The Authorpreneur Secret$™ Podcast

What difference does learning to self-publish make for authors who write and publish many books? In this episode, I break down the difference self-publishing makes for authors like me who write and publish many books.

Learning to self-publish helped me to save on publishing costs and learn skills that have generated six figures.

I also share my latest authorpreneurship ventures, and key #40 in the Keys to Win at Life book series. Key #40: Be confident to win.

Register for the Small Book Big Impact 30-Day Writing Challenge - https://authorpreneursecrets.com/sbbi/

Upcoming Book

From Story to Sustainability by Dr. C. Ruth Taylor and Kethjoy Watson

Keys to Win at Life: #40 - Be Confident to Win

The podcast has a new segment called “Keys to Win at Life” featuring explainer videos from my book, “Keys to Win at Life.” These are wisdom keys to handle life’s challenges. I am turning the book into a YouTube video series of 100 videos. Watch the full series on the YouTube channel.

Keys to Win at Life – YouTube Series

The Million-Dollar Authorpreneur Book Test

Do you have a book that is capable of producing a million dollars without mass book sales? Take the test to find out.

Visit https://authorpreneursecrets.com/blueprint/

Publishing Secret$ 101 Course on Udemy

https://www.udemy.com/course/secretstopublishonabudget-masterclass/

Podcast Mission: This podcast is part of Dr. Ruth's mission to equip 10,000 Caribbean authors to become Authorpreneur Rockstars by 2030. The episodes are geared towards helping independent authors to publish confidently and flourish financially without needing to sell thousands of books.

When Caribbean authors flourish, lives are transformed, and poverty is reduced across the Region. We challenge Caribbean authors to become Authorpreneur Rockstars, earning their first US$10,000 with the products and services they create with their books instead of depending on mass book sales.

The Authorpreneur Secret$™ Podcast is back! What did I do during the 4-month podcast break?

Today I will reveal 10 amazing things that happened during the podcast break besides running a publishing services business.

Dr. Ruth’s Top 10 Happenings During the 4-Month Podcast Break

1.      Podcast Recognition – 2nd Best Authorpreneur Podcast by Million Podcasts

2.      My Doctoral Graduation in the USA – Read the dissertation at www.authorpreneursecrets.com/blueprint

3.      New Book Published and Launched – “Authorpreneur Secret$™ Blueprint”

4.      Dissertation to Book Masterclass - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5lvlfXPs24CU8E_1fb4M2w

5.      Relaunching the Authorpreneur Secret$™ Academy on Skool – www.authorpreneursecrets.com/academy

6.      The Authorpreneur Secret$™ DIY Starter Kit

7.      Sharing at a Writer’s Group at Bakke Graduate University

8.      Working on Two Upcoming Books: FromStory to Sustainability and Fairview’s Untold Stories

9.      Launching Beyond the Publication Author Interview Series

10.  Continued Converting My Book "Keys to Win at Life" to a

The Million-Dollar Authorpreneur Book Test www.authorpreneursecrets.com

Featured Books

Authorpreneur Secret$™ Blueprint by Dr. C. Ruth Taylor

https://www.amazon.com/Authorpreneur-Secret-Blueprint-Research-Based-Profitable-ebook/dp/B0H1135H1F/

From Story to Sustainability by Dr. C. Ruth Taylor and Kethjoy Watson

Keys to Win at Life: #39 - Be Flexible and Adaptable to Win

The podcast has a new segment called “Keys to Win at Life”featuring explainer videos from my book, “Keys to Win at Life.”

These are wisdom keys to handle life’s challenges. I am turning the book into a YouTube video series of 100 videos.

Watch the full series on the YouTube channel.

Keys to Win at Life – YouTube Series

Podcast Mission: This podcast is part of an education campaign to equip 10,000 Caribbean authors to become Authorpreneur Rockstars by 2030. The episodes are geared towards helping independent authors to publish confidently and flourish financially without needing to sell thousands of books. When authors flourish, lives are transformed and poverty is reduced across the Region. We will challenge Caribbean authors to turn their books into bucks, earning US$1000-10,000 every 3-12 months with the products and services they create with their books.

About the Host

Jamaica authorpreneur, Dr. Cameka “Ruth” Taylor, a.k.a. “The Rocket-Writer,” is an authorpreneur strategist and the CEO and founder of Extra MILE Innovators Limited, trading as BambuSparks. Dr. Ruth helps strategic leaders and visionaries to leverage books to establish their authority, expand their reach, generate sustainable income, and preserve their legacy.

She has published over 40 books, including several Amazon bestsellers. Dr, Ruth writes inspirational memoirs, personal development books, romance novellas, poetry, children’s books, and books for authors.

Are you over 40 and struggling with your fitness?

