Pencils&Lipstick podcast

Today I speak with Chelle Honiker of Indie Author Magazine. We talk about the origins of the magazine, where it started and where it's going, what attending a writing conference can gain you and much more!

Find the magazine here: https://indieauthormagazine.com/

Find the courses here: https://indieauthortraining.com/

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I have return guest Claire Taylor back to talk about her new book Sustain Your Author Career. We talk about the changes already happening in the book and publishing industry and what we can do to not freak out about them.

Find out more about Claire Taylor here: https://www.ffs.media/about

Find the book here: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sustain-your-author-career

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For most of her life, Pacific Northwest naturalist, photographer, poet, and author Cheryl Grey Bostrom has lived in the rural and wild lands that infuse her writing. Her work has appeared in a variety of print and online publications, currently including the American Scientific Affiliation’s God and Nature Magazine (for which she’s a regular photo essayist), and in her blog: Watching Nature, Seeing Life. 

She’s also written multiple books—including her award-winning novel Sugar Birds and its sequel Leaning on Air, coming May 7. Find out more about Cheryl at https://cherylbostrom.com/

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Get Bended Dream here: https://books.katcaldwell.com/bended-prequel 

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Karyn Fischer has extensive experience in the publishing and story world. She has worked behind the scenes at publishing house, as children's book and YA literary agent and now is a story coach helping writers get their stories crafted how they envision them. Listen to this episode to find out more about the details of the publishing and literary world.

Find out more about Karyn at https://www.storyandprose.com/

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You can find out more about Jeanne and get her book from your favorite bookstore at https://jeanneblasberg.com/ Be sure to sign up for her reader's newsletter!

The classes she mentioned are from https://grubstreet.org/

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Discover more about Lynn, her freelance writing company, her love for dogs and all her books at https://www.lynnbohart-author.com. Find Lynn's marketing book, The Little Book of Unconventional Marketing Ideas for Self-published Authors: Or How to Sell Books with Little to No Marketing Savvy on Amazon https://a.co/d/aPy6vVN

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Steven James is a critically acclaimed author of eighteen novels and numerous nonfiction books that have sold more than 1 million copies. His books have won or been shortlisted for dozens of national and international awards. In addition, his stories and articles have appeared in more than eighty different publications, including the New York Times. He is also a popular keynote speaker and professional storyteller with a master’s degree in storytelling. Find out more about Steven James at https://stevenjames.net/

Get his latest book: https://a.co/d/cFSMPBz

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At Golden May, we offer one-on-one coaching, a life-time access writing program, and regular workshops/events. We love working with fiction writers in MANY genres—especially those who write in fantasy, romance, sci-fi, historical, and contemporary works for all ages.

If you’re ready to stop fighting what your writing life ‘should’ look like and start dreaming about what’s possible for you, join us! https://goldenmayediting.com/ If you're interested in their free course they mentioned you can click here: https://goldenmayediting.com/arcsmagic/ If you wish to join their Tenacious Writing course you can do it through my affiliate link if you wish: https://katcaldwell.com/tenacious-writing

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If you're looking for an expert course on this the one I took was the WriterMBA course found here: https://courses.writermba.com/p/the-kickstarter-accelerator

Novel Marketing (Thomas Umstad) also has a course. I have not taken it but have heard good things about it. You can find that here: https://training.authormedia.com/p/the-ultimate-crowdfunding-course-for-authors

You can find Russell and Monica's book about Kickstarters here: https://a.co/d/bDCZgyp

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Sher Davidson is an author of many genres. Her memoir, Europe with Two Kids and a Van, came out 50 years ago but is still relevant today. Now the travel guide has also launched. You can find out more about Sher at https://sherdavidson.com/

Be part of the Kickstarter at https://katcaldwell.com/bended-duology-kickstarter

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