Episode 270 / Katy Cocking is multi-passionate creative who found the advice to “stay in her lane” constricting and to a writing-adjacent career, selling cozy subscription boxes, which combines the knowledge from her publishing background with her activator and ideation strengths.  

Topics:

• Transition from author to book box business
• Defining personal and financial success
• How Katy built and audience through giveaways and ads
• Challenges with physical product shipping
• Advice for authors creating one-time boxes

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Episode 269 / Christina Hovland shares how she moved out of KU and built a thriving direct sales store for her books. 

Topics:

• Transitioning from KU to direct sales
• Setting up a Shopify store for books
• Bundling books and pricing strategies
• Defining personal success as an author
• Why Christina likes working with coaches and mentors

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Episode 268 / Legal thriller author Aime Austin joins us to discuss writing legal thrillers, discovery writing, and blending psychological suspense. 

Topics:

• Choosing writing over practicing law
• Realities of learning writing craft and why writing is sometimes a “plumber job”
• Aime’s writing process and discussion of pantsing/discovery writing
• Crafting legal thrillers and legal details
• Insights from podcast conversations
• Committing to one creative path

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Episode 267 / T. Thorn Coyle writes several magic-filled series with diverse casts and is the author of The Midlist Indie Author Mindset. Thorn shares their journey of learning how to embrace curiosity to the importance of simply finishing what you start. We also dive into modular work strategies, leveraging Kickstarter, and the power of building genuine connections.

• Learned which marketing tactics work for you
• Building connections with readers
• Free first in series and small paid newsletters for sales and discoverability
• Gauging your energy and matching tasks to your energy level
• Multiple income streams, including newsletter and Patreon
• Strategies for successful Kickstarter campaigns

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• What If Podcast - What if AI Replaces Me: https://pod.link/1750288736/episode/06892eab03a5deb51d3e361e4683b71d

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In this post show episode, we get some more insights from Elizabeth on dictation.

• Using dictation to on the move to capture ideas
• Software Elizabeth and Sara use for dictation
• How dictation changes from book to book 
• Advantage of using dictation for authors with high Intellection

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Episode 266 / Cozy mystery author Diana Xarissa joins us this week. With over 150 books in her backlist, Diana shared how she found success through rapid release (but she works a year ahead) and why embracing her passion was the key that helped her find and connect with readers.

Topics:

• Diana's unique process for building a year-long advance writing schedule to maintain a steady release pace
• Tips for creating likeable characters and a “Scooby gang” that keep readers coming back and also keep Diana excited to write their stories
• Diana’s advice around ambition, goal setting, dreaming big, and celebrating success
• Dealing with imposter syndrome

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🎉 Supporter chats are back! In this post show episode, we get some more insights from Jen and talk about:

Jen’s #1 Writing Hack
Burnout
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Episode 265 / Jen discusses how she found her passion for working with authors, her experiences in developmental editing and coaching, and the importance of aligning your business with personal visions of success. 

• Tips on how to find an editor 
• Frequent mistakes she sees authors making
• Trends Jen sees in publishing
• Alternate pathways to success
• Effective social media use 
• Different types of support teams and why you need them 

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Episode 263 / Do you want to make your newsletters more personal and connect with readers? Bev Feldman, an email marketing strategist at Your Personal Tech Fairy, joins us today to share how to do just that through the type of content you share as well as sequences and segmenting.

• Setting expectations in a welcome sequence
• The value of letting subscribers go
• Basic ways to segment your newsletter list
• Tips to make resending to unopened more effective
• Common mistakes Bev sees people make with their newsletters
• Subject lines and ALT text tips  

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Episode 262 / Jennifer Hilt shares how her writing career has  evolved since she was with us in 2023, including expanding her trope thesaurus books to specific genres and her thoughts on launching an online event, TropeCon. She also shares her lessons learned for planning online events. If you want to connect with your readers through an online event, Jennifer has plenty of tips and ideas. 

Topics: 

• The messy path to achievement and why you shouldn’t overthink or underestimate yourself
• How tropes relate to different genres like horror, romance, and fantasy sci-fi
• The art of making mistakes and bouncing back
• Understanding tropes across genres and insights into tropes in different genres
• Tips for setting up and running an online event, including platform and logistic choices, pricing strategy, and promotion possibilities

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