Emilia Rose has taken a direct-to-consumer approach to her writing career. She talks to James about the challenges and rewards of writing...

After quitting her Silicon Valley job, Stephanie Chandler saw a need to support non-fiction writers who were being underserved. So she...

Mary Lee Prescott is happily busy working on her second career. Writing used to be a hobby but now that she’d ‘retired’ she’s working...

Chrissy Metge has worked with animation studios from Pixar to Wetta, Marvel, and ILM. Now, inspired by her son, she’s writing books for...

Julia Rozdobudko works for Miblart, a book cover design company in Ukraine. She talks to James about how the business is dealing with the...

Marie Force returns to the show to talk about her upcoming book centenary, writing every day (even on holiday), and connecting with...

With support from an ex-spouse, Nora Phoenix was able to leap into the void and begin a full-time writing career. Now she regularly tops...

Johnny B. Truant has been writing and publishing for over a decade. Now, one of his very first books is being turned into a television...

On March 1, 2022 Smashwords and Draft2Digital officially merged into one company. Kevin Tumlinson, from D2D, talks to James about what...

In a special episode of the Self Publishing Show, Anton Eine calls in from Ukraine to discuss the ongoing war and how it has affected...

Mystery author John Gaspard returns to the show to talk to James about his unique idea for selling audiobooks. Along with his audiobook...

What is it like to write books set in another country, and another culture. Amy Daws lives in the midwest US but has found great success,...

Meghan Quinn takes an unusual approach to writing her romance novels; they aren’t written in series. But that hasn’t stopped her from...

A magic system, like any world-building in a novel, requires rules and structure so that readers aren’t taken out of the story by...

Being a prolific author doesn’t involve magic tricks or superhuman strength. Sara Noffke shares that, for her, writing 12 books a year...

Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti are sisters who co-write bully romance and are having great success with it. Part of that success is...

Nick Thacker is fully immersed in the indie author world. He’s an author himself. He offers marketing services to authors as well as an...

Being bedridden was the kick-off for Victorine Lieske’s writing career. She took four years to learn her craft, launched a NY Times...

As the business of being an indie author has finished its first decade, Chelle Honiker and Alice Briggs have decided to work with other...

Kelly Rinne has had a varied career that has brought her into the audiobook production side of book publishing. She talks to James about...