What Machines Can’t Replace: Why AI Makes Us More Human With Anna McPhee
How can you use AI to research, edit and handle admin and marketing tasks while still writing every single word yourself? How can you double...
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20 of 322 episodesHow To Redesign Your Author Business For The Environment That Actually Exists, With Tracy Cooper-Posey
How can you redesign your author business for the publishing environment that actually exists, rather than the one you wish you had? And how...
From Page One To Done: Fast Drafting Your Novel With Jessica Brody
How can the Fast Drafting method help you finally finish your novel? And how do you make progress when you only have 30 minutes a day to wri...
Book Marketing, AI Book Discoverability, And Resilience, With Ricardo Fayet
How can you get your books surfaced when readers ask an AI what to read next? What are the hallmarks of authors and businesses that last mor...
Going Indie, Publishing Innovation, And The Challenges Of Book Marketing With John Bond
How can you tell where the real innovation in publishing is happening right now, and why is it emerging from the indie side first? How do yo...
From Blog To Community To Book: A Non-Fiction Author’s Journey With Suzanne Smith
How can content marketing in a tight niche build the audience that launches your book? And how do you decide whether to hand your self-publi...
How To Prove The Demand For Your Stories And Get The Attention Of Hollywood With Brooks Elms
How can building an audience in advance help your stories reach the people who make movies? And how can you prove there's demand for your bo...
Organic Writing And The Power Of The Pivot In Fiction With Steven James
How can organic writing and leaning into the pivot help your stories stand out? And how can you pitch a story as a discovery writer if you g...
Why The Podcast Is Moving To Wednesdays, And 7 Tips for Sustainable Creativity
After more than a decade of releasing this show on Mondays, I’m moving it to Wednesdays , and this is the first episode of the new time slot...
Bundles, Box Sets and Anthologies With Jamie Ferguson
What's the difference between a bundle, a box set, an anthology, and a collection? How can being part of an anthology be creatively interest...
Author Voice Mastery, And Rebooting an Author Business With J. Daniel Sawyer
What happens to your creativity when you're in pain or sick, and can you ever get it back? How can you find and sharpen your author voice? J...
Writing The Hard Stuff: Turning Difficult Subjects Into Meaningful Prose With Nicole Walker
How do you write about the most painful experiences of your life without being overwhelmed by them? How can timed writing and a braided stor...
Creative Satisfaction, In Person Print Book Sales, And Author Mindset With Mark Leslie Lefebvre
What if the real secret to a lasting writing career isn't talent or luck, but learning to thrive in the mess? Why are in-person events worth...
Writing Cross-Genre, Selling Direct, And Serialising On SubStack With P.D. Alleva
How can horror writing help readers — and writers — work through psychological trauma? Why does cross-genre fiction take longer to find an a...
Don’t Call It Art: Rediscovering Creative Joy With Austin Kleon
Have you ever lost the joy in your creative work — that sense of fun you had when you were starting out, before the admin and the algorithms...
Writing Through Grief And Rebooting an Indie Author Business With Jami Albright
How do you write when your heart is broken? How do you go back into the publishing business after years away, knowing it's a very different...
Accessibility And AI: How New Tools Are Opening Doors For Indie Authors With Jeff Adams
How is AI transforming accessibility for indie authors — and why should you care even if you consider yourself able-bodied? What happens whe...
SuperCreativity And KeyNote Speaking With A Non-Fiction Book With James Taylor
How can you supercharge your creativity in an age when AI is reshaping everything — including how we write, edit, and market our books? What...
Verb Your Enthusiasm: Transform Your Writing With Stronger Verbs With Sarah Kaufman
How can upgrading your verbs transform flat writing into vivid, page-turning prose? Why do so many writing problems turn out to be verb prob...
AI, Creativity, And The Future of Publishing with Nadim Sadek
Is AI really the end of creativity, or the biggest emancipation of creative energy we've ever seen? How can authors thrive in a time of supe...