All Episodes

TAP050: The Beginner's Guide to Value Shifts or Turning a Scene

BTS059: Writing Wins, Book Piracy, and Self-Publishing Struggles

TAP049: 14 Timeless Principles on the Art of Story with Douglas Vigliotti

TAP048, Getting Into Reading, Its Hidden Benefits and the Books For Men Podcast with Douglas Vigliotti

BTS058: Burnout, Thyroid Issues and Other Health Scares, Plus My Podcast Plans

TAP047, What is a Story Beat? | How to Write Great Scenes

TAP046, End Your Scenes with Cliffhangers | How to Write Great Scenes

BTS057, A Year in Review and Self Publishing Products I Loved in 2023

TAP045, The Anatomy of a Scene: Goal, Tension, Conflict and Stakes | How to Write Great Scenes

BTS056, AI-Generated Images, Designing Your Own Book Cover, Declining Free Downloads, and Struggling to Write Book Three

BTS055, My Experiment with Tempting Readers to Impulse Buy the Second Book in My Series. Did It Work?

BTS054, Changes to the KDP Print Pricing, New Categories in KDP, and a Solution to My Series Mistakes

BTS053, The 100th Podcast Episode: Ask Me Anything on Writing, Revision, Editing, and Self Publishing

BTS052, I Screwed Up My Series and Reaching a New Level of Appreciation for Draft2Digital

TAP044, News From My Editor: My Experience Writing into the Dark (Part 2)

TAP043, A Tale of Two Novels: My Experience Writing into the Dark

BTS051, Writing a Locked Room Mystery, Author Book Readings, and Tech Issues Galore

BTS050, More Experiments with Ad Stacking

BTS049, A Year in Review and Self Publishing Products I Loved in 2022

An Update on My Three Act Structure Scrivener Template

TAP042, Troy Lambert Discusses Plotting and Story Organisation Techniques with Plottr

TAP041, What is a scene? All Your Questions Answered

BTS048, Trademarking My Podcast Name, Publishing Books, Mixed Feelings About ARC services, and Designing Covers

TAP040, Writing From a Character's Point of View

TAP039, Point of View: Which One is Right for Your Story

TAP038, Dave Chesson Discusses Writing, Editing, Formatting, and Collaborating with Atticus

TAP037, How I Edit the Outline of a Novel Before Writing the First Draft

TAP036, From Idea to Outline: How to Outline a Novel (Part 3 of 3)

TAP035, From Idea to Outline: How to Outline a Novel (Part 2 of 3)

TAP034, From Idea to Outline: How to Outline a Novel (Part 1 of 3)

TAP033, The Case for Outlining, Outlining Pitfalls, and Overcoming Writing Obstacles

BTS047, Issues with Apple Books, Cover Redesigns, and The Results of Using Advanced Reader Services

BTS046, Preparing for My Book Release, Snarky Reviews and Why I No Longer Recommend Etsy to Creative Businesses

BTS045, Working with a Professional Editor and Preparing to Self Publish

TAP032, How Do You Write Fiction with Michaelbrent Collings

BTS044, Revision is Like Pulling Teeth and Working with a Professional Editor

TAP031, Write a Novel with Genre Expectations in Mind (Part 2 of 2)

TAP030, Write a Novel with Genre Expectations in Mind (Part 1 of 2)

TAP029, What to Expect from Season Three of the Authorpreneur Podcast

BTS043, Revising a Murder Mystery, Creating a Book Marketing Plan, and Feeling Scared to Self Publish

BTS042, Preparing a Murder Mystery Novel for Beta Readers and Juggling Multiple Manuscripts

BTS041, A Writing Update, Fussy Librarian Book Promotions, and The Best Beta Reader Software

BTS040, Low Budget Book Promotions Gone Wrong

BTS039, Writing Multiple Books at Once, Low Budget Promotions, and Multiple Streams of Income

BTS038, Story Origin Newsletter Swaps, Price Matching an eBook on Amazon and Lifting a Preorder Penalty on Amazon

BTS037, Writing to Market, Book Formatting Services and Hiring an Alpha Reader on Fiverr

BTS036, The Best Decision I've Ever Made

A Quick Guide on How to Get Interviewed on Podcasts for Fiction Authors

BTS035, Developing a Writing Habit After Months of Struggling

BTS034, Struggling to Write Book Two in a Series and the Results of My Free Book Promotion on Kobo

BTS033, Opting out of KU, My First Free Promotion on Kobo, and Outlining a Short Story

