Currently teaching a writing course at Cambridge University, Sophie Hannah discusses the publishing routes available to new authors. Show...

Nicholas Narbutovskih is a busy man! He’s got a career flying for the US Air Force, a new baby, a series of space opera books he’s...

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

Mark and James share details about the upcoming Self Publishing Show Live! conference in June in London, UK. Show Notes An overview of...

James and Mark get back to basics, discussing the fundamentals every new author needs to focus on at the beginning of a writing career....

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

Benedict Brown drew inspiration from a panel of successful writers at the 2020 Self-Publishing Show Live to throw himself fully into his...

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...

Two things have really moved the needle for Jodi Burnett in terms of selling her books. The first was finding a sub-genre that she loves...

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...

Michael La Ronn has no shortage of personal responsibilities, including a full-time job and small children. Even so, he’s managed to...

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...