Ep 273 / Trixie Silvertale joins us to discuss resilience and adaptability in business. Trixie shared how a personal tragedy shifted her writing and publishing and resulted in her leveraging her backlist. Plus keeping a long series fresh, and writing interesting small town settings.

Topics:

• Trixie’s dictation process, which involves roller skates 🛼
• Dealing with tragedy and loss, and how Trixie shifted away from rapid release to making the most of her backlist through repurposing her IP
• Allowing yourself to have a bad day
• Deciding on spin-offs vs. new series
• Translations
• Balances humor, suspense, and paranormal elements

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Episode 272 / Andi Arndt joins us to discuss audiobook narration, including tips for finding and working with a narrator, how to write with narration in mind, and audiobook trends.

Topics:

• How Andi preps to narrate a book
• Mistakes authors make when it comes to picking narrators
• Tips for writing with narration in mind
• Benefits of having a long-term relationship with a narrator or production company
• Trends in audiobook production, including duets and multicast productions
• The impact of AI on audiobooks

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Episode 271 / Jennifer Marchman, who combines historical fiction and time travel in her books, joins us to discuss embracing your own writing process, dealing with the constant changes in publishing, and the importance of community in the indie author space.

Topics:

• Writing time travel historical fiction
• Influence of Texas history and Outlander
• Personal writing process and habits
• Setting realistic writing and publishing goals
• Founding Austin Indie Authors group

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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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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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