As the director of marketing for Draft2Digital, Kevin Tumlinson also lives the indie life as an author and self-publisher. In this...

Tanya Anne Crosby has been both traditionally and independently published. She is now also a publisher herself, shepherding others’ books...

Stephanie Hudson has gone from writing on her breaks at her waitressing job to begin a full-time author and now a publisher with her...

Miles Hudson has his fingers in several areas of publishing; he writes textbooks to strict guidelines, he’s crowdfunded a book, and then...

Jeffrey P. Frye made some bad decisions in his past, but he’s turning that around now with the help of writing. He got started on his...

John Gaspard was originally traditionally published but was able to retrieve the rights to his books and become an independent author. He...

From firefighter to romance writer, Lolo Paige shares how she educated herself about writing, dug deep to persevere when the going got...

It took some time for Boo Walker to find the genre he loved, but since taking advice from a trusted mentor, he hasn’t looked back,...

Steff Green took a chance and began writing in a sub-genre that barely existed. The chance paid off with her first series, and then she...

Cameron Sutter and Ryan Zee have come up with two powerful tools to help authors plot their novels and grow their email lists. Show Notes...

PublishDrive founder and CEO Kinga Jentetics has a look back at 2020 with James, observing the trends and changes, and they consider what...

Barbara Hinske embodies the adage that you have to work hard to be lucky. She shares with James the positive affect the Ads for Authors ...

Mark and James reflect on the year that was 2020 and look ahead to what 2021 might hold in the indie author space. Show Notes Mark...

For authors who tend to sell more print books than ebooks (children’s picture book authors, for example) there are options available in...

Grab your pocket protector! It’s the eighth edition of the SPF BookLab. YA dystopian author Peter F. Smith let’s our team of experts –...

Adventurer Anna McNuff shares with James the highs and lows of cycling South America from top to tail and then writing an award-winning...

Experienced children’s author Allan Boroughs talks about his collaboration with Mark and Freya Dawson to create a new series of adventure...

Launching a children’s book isn’t easy. Usually, an indie author uses Amazon and Facebook ads to target the actual readers of their book,...

Multi-genre author Kristina Adams’ approach to productivity includes knowing when to rest so that author burnout does not become a...

Return guest to the podcast, Patrick O’Donnell, has a new book out that focuses on crime scenes and investigations. Patrick is a retired...