Ep. 200: From Book to Dream Job with Natalia Downer | Part 6 of "It Turned on a Book"

In episode 200, Ruth shares highlights from the 6th staging of the Caribbean Authorpreneur Summit (book to summit authorpreneurship model). What a power-packed summit! It included an authorpreneurship graduation and practical writing and publishing workshops. The interview today is with one of the graduates, Natalia Downer, as we continue the series, “It Turned on a Book.”Natalia Downer is an award-winning writer, Amazonbestselling author, and the Creative Publishing Lead at BambuSparks. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Writing, Literature and Publishing from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. Her debut children’s book, “The Terrific Tales Reuben Tells,” became an Amazon bestseller. At the 2026 Caribbean Authorpreneur Summit, she was named Publisher of the Year for 2025 from among the graduates trained by Ruth in publishing via the Authorpreneur Secrets™ Academy inpartnership with BambuSparks.Natalia edits fiction and non-fiction. She is adept atformatting and illustrating, thus she leads the children’s book department at BambuSparks.Caribbean Authorpreneur Summit 2026 PlaylistBambuSparks Publishing New Products 14-30-Day RapidRelease Sparkshttps://bambusparks.com/publishingdeals/BambuSparks Publishing Marketplace (BETA)https://bambusparks.com/marketplace/Books Mentioned“It Turned on a Book” by Daphne EllisAuthorpreneur Secret$ by C. Ruth TaylorCaribbean Authorpreneur Rockstars Registryhttps://authorpreneursecrets.com/cars/Authorpreneur Secret$ 101 Masterclasshttps://authorpreneursecrets.com/Authorpreneurship Resourceshttps://authorpreneursecrets.com/resources/⁠ Dave Chesson’s Authorpreneur Academy: https://academy.kindlepreneur.com/Podcast Mission: This podcast is part of the education campaign to train and equip 10,000 Caribbean authors to become profitable authorpreneurs by 2030. This will help them to transform more lives, create sustainable income, and reduce poverty across the Region. We will challenge Caribbean authors to earn US$1000-10,000 with their books every 3-12 months.