The Rocking Self Publishing Podcast

In this week’s show, we talk to Shannon Mayer, author of the popular Rylee Adamson urban fantasy series, about effective pricing and how she’s used to it build a successful writing career.

Children’s author Ian Billings started out in the theater, writing and performing pantomimes and fairy tales, before going on to write for the immensely popular CBBC production Chucklevision. He has since written several books for children and has developed a very unique and creative business that allows him to entertain children, sell books direct, and travel the world.

Angela McConnell was responsible for the massive improvements to the show notes that happened in January! She and I have been working together since then, and I thought it was about time that I had her onto the show to talk about how her journey into the self-publishing world is going. We talk a lot about setting goals, and one of the best things you can do to achieve what you really want in life!

Rysa Walker won Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award in 2013, with her YA time travel adventure Timebound. Since then, Rysa has gone on to sell her CHRONOS Files series and a second series to Skyscape, an Amazon imprint, and is currently ranked in the Top 100 Amazon Authors.

Steve Turnbull has been publishing stories in his steampunk Voidships Universe since late 2013, creating an impressive catalog of 14 titles and counting. This week, I talk to Steve about how he got started in self-publishing and how he manages to release a title a month.

Jacqueline pursued her dreams of publication in the traditional publishing world for many years. Although editors were enthusiastic and excited about her work, her books were ultimately turned down because they didn’t know how to sell them. Then she discovered the bright new world of self-publishing….

Jacqueline pursued her dreams of publication in the traditional publishing world for many years. Although editors were enthusiastic and excited about her work, her books were ultimately turned down because they didn’t know how to sell them. Then she discovered the bright new world of self-publishing….

Brannon Hollingsworth has taken a unique approach to the indie publishing game by starting a publishing cooperative with like-minded authors in order to pool their skills and publish quality fiction under a common banner: Four Fools Press.

In an effort to 10x his book sales goals, Chris Fox realized he needed to increase his writing speed…and ended up developing an app and a book to help others do it too! Find out how he went from writing his first novel in 18 months to writing his most recent novel — some of his best work, he says — in 13 days.

This week I talk to Helen Smith, author of the highly acclaimed Alison Wonderland and Emily Castles Mysteries. She recounts her journey from a traditionally published writer to self-publisher from “back in the day,” to her current status as a hybrid author, as well as BritCrime.com, the upcoming virtual crime fiction festival she’s organized for readers and authors to meet online.