No show notes this week, if you want to see the blog post with the photos mentioned, you can catch that here: https://wp.me/p885Ux-2oN

Show Notes: Rebel Author Podcast episode 27.

Today’s podcast is with Christina Kaye we’re talking about thrillers and how to write suspense in your novels.

We talk about:

• The pillars of creating suspense and tension in your story

This week’s questions is:

What’s keeping you sane during lockdown?

Book recommendation this week is comes from Katie Forrest who recommended Untamed by Glennon Doyle.

Grab your copy on Kobo 

And don't forget you can preorder your copy of The Anatomy of Prose in ebook, paperback and hardback here.

Listen or Watch NEXT LEVEL AUTHORS

Watch on YouTube 

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Join the Next Level Author Facebook Group 

Listener Rebel of the Week is Meg Cowley

If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to [email protected] or tweet me @rebelauthorpod

If you’d like to support the show, and get access to all the bonus essays, posts and content, you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

This week’s episode is sponsored by Kobo.

Find out more about my guest Christina Kaye on her 

Website

Facebook 

Episode Show Notes

This week’s questions is:

What is your best free or cheap marketing tip?

You can preorder The Anatomy of Prose ebook and paperback on all bookstores now.

Click the link here.

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Book recommendation this week is Swearing is Good for You by Emma Byrne.

KOBO https://www.kobo.com/ebook/swearing-is-good-for-you-the-amazing-science-of-bad-language   

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3eAiumk

Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/2XOehoY

Find out more about our guest Barry Hutchison on his website: 

https://barryjhutchison.com  

Get his books here:

http://mybook.to/spaceteam 

http://mybook.to/lob

Listener Rebel of the Week is Tim Seabrook

If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to [email protected] or tweet me @rebelauthorpod 

If you’d like to support the show, and get access to all the bonus essays, posts and content, you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

Episode Show Notes

This week’s questions is:

How do you network?

You can preorder The Anatomy of Prose digitally on all bookstores now.

Click the link here.

Book recommendation this week is Networking for Authors by Daniel Parsons

Kobo 

Amazon UK

Amazon USA

Find out more about our guest on his website: 

DanielParsonsBooks.com

To Join the Rebel Author poison and prose write in on 15th April 9pm UK join the Rebel Author Facebook group here.

Listener Rebel of the Week is Michael Nassberg

If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to [email protected] or tweet me @rebelauthorpod 

If you’d like to support the show, and get access to all the bonus essays, posts and content, you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

Episode Show Notes

This week’s questions is:

Should you judge a book by its cover?

You can preorder The Anatomy of Prose digitally on all bookstores now.

Click the link here.

Find out more about Design for Writers:

Website: www.designforwriters.com 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/designforwriters 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/design4writers

LAST CHANCE to read a review copy or be part of the street team for the launch of The Anatomy of Prose. I have a short form which can be found here: https://bit.ly/AoPTeam

Book recommendation this week is Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

KOBO https://www.kobo.com/ebook/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-1

Amazon UK https://amzn.to/3bS0Xnd

Amazon USA https://amzn.to/3dPlMSc

Listener Rebel of the Week is Aime Sund

If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to [email protected] or tweet me @rebelauthorpod 

If you’d like to support the show, and get access to all the bonus essays, posts and content, you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

Episode Show Notes

This week’s question is:

What is the best book you’ve read this year?

Book recommendation this week is our lovely guest Jules Horne’s Writing for Audiobooks: Audio-First for Flow and Impact

Kobo 

Amazon UK

Amazon USA

Find out more about Jules on her:

Fiction website: https://www.juleshorne.com/

Nonfiction website:https://www.method-writing.com/ 

If you’d like to help with the launch and be on the street team or read a review copy, you can. I have a short form which can be found here: https://bit.ly/AoPTeam

I was on the Alliance of Independent Author’s Inspiration indie authors podcast on Sunday. Listen here

Listener Rebel of the Week is: Kathleen March

If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to [email protected] or tweet me @rebelauthorpod

One new Patron today, welcome Julia Fortune. Thank you so much for joining me and thank you to all my patrons, who help to ensure that this podcast continues.