Today’s podcast is just for you as we close out this season. Today we have Associate Professor Susan A. Muir, who is a university educator, researcher, and advocate for vibrant living.

With an academic career spanning over two decades in computing—teaching topics from research methods to tech ethics—her primary research focuses on digital health. She co-designs technology-based interventions to increase physical activity and manage chronic diseases.

Susan is the author of the Amazon bestseller “Fab Fitness Over 40: Live Well, Feel Good, Look Great.”  Her expertise fuels her personal mission: to live and promote what she calls an "AweMazing Life."

Susan brings this mindset of active, inspired well-being directly to her community, having motivated friends, followers, and family to achieve their health and fitness goals.

She is the 2025 winner of BambuSparks’ inaugural Legacy Publishing Prize valued at USD$3000. In 2022, she won the 30-day Rocket-Writing Competition, later renamed the Small Book Big Impact Competition in 2025, and she was also one of the winners in the fiction category. The winning fiction work is titled “The Naked Forest.”

Susan's Contact

Website: https://awemazinglife.com/

WhatsApp: +1 (876) 585-5835  

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Susan A. Muir

Books Mentioned

Fab Fitness Over 40 by Susan Muir

https://www.amazon.com/dp/9768354186

Authorpreneur Secret$ Blueprint by Dr. C. Ruth Taylor

https://www.amazon.com/Authorpreneur-Secret-Blueprint-Research-Based-Profitable-ebook/dp/B0H1135H1F/

Authorpreneurship Resources

Get the Authorpreneur Secret$™ Blueprint Slide Deck
https://authorpreneursecrets.com/⁠blueprint

Podcast Mission: This podcast is part of an education campaign to train and equip 10,000 Caribbean authors to become profitable authorpreneurs by 2030. This will help them to transform more lives, create sustainable income, and reduce poverty across the Region. We will challenge Caribbean authors to earn US$1000-10,000 every 3-12months by creating profitable programs with their books.

How do you handle seasons of delay?

In this episode, we interview debut Guyanese author,Luchelle Marie Josiah about her book, “Delayed but Not Denied.” Luchelle was one of the winners of the Small Book… Big Impact Challenge in November 2025. Although Guyanese, she grew up in Trinidad and Tobago.

Luchelle served as a church admin for more than twenty-six years and has led in both the Creative Arts Ministry and the Praise and Worship Ministry. She is a licensed Evangelist Missionary with the Church of God in Christ, Trinidad & Tobago Jurisdiction, reflecting her commitment to ministry and service.

Books Mentioned

Delayed but Not Denied by Luchelle Marie Josiah

https://www.amazon.com/DELAYED-BUT-NOT-DENIED-Waiting-ebook/dp/B0GZ5L5SHJ/

From Calling to Completion by C. Ruth Taylor

https://www.amazon.com/Calling-Completion-Leadership-Lessons-Doctoral-ebook/dp/B0GS9SP4BM/

Authorpreneur Secret$Blueprint by Dr. C. Ruth Taylor

https://www.amazon.com/Authorpreneur-Secret-Blueprint-Research-Based-Profitable-ebook/dp/B0H1135H1F/

Authorpreneurship Resources

Get the Authorpreneur Secret$™ Blueprint Slide Deck

Podcast Mission: This podcast is part of an education campaign to train and equip 10,000 Caribbean authors to become profitable authorpreneurs by 2030. This will help them to transform more lives, create sustainable income, and reduce poverty across the Region. We will challenge Caribbean authors to earn US$1000-10,000 every 3-12months by creating profitable programs with their books.

About the Host

Jamaican authorpreneur, Dr. Cameka “Ruth” Taylor, a.k.a.“The Rocket-Writer,” is the CEO and founder of Extra MILE Innovators Limited, trading as BambuSparks. Ruth serves as the Chief Publishing Consultant at BambuSparks and is a writing and publishing coach. She has published over 40books, including several Amazon bestsellers (as at December 2025). She writes inspirational memoirs, personal development books, romance novellas, poetry, children’s books, and books for authors.

Why does a doctorate matter? What's the journey really like?

What are some tips and lessons to start and finish a doctorate?

Today’s episode features a panel discussion at the launch of my Triple Treasure birthday, book launch, and doctoral celebration on May 9, 2026.

It is a thorough discussion on the why of a doctorate, the highs and lows of the journey, and tips to successfully complete the journey.

The panelists of four Jamaican doctors represent three different universities and three different doctoral degrees. If you have started the journey and need help to complete it, this episode is also for you.

