This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss how to write villains, what comes naturally to them when writing villains, and various examples of villains throughout different genres.

Question of the week: how do you write your villains?

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This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss what an essential author bio needs, whether you're publishing your first book or twenty books in.

Question of the week: what does your author bio look like?

To read the full transcript or comment on the episode: https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com/41-bio/

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This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain turn the question of "how do I find my audience?" to a slightly different angle, and question, "How do I get to know my audience (existing or potential)?"

Question of the week: Where are you currently learning about your audience?

To read the full transcript or comment on the episode: https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com/40-audience/

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This week authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain talk about the pros and cons of nicheing--what is it and when do you want to do it?

To read the full transcript or comment on the episode: https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com/39-niche/

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This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain talk about the biggest, strongest, most harmful stories they had to struggle through as parents who wanted to write books. (The lie their characters believed, if you will.) 

Question of the week: What expectations have you had to fight against, or disregard, as a writer?

To read the full transcript or comment on the episode: https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com/38-parent/

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This week, J Thorn and Crys Cain talk about the new trend of "cohort learning" (spoiler... it's a new phrase for an old technique) and how it's useful, how they've participated in it, and how it might be helpful to you.

To read the full transcript or comment on the episode: https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com/37-cohort/

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This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain answer the question: How do you know if your cover is good enough? What does good enough mean, and how can you gauge it?

To read the full transcript or comment on the episode: https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com/36-covers/

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This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain discuss how to make November's National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) or any intense writing-goal time frame successful (with a few of J's NaNoWriMo protests thrown in).

To read the full transcript or comment on the episode: https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com/35-nanowrimo/

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This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain discuss if you should scrap a project and how you might approach that. Do you ditch the whole thing and start something new? Do you try to re-write it?

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This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss the question everyone asks after they start making a little money from their books... how do I make more money? Rather than a list of short term, easy grabs for cash, they dig deep into the shifts they've gone through to build mindsets that build and accept the flow of money with an awareness of the opportunities they don't always know they're looking for.

To read the full transcript or comment on the episode: https://theauthorsuccessmastermind.com/33-money/

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