Positive on Publishing

Today's guest is Tom Corson-Knowles.

Tom is an entrepreneur, blogger and bestselling author of more than 20 books. He started his first business at age 13, and by the time he graduated from business school at age 22, he was earning a full-time income from his entrepreneurial endeavors.

Tom is the founder of EbookPublishingSchool.com and TCK Publishing.

An award-winning novelist, Beth is a speaker, teacher, coach, and co-founder of the Barany School of Fiction that she runs with her husband, Ezra.

Here are the fun nuggets from our interview: Fun nugget #1: Finding a writing community can help you to navigate the vast and unknown (often overwhelming) world of fiction Fun nugget #2: There are are robust, tested methods out there that allow you to save time (and therefore money) in writing your fiction work Fun nugget #3: Fiction writing can turn work into play :) Fun nugget #4: Perfection is the enemy of get it done Fun nugget #5: A self publishing checklist can help you to chart out your journey and keep you organized. Beth also suggests a "meta document" where you keep all of the information about your book in one place.

Steve Scott is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author with over 60 books in his catalog, He also blogs about habit development on his site DevelopGoodHabits.com. You can also find him at Authority.pub, where he teaches the principles of the authority self-publishing model. When not working, he likes to read, exercise, and spend time with his family.

Marci Shimoff is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a world-renowned transformational teacher, and an expert on happiness, success, and unconditional love.

Marci's books include the runaway bestsellers, Happy for No Reason, Love for No Reason, and six titles in the phenomenally successful Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul series. Her books have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide in 33 languages, have topped all of the major bestseller lists, and have been on the New York Times bestseller list for a total of 118 weeks. Marci is one of the bestselling female nonfiction authors of all time.

Christina Culbertson is a interior book designer and owner of 3Cs Books, LLC. As an author partner, she has learned the ins and outs of self-publishing and has a knack for customized interior design and layouts. You'll love the four mantras she shares with us about how to make your book beautiful to maximize audience engagement.

Gina Gardiner is a #1 International Best Selling author, Motivational Speaker, Empowerment Coach, Transformational Leadership Trainer, NLP Master Practitioner and Coach with well over 30 years experience of helping people achieve happiness and success.

Gina is passionate about helping her clients to achieve their full potential – to become genuinely their best self.

She talks about her journey of publishing four books and what she has learned along the way. I know you'll be inspired!

Joshua is the Director of Outreach and Education at Firebrand Technologies. He is an expert in metadata and eBook development and an acclaimed teacher and guide on digital publishing.

In addition to heading up training and outreach efforts for Firebrand, Joshua serves on multiple industry committees and working groups and teaches in-depth workshops and sessions at publishing conferences throughout the year. He also leads the development of FlightDeck, a technology for ebook quality assurance that we cover during our interview.

Michael is an Integrative Psychologist, Three-time Bestselling Author, Mindfulness/Meditation/Yoga Teacher and Four-Time Grammy® Nominated Recording Artist.

He has over 33 years of experience helping guide others on their life journey.

Michael is also the author and creator of PEACE WITHIN: Clear Your Mind, Open Your Heart, Embrace Your Soul and Heal Your Life #1 Bestseller and on-site and online program.

His YouTube channel is home to his popular 7×7 Meditation Challenge, Mindful Moment with Michael and other healing music videos based on his award winning Grammy® nominated music.

Here are the fun nuggets from the interview:

Related to entrepreneurism/authorpreneurism

Fun nugget #1: The democratization of publishing has been happening over the last decade or so Fun nugget #2: The technology hurdles have been lowered (as they have been in the music industry) Fun nugget #3: Self-investment is required (because there are fewer players that want to "discover you") Fun nugget #4: The new model requires more ongoing hustle (it is a scale-based business) Fun nugget #5: It always takes longer than you think

Today's guest is Daniel Hall.

Daniel was just like you. Until he accidentally learned about cruise ship enrichment programs, he had no idea that you could cruise free by giving onboard presentations or leading activities.

Fortunately, he learned the secrets of being approved by the cruise lines to cruise free. In fact, he was taking so many free cruises that friends and colleagues began to ask how he was able to do it. Because he was spending so much time explaining the process he finally decided to write it down. Eventually, that effort would become the critically acclaimed program "Speak on Cruise Ships."

In addition to cruise ship speaking, Daniel has a wide array of interests, talents and achievements. For example, he holds degrees and licenses in both law and nursing, having graduated from Texas Tech University, School of Law and the University of Texas at El Paso, College of Nursing.

Here are the fun nuggets from the interview:

Fun nugget #1: A book topic can be found in the questions that people are asking you (as an expert) on a frequent basis Fun nugget #2: Finding a niche is absolutely critical in order to achieve success Fun nugget #3: The back end products are key (the book is just the beginning) Fun nugget #4: Start your email list sooner rather than later (it's critical) Fun nugget #5: Communication with your list is actually market research for your next set of products/services Fun nugget #6: Don't take unsubscribes personally Fun nugget #7: Repurposing content can save your sanity

Azul is a teacher at heart and loves to share what he has learned with others. Azul has coached seasoned writers like Pat Flynn, of Smart Passive Income, and Dana Malstaff, of Boss-Mom.com, to find their book ideas and execute well.

When Azul is not writing or coaching other authors, he can be found relaxing in a yoga class or obsessing over tiny houses on Pinterest or just enjoying our family's cute dogs, Scooter and Oliver.

Here are the fun nuggets from the interview:

Fun nugget #1: Start with the WHY for yourself: authority, money, expertise (imagine the book in your hands and what it does for YOU). Finding this 'why' might take a series of asking yourself "why" until you reach the core. Fun nugget #2: The writing process is more about extraction than adding any content. Fun nugget #3: Write — not edit, not think! Fun nugget #4: Don't let the GUNK get into your way (your other agenda: your doubts, your voices, the judgement). Fun nugget #5: Everyone has their own preferred accountability structure, but Azul finds that a weekly check in is key.