All Episodes

SFA 132 – Being Productive When You’re Time Crunched + Updates from the Hosts

SFA 131 – Tips for Success and Updates from the Hosts

SFA 130 – 2022 Lessons, 2023 Marketing and Publishing Plans, and Thoughts on AI for Authors

SFA 129 – Why Book Sales Are Down and What to Do About It

SFA 128 – Final Advice for Authors and Our Plans Going Forward

SFA 127 – How to Be a Successful Author Without Networking

SFA 126 – More Tips for Selling Direct with Katie Cross

SFA 125 – How to Launch a Successful Book Series

SFA 124 – Scheduling vs Winging It: Which Is More Sane for Your Author Career?

SFA 123 – Dealing with Criticism as an Author

SFA 122 – When Pen Names Make Sense and How to Rock Them

SFA 121 – Tips for Selling Books Outside of Amazon + Draft2Digital/Smashwords Updates

SFA 120 – How to Rock Your Sample Pages (and get more sales) + Advertising Rules

SFA 119 – Myths About Success in Self-Publishing

SFA 118 – Leaning on Your Strengths for Greater Productivity in Writing and Marketing

SFA 117 – Launches, Advertising, and Making Money on One Book a Year

SFA 116 – Dealing with Burnout and Writer’s Block as an Author

SFA 115 – Making More Money Selling Your Books Direct

SFA 114 – Self-Publishing, Traditional Publishing, or Hybrid – Which Is Right for You?

SFA 113 – The 1,000 True Fans Concept Through 2022 Eyes

SFA 112 – How to Smartly Invest back into Your Book Business

SFF 111 – What Book Marketing We’re Going to Focus on in 2022

SFA 110 – Tips to Get Your Backlist Selling Again

SFA 109 – 10 Ways to Make Sure Your Novel Bombs

SFA 108 – Are Your Craft Choices Hurting Your Book Sales?

SFA 107 – Learning from the Past and Strategizing for Future Success

SFA 106 – Is It Time to Raise Prices, KU All-Star Bonuses, and Advertising Q&A

SFA 105 – How We Would Start from Scratch Writing/Publishing Books Today

SFA 104 – Appealing to “Universal Fantasy” and Succeeding Across Genres

SFA 103 – Struggles We Deal with as Full-time Authors

SFA 102 – How to Keep from Stressing out as an Author While Still Achieving Your Goals

SFA 101 – Answering Your Book Advertising Questions

SFA 100 – Improving Organic Book Sales, Book Launch Tips, and How to Use A-Plus Content on Amazon

SFA 099 – Succeeding in a Competitive Genre with Cami Checketts

SFA 098 – Do Authors Need to Advertise and Where and How Much Should They Spend?

SFA 097 – How to Take Your Writing from Hobby Money to Earning a Full-time Income

SFA 096 – YouTube Live: Questions on Publishing and Book Marketing

SFA 095 – Can You Really Make “Passive Income” as an Author?

SFA 094 – Breaking Six Figures Without Advertising and Reducing the Time It Takes to Revise and Publish

SFA 093 – Mistakes That Newer Authors Make

SFA 092 – Selling More Audiobooks, Audiobook Trends, and Marketing Tips

SFA 091 – Book Marketing for Introverts

SFA 090 – Going Wide with Audiobooks, Reader Magnets, and Improving Boxed Set Sales

SFA 089 – Book Marketing Tips and Shooting for Bestseller Lists

SFA 088 – How to Grow Your Audience as an Author

SFA 087 – Our Top Tips After Ten Years of Publishing

SFA 086 – How to Use Bonus Material to Sell More Books

SFA 085 – Staying Motivated, Productivity, Flow State, and Writing to Market in 2021

SFA 084 – Book Launch Check List

SFA 083 – Your Questions Answered on Kindle Unlimited / Amazon KDP Select vs Wide

SFA 082 – Selling Direct, Audiobooks, and Author Business Tips

SFA 081 – Selling Foreign Rights and Pitching at Book Fairs with Judith Anderle

SFA 080 – Kindle Unlimited vs Wide (i.e. Amazon Exclusivity vs. Not)

