How to bring a sense of playfulness into your writing and your career in order to increase your creativity, your happiness, and your energy flow.

The decision to publish your books wide (on all available retailers) or in KU (just focusing on Amazon Kindle) is an important choice and not one to be taken lightly!  

Join us for a quick discussion on the benefits of publishing wide, the benefits of KU, and questions you can ask to know which is better for you.  Then be sure to check out the courses I'm co-teaching with Melissa Storm beginning next week on promoting your books in KU and marketing your ebooks wide.  

Marketing your books wide: https://your-author-engine.teachable.com/p/wide-retailer-strategy-2020/?coupon_code=GETITNOW&affcode=162268_xwx0_elq  

Marketing your books in KU: https://your-author-engine.teachable.com/p/kindle-unlimited-strategy-2020/?coupon_code=GETITNOW&affcode=162268_xwx0_elq

Today's Successful Writer Podcast episode is a two-for-one. First, we're talking about ways to avoid distractions in a highly digital and distractable age.

Next, we're covering questions you can ask yourself at the end of each week to take time out to reflect and plan. If you're interested in more motivational tips and tricks, check out the Productivity for Authors full-length course at http://courses.alanaterry.com/productivity.

My husband and I are celebrating our anniversary today, which makes it a great time to reflect on the lessons about creativity, motivation, and inspiration gleaned from the past 16 years.

As authors, we're constantly evolving to improve and grow ourselves, our creativity, and our businesses. Today's episode of the Successful Writer's Podcast offers a deep-dive look at the pivotal moments in my own author career when I was forced to learn how to level up and reach the next stage of success. 

Whether you're behind held back by old-school money blocks, creative fear, or lack of motivation or discipline, today's episode is going to address the various stages of the writing career and offer tidbits and advice that apply to you wherever you're at.

For many of us, life is going to feel quite a bit different than it did before the pandemic started. Today's episode of the Successful Writer Podcast is an invitation to reflect on what lessons this time of isolation has taught us about business, creativity, and life.

As authors, we'll all struggle with the propensity to procrastinate over the course of our careers, but not all procrastination is the same. Here's how knowing the root of your procrastination can help you get more focused and be more productive and creative.

Ella Barnard from Author Like a Boss joins the Successful Writer Podcast to chat about writer's block, creativity, self-care, and more!

When it comes to adding new subscribers to your email newsletter, there's a right way, a definite wrong way, and an OK way.

Today let's chat about the do's and don'ts of growing your email list on the Successful Writer Podcast.

The numbers are in, ebook sales are up, and the indie author industry is weathering this pandemic like a boss. Direct stats from Bookbub, Reedsy, Draft2Digital, and other industry leaders bring tons of reasons to be hopeful. We're in this together, and we're going to be just fine.