The Story Studio Podcast - Writing, Storytelling, and Marketing Advice for Writers & Business

Your book cover, your title, your product description, the first few pages, and even your back catalogue all contribute to a promise you’ve made with your reader. It’s an unspoken contract—a bond of trust. Unfortunately, it’s easy to forget that your reader has these expectations, and losing sight of them can be career kryptonite. In […]

After many years at Kobo Writing Life helping authors learn to be better entrepreneurs, Mark Lefebvre has stepped down from his position to start a new chapter of his career. Johnny, Sean, and Dave talk to their favorite former Kobo representative about his career, what’s next for him, and what he sees on the horizon […]

Are you new to fiction and want to start your career with a bang? Wouldn’t it be awesome to shortcut the process of learning how to write a viable story and build a marketing plan? Are you looking for mentors with several million words under their belts to guide you? Having all of this is […]

When was the last time you used the words “healthy” and “writer” in the same breath? The conversation around the working writer rarely includes how not to keep from gaining thirty pounds in your first year writing. In this episode, Johnny, Sean, and Dave discuss better habits for the working writer that will help you […]

Mark Dawson continues to take the self-publishing world by storm. Between his instructional books, courses, and his own Self-Publishing Formula Podcast, he’s carrying the experimental torch into an uncertain world of marketing and advertising. Today, the guys talk to him about how authors can use Facebook and Amazon’s platforms to take your advertising and to […]

Michael Anderle is an indie publishing powerhouse. Not only did he build an author career in six months, but he broke rank, and shaped a story universe and help groups that allow authors to work together to move their career to the next level. The guys pick his brain for his best tips on how […]

Leveling up as an authorpreneur often means finding the right people to learn from and collaborate with. The guys talk about different ways to advance your author career and how to decide what’s the best way to do it right now, no matter where you are. Dave and Sean discuss the value of attending learning […]

NaNoWriMo (https://nanowrimo.org/) is celebrating eighteen years of helping writers put words on the page and getting a novel-length first draft ready in just one month. Grant Faulkner of NaNoWriMo talks to Johnny, Sean, and Dave about how you can use NaNo’s challenge and community to build a healthy writing habit. Grant shares the story of […]

There’s so much to learn about being an indie author. So what do you learn first? Just what you need. Just in time learning is a concept that new authors don’t implement soon enough. Traditional western education ideas run counter to this idea, but the guys explain how being more methodical about your author education […]

Authors are naturals when it comes to promoting their books… unless they’re grumpy gits. Whether you’re a git, shy, or find the whole idea of a sales pitch to be just plain icky, telling people about your book can be a real challenge. In this episode, Johnny and Sean share with Dave their best tips […]