Meet the panelists:

• Dr. Aidin Brown – President DSL Association, Doctor of Strategic Leadership (DSL), Leadership Coaching and Organizational Consulting from Regent University in 2024

• Dr. Clara Ricketts: Doctor of Transformational Leadership – Bakke Graduate University in 2016

• Dr. Lisa Facey-Shaw, PhD in Technology Enhanced Learning – Open University of the Netherlands in 2019

• Dr. C. Ruth Taylor: Doctor of Transformational Leadership – Bakke Graduate University in 2026

In this episode Dr. C. Ruth Taylor shares six lessons that can help you star and finish your doctorate. These lessons come from two books:1. "From Calling to Completion" by Dr. C. Ruth Taylorhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GS9SP4BM2. "Balancing Work, Family. Life and Studies" by Dr. Lisa Facey-Shawhttps://www.amazon.com/Balancing-Work-Family-Life-Studies-ebook/dp/B0BW66K72T/Ruth recommends Dr. Facey-Shaw's book to all aspiring and current PhD students and her own to Christians contemplating doctoral studies and those who are dealing with delay and tempted to give up as they seek to fulfill God's call on their lives.

Are you struggling with low book sales and looking for an alternative way to measure your success as an author?

Then Dr. C. Ruth Taylor’s ACTS authorpreneurship framework is just what you are looking for. In this episode, Dr. Ruth creatively breaks down her innovative approach to authorpreneurship, which emerged from a six-year study of her own authorpreneurship initiatives July 2018-2024.

Stay tuned to find out what ACTS is and how you can implement your own ACTS pilot program. Ruth also discusses the latest in her authorpreneurship ventures.

Authorpreneurship Resources

Get the Authorpreneur Secret$™ Blueprint
https://authorpreneursecrets.com/⁠

Book Mentioned – Now on Amazon

From Calling to Completion by C. Ruth Taylor

https://www.amazon.com/Calling-Completion-Leadership-Lessons-Doctoral-ebook/dp/B0GS9SP4BM/

Ruth’s Authorpreneurship Ventures

Register for my Triple Treasure Celebration 2026:

www.authorpreneursecrets.com/tripletreasure2026

BambuSparks’ Read Across Jamaica Book Drive

https://bambusparks.com/bookdrive/

Podcast Mission: This podcast is part of an education campaign to train and equip 10,000 Caribbean authors to become profitable authorpreneurs by 2030. This will help them to transform more lives, create sustainable income, and reduce poverty across the Region. We will challenge Caribbean authors to earn US$1000-10,000 every 3-12months by creating profitable programs with their books.

About the Host

Jamaican authorpreneur, Dr. Cameka “Ruth” Taylor, a.k.a. “The Rocket-Writer,” is the CEO and founder of Extra MILE Innovators Limited, trading as BambuSparks. Ruth serves as the Chief Publishing Consultant at BambuSparks and is a writing and publishing coach. She has published over 40books, including several Amazon bestsellers (as at December 2025). She writes inspirational memoirs, personal development books, romance novellas, poetry, children’s books, and books for authors.

Publishing is changing, and with the advent of AI and AI farmed books flooding the market, the digital publishing platforms need to find solutions to help authors.

In response to this problem, Draft2Digital will be charging account opening fees and an annual fee to keep your book on its platform. Barnes and Noble is putting a cap on the number of books you can publish on its platform and making it mandatory that print books must be priced at minimum at $14.99.

Underperforming books will be removed.

In this episode I share the changes and how this might impact myself, other Caribbean authors and other independent authors. I also discuss the latest in my authorpreneurship ventures.

Authorpreneurship Resources

Get the Authorpreneur Secret$™ Blueprint Slide deck
https://authorpreneursecrets.com/⁠

Books Mentioned – Now on Amazon

From Calling to Completion by C. Ruth Taylor

https://www.amazon.com/Calling-Completion-Leadership-Lessons-Doctoral-ebook/dp/B0GS9SP4BM/

Keys to Win at Life by C. Ruth Taylor

https://www.amazon.com/Keys-Win-Life-Proven-Challenges-ebook/dp/B01N5XEJLU

Ruth’s Authorpreneurship Ventures

Register for my Triple Treasure Celebration 2026:

www.authorpreneursecrets.com/tripletreasure2026

Authorpreneur Secret$™ YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/@authorpreneursecretsBambuSparks’ Read Across Jamaica Book Drive

https://bambusparks.com/bookdrive/

Podcast Mission: This podcast is part of an education campaign to train and equip 10,000 Caribbean authors to become profitable authorpreneurs by 2030. This will help them to transform more lives, create sustainable income, and reduce poverty across the Region. We will challenge Caribbean authors to earn US$1000-10,000 every 3-12 months by creating profitable programs with their books.

About the Host

Jamaican authorpreneur, Dr. Cameka “Ruth” Taylor, a.k.a.“The Rocket-Writer,” is the CEO and founder of Extra MILE Innovators Limited, trading as BambuSparks. Ruth serves as the Chief Publishing Consultant at BambuSparks and is a writing and publishing coach. She has published over 40books, including several Amazon bestsellers (as at December 2025). She writes inspirational memoirs, personal development books, romance novellas, poetry, children’s books, and books for authors.

