The Career Author Podcast
By J. Thorn
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I J Middleton
Nov 9, 2018
Super helpful information on self-publishing delivered by likeable, engaging hosts
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Becoming a full-time writer can be overwhelming. Join J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon as they help you improve your craft and find your audience, so you too can become…a career author. This is The Career Author Podcast.
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We're Back in Black!
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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The Final Episode: LIVE!
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Knowing When to Walk Away
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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ADVANTAGE with Joe Solari
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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The Golden Age of Independent Publishing
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Publishing on a Budget
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Relief from Your Writing Rut
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Technology and Publishing
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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The Dialogue Doctor: Jeff Elkins
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Genre Hopping
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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What is a Career Author (August 2020)?
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Character Backstory
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Hooking the Reader with Your First Chapter
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Writing Short Fiction
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Sharpening the Saw: Doing the Things We Hate Doing
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Launching an Amazon Bestselling Fiction Book in 2020
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Talking with Tara from Kobo
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Why You Need a Passion Project
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Nailing Your Amazon Book Page
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Authors Services as a Revenue Stream
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Sticking with a Series Until the End
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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The Publishing Industry Panel
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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An Hour with Draft2Digital
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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An Hour with Google Play Books
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May 28, 2020 |
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The Career Author Summit Recap
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May 21, 2020 |
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Peer-to-Peer Feedback
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May 14, 2020 |
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The Editing Process
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May 07, 2020 |
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Recording an Audiobook
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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The Healthy Career Author
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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The Mentorship Model for Authors
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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How Video Games Can Make You a Better Storyteller
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE! Live Q & A!
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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A Nonfiction Book Launch Wide: The First 30 Days
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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How to Efficiently Work From Home
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Digital Minimalism: A Year Later
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Special Guest J.D. Barker
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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The Three Story Method
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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The Three Story Method Influencer Series: Story
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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The Three Story Method Influencer Series: The Virgin’s Promise
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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The Three Story Method Influencer Series: The Hero’s Journey
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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The Three Story Method Influencer Series: Aristotle
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Receiving Feedback and Criticism
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Accounting for Authors
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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Authors on a Train California 2020
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Launching an Author Career in 2020
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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The State of Independent Publishing in 2020
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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Reflections on 2019
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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Value Your Intellectual Property
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Beating Resistance
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Creating Characters Who Aren’t Like You
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Lean Launch vs. Fat Launch
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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100 Episodes!
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Making a Living from Your Writing
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Pursuing the Traditional Publishing Path
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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Optimizing SEO with Dianna Gunn
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Pay-Per-Click Advertising
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Dedicated Thinking Time
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Things to Know When Self-Publishing a Book
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Travel Ignites Creativity
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Collaboration and Coffee in Seattle
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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How to Choose a Title For Your Novel
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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The Art of the Email Broadcast
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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How to Get Support From a Partner or Loved One (or My Partner Doesn’t Support My Writing)
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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Opportunity Costs (and a Story Levels pivot)
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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Writing Better Dialogue
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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The Myth of Work/Life Balance
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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Using Pen Names
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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Finding an Audience with Anthologies and Box Sets
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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Finally, a Procrastination Episode
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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Our Reader Engagement Failure
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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What’s the Point (of View)?
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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The Dark Side of Co-Writing
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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Don’t start a series until you answer these 2 questions.
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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Nobody Cares
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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What to Focus on When Not Writing
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Paralysis by Analysis
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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Things Authors Say That You Don’t Have to Believe
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May 30, 2019 |
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Write to Audience
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May 23, 2019 |
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The past, present, and future of publishing (a special panel).
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May 16, 2019 |
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LIVE from The Sell More Books Show Summit!
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May 09, 2019 |
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Series and Spin-offs
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May 02, 2019 |
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Tag! You’re it! Opt-in forms and Tagging Your List
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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What Makes a Good Character Great?
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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Knowing How and When to Sell Direct
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Digital Minimalism for the Career Author
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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The Pyramid for Products and Services
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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The Pixar Rules of Storytelling
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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Exposition as Ammunition (Show, Don’t Tell)
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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Should I Write For or Offer Services to Authors? (Part 2)
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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Should I Write For or Offer Services to Authors? (Part 1)
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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Nerd Alert! Implementing a Backup System
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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How to Get More Writing Done
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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StoryLevels, Sci-Fi Seattle, and a Look Behind the Curtain
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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Dealing With Project Burnout
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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Content Marketing for Fiction (List Building Part 2)
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Paid Advertising in 2019
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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The Screw Resolutions Episode
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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The State of Independent Publishing in 2019
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Jan 03, 2019 |
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Practical Steps to Becoming a Career Author
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Dec 27, 2018 |
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From Book to Film With Bird Box Author Josh Malerman
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Dec 20, 2018 |
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List Building Fundamentals (List Building Part 1)
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Morning Routines
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Dec 06, 2018 |
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Collaborative Story Building, Rock Apocalypse, and Content Marketing
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Nov 29, 2018 |
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Reflections From Authors on a Train 2018
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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Ask Us Anything Live at Authors on a Train
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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The Role of Social Media for the Career Author
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Nov 08, 2018 |
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Money Tips For the Aspiring Career Author
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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Is It a Dream or a Goal?
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Oct 25, 2018 |
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Podcasting 101 For Authors
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Oct 18, 2018 |
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Dawn of the Night of the Writing Dead
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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Yes, Virginia, You Need An Editor
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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Setting Up Boundaries
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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Story World Building
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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Publishing Tools in a Changing Landscape
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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The Editor’s Six Core Questions
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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Internet Etiquette for Authorpreneurs
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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Retail or Real Life? Where to sell...
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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Finding the Right Book Cover Artist
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Aug 16, 2018 |
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The Future of Audiobooks
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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Great Storytelling in 15 Seconds
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Aug 02, 2018 |
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Night Rituals
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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Making Big Decisions
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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Our Experience Writing and Publishing Trilogies
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Jul 12, 2018 |
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BookBub Breakdown
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Jul 05, 2018 |
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Planning a Long Book Series
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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The Opportunity Costs of Adaptation
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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The Future of Bookstores
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Jun 14, 2018 |
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Nurturing Your Audience
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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Hosting Events and Attending Them
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May 31, 2018 |
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Multi-Author Box Sets, Anthologies, and One-Off Collaborations
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May 24, 2018 |
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How We Do Genre Research
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May 17, 2018 |
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What We Learned at Sell More Books Show Summit 2018
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May 10, 2018 |
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The Importance of a Crisis
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May 03, 2018 |
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The Pete Rose Effect and Outliers
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Apr 26, 2018 |
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Our Favorite Tools
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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Writing To Market: Misconceptions and Truths
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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Our Biggest Mistakes and How We Learned From Them
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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Turning Off Your Creative Brain and Setting Boundaries
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Mar 29, 2018 |
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Calls to Action
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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Couch Time Collaboration
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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Amazon Exclusivity v.s. Selling Wide
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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Unplugging, Distractions, and Living in the Moment
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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Talking Podcasts with Luke Kondor and Daniel Willcocks of Hawk & Cleaver
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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Story Grid Creator, Shawn Coyne
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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Should You Have Audiobooks?
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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Reader Magnets
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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Handling Negative Reviews
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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How To Find Your Collaborative Partner
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Jan 18, 2018 |
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Do You Need an Author Website?
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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The State of the Publishing Industry in 2018
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Jan 04, 2018 |
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An Introduction
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Jan 04, 2018 |