speaker. He runs Wannabe Press, a small press that publishes weird books for weird people. Russell is the author of dozens of novels and graphic novels including The Godsverse Chronicles, The Obsidian Spindle Saga, and Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter. He also edited the Cthulhu is Hard to Spell anthology series. To date, Russell Nohelty has raised over $400,000 on Kickstarter across more than twenty projects.
Russell, along with his business partner Monica Leonelle, runs Writer MBA which offers courses for writers on everything from writing productivity to selling direct to readers.
In this episode, Megan and Greta take a deep dive into the publishing industry and why it can be better to seek validation from readers than from publishers.
You can find all of Russell's books and lots more at http://www.russellnohelty.com/
Question of the week: How do you find validation for your work? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff.
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Greta Boris:Website: www.GretaBoris.comFacebook: @GretaBorisAuthor
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Megan Haskell:
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Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
The Kickstarter Accelerator is back! In this paid course, you'll get step-by-step guidance for your Kickstarter launch + an active support community. They have a 100% success rate!
https://writermba.teachable.com/a/aff_83z6264s/external?affcode=385310_wretpdc4
We are an affiliate of the Accelerator, but we believe in it so much, we paid for the course ourselves*! Join us!
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Goals, Motivations, Personality, Skills, Genre . . .
Are you pursuing a traditional publishing contract or going the indie route and publishing on your own? Your dreams and background may affect your choice.
There's no single right way to write, publish, or promote your book. Every journey to publication is different, just like every author.
In today's duo episode, Greta and Megan walk you through their publishing journeys. They talk about their early choices and the self-assessments that led Greta to pursue a traditional publishing contract, while Megan immediately gravitated to the indie path.
Along the way, they explain the difference between the two paths, warn of the dangers of predatory vanity presses, and encourage new writers to learn about the industry while taking it all one step at a time.
Final Question: How are you planning to publish, and why? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel!
Featured Course: Self-Publish or Get an Agent? How to Find and Implement Your Best Path to Publishing Successavailable in The Author Wheel School on Teachable.com. Get 20% off with code NOROADBLOCKS.
Free Resource: Indie Author Skills Assessment, available for free when you join our newsletter. Follow Us!The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
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Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
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Flat arcs, dynamic arcs, writing in trilogies, extending a series . . .These are just some of the topics we tackled with the inspirational Sara Rosett.
Sara Rosett is the USA Today bestselling author of over 30 cozy and historical mysteries as well as books and courses for writers, including How to Write a Series and How to Outline a Cozy Mystery.
She hosts two podcasts: Mystery Books Podcast for readers and the Wish I’d Known Then For Writers Podcast with Jami Albright.
In this episode, Megan and Greta pick Sara Rosett's brain about series writing. If you want to hear Greta gush all over the place, listen in. She's a super fan of the Wish I'd Known Then for Writers Podcast.
You can find all of Sara's books and lots more about her at https://www.sararosett.com
Question of the week: Are you writing a series? If so, what kind? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Featured Book: How to Write A Series: A Guide to Series Types and Structure plus Troubleshooting Tips and Marketing Tactics by Sara Rosett
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff.
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Megan Haskell:
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Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor
This week we have a special offer.
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Cozy Horror? Is that a thing?
How well do you understand your genre?
Genre is the broad category where your books would be shelved in the physical bookstores. Sub-genre is the narrow niche category of books as they're grouped on ebook retailers, often defined by tropes, protagonist age, and writing style.
Why should you care?
In this episode, Greta and Megan take a deep dive into story genre, and how it affects your story structure and craft. We talk about why you have to know your specific sub-genre, how to do your research, and how to find clarity for your story.
Final Question: What are you writing? Have you identified your target reader? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel!
LIMITED TIME SPECIAL PROMOTION AVAILABLE 9/27/22 - 10/4/22
This week we have an extra special offer to share.
We recently joined up with the team over at Infostack.io.
Infostack is the leading online deal site for hand-curated collections of premium books, courses, and services that give you lifetime-access to thousands of dollars worth of resources for up to 99% off.
From Tuesday September 27 through Tuesday October 4, they’re having a flash sale on one of their most popular bundles, the Write Publish Profit 5.0 stack.
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Featured Book: The Author Wheel Quick Guide to Understanding Your Genre: How to Write What Readers Want to Read, by G.C. Boris and M. Haskell.
Free Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff.Other Referenced Resources: The Anatomy of a Best Seller: 3 Steps to Deconstruct Winning Books and Teach Yourself Craft by Sasha Black Follow Us!The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
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Screenwriting, Putting in the Work, and Worldbuilding . . .Whether you write science-fiction and fantasy, thrillers, or contemporary women's fiction you have to develop a world for your characters to live in. Luckily, today's expert has the text to help.
M. D. Presley loves to talk all things worldbuilding with a narrative focus. A screenwriter and fantasy novelist, he's studied fantasy worldbuilding from Tolkien's early lectures through Jemisin's masterclass, which he's compiled in his nonfiction series Forging Fantasy Realms. And once a week he likes to demonstrate worldbuilding techniques, tricks, and tips by building a new world on the fly over at his YouTube channel.
Also, he once fit three bags of Skittles into his mouth. It's all been downhill since.
Check out Matt's YouTube Channel Here.
Final Question: How do you build your fictional world? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Featured Resource: Worldbuilding for Fantasy Fans and Authors by M.D. Presley
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Ever wonder how novelists come up with book idea after book idea?
In this episode, Greta and Megan talk about their latest book, The Author Wheel Quick Guide to Planning a Novel. They talk about how to fight writers' overwhelm, make your daydreams productive, and the importance of creating a story bible.
Final Question: How do you feed your creative brain? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Featured Resource: The Author Wheel Quick Guide to Planning a Novel, by G.C. Boris and M. Haskell, Available September 13, 2022 on all major ebook retailers! www.books2read.com/planning
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Rejection, Perfectionism, Negative Reviews, Next Book Syndrome, Imposter Syndrome, Comparisonitis . . .
In this episode, Greta and Megan take a deep dive into all of their writing insecurities and how they've overcome them in each stage of their career.
Final Question: What kind of insecurity are you facing right now? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Featured Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff. Follow Us!The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
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Mindset, goal setting, and the stories writers tell themselves.Today we’re thrilled to be talking with Sue Campbell from Pages & Platforms.
She’s a certified Book Launch Coach from Tim Grahl’s BookLaunch.com, and has worked with hundreds of authors, helping them spend their limited time and resources wisely and give their books their best chance in the world.
Join Sue's Happily Ever Author Club
Final Question: What's your big goal? Let's chat on the Facebook page @AuthorWheel
Featured Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff.
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Welcome to the first episode of The Author Wheel Podcast!
We thought we should take this opportunity to introduce ourselves and our hive mind.
At the Author Wheel, our goal is to help you overcome the roadblocks in the writing life and keep your stories rolling.
Greta and Megan have different personalities, skills, and goals, and their journey to publication has reflected that. Learn how we got started and became published authors, why we created the Author Wheel, and where we're going next.
In this episode, you'll learn where we met and how we got started in our writing careers.
Featured Resource: The Top 5 Roadblocks Aspiring Authors Must Overcome, available for free when you join our newsletter at www.AuthorWheel.com/stuff. Follow Us!The Author Wheel:Website: www.AuthorWheel.com
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Megan Haskell:
Website: www.MeganHaskell.com
Facebook & Instagram: @MeganHaskellAuthor