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SPS-408: Essential Tips for New Authors – with Mark Dawson
What was it like for Mark Dawson to dip his toes into publishing? And does he have advice for new writers? Well of course he does! With...
James Blatch
Oct 27, 202335 min read
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SPS-329: Self Publishing Fundamentals – with Mark Dawson & James Blatch
James and Mark get back to basics, discussing the fundamentals every new author needs to focus on at the beginning of a writing career....
James Blatch
May 6, 202233 min read
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SPS-273: ScribeCount: Numbers for Your Words – with Philippa Werner
Introductory line goes here Show Notes James’ book, The Final Flight , is available for pre-order! Tips from Mark about launching that...
James Blatch
Apr 9, 202141 min read
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SPS-272: Splitting Up: Dividing Royalties with Draft2Digital – with Kevin Tumlinson
As the director of marketing for Draft2Digital, Kevin Tumlinson also lives the indie life as an author and self-publisher. In this...
James Blatch
Apr 2, 202143 min read
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SPS-271: How to Avoid Getting Lost in Translation – with Tanya Anne Crosby
Tanya Anne Crosby has been both traditionally and independently published. She is now also a publisher herself, shepherding others’ books...
James Blatch
Mar 26, 202139 min read
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SPS-247: Laughter and Love: Writing Romantic Comedies – with Rich Amooi
Rich Amooi has followed his heart and passion into writing romantic comedies, a genre traditionally dominated by women. He hasn’t let...
James Blatch
Oct 9, 202033 min read
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SPS-245: From Scripts to Snowdonia: Self-Published Success – with Simon McCleave
After years of writing for television, Simon McCleave has found success with his police procedural series set in Snowdonia, Wales. He...
James Blatch
Sep 25, 202036 min read
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SPS-244: Self Publishing in South Africa – with Dani René
When indie authors live and work outside the UK and North America they have to be tenacious and creative about finding ways to publish...
James Blatch
Sep 18, 202031 min read
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SPS-218: The Self Publishing Show Live 2020 (Show Recap)
James and Mark recap the Self-Publishing Show Live event that happened in early March in London, England. Show Notes On the origins of...
James Blatch
Mar 20, 202030 min read
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SPS-196: How to Turn a Struggle Into a Strength – with Hilary Jastram
Author, editor, coach, and podcaster Hilary Jastram talks to James about dealing with self-doubt as a creative person and also turning...
James Blatch
Oct 18, 201940 min read
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SPS-195: From Blasters to Bones: How to Switch from Sci-Fi to Crime Fiction – with Barry Hutch
Return guest Barry Hutchison got into self-publishing as an experiment when he was leading a workshop for young writers. Very quickly he...
James Blatch
Oct 11, 201945 min read
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SPS-161: How to Strike Gold with a Niche Audience: Writing Reverse Harem – with Steff Green
USA Today best-selling author Steff Green has worked incredibly hard to make her dream of being a full-time writer come true. From...
James Blatch
Mar 1, 20191 min read
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SPF-110: How I Quit the 9 to 5 to Write (And Never Looked Back) – with Ernest Dempsey
Thriller author Ernest Dempsey shares his road to indie author success, including some of the bumps along the way. This week’s highlights...
James Blatch
Mar 16, 20181 min read
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SPF-109: From Zero to Hero – with first time author Maria Luis
James talks to NOLA romance writer Maria Luis who quit her marketing job and now makes three times her previous salary via her books,...
James Blatch
Mar 2, 20181 min read
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SPF-071: Riding the Collaboration Express – with author J.Thorn
This week’s key highlights: How J wrote his way to finding the genre that’s right for him How the idea for the author collaboration on...
James Blatch
Jun 30, 20171 min read
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SPF-042: Self Publishing 101 – The Lowdown – With Mark Dawson
It’s been on the slate ever since The Self Publishing Formula came to be: to create an easy to access course that indie authors could use...
James Blatch
Dec 9, 20164 min read
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