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SPS-192: How to Build an Audience on Instagram – with Stuart Grant
Instagram has grown from a platform for younger people to a thriving social media app with over a billion users per month. Instagram...
James Blatch
Sep 20, 201950 min read


SPS-191: A Decade of Innovation – Behind the Scenes at KDP – with Darren Hardy
Darren Hardy has been working on the inside of the publishing revolution at Amazon for over a decade. Mark and James sit down with him at...
James Blatch
Sep 13, 201944 min read


SPS-190: Filling You In On Self-Publishing Colouring Books – with Selina Fenech
Selina Fenech is a multi-talented artist with experience in comic books, writing YA fantasy novels and, currently, drawing and publishing...
James Blatch
Sep 6, 201928 min read


SPS-188: The Secrets Behind Writing Bestselling Hot Romance – with Damon Suede
PLEASE NOTE: This episode contains moderate sex references. Experienced screenwriter Damon Suede fell into writing romance novels on a...
James Blatch
Aug 23, 201944 min read


SPS-187: The Seven ‘P’s for Publishing Success – with Mark Lefebvre
Mark Lefebvre’s experience in the publishing industry – formerly with Kobo, now with Draft2Digital – has informed his book The 7 Ps of...
James Blatch
Aug 16, 201945 min read


SPS-186: ThrillerFest 2019 Inside Stories Part 3 – with James Grady, John Sandford, Harlan Cob
In part three of our ThrillerFest interview series, James talks to some titans of the writing industry, including one who’s won a...
James Blatch
Aug 9, 201944 min read


SPS-185: ThrillerFest 2019 Inside Stories Part 2 – with Lisa Unger, Jon Land, Lee Goldberg �
In part two of our series from ThrillerFest, James talks to four authors who are continually learning about their craft and making sure...
James Blatch
Aug 2, 201947 min read


SPS-184: ThrillerFest 2019 Inside Stories Part 1 – with Meg Gardiner, KJ Howe, David Corbett &
Part 1 of the interview series from Thrillerfest 2019 has James talking to Meg Gardiner about plot twists, KJ Howe about moving from...
James Blatch
Jul 26, 201944 min read


SPS-183: Trad vs. Indie: Which Should You Choose? – with Libbie Hawker
Libbie Hawker is the definition of a hybrid author. She writes in multiple genres, self-publishes most of her books, is published with an...
James Blatch
Jul 19, 201936 min read


SPS-182: How to Run an Indie Author Business – with Joe Solari & Barry Kernon
This Week's Handout The Business of Writing PDF Grab it! If you’re an author, like it or not, you’re also a business owner. In this...
James Blatch
Jul 12, 201954 min read


SPS-181: WorldReader: Giving the Gift of Reading – with David Risher
Literacy is opportunity. David Risher and his non-profit, WordReader , are bringing digital reading to developing nations while also...
James Blatch
Jul 5, 201938 min read


SPS-180: Writing Romance: The Importance of Rapid Release – with Rosalind James
Rosalind James started her indie author career by writing a romance with a twist – it starred hunky New Zealand rugby players! She talks...
James Blatch
Jun 28, 201933 min read


SPS-179: Driving Non-Fiction Book Sales with Amazon Ads – with Marc Reklau
Non-fiction author Marc Reklau talks to James about how focusing on advertising has grown his book business exponentially. Show Notes The...
James Blatch
Jun 21, 201925 min read


SPS-178: Keeping It Clean with Post-Apocalyptic Fiction – with Ryan Schow
Listen to post-apocolyptic author Ryan Schow share how he reverse engineered his writing success by following industry thought leaders...
James Blatch
Jun 14, 201935 min read


SPS-177: What’s Working Right Now: Amazon Ads – with Mark Dawson
Facebook, BookBub and Amazon ads Ads Handout Grab it! In the third of this week’s three-part series on advertising for authors, Mark...
James Blatch
Jun 7, 201929 min read


SPS-176: What’s Working Right Now: BookBub Ads – with David Gaughran
Facebook, BookBub and Amazon ads Ads Handout Grab it! In the second of this week’s three-part series on advertising for authors,...
James Blatch
Jun 6, 201939 min read


SPS-175: What’s Working Right Now: Facebook Ads – with Shayne Silvers
Facebook, BookBub and Amazon ads Ads Handout Grab it! When Shayne Silvers began using Facebook ads in his author business, he quickly...
James Blatch
Jun 5, 201940 min read


SPS-174: From Star Wars to X-Files: How to Master Worldbuilding – with Kevin J. Anderson
In his career as an author, Kevin J. Anderson has basically seen everything. He’s written books based on films, written in the Star Wars...
James Blatch
May 31, 201950 min read


SPS-173: Cops & Robbers: How to Write Realistic Crime Fiction – with Holly S. Roberts
This Week's Handout CRIME FICTION WRITER’S CHEAT SHEET Grab it! USA Today bestselling author Holly S. Roberts has so far made three...
James Blatch
May 24, 201937 min read


SPS-172: How to be a Productive Author – with Craig Martelle
By the time his early 50s rolled around, Craig Martelle had already had a military career and a stint as a lawyer/consultant. Now he’s...
James Blatch
May 17, 201944 min read
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