SPA Girls Podcast

SPA Girls Podcast episodes:

• 04.23.2024

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

  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...

  
• 04.17.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP444 – Five Steps to Being a Resilient Author with Patricia McLinn

  Being a resilient author means being able to bounce back after experiencing a knock - and we all know that being a self-published author can knock you around sometimes! This week we talk with Patricia McLinn, an author who's been...

  
• 04.10.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP443 – Book Marketing and TikTok with Kate Hall

  Kate Hall is a paranormal romance and non-fiction author who has taken her marketing expertise and used it to kick butt on TikTok. She started Alyne Digital Solutions in an effort to help authors make a sustainable income from their...

  
• 04.03.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP442 – Newbie Mistakes / Chapter Endings

  This week we're covering two burning topics: what are the worst mistakes newbies are making, and how to write chapter endings that keep readers reading!

  
• 03.26.2024

  SPA Girls – EP441 – Discovery Writing With Kimboo York

  In this podcast we talk to KimBoo York about her latest book Secrets of Discovery Writing. We dive into how you can successfully use discovery writing when crafting your novel. It's an awesome podcast and one the pantsers among us will...

  
• 03.20.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP440 – Launching a Successful New Pen Name with Melissa Pearl

  Our guest today, Kiwi author Melissa Pearl, has five pen names across multiple genres and has been learning about self publishing since she published her first book in 2011. Since then she's published more than 80 books, and shares with...

  
• 03.13.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP439 – Using The Enneagram For Authors with Claire Taylor

  The Enneagram is a personality typing system, where each person falls into one of nine types. Today we're talking with author, educator and fiction strategist, Claire Taylor, about how understanding our enneagram type liberates writers from the "shoulds" and...

  
• 03.05.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP438 – Overcoming Procrastination – with Kathryn Burnett

  Procrastination takes many forms for writers, and it holds us back from writing, publishing and promoting our work. We discuss how to get out of your own way with our guest today, Kathryn Burnett.

  
• 02.27.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP437 – Facebook Ads For Beginners

  Creating and running Facebook ads has gotten a lot easier! Wondering how to delve into facebook advertising or had poor experiences in the past and wondering where you went wrong? This episode is for you!

  
• 02.21.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP436 – Fast Decisions, Big Results

  Ever hesitate over making an important decision because you were trying to figure out what the 'right' thing to do was... and then miss out on an awesome opportunity because you didn't take a leap of faith? Yeah, us too....

  
• 02.13.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – Episode 435 – Interview with Dan Wood from Draft2Digital

  Today we’re interviewing Dan Wood, Chief Operating Officer at Draft2Digital, one of the best known distributors for eBooks, print and audio books. We last spoke to Dan in 2019 and a lot has happened since then! D2D has not only merged with...

  
• 02.06.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP434 – Top 3 Mindset Tips For Authors with Heather Hildenbrand

  Your brain is a liar! Heather Hildenbrand is a bestselling author and business coach for creatives. This episode she demystifies how our results are determined by our beliefs first, and our efforts, second. Listen up for amazing (and do-able!) mindset tips for...

  
• 01.30.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP433 – Selling Direct With Katie Cross

  In this episode we chat to YA Fantasy author Katie Cross. She has so much passion and enthusiasm for what she does, and loves her readers!  We talk about direct sales and how to relate to your readers, and these are...

  
• 01.24.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP432 – What To Do When You’ve Finished The Book

  You are your own publishing house when you self-publish. There’s lots to do, and lots to think about, especially the first few times you publish a book. That’s why we’ve created this helpful, back-to-basics SPA Girls Podcast episode – to...

  
• 01.17.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP431 – Graphic Design For Authors – with Book Brush

  This episode, we’re joined again by the effervescent Kathleen Sweeney from Bookbrush. She's is going to update us on best practices, new additions to Book Brush software and added service options that can save authors time and stress producing...

  
• 01.10.2024

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP430 – Just One Thing: How To Simplify Your Writing Life

  Inspired by Dr Michael Moseley’s JUST ONE THING we use his framework to give practical tips for uncomplicating your writing and author business life.

  
• 01.02.2024

  SPA Girls EP – 429 – How To Create Your Author Business Plan

  Today we discuss business plans. Need help creating yours? It doesn't need to be complicated, just download our simple SPA Girls template in the show notes.