Have you ever written a book inspired by your pet?

“Looking for Haven” by Enrico Nunez was inspired by hisfavorite pet, a dog named Victor, and other pets around him.

In this episode, we share excerpts from the online book launch to find out more about Victor and the making of the book.

We are encouraging you to support our Read Across JamaicaBook Drive by sponsoring 100 books to be sent to two parishes affected by Hurricane Melissa in 2025.

This interview has me thinking about writing a book about thedogs we have had over the years.

Enrico’s Contact

Email: [email protected]

Authorpreneurship Resources

Get the Authorpreneur Secret$™ Blueprint
https://authorpreneursecrets.com/⁠

Books Mentioned – Now on Amazon

Looking for Haven by Enrico Nunez

https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Haven-Enrico-Nunez/dp/9768354143/

From Calling to Completion by C. Ruth Taylor

https://www.amazon.com/Calling-Completion-Leadership-Lessons-Doctoral-ebook/dp/B0GS9SP4BM/

Journeys by Sheril Morgan

https://www.amazon.com/Journeys-21-Day-Devotional-Empowerment-Living-ebook/dp/B0GQPM9XFL/

Ruth’s Authorpreneurship Ventures

Register for my Triple Treasure Celebration 2026:

www.authorpreneursecrets.com/tripletreasure2026

BambuSparks’ Read Across Jamaica Book Drive

https://bambusparks.com/bookdrive/

Podcast Mission: This podcast is part of an education campaign to train and equip 10,000 Caribbean authors to become profitable authorpreneurs by 2030. This will help them to transform more lives, create sustainable income, and reduce poverty across the Region.

We will challenge Caribbean authors to earn US$1000-10,000 every 3-12 months by creating profitable programs with their books.

About the Host

Jamaican authorpreneur, Dr. Cameka “Ruth” Taylor, a.k.a.“The Rocket-Writer,” is the CEO and founder of Extra MILE Innovators Limited, trading as BambuSparks. Ruth serves as the Chief Publishing Consultant at BambuSparks and is a writing and publishing coach.

She has published over 40 books, including several Amazon bestsellers (as at December 2025). She writes inspirational memoirs, personal development books, romance novellas, poetry, children’s books, and books for authors.

When many people think of writing and healing, very often they think of journaling. However, poetry is just as effective. In today’s show, we explore the connection between mental health and poetry for healing.

Bestselling Amazon author, Sheryl N. Garriques, recently published her debut book, “Love and Poetry: A Mental Health Journey of Healing.” Sheryl is a registered nurse, lecturer, mental health professional and advocate who blends professional expertise with lived experience to create a work that is both deeply personal and universally relatable. If you have ever loved deeply, hurt silently or searched for healing, this book was written for you.

Sheryl has been building a movement called A Mentally Healthy You (AMHY). This book is part of that initiative as it also contains 31 mental health tips. Sheryl’s mantra is “There is no good health without good mental health.”

Sheryl’s Contact:

Instagram: A Mentally Healthy You

Facebook: A Mentally Healthy You

Email: [email protected]

Authorpreneurship Resources

Get the Authorpreneur Secret$™ Blueprint
https://authorpreneursecrets.com/⁠

Books Mentioned – Now on Amazon

Love and Poetry by Sheril N. Garriques

https://www.amazon.com/Give-Birth-Yuh-Authenticity-Celebrate-ebook/dp/B0FXY4KKGX/

From Calling to Completion by C. Ruth Taylor

https://www.amazon.com/Calling-Completion-Leadership-Lessons-Doctoral-ebook/dp/B0GS9SP4BM/

Ruth’s Authorpreneurship Ventures

Register for my Triple Treasure Celebration 2026:

www.authorpreneursecrets.com/tripletreasure2026

Podcast Mission: This podcast is part of an education campaign to train and equip 10,000 Caribbean authors to become profitable authorpreneurs by 2030. This will help them to transform more lives, create sustainable income, and reduce poverty across the Region. We will challenge Caribbean authors to earn US$1000-10,000 every 3-12 months by creating profitable programs with their books.

About the HostJamaican authorpreneur, Dr. Cameka “Ruth” Taylor, a.k.a. “The Rocket-Writer,” is the CEO and founder of Extra MILE Innovators Limited, trading as BambuSparks. Ruth serves as the Chief Publishing Consultant at BambuSparks and is a writing and publishing coach. She has published over 40 books, including several Amazon bestsellers (as at December 2025). She writes inspirational memoirs, personal development books, romance novellas, poetry, children’s books, and books for authors.