Authors, Creators and Visionaries

017: Bestselling Author Jenna McCarthy


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Jenna McCarthy is the bestselling author of 15 books in multiple genres. In this incredible interview, you'll discover:


  • The part of the publishing process that Jenna STILL gets nervous about and finds incredibly challenging

  • How Jenna deals with her own "Is this story THAT good? What if people don't like it?" concerns

  • The 10 things you need for a bestseller (you won't believe what #1 and #10 are)

  • Her newest project (which she's self-publishing), why it so greatly excites her and why she chose self-publishing as the approach this time around

  • The reality of a $50,000 advance from a traditional publisher -- how it REALLY breaks down

  • What happens when a historically successful author has a "bad" launch with a traditional publisher versus being self-published

  • The truth about book marketing -- even when you're published by a traditional publishing house

  • The biggest misconception about your pub/launch date (you'll want to know this before that date arrives in your world)

  • Our goals with regard to Jen Sincero (are you listening, Jen?)




Connect Further with Jenna


Website


www.JennaMcCarthy.com


Facebook


https://www.facebook.com/jennamccarthywrites


My favorite books of Jenna's:


Pretty Much Screwed


If It Was Easy They'd Call the Whole Damn Thing a Honeymoon

 

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Authors, Creators and VisionariesBy Elizabeth Lyons