Unstoppable Authors

In today's episode, Angeline and Holly talk about the best ways to ensure you're meeting readers' expectations, through the right covers, tropes and endings for your books; and your responsibilities as an author, such as completing series, using sensitivity readers and trigger warnings.

Please check out the full show notes at www.unstoppableauthors.com 

In this episode, Holly is chatting with poet and dark fantasy author, Robert Cano.

They talk about the value of learning from poetry and other mediums, writing for screen and the demands of the film and TV industries. They dig deep into how writing conventions have changed but how we can still learn from older literature. Robert shares his love of Lord of the Rings and talks about working with a small press on his Dark Archer series.

You can find out more about Robert at https://shadowyembrace.com/

In this week's episode, Holly and Angeline discuss ways to increase efficiency in your author business, identifying burnout, and ways to take care of your physical and mental health.

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In a time when many writers have experienced a shift in their creativity and productivity, whether for the worse, or for the better, Angeline looks at the ways in which we can recharge our creativity levels.

She talks about the major changes in her approach throughout her writing career, and discusses why walking away can sometimes be better than forcing your way through a blockage.

In this week's new episode, Holly & Angeline discuss what it takes to create a cohesive and memorable author brand for your business. They talk about why some authors may feel reluctant to consider themselves as a brand; what author brand is; how and why to keep it consistent; and what goes into their own personal author branding.

The discussion touches on social media, websites, newsletters, the books themselves; and everything else that goes into forming a brand for an author.

You won't want to miss their helpful tips and insights.

Find the show notes at www.unstoppableauthors.com

In this episode, Holly interviews "the Kobo guy", Mark Leslie Lefebvre.

Mark talks about his author journey, his background working for Kobo and Draft2Digital, his non-fiction books, including Wide for the Win. He talks about changing his plans when one subject expands to be more than a single chapter.

He also goes into detail about re-branding his fiction, getting indie books into bookstores and libraries, and the importance of having a strong author brand - skulls and dad jokes, for instance!

Read our full show notes at www.unstoppableauthors.com

Today, Angeline interviews Holly about her new book, Goal Setting for Writers.

They talk about Holly's history with planning and organisation; how her planning fits in with being a discovery writer; and, of course, bullet journaling.

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Any writing career is full of ups and downs, and today, Angeline's tackling the inevitable down moments with her top tips for coping with bad reviews and rejections. She offers up the reasons you might receive a rejection, none of them being that you're a bad writer! Hear her top tips for moving on, regaining your motivation, and getting back to writing, as well as ways in which you can turn bad feedback into a positive learning experience.

In this episode, Holly interviews Angeline about her new non-fiction book, From Sanctity to Sorcery: An Author's guide to building belief structures and magic systems.

Angeline shares some of the juiciest tips for integrating magic and religion into your books; talks about her own spiritual journey; and shares some ideas for ways to approach different aspects of this incredibly diverse and exciting aspect of world-building.