  
• 12.27.2023

  SPA Girls – EP428 – 8 Awesome Tips to Kickstart your New Year

  Want to set yourself up for an awesome 2024? Then this is the SPA Girls podcast episode for you. We go through our top eight tips to help amp up your career and kickstart your year!

  
• 12.19.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP427 – Our 12 Christmas Wishes for you!

  We’re celebrating you, our wonderful listeners, in the SPA today by sharing our 12 Christmas Wishes for you and your self-publishing journey. We want you to know how special to us. We’re so proud of this journey we’ve all embarked on...

  
• 12.12.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP426 – How To Launch A Successful Series with Helen B. Scheuerer

  Are you dreaming of an easy approach to create successful book releases? Listen up, because we’re joined again by the bestselling fantasy author, Helen Scheuerer, who shares all the secrets of a Successful Series Launch, including:

  
• 12.05.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP425 – Book Launch Strategies

  Congratulations! You’ve finished your first book (or series) and are ready to hit the publish button! So what can you do to get your book noticed in sea of other new books, and how can you find the right readers...

  
• 11.28.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP424 – BookFunnel Tips for Authors

  Most authors know what BookFunnel is these days (just in case: it's a platform that helps you deliver reader magnets, ARC copies, audio files, and so much more to your readers) but do we all know how to use it...

  
• 11.22.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP423 – Turn Setbacks Into Success

  Bumps on the publishing path are unwelcome yet inevitable. So how can we reset ourselves when the wobbles and disappointment set in? Today we’ve got a SPA Girls 6-Step Guide to turning those setbacks into success!

  
• 11.15.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP422 – Writing Side Characters – with Sacha Black

  Side characters - how do you make them memorable, but not over-take the spotlight? And what purpose do they serve in the story? This episode, the awesome author and educator, Sacha Black, gives us the scoop on developing incredible side characters...

  
• 11.08.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP421 – Book Marketing With Carrie Elks

  This week we talk to contemporary romance author, Carrie Elks about amping up your book marketing. It's a fantastic and informative interview packed with great tips and advice that you won't want to miss!

  
• 11.01.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP420 – Why Forward Planning is Vital for Authors

  This week we talk about the forward planning we all do for our author careers. Because we're all so different here in the SPA, we all plan differently, and have different goals. But that means there will be nuggets of...

  
• 10.24.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP419 – The Best Mindset for Organisation and Productivity with Sarra Cannon

  Self-publishing since 2010, Amazon top 100 best-selling Amazon author with 1 million books sold, Sarra writes magical contemporary fantasy novels with both teen and college aged characters (and lots of twists you'll never see coming). Do you feel like a hamster on...

  
• 10.18.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP418 – Publishing Wide, Selling Audiobooks Direct, Working With Your Spouse – Interview with author Sarah Piper

  We’re thrilled to welcome UF/PNR author Sarah Piper to the show today. Sarah has seen great success publishing across a number of genres, and we discuss her strategy moving from Amazon-exclusive to publishing wide, selling her audiobooks direct and working...

  
• 10.10.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP417 – How To Correctly Select Your Amazon Categories – with Alex Newton

  Amazon has moved the furniture again! This episode, Alex will help explain Amazon’s category changes, what they mean for authors, and how best to categorize your books now.

  
• 10.05.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP416 – Emotional Wounds with Angela Ackerman

  This week we chatted with Angela Ackerman, one of the authors of the classic writing book, The Emotion Thesaurus.  If you've never picked up one of the amazing thesauruses by Angela Ackerman and her co-writer, Becca Puglisi, you're missing out! Created...

  
• 09.26.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP415 – How To Get Unstuck

  There are many ways we get stuck as authors. Some ways you can get stuck is in the writing, editing, time management and making decisions areas. Getting unstuck is much harder and yet easier than we think. Letting go of perceptions of...

  
• 09.19.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP414 – Publishing Powerhouse, Kathryn Le Veque

  Kathryn shares her unique publishing insights and forecast, historical romance trends, why she doesn’t have an author newsletter, and behind the scenes insight of running Dragonblade.

  
• 09.12.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP 413- Back Engineering a Bestseller

  Today’s topic was prompted by a commenter on youtube who asked us about reverse engineering bestsellers. What makes a book, be it your second one published or your tenth, sell more than others.  We believe there are many variables to that....

