The Writing Coach

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 23 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author and book marketing expert Fauzia Burke.

Fauzia has spent her entire professional career in book marketing and publicity, and as a result is a sought-after digital marketing expert, consultant, and speaker. In her new book Online Marketing for Busy Authors, she has combined over 20 years of professional publishing and book marketing experience to make online branding not only doable, but fun for any author who is writing or releasing a book.

During the interview, Fauzia describes:

Why authors so often struggle with branding and marketing;

How the internet has opened up direct contact between authors and readers;

When author need to begin the marketing process;

Why social media is as much about listening as it is about putting out content;

The huge impact that monitoring analytics can have;

How authors can avoid burnout when implementing a long term marketing strategy;

and much more!

Listen now:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/thewritingcoach/WC_023_-_Online_Book_Marketing_for_Fauzia_Burke.mp3

Show Notes

Follow Fauzia on Twitter: @FauziaBurke

Visit Fauzia's website.

Get your copy of Online Marketing for Busy Authors:

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Kevin T. Johns is an author, writing coach, and ghostwriter. He helps authors from around the world get their stories out of their heads, onto the page, and into readers hands. Grab a free copy of his short guide for authors by clicking the image below.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 22 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author Jenny Blake.

Jenny is a speaker, career coach, author and business strategist living in New York city and getting ready to launch her new book, PIVOT: The Only Move that Matters is Your Next One.

During the interview, Jenny describes:

How her authorial voice has changed since her last book;

The role she's letting serendipity play in her approach to book marketing;

Her method for balancing practical organization and systems with intuition and faith;

What her definition of success now looks like;

How the ideas in this book helped her through an especially difficult time in her life;

Why people making an impact in the world are often in a constant state of pivoting;

How to better navigate change via your inner risk-o-meter;

and much more!

Listen now:

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Kevin T. Johns is an author, writing coach, and ghostwriter. He helps authors from around the world get their stories out of their heads, onto the page, and into readers hands. Grab a free copy of his short guide for authors by clicking the image below.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 21 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author and mentor Amber Adrian.

Amber believes we're all bigger and brighter than we know, and that we're meant to follow our flickers of brilliance until they spark bonfires of change. Amber works with writers to help them over of fear, self-doubt, judgment, and perfectionism, allowing them to effortlessly harness intuition and creative flow.

During the interview, Adrian describes:

How her name was almost "Sunshine"

What she learned from turning her hard drive into a book graveyard

The transformative impact the loss of her father had on her life

How she has used video to authentically connect with her audience

The role coaches, healers, and energy workers have played in her own journey

How she applies Clear-Connect-Create system with clients

The importance her own self care plays in the success of her business

and much more!

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Check out Amber's website: AmberAdrian.com and make sure you visit her coaching site: Unlock Your Writing Genius.

Learn about Kevin's course The Novel Writer's Blueprint Masterclass

Click here to subscribe to the show via iTunes.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 20 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author and productivity expert Monica Leonelle.

Monica is a fiction and non-fiction author who recently wrote three bestsellers about writing productivity: Write Better, Faster, The 8-Minute Writing Habit, and Dictate Your Book. She is best known for writing 4000 words per hour and about 25,000 words per week. She’s helped hundreds of authors develop their own writing habits with her supportive and encouraging tips that help authors break through blockers to getting more writing done.

During the interview, Monica describes:

What she did to instantly double her daily word count

How she recommends people with busy schedules go about creating a regular writing habit

What writers can do to over come mindset blocks

How she goes about marketing her  20 books

Why fiction writers need to be strategic and write to their audience

How romance authors collaborate and cross promote

Why she turned her back on a career in the corporate world

And what here major goal is going to be for next year

and much more!

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Check out Monica's website Prose on Fire. 

Pick up Monica's productivity box set:

Learn about Kevin's course The Novel Writer's Blueprint Masterclass

Click here to subscribe to the show via iTunes.

Click here to subscribe to the show via Stitcher.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 19 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author, ghostwriter, editor, and writing coach Lizzie Vance.

Lizzie calls herself a "story fixer". Her clients range from psychics to CEOs to soccer moms. When they work with Lizzie to fix their story, the parts of their lives that were trapped within the broken narrative inevitably get fixed as well.

During the interview, Lizzie describes:

The differences between coaching, editing, and book doctoring

How working with celebrity clients changes the creative dynamic

What she finds most rewarding about being a coach

How she has come to understand the importance of community

Why the production of a book is actually quite similar to a circus act

The importance of perspective and why a writer's responsibility it to the work

What the very first exercise she asks clients to complete is all about

How to create viral marketing

The powerful epiphany she experienced while snorkeling in Hawaii

and much more!

Click the player below to listen now!

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Visit Lizzie's Website

Follow Lizzie on Twitter or send her an email: hello(at)lizzievance(dot)com

Learn about The Novel Writer's Blueprint Masterclass

Click here to subscribe to the show via iTunes.

Click here to subscribe to the show via Stitcher.

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Kevin T. Johns is an author, writing coach, and ghostwriter. He helps authors from around the world get their stories out of their heads, onto the page, and into readers hands. Grab a free copy of his short guide for authors by clicking the image below.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 18 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author assistant and media escort Kristi Tuck Austin.

