We all have limited time, and part of being a successful author is knowing what to focus on. In today’s show, I talk to Rachel Aaron about how to write more words faster, edit and publish carefully, and how to decide which marketing strategies will wor…

Many authors still want a traditional deal and in today’s show, thriller author Sean Black talks about his journey from winning the literary lottery through to happy indie success. In the intro, I talk about the new multi-currency pricing feature on Pu…

Authors as diverse as Henry James, Winston Churchill, Barbara Cartland, and Dan Brown have used dictation to write their first drafts, and with the development of ever-more precise software, many authors are moving into dictation to speed up writing an…

There are key elements that mystery readers expect so if you want to write a bestselling or award-winning mystery, check out this conversation with Rebecca Cantrell. In the intro, I talk about the fantastic new audiobook partnership between Draft2Digit…

Is the author platform still a necessity in an age of paid advertising? What has changed in the last few years of publishing? I discuss these questions and more with Dan Blank in today’s show. In the intro,

There is never enough time for everything we want to do as writers, let alone in the rest of our lives. In today’s show, I talk to Nick Stephenson about prioritization and automation of author marketing, so we have more time to write … and to live.

Today I have an interview with screenwriter Adam Gaines. We discuss what happens in the ‘writer’s room’, collaboration, how self-publishing his own one-act play got him a deal, as well as how you could pitch your book. In the intro,

Print is definitely not dead, and in fact, beautiful print books are having a renaissance. In today’s show, I discuss the art and business of bookbinding with Lisa Van Pelt. In the introduction, Amazon announces Amazon Charts,