SFA 079 – Marketing Paperbacks, Republishing Books, Driving Traffic to a New Series, and Other Questions Answered

SFA 078 – Keys to Long-term Success as an Author

SFA 077 – Book Marketing Tactics We’ve Tried and That Didn’t Work for Us

SFA 075 – How to Write a Novel in a Month

SFA 074 – Tax Savings, Business Structure, Retirement, and Cumulative Advantage for Authors with Joe Solari

SFA 073 – What to Do if You’re Not Making a Profit from Your Books

SFA 072 – What Worked and Didn’t in 2020 and Our Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Plans for 2021

SFA 071 – Selling Hard-to-Categorize Books That Aren’t Written to Market/Trope Pt 2

SFA 070 – Subscriptions, Audiobooks, and Viability of Traditional Publishing Today

SFA 069 – Selling Hard-to-Categorize Books That Aren’t Written to Market/Trope

SFA 068 – Hype Cycle + Have Audiobooks Reached a Tipping Point?

SFA 067 – Audio Reader Magnets, Amazon Ads, and Are Newsletters and Social Media Really Worth It?

SFA 066 – A Book in 15 Minutes a Day, Author Mindset, and Marketing Non-Fiction

SFA 065 – Marketing as an Introvert, and Successful Urban Fantasy Outside of Kindle Unlimited

SFA 064 – Creating a Protagonist that Readers Will Love

SFA 063 – Getting Movie Deals and Amish Romance with Serena Miller

SFA 062 – Is It too Late to Break out in 2020?

SFA 061 – Our Top Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Tips

SFA 060 – Writing Series That Sell with Sara Rosett

SFA 059 – Writing Craft Tips and Listener Q&A

SFA 058 – Productivity Tips for Writers

SFA 057 – Using Your Newsletter to Sell More Books (Part 2)

SFA 056 – Using Your Newsletter to Sell More Books (Part 1)

SFA 055 – Getting Reviews and Starting a Street Team/Review Crew

SFA 054 – Social Media for Authors with Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine

SFA 053 – New Amazon Ads Data, When to Avoid Pre-Orders, and Listener Questions Answered

SFA 052 – Mistakes We’ve Made as Authors/Publishers/Marketers

SFA 051 – Increasing Your Income with Patreon

SFA 050 – Leveling up: Going from 4/5 Figures a Year to 6 Figures a Year as an Author

SFA 049 – Subscription Service Strategies, Marketing Tips for 2020, and Listener Questions Answered

SFA 048 – Things You Can Do When You’re in a Writing Slump + Kickstarters for Authors

SFA 047 – Tech and Tools That We Find Useful as Full-time Authors

SFA 046 – Serials, Following up on Initial Success, and the Young Adult Fantasy Market with Sarah K.L. Wilson

SFA 045 – Increasing Sales in Bookstores Other Than Amazon (Google Play, Kobo, Apple, etc.)

SFA 044 – Amazon Sales Ranking, Achieving More Visibility, and More Effective Launches and Book Promos with David Gaughran

SFA 043 – Book Advances, White-Listing Requests for Newsletters, and Pre-Orders Pt 2

SFA 042 – Pre-Orders: How, When, and Why to Use Them to Increase Sales

SFA 041 – Finding a Narrator, Cost, and DIY Tips for Audiobooks with Gary Bennett

SFA 040 – Launches, Re-Launches, and Juggling Writing and Publishing with a Young Family with Andrea Pearson

SFA 039 – Trends on Amazon, New Opportunities, and How CoVid-19 Is Affecting Ebook Sales with Alex Newton

SFA 038 – Book Covers That Sell Books and Common Mistakes When Working with a Designer with Rebekah Haskell

SFA 037 – Adapting as the Market Changes, Screenwriting, and Mixing Wide with Exclusive with Michaelbrent Collings

SFA 036 – Revving up Backlist Book Sales, Writing and Selling Short Stories, Planning out a Series, and Jo Juggles

SFA 035 – From Traditional Publishing to Indie, Clean Romance, and Book Covers and Editing on a Dime

SFA 034 – Switching Genres, Do Novellas Sell, and Are There Marketing Differences from Genre to Genre?