Kristi helps writers manage their time and career obligations, allowing them to reach their goals and have more time to write.

During the interview, she describes:

How she got started working with authors

The importance of joining author communities

Why both self-published and traditionally published authors should consider hiring an assistant

The most common questions authors ask her

Why she spent time in the tunnels beneath New York City and Paris

How she uses editorial calendars to keep herself and her author clients organized

and much more!

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Visit Kristi's website.

Learn about The Novel Writer's Blueprint Masterclass

Click here to subscribe to the show via iTunes.

Click here to subscribe to the show via Stitcher.

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Kevin T. Johns is an author, writing coach, and ghostwriter. He helps authors from around the world get their stories out of their heads, onto the page, and into readers hands. Grab a free copy of his short guide for authors by clicking the image below.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 17 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author, publisher and entrepreneur Tom Morkes.

Tom is CEO of Insurgent Publishing, a book publishing and marketing company that brings unconventional nonfiction to the creative outliers of the world. Tom helps people create, market, and launch 5-figure digital products from books and courses, to service-based platforms, and more.

During the interview, Tom describes:

How he transitioned from a career in the military to a career in writing and publishing;

His experimentation and success with using a pay-what-you-want pricing model;

How a visit to a conference ended up leading to the creation of one of his first books;

Growth hacking methods self-published authors need to be using;

The difference between a book launch for a small time vs. a big time author (this one might surprise you!)

and much more!

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Tom's Website

The Publisher's Empire information page

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 16 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author and writing coach Steve Windsor.

Amazon Bestselling Author Steve Windsor has been pumping out some of the wildest, most controversial, and irreverent thriller books that you'll never want to admit you secretly love.  His Nine Day Novel series on the details and difficulties of writing fiction hit the Amazon best seller list in just 2 days. Steve also works as a writing coach in Chandler Bolt's Self-Publishing School.

During the interview, Steve describes:

Why writers respond to the down to earth voice uses in his writing books

How he gets motivation from being told something can't be done

The reason skipping your next vacation to Disney Land could be the best thing you do for your writing career

Why he doesn't leave negative reviews on Amazon

How he leans into his own bad reviews

Why the education system is producing "monkey pumpers"

The truth about carpenters

and much more!

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[headline style="1" font_color="%23757579" align="center"]Show Notes[/headline]

Check out Steve's books on Amazon here.

Here is Steve's great author website.

Learn about Steve's 9 Day Novel series on the Vixen Ink website.

Click here to subscribe to the show via iTunes.

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Kevin T. Johns is an author, writing coach, and ghostwriter. He helps authors from around the world get their stories out of their heads, onto the page, and into readers hands. Grab a free copy of his short guide for authors by clicking the image below.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

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In episode 15 of The Writing Coach, I speak with professional organizer and Apple expert Deron Bos.

As the rare man who has passion for both label makers and iPads, Deron is a personal professional organizer and Apple tutor.  I am an active member of both the National Association of Professional Organizers. He has also worked as a stage actor and a college English teacher, and he has a Master's degree in play-writing. As a productivity junkie, Deron believes organizing spaces and learning Apple products can be a life-changing transformation.

During the interview, Deron describes:

The importance of distraction free writing

How clutter can distract us from our goals

How organizing digital and physical spaces is actually very similar

The connection between stage acting and the entrepreneurial realm

Plain text tools writers can take advantage of

and much more!

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The biggest challenges faced by clients Deron works with is usually just getting started.

Grab a FREE copy of Deron's ebook:

BE THE BOS OF PAPER CLUTTER.

 

Markdown Basics:

http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/

http://markdowntutorial.com/

 

The MacSparky Markdown Field Guide

http://macsparky.com/markdown/

 

Distraction free and Markdown writing apps:

http://bywordapp.com/

http://dayoneapp.com/

 

Fountain (the Markdown-like markup language for screenwriters)

http://fountain.io/

 

Highland - one of the apps that supports Fountain

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/highland/id499329572?mt=12&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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Kevin T. Johns is an author, writing coach, and ghostwriter. He helps authors from around the world get their stories out of their heads, onto the page, and into readers hands. Grab a free copy of his short guide for authors by clicking the image below.

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In episode 14 of The Writing Coach, I speak with best selling author, speaker and entrepreneur, Chandler Bolt. This is part 2 of an interview that began on the Write Along Radio podcast.

Chandler was bit by the entrepreneurial bug at an early age when he saw that he could make a lot more money working for himself. While his friends were off searching for jobs, he was out starting businesses. After struggling with writing for most of his life, he managed to turn his first book, The Productive Person, into a best seller. He donated all proceeds from his follow-up book, Breaking Out of a Broken System, to charity. His third book, Book Launch, outlines the system he uses to produces best sellers. He now teaches that systems to other authors via his online training and coaching program, Self Publishing School. 

During the interview, Chandler describes:

Why he decided to share his knowledge with other authors and launch Self Publishing School

The mentor role his parents and brother have played in his life

The important role that accountability partners and communities plays in a writer's success

Why putting too much expectations on a book launch takes all the fun out of it

and much more!

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Click the image below to get Chandler's FREE training!

The biggest challenges faced by clients Chandler works with:

self doubt that prevents them from getting started;

thinking they don't have enough time to write; and

making the mistake of editing while drafting.

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