Alpha, Beta, Tortured or Bad Boy? How do you like your heroes? This week Cheryl, Wendy and Shar discuss how to write a great hero (in their opinion) complete with controversial examples!

In particular we cover:

Character Connection

Creating Conflict from Character

Main Characters Should Be Equals

Characters Should Have Complementary Strengths 

Hero should Show Vulnerability

Different hero types including Alpha, Beta, Bad Boy, Tortured and Playboy

Don't miss out on our take on writing a great hero!

SPA Girls Podcast – EP385 – How to Write a Compelling Hero

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Feeling a bit blah about your writing and / or author career? Welcome back to another 15 min SPA Girls mini-tips session. Today’s topic is 7 easy ways to boost your positivity that you can put into action TODAY!

SPA Girls Podcast – EP449 – 7 Ways To Boost Your Positivity

This week we talk to regency romance and young adult author Maggie Dallen, who tells us how she changed her mindset and her author business model, with huge success! Maggie is a prolific author who was writing up to twenty books a year, but she was reaching a point where she wanted to slow down and diversify her writing skills by learning script writing.

She realised she needed to find a system that would take advantage of her extensive backlist, and allow her more time for her other writing interests. In this fascinating interview, Maggie talks us through how she did it, what the major challenges were, and how you can do the same thing!  

Maggie was a delight to interview, and gave us so much useful advice - you're going to love this one!

SPA Girls Podcast – EP448 – Changing From Frontlist to Backlist Focus with Maggie Dallen

Doubts are the biggest creativity and success blocker. But it takes a strong person not to have them.

No one said this was going to be easy, or everyone would be doing it. If you ask those that succeed in this business they will all tell you they’ve had knock backs. It’s about perseverance. It’s about holding on to your self belief and forging ahead.

SPA Girls Podcast – EP447 – Overcome Doubts & Back Yourself!

How do you build superfans and a sustainable income through patreon*, kickstarter, subscriptions and serial works? Bestselling author Tao Wong joins us this episode to reveal all the secrets of keeping readers begging for more (cliff-hangers anyone ?!), building a thriving community of superfans and, most importantly, diversifying your income streams.

SPA Girls Podcast – EP446 – Patreon, Kickstarter & Serials – with Tao Wong

How the heck do you build a reader newsletter list when you're first starting out? We're back with another SPA Girls minisode, to get your author career rocking. Listen up for how we built our own reader newsletters and what tools and services we recommend.

SPA Girls Podcast – EP445 – 7 Easy Tips For Building Your Newsletter List

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SPA Girls Podcast – EP385 – How to Write a Compelling Hero

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