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

Think you know Amazon descriptions? Bryan Cohen takes you - and the guys - to task about writing descriptions that will convert more poeple to readers, and eventually turn readers into true fans. Don't fall on the 'synopsis' crutch. It's not enough! You need to write in the 'in a world' movie guy voice!

Today, Johnny, Sean, and Dave give you a sneak peek at the content in their upcoming 9 episode discussion series, StoryShop. From character to plot, and setting to outlining, find out what it takes to make an indie author successful by writing better stories faster. Something cool: The London Book Fair, SPP is front page New & […]

Here at SPP, we usually talk about everything you need to know about indie publishing, which doesn’t usually involve physical books and locations, but today, we invited Amy Collins of NewShelves to talk about how to get your books into major retailers like Barnes and Noble, Costco, Books-A-Million, Target, Walmart, as well as independent and airport […]

Today’s guest Honoree Corder is an author and master of ‘Getting Things Done.’ She and the guys discuss the not so ‘woo woo’ side of prosperity for writers, and what simple mindsets can mean the difference between poverty and prosperity. Holy crap – Dave actually has something cool, and he shares a fascinating new way to […]

It’s really tempting when you’re just starting out to try to do everything yourself, but this is the worst thing when you’re trying to balance efficiency and effectiveness in your workload. From creating your own website, cover designs, even editing your own manuscript, these are mistakes that don’t just cost you money in the form of […]

Johnny, Sean, and Dave discuss strategies to keep complicated storylines and multiple character arcs cohesive, and ways to keep yourself, and your story, organized.

Johnny, Sean, and Dave welcome guests Jerod Morris of Copyblogger and podcaster Jon Nastor. Together, they host a podcast called Showrunners, and a course of the same name that teaches all about podcasting. Dave is a terrible, terrible monster, and his son will grow up to hate him. Guests Jon and Jerod talk about how […]

Welcome to The Self Publishing Podcast relaunch! If you would like to listen to The Self Publishing Podcast Classic episodes, you can find the SPP classics at selfpublishingpodcast.com, on iTunes or the rss feed here.

After 167 episodes, Johnny Sean and Dave talk about what they’ve learned from three years of writing, interviewing and recording the Self Publishing Podcast. Today’s special episode includes: The value of talking things out with others. Branching away from Amazon The Benefit of community Understanding the importance of a list The Value of haters — […]

Today Hal Elrod joined Johnny and Sean to teach Dave how to improve his productivity by using a specific morning routine. Now, night owls don’t turn SPP off yet, because these techniques can be used regardless of when you wake. Live purposefully, create a morning routine and learn what many of the most successful people […]