  
• 09.07.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP412 – Being Successful as a Hybrid Author with Katlyn Duncan

  This week we talk to fiction and non-fiction author Katlyn Duncan, who wrote the non-fiction books The Successful Hybrid Author (all about being a hybrid author) and Take Back Your Book (all about how to get your rights back after...

  
• 09.06.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP412 – Hybrid Publishing with Katlyn Duncan

  This week we talk to fiction and non-fiction author Katlyn Duncan, who wrote the non-fiction books The Successful Hybrid Author (all about being a hybrid author) and Take Back Your Book (all about how to get your rights back after...

  
• 08.29.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP411 – YouTube for Authors with Jenna Moreci

  Author Jenna Moreci is a YouTube sensation! With almost 300k subscribers on her YouTube channel "Writing with Jenna Moreci", ten years of making videos, and over 28 MILLION views, she's produced an incredible body of work and large community. So...

  
• 08.23.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP410 – What To Do When Your Marketing Isn’t Working

  Marketing but not achieving results? Maybe you need to do a bit of a deep dive into why. We've got some tips on where to start ...

  
• 08.16.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP409 – Six Figures with Short Romance – with Sadie King

  USA Today Bestseller, Sadie King has grown her publishing business from zero to six figures in less than four years, writing short instalove romances. Learn how she's done it ...

  
• 08.09.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP408 – Branding for Authors

  This week we take an in-depth look at author brands - starting with what branding actually means, what your branding should look like as an author, and then how you can make sure your author brand is the best it...

  
• 08.01.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP407 – Making Your Books Addictive with Alessandra Torre

  What is it EXACTLY that makes a book addictive? How do twists and turns come into play? And how do you create these elements with any genre of books?

  
• 07.26.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP406 – Subscriptions For Authors & Ream

  Today we’re joined by two dynamic guests - author Emilia Rose and Michael Evans, co-founds of the REAM subscription service for authors. We cover a LOT in this episode - from “what is the Creator Economy” to making...

  
• 07.18.2023

  SPA Girls – EP405 – Hotwire Your Publishing Plan For The Holidays

  We know there are still 5.5 months to go until the end of the year! But!! We think it’s important to start getting organized for the final push. Ads, blurbs, covers. In the SPA today we talk about the things...

  
• 07.12.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP404 – Interview with Ana Huang

  This week we go in-depth with USA Today, international and #1 Amazon bestselling author of new adult and contemporary romance, Ana Huang. Aside from being very successful (check out her Twisted series!) Ana is a super smart and hardworking author...

  
• 07.04.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – Ep403 – How Not To Fail at Self-publishing

  We’re looking at failure and putting a different slant on it. By changing the way you think of failing at a certain thing and thinking of it as simply a part of learning. You are future proofing the way you...

  
• 06.28.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP402 – GMC for genres

  Back in 1996, author Debra Dixon published Goal, Motivation and Conflict and ever since the letters GMC have been tattooed on our brains

  
• 06.21.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP401 – Lynn Raye Harris, Let’s Talk Series!

  Today we talk to the amazingly talented author Lynn Raye Harris about series. Everything from multiple connected to branding. This is a must listen podcast!

  
• 06.14.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP400 – Why On Earth Are We Still Here?

  It's celebration time! We've reached another milestone here in the SPA - FOUR HUNDRED EPISODES!  And that's 400 weekly episodes with no repeats, no "best of"s, and no stopping during the eight years we've been doing this. Phew! *wipes brow*  This episode...

  
• 06.07.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP399 – Diversification with Rachael Herron

  How can a writer diversify their income? In this episode Rachael Herron shares her advice for maximizing your income as a writer!

  
• 05.31.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP398 – Marketing Books That Straddle Genres

  We talk on the SPA all the time about the importance of knowing what genre/sub genre you’re writing and what reader expectations for that genre are. But what happens if you’ve written a spectacular mashup of genres? Or you wanted...

  
• 05.23.2023

  SPA Girls Podcast – EP397 – Marketing Audiobooks with Rebecca Hefner

  USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Hefner is passionate about marketing audio books wide. After several years of struggling early on, her audiobook sales now surpass her ebook sales most months. As Rebecca says, “I had an excruciating learning curve with...