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 –...

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...

Every social media platform has its own quirks. Hanna Sandvig has made it her mission to connect with other bookstagramers and grow her...

Vincent Fiorello is no stranger to art and creativity. In this interview he shares with James why he decided to crowdfund his latest...

Nicholas Erik offers experiential advice about the different advertising platforms for authors, what’s working now, and why persistence...

Carly Kade writes in a genre very close to her heart. She’s taken her love of horses and her life as an equestrian and parlayed that into...

Mandy Hickson has gone from RAF fighter pilot to successful author and speaker despite a discouraging start with traditional publishers....

After years of writing for television, Simon McCleave has found success with his police procedural series set in Snowdonia, Wales. He...

When indie authors live and work outside the UK and North America they have to be tenacious and creative about finding ways to publish...

Just as with the choices characters make and their speech patterns, a good fight scene must accurately represent a character. It must...

Perhaps sometimes ignorance is bliss. Steve Griggs leaped into writing cozy mysteries without ever having read one. With the habit of...

Marie Force has always been a powerhouse when it comes to her author career. Now, while closing in on selling 10 million books, she’s...