Ep. 207: From Starving Artist to Authorpreneur: The Escape Plan

The doctoral celebrations continue as Dr. Ruth shares findings from her study. In today’s episode, Dr. Ruth takes an innovative approach adding two co-hosts to break down how her study helps creatives to escape the starving artist trap through authorpreneurship. She also shares her personal updates including recent interviews and opportunities to promote her book and mission. Dr. Ruth also responds to James Blatch's (of the Self-Publishing Show Podcast) suggestion that Amazon begins to charge authors US$300 per upload to get rid of bad actors.What are your thoughts on this?Book Mentioned – Now on AmazonFrom Calling to Completionhttps://www.amazon.com/Calling-Completion-Leadership-Lessons-Doctoral-ebook/dp/B0GS9SP4BM/Authorpreneurship ResourcesGet the Authorpreneur Secret$™ Blueprint https://authorpreneursecrets.com/⁠BambuSparks’ Small to Book 30-Day Rapid Release Sparkhttps://bambusparks.com/publishingdeals/Caribbean Authorpreneur Rockstars Registryhttps://authorpreneursecrets.com/cars/Podcast Mission: This podcast is part of an education campaign to train and equip 10,000 Caribbeanauthors 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 every 3-12 months by creating profitable programs with their books.About the Host Jamaican authorpreneur, Dr. Cameka “Ruth” Taylor, a.k.a.“The Rocket-Writer,” is the CEO and founder of Extra MILE Innovators Limited, trading as BambuSparks. Ruth serves as the Chief Publishing Consultant at BambuSparks and is a writing and publishing coach. She has published over 40books, including several Amazon bestsellers (as at December 2025). She writes inspirational memoirs, personal development books, romance novellas, poetry, children’s books, and books for authors.