YA Cozy Mystery author Shannon Symonds joins the show to discuss our tactics with rapid release.

Amazon has released Kindle Vella! What is it, how does it work, is it worth it?

Today Valerie and Angela talk about all sorts of strategies to stay mentally healthy, and bonus, physically healthy. For example, Angela has a raging generic Tupperware addiction. One might say she hoards Tupperware. the thought of organizing this Tupperware keeps her from focusing on her writing. Valerie makes some common sense suggestions that Angela will likely not follow.

Oh, the joys we had with Halstead House author, Aspen Hadley. If you need a little joy in your day this episode is for you! We discovered what not to do if you feel a stray hair, that Angela actually cannot read and that Valerie is uncomfortable with successful people and may attribute it to the devil...

Valerie and Angela give each other writing prompts and the results are- let's just say entertaining.

Blurbs: the art of writing your hook and plotline in a limited number of words. Ah, 'tis not for the faint of heart, not the small of mind... It's truly an art... It's also easy to learn- If you have Valerie leading the charge! And Angela, she's here too.

There are so many other ways to describe a character than their physical looks! Forget eye color and hair color. Those aren't even the things we notice first about people or remember. Just hear us out...

Discussing what we've seen other authors do and what we've done ourselves. Let's just say we are STILL working on it.

Valerie is stuck in a writing rut, can Angela talk her out of it?

If you are looking to publish a book you don't intend to sell or have a very specific audience, maybe a Vanity Press is for you. But what if that's not what you want? How to know a Vanity Pub from a real Traditional Publisher.