The Rocking Self Publishing Podcast

Spy thriller author Ethan Jones started his publishing career with Amazon’s Kindle Select Program, but eventually took his books wide across all e-tailers. Now he earns more from Kobo than from Amazon, and makes “a four-figure income every single month.” This week, I chat with Ethan about how he’s built his writing business and why he decided to take his books wide.

Cozy crime writer Sara Rosett has learned a thing or two after writing and publishing 17 books in three different series, both traditionally and indie-published. She has collected her best time- and energy-saving hacks in her new book The Efficient Writer: Simple Tips to Help You Save Time, Streamline Your Writing Routines, and Increase Your Productivity. In this week’s episode, I talk to Sara about how she got started, her favorite productivity tips, and the most important piece of advice she would offer new writers. rspcast.com/sara

Bobby Adair was chasing publishing contracts in the 1980s. until recently when he started self-publishing. After putting out the first book in his series in July last year he rose within six months to be a consistent top 20 author in Horror and Science-Fiction on Amazon. This episode looks at how he did it! rspcast.com/bobby

Sci-fi paranormal author Kevin Tumlinson took two years to write his first book. Now it takes him 15 days to write a first draft, and he says anyone can do it. This week, I have a chat with Kevin about how he came to write The 30-Day Author: Develop a Daily Writing Habit and Write Your Book in 30 Days (or Less), the three podcasts he hosts, and how he is miniaturizing his life into an RV. rspcast.com/kevin

Patagonian thriller author Cristian Perfumo successfully Kickstarted the translation of his Spanish-language El Secreto Sumergido, resulting in the publication of his English-language The Sunken Secret this past July. This week, I talk to Cristian about foreign-language translations, how to market in foreign-language markets when you don’t know the language, and his new email book promotion service ebrolis for the Spanish language market. rspcast.com/cristian

This week, we have on Mark McGuinness, poet and professional creative coach, to talk about his new book Motivation for Creative People: How to Stay Creative While Gaining Money, Fame and Reputation, and the most common obstacle that writers and other creative professionals face and how to deal with it.

Scifi horror writer Nick Sansbury Smith is currently ranked as a Top 26 author, or better, in five different categories on Amazon. This week, I talk to Nick about his decision to sell his Orbs series to a traditional publisher after self-publishing the first book to great success, why he decided to self-publish his second series to wild success, and why he’s returning to traditional publishing for his upcoming series Hell Divers.

Fantasy author Garrett Robinson started publishing in 2012, writing 2 million words by the end of 2014. After building up a tremendous catalog and online presence that includes a popular YouTube channel and podcasting, he had his first breakout, The Nightblade Epic, in 2015. This week, I sit down with Garrett to discuss his love of the fantasy genre, how he manages to get so much done, and how he’s going working towards the best meal of his entire life in 2016.

After publishing her first three books with a small press, romance author Rachael Anderson went indie and has never looked back. This week, I talk with her about the “clean romance” genre, how she markets her stand-alone titles, and her upcoming multi-author collaborative series called The Power of the Matchmaker.

Nathan Van Coops is the author of the time travel adventure epics In Times Like These and The Chronothon. This week I sit down with Nathan to talk about our shared fascination of time travel tales, complex plots that defy space and time, and why authors should be on Goodreads.