Bestselling Author Harry Bingham is the guest for Episode 30 of The Author Biz Podcast. Imagine you’re the best-selling author of a highly regarded crime fiction series published by one of the world’s largest publishers, and you notice that most of the sales of your novels are as e-books. When it came time to negotiate […]

Literary agent Anne Hawkins is the guest for Episode 29 of The Author Biz Podcast. Do you have an agent? Do you have the right agent? If so you already know how valuable your agent can be to your author business.  But if you don’t, this episode is for you. Literary agent Anne Hawkins represents bestselling […]

Bestselling Author Kristine Kathryn Rusch is the guest in episode 28 of The Author Biz podcast.   Think for a minute about the book you’re reading right now. How did you find it? If it’s an author you’ve read before, how did you originally discover her work? The current word for how our work is found by […]

Bestselling Thriller Author Russell Blake is the guest in episode 27 of The Author Biz podcast. Writing titles for blog posts and podcasts can be tricky. I could have called this How to Sell 1,000,000 books in your first 3 1/2 years. Or, how to write over 35 books in 42 months, and both would […]

Author, actress, attorney and Kindle Coach Emilee Annine Moeller is the guest in episode 26 of The Author Biz podcast. Have you ever posted a book on Amazon and wondered whether or not you’ve chosen the best keywords, and categories for your book? Do you have a small worry tickling at the back of your […]

Author Chris Orcutt is the guest in Episode 25 of The Author Biz Podcast. The dream: You write, edit and polish your manuscript to the point where it shines like a diamond, then send it to a big time agent who begs to represent you. She submits it to the big five publishers, all of […]

Author, Speaker, and Co-Founder of Scratch Magazine, Jane Friedman is the guest in Episode 24 of The  Author Biz Podcast. Is there really only one way to build a business as an author? Do you need to spend time building your platform before you can write and publish a book? Do you have to be […]

Author Elizabeth Spann Craig is the guest in Episode 23 of The  Author Biz Podcast It’s December – a month filled with family, friends, food, shopping AND if you’re an author/businessperson a great time for planning. In this episode author, Elizabeth Spann Craig takes us through her method of setting up a production plan. It’s […]

Author and entrepreneur Tim Grahl is the guest on episode 22 of The Author Biz. In this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into author platforms. We’ll discuss specific strategies and tactics you can use to give yourself the best possible chance of building a platform that can support your work for years to come. […]

Author and Forensic Scientist Lisa Black is the guest in episode 21 of The Author Biz podcast. Have you thought of using your job, your business or your profession as the setting for a novel? Lisa Black is a forensic scientist and an author. She spent five years working as a forensic scientist at the […]