All Episodes
The Career Author Podcast — 151 episodes
We're Back in Black!
The Final Episode: LIVE!
Knowing When to Walk Away
ADVANTAGE with Joe Solari
The Golden Age of Independent Publishing
Publishing on a Budget
Relief from Your Writing Rut
Technology and Publishing
The Dialogue Doctor: Jeff Elkins
Genre Hopping
What is a Career Author (August 2020)?
Character Backstory
Hooking the Reader with Your First Chapter
Writing Short Fiction
Sharpening the Saw: Doing the Things We Hate Doing
Launching an Amazon Bestselling Fiction Book in 2020
Talking with Tara from Kobo
Why You Need a Passion Project
Nailing Your Amazon Book Page
Authors Services as a Revenue Stream
Sticking with a Series Until the End
The Publishing Industry Panel
An Hour with Draft2Digital
An Hour with Google Play Books
The Career Author Summit Recap
Peer-to-Peer Feedback
The Editing Process
Recording an Audiobook
The Healthy Career Author
The Mentorship Model for Authors
How Video Games Can Make You a Better Storyteller
SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE! Live Q & A!
A Nonfiction Book Launch Wide: The First 30 Days
How to Efficiently Work From Home
Digital Minimalism: A Year Later
Special Guest J.D. Barker
The Three Story Method
The Three Story Method Influencer Series: Story
The Three Story Method Influencer Series: The Virgin’s Promise
The Three Story Method Influencer Series: The Hero’s Journey
The Three Story Method Influencer Series: Aristotle
Receiving Feedback and Criticism
Accounting for Authors
Authors on a Train California 2020
Launching an Author Career in 2020
The State of Independent Publishing in 2020
Reflections on 2019
Value Your Intellectual Property
Beating Resistance
Creating Characters Who Aren’t Like You
Lean Launch vs. Fat Launch
100 Episodes!
Making a Living from Your Writing
Pursuing the Traditional Publishing Path
Optimizing SEO with Dianna Gunn
Pay-Per-Click Advertising
Dedicated Thinking Time
Things to Know When Self-Publishing a Book
Travel Ignites Creativity
Collaboration and Coffee in Seattle
How to Choose a Title For Your Novel
The Art of the Email Broadcast
How to Get Support From a Partner or Loved One (or My Partner Doesn’t Support My Writing)
Opportunity Costs (and a Story Levels pivot)
Writing Better Dialogue
The Myth of Work/Life Balance
Using Pen Names
Finding an Audience with Anthologies and Box Sets
Finally, a Procrastination Episode
Our Reader Engagement Failure
What’s the Point (of View)?
The Dark Side of Co-Writing
Don’t start a series until you answer these 2 questions.
Nobody Cares
What to Focus on When Not Writing
Paralysis by Analysis
Things Authors Say That You Don’t Have to Believe
Write to Audience
The past, present, and future of publishing (a special panel).
LIVE from The Sell More Books Show Summit!
Series and Spin-offs
Tag! You’re it! Opt-in forms and Tagging Your List
What Makes a Good Character Great?
Knowing How and When to Sell Direct
Digital Minimalism for the Career Author
The Pyramid for Products and Services
The Pixar Rules of Storytelling
Exposition as Ammunition (Show, Don’t Tell)
Should I Write For or Offer Services to Authors? (Part 2)
Should I Write For or Offer Services to Authors? (Part 1)
Nerd Alert! Implementing a Backup System
How to Get More Writing Done
StoryLevels, Sci-Fi Seattle, and a Look Behind the Curtain
Dealing With Project Burnout
Content Marketing for Fiction (List Building Part 2)
Paid Advertising in 2019
The Screw Resolutions Episode
The State of Independent Publishing in 2019
Practical Steps to Becoming a Career Author
From Book to Film With Bird Box Author Josh Malerman
List Building Fundamentals (List Building Part 1)
Morning Routines
Collaborative Story Building, Rock Apocalypse, and Content Marketing
Reflections From Authors on a Train 2018
Ask Us Anything Live at Authors on a Train
The Role of Social Media for the Career Author
Money Tips For the Aspiring Career Author
Is It a Dream or a Goal?
Podcasting 101 For Authors
Dawn of the Night of the Writing Dead
Yes, Virginia, You Need An Editor
Setting Up Boundaries
Story World Building
Publishing Tools in a Changing Landscape
The Editor’s Six Core Questions
Internet Etiquette for Authorpreneurs
Retail or Real Life? Where to sell...
Finding the Right Book Cover Artist
The Future of Audiobooks
Great Storytelling in 15 Seconds
Night Rituals
Making Big Decisions
Our Experience Writing and Publishing Trilogies
BookBub Breakdown
Planning a Long Book Series
The Opportunity Costs of Adaptation
The Future of Bookstores
Nurturing Your Audience
Hosting Events and Attending Them
Multi-Author Box Sets, Anthologies, and One-Off Collaborations
How We Do Genre Research
What We Learned at Sell More Books Show Summit 2018
The Importance of a Crisis
The Pete Rose Effect and Outliers
Our Favorite Tools
Writing To Market: Misconceptions and Truths
Our Biggest Mistakes and How We Learned From Them
Turning Off Your Creative Brain and Setting Boundaries
Calls to Action
Couch Time Collaboration
Amazon Exclusivity v.s. Selling Wide
Unplugging, Distractions, and Living in the Moment
Talking Podcasts with Luke Kondor and Daniel Willcocks of Hawk & Cleaver
Story Grid Creator, Shawn Coyne
Should You Have Audiobooks?
Reader Magnets
Handling Negative Reviews
How To Find Your Collaborative Partner
Do You Need an Author Website?
The State of the Publishing Industry in 2018
An Introduction