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

Want some great tips on promoting your book for Sterling & Stone’s OWN Fiction Hacker? Then you’re in for a treat today. Tammi Labrecque joins the guys to teach you how to promote your books and hack into the indie fiction market. She’ll help save you time, effort, and painful mistakes when it’s time to […]

Dave suggested we call this episode ‘How to Earn Your List.” It’s a topic that’s easy to oversimplify, but it’s actually a challenge to write whatever you want to write as an indie author. Today, the guys talk about some of the things you have to consider, and how you can succeed in the huge […]

This year we hosted our second annual Smarter Artist Summit, packed full of great speakers, a crowd of supportive and enthusiastic writers, and Austin Dave. Today, the guys talk about their biggest takeaways, what they learned that surprised them, and how it will change their day-to-day business.   The guys talk about takeaways from Chris […]

Everyone has ups and downs, and lots of us feel like the downs outnumber the ups. The power of persistence is a skill we need to learn. Gary Jonas is a master of persistence. He began with traditional publishing, went to screenwriting, and has now embraced indie publishing. Gary brings a message of hope for […]

We’ll be the first to admit it’s almost impossible to sell short stories. But we found someone who’s actually doing it and succeeding. Gregory Norris joins the guys to discuss his tactics and strategies for selling short stories, and how you can, too. Gregory sold over 54 short stories last year, and it’s major part […]

Want a lateral, out of the box way to get discoverability without having to pay stacks of money to get it? Today’ guest, Riley Ford is the woman who said “I want to take on BookBub.” And  she had a PLAN to do it. Riley shares the framework of discoverability, and how YOU as an […]

Robert McKee is a guru of story, and Johnny and Sean went to the Story seminar. Today, they’re discussing a lot of what they learned, what they disagreed with, and how they’ll apply it to their own indie publishing careers. If you love the study story, or if you want to pick up some killer […]

We’ve been working on StoryShop for a long time now. It’s been time well spent, and we’re finally ready to unveil it. The first iteration of the software wasn’t up to our standards, but after going back to the drawing board, we’ve NAILED IT! Today, the guys talk with our software developer, Seth, and we […]

As authors, we tend to push very hard to market during book launches and specials, but between those pushes, our focus on marketing falls to the wayside. Today, the guys discuss how you can create evergreen marketing that doesn’t require a lot of maintenance, but can bring you extra sales.   Books are essentially passive […]

Sean totally screws up and announces Beth as our guest, but really, it’s mastermind expert and people person Liz Scully. As writers, we sometimes tend to live in our story worlds instead of the real world. But if you want to grow in writing AND business, it’s worth your time to go out into the […]