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

Today, the guys talk to Cameron Drew, who works for a company that allows writers to create soundtracks for their writing – not just music but multi-layered sound. Want immersion? This is how you get it, for the writer and the reader. Something cool: Dave’s is that they published a book this week – The […]

Today, the guys talk about their goals and resolutions for 2016. Dave was strangely enthusiastic. Something cool: Sean’s new fav book is ‘Level Up Your Life,’ Johnny’s is the Smarter Artist Summit and his new Fitbit, and Sean stole Dave’s cool thing. The guys talk goals, and how you can train your brain to disvalue […]

Social media has been something the guys at Sterling and Stone haven’t pursued a lot, but that’s changing. The value of social media is obvious, so today, they talk with social media expert Tara Jacobsen. Are you guilty of some of the biggest mistakes authors make? Something cool: Dave is reading fiction by Jason Gurley; […]

Today, the SPP guys talk with NoiseTrade’s Derek Webb about building your readership and growing that all-important list. Also, bad jokes. Smarter Artist Summit tickets are now available at smarterartistsummit.com Something cool: Mint.com is Sean’s new awesome thing; Dave loves Fargo season 2; Johnny’s loves a book! Surprise! This time, it’s a book he already […]

Julie Huss joins the guys right at the beginning, and after a little nonsense, they talk about how to forge your own genre. Julie teased her next big project for a long while, and she confided in the guys. Now, the secret is OUT! Answer this: Have you ever wanted to fuck a superhero? Now […]

Hugh Howie, John Locke, Amanda Hawkins… these are writers that are known for something we all wish would happen to us. They all started out self-publishing their books and ended up becoming household names (well, if your house is full of voracious readers, I guess). This week we’re replaying one of the greatest success stories […]

Today, we’re replaying one of our most popular episodes, featuring the bestselling author and RABID Self Publishing Podcast fan — who may or may not have credited all of her success to the three of us on this podcast — CJ Lyons. CJ gave us a ton of very practical enhancements and details on some familiar […]

Today the guys talk with Leslie Watts about writing with ‘guts.’ It’s okay to be vulnerable, to share your work, and to open to feedback. Leslie gets vulnerable and shares her thoughts on being quiet and thoughtful, on how she helps others get over their fears, and more. Something cool: StoryShop funded, Sean saw the […]

While ‘rescue’ is probably too harsh a word, but for this episode, Johnny, Sean, and Dave will be taking a look at how to recalibrate your writing career. NaNoWriMo is over, and it’s inevitable that you’ll take a look back over the year and think about what you’ve done, or haven’t done. But it’s not […]

Johnny B. Truant talks with Podium Publishing’s James Tonn, who has been involved with Sterling and Stone’s audiobooks. Today they talk about being a creative entrepreneur. Learn about leveraging your successes to jump to even better situations, and more. 1.       What makes you want to take the risks you take to be fiercely entrepreneurial? 2.       […]