If you’d like to support the show, and get access to all the bonus essays, posts and content, you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

Episode Show Notes

10 Business models article: https://selfpublishingadvice.org/ten-business-models-for-indie-authors/

Rebel Author Podcast episode 11 on finance, money and debt with Zach Bohannon  https://sachablack.co.uk/2020/01/15/011-authors-and-money-how-to-quit-your-job-and-write-full-time-with-zach-bohannon/ 

Mark's SPS LIVE digital ticket https://selfpublishingformula.com/digital 

Book Recommendations:

The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey

Kobo https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-total-money-makeover-classic-edition

Amazon UK https://amzn.to/36Qc5PC

Amazon USA https://amzn.to/2td8yfC

The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape

Kobo https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-barefoot-investor

Amazon UK https://amzn.to/2Rbipuu

Amazon USA https://amzn.to/2Tqhzgd

The Millionaire Next Door by William D. Danko and Thomas J Stanley

Kobo https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-millionaire-next-door-6

Amazon UK https://amzn.to/36KMZBD

Amazon USA https://amzn.to/2Nnjxdk

Playing with Fire by Scott Rieckens

Kobo https://www.kobo.com/ebook/playing-with-fire-financial-independence-retire-early

Amazon UK https://amzn.to/380d4N7

Amazon USA https://amzn.to/2sm4w4f

Choose FI by Chris Mamula, Brad Barret and Jonathan Mendonsa

Kobo https://www.kobo.com/ebook/choose-fi

Amazon UK https://amzn.to/2TkYAmY

Amazon USA https://amzn.to/3a7KHOT

Episode Show Notes

This Week’s Question is:

Where do you get your books? Do you buy them online, which store? Do you go to physical indie stores? Big chain stores, libraries? Somewhere else?

The book recommendation this week is An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries and Bookstores by Mark Lefebvre.

Get the book on Kobo 

Enter Mark's giveaway here.

If you’d like to help with the launch of The Anatomy of Prose you can join the street team or read a review copy by completing this short form

Listener Rebel of the Week is HB Lyne

If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to [email protected] or tweet me @rebelauthorpod

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One new Patron today, welcome Beth Ball. Thank you so much for joining me and thank you to all my patrons, who help to ensure that this podcast continues.

If you’d like to support the show, and get access to all the bonus essays, posts and content, you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

Find out more about Mark on:

His website www.markleslie.ca

Twitter 

Instagram 

His Podcast 

Grab your copy of An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries and Bookstores

Episode Show Notes

This Week’s Question looks at the personal branding side of the interview today. So I’m interested in your personal verb.

What is your verb?

The book recommendation of the week is VERBALIZE by Damon Suede

Kobo 

Amazon UK

Amazon USA

The Rebel of the week is Edwin Downward

If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to [email protected] or tweet me @rebelauthorpod

No new Patrons today. Thank you so much to all my current patrons, who help to ensure that this podcast continues.

If you’d like to support the show, and get access to all the bonus essays, posts and content, you can from as little as $2 a month by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

Find out more about Damon on his:

Website: DamonSuede.com 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/damon.suede.author 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DamonSuede

Episode Show Notes

Pre-order The Anatomy of Prose (currently only live on Amazon, other stores are coming soon)

Amazon UK

Amazon USA

Find out more about Karen Ferreira on her:

Website www.getyourbookillustrations.com

Instagram  

The download for the things to consider before going with an illustrator can be found here.

To watch the Children's Book Mastery Conference you can find out more using my affiliate link here.

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This week's question is:

What was your favorite children's book?

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Book recommendation this week is Joanna Penn’s new book Audio for Authors.

Kobo

Amazon UK

Amazon USA

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If you’d like to be a Rebel of the week please do send in your story, it can be any kind of rebellion. You can email your rebel story to [email protected] or tweet me @rebelauthorpod

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A big thank you to all my current patrons who help to ensure that this podcast continues. If you’d like to support the show from as little at $2 a month, you can and get access to all the bonus essays, posts, sneak peeks, bloopers and more by visiting: www.patreon.com/sachablack

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Podcast recommendations from last week include:

• Writing Excuses