SFA 033 – Amazon Ads and Book Blurbs That Convert to Sales with Bryan Cohen

SFA 032 – Passive Advertising, Rapid Release, and Marketing Cross-Genre Fiction, and other Listener Questions

SFA 031 – Publishing Quickly, Long Series, Author Facebook Groups, and Starting Your Own Press with JN Chaney

SFA 030 – Dealing with Burnout, Self-Doubt, and Comparisonitis

SFA Bonus – Ladies Who Launch: Lindsay, Andrea, and KM Shea talk about their recent series launches

SFA 029 – Earning 7 Figures, Foreign Translations, and the Thriller Market with Mark Dawson

SFA 028 – Marketing Tips, Getting Book Reviews, and Advertising and SEO with Ricardo Fayet

SFA 027 – Successful Book Launches, Facebook Ads, and Marketing Funnels with Mal Cooper

SFA 026 – Launching a Pen Name, Co-Writing, and Organizing Author and Reader Events for Profit with Jasmine Walt

SFA 025 – Having a Series Take Off, Merchandising, and Co-Writing with Jason Anspach

SFA 024 – Ebook Pricing Strategies + Listener Questions

SFA 023 – Publishing Nonfiction Along with Fiction, Audiobooks, and Preparing for an Audio-First Eco-System with Joanna Penn

SFA – 022 Discussing Mark Coker’s (Smashwords) 2020 Indie Author Predictions + Questions and Answers

SFA 021 – Making a Full-Time Income on One Novel a Year with Romantic Comedy Author Jami Albright

SFA 020 – Mistakes We’ve Learned from and Our Plans for 2020

SFA 019 – Killing it on Kickstarter with Loren L. Coleman

SFA 018 – Why Revising Can Be Detrimental, Pantsing Like a Pro, and Moving from Traditional Publishing to Indie with Dean Wesley Smith

SFA 017 – Selling Ebooks Direct, Growing Your Newsletter with Bonus Content, and Benefits of In-Person Events with Damon Courtney from Bookfunnel

SFA 016 – Advertising During the Holidays, Reader Magnets, When to Do Audiobooks, and More Listener Questions Answered

SFA 015 – Using Free Books and Multi-Author Promos to Increase Readership with Evan Gow from StoryOrigin

SFA – 014 Goodreads, Google Play, and Tips from the 20Books 2019 Conference

SFA – 013 How to Successfully Sell Wide (Beyond Amazon) with Mark Lefebvre

SFA – 012 Contract Negotiations, Licensing Your Work, Branding, Podcasting Fiction and more from the WGM Business Master Class 2019

SFA – 011 Thinking Like a Business, Marketing on a Budget, Hiring Help, and Tips from the WGM Business Master Class

SFA – 010 Increasing Productivity Through Outlining, Efficient Editing, and Dictation

SFA – 009 Improving Productivity, Myths of “Churning out Books,” and What It Takes to Make $100,000+

SFA – 008 Ebook Bundles and Boxed Sets (How, Why, What and Execution Tips)

SFA – 007 Digging Deeper into Book Marketing (Bookbub Ads, Facebook Ads, Amazon Ads, and Amazon Category Trends) – NINC 2019

SFA – 006 Author Marketing, Writing Craft, and Productivity Tips from NINC 2019

SFA – 005 How to Keep Selling Books Year After Year + Building a Loyal Fan Base and Community with K. M. Shea

SFA – 004 Tips for Diversifying and Increasing Your Income as an Author + Digging Deeper with Jo Lallo

SFA – 003 Book Launch Tactics for Wide, Kindle Unlimited, Pre-Orders and Rapid Release with Lindsay Buroker

SFA – 002 How to Rock Your Mailing List, Get More Subscribers, and Sell More Books with Andrea Pearson

SFA – 001 What It Takes to Make Six Figures as an Author + Dispelling Myths