BTS032, Publishing a Second Edition of a Mystery Novel and Using Book Blogging Tours as a New Author

BTS031, Rewrite a Self-Published Novel, Using a Paid Beta Reader, Book Blogging Tours, and My Second Bargain Booksy Promo

BTS030, Frustrations with Publishing Wide, Trying Something New, and Dealing with Negative Feedback

BTS029, Writing Beats within Scenes, Scene Blocking and Experimenting with First and Third Person POV in a Novel

An Update: I'm Back From My Hiatus

BTS028, Book Blogging Tours, MailerLite Frustrations, and Rewriting a Thriller Novel

BTS027, My Revision Plans for Book Two, A Huge Tech Fail, More Amazon Ads, and a Book Promo Update

BTS026, I've Written a Pile of Garbage, Amazon Ads, and Book Promo Results

BTS025, Experiments in Book Launching and Book Marketing as a New Author

BTS024, Getting Ready to Publish a Thriller Novella, Translating a Novel in French, and Changes to the Podcast

BTS023, KDP Select or Going Wide: Which is Better for the New Self-Published Authors?

BTS022, Ask Me Anything on Writing and Self-Editing

BTS021, Migrating Away from MailChimp and Merging My Two Websites

BTS020, Hiring a Professional Editor, Revising Book Two, and Writing a Short Story

BTS019, Self-Editing a Novel and Hiring a Professional Beta Reader

TAP028, 5 Tips for Structuring a Story with the Hero’s Journey (Part 4 of 4)

BTS018, Revision with AutoCrit, Back to Blogging, and Professional Beta Reading

BTS017, I'm Sharing My Business and Writing Goals With You for the Next Quarter

TAP027, How to Structure a Story Using the Hero's Journey (Part 3 of 4)

TAP026, How to Structure a Story Using the Hero's Journey (Part 2 of 4)

BTS016, Writer's Insecurity, Revising a Thriller Novel, Editing a Nonfiction Book, and Starting a New Series

TAP025, How to Structure a Story Using the Hero's Journey (Part 1 of 4)

BTS015, Ask Me Anything on Writing and Story Structure

BTS014, My Top 5 First Draft Mistakes

TAP024, How to Write the Denouement Scenes for Your Novel

BTS013, Lessons in Revising a Novella and a Goal Setting Update

TAP023, How to Write the Hero at the Mercy of the Villain Scene in a Novel

BTS012, I'm Sharing My Business and Writing Goals for 2019 with You

TAP022, How to Write the Climactic Sequence of a Novel

BTS011, How to Revise a Novel in a Month

TAP021, How to Choose the Right Ending for Your Story

BTS010, I'm Back with an Update On Writing, Reading, and Podcasting

BTS009, My Australia Trip, A Free Scrivener Tutorial, and Blogging a Novella

TAP020, How to Write the Dark Night of the Soul Scene of a Novel

TAP019, How to Write the Second Half of the Second Act of a Novel

TAP018, How to Write the Midpoint of a Novel

BTS008, How to Stop Procrastinating and Get Out of that Writing Slump

BTS007, Writing Fiction, Non-fiction, and Dabbling with Dictation

TAP017, How to Write the Rising Action Scenes in a Novel

BTS006, Blogging as an Unpublished Fiction Author

TAP016, How to Write the First Plot Point or the Point of No Return Scene

BTS005, I'm Sharing My Writing and Business Goals for February With You

TAP015, How to Write the Inciting Incident Scene

TAP014, How to Write a Great Ordinary World Scene

BTS004, The Truth About Why You Are Struggling with Productivity as a Writer

TAP013, How to Write a Great Structural Hook for Your Novel

BTS003, Alpha Readers, Writers Insecurity, and Relaunching a Non-Fiction Book

TAP012, What is Three Act Structure?

BTS002, Revision is My New Reality

TAP011, Plotting Vs Pantsing: How to Decide Whether to Plot or Pants Your Novel

BTS001, I'm Sharing My Writing Goals For October With You

TAP010, How to Create Conflict in a Story (with examples)

TAP009, The 5 Types Of Story Conflict

TAP008, How To Flesh Out A Story Idea (Part Two)

TAP007, How To Flesh Out A Story Idea Into A Synopsis (Part One of Two)

TAP006, How to Know If You're a Writer

TAP005, How to Tell If Your Story Idea is Profitable

TAP004, How to Get Motivated to Write a Novel

TAP003, How to Choose The Right Book Idea

TAP002, How to Come Up with Great Story Ideas

TAP001, Defining Success: The First Step to Writing a Novel