Novel Marketing Podcast
1) Your Author Toolbox: Part 2
Do you ever wish you had a team of writing, publishing, or marketing professionals to consult? Do you wish you had an assistant to help with the business and marketing side of writing? What if you cou...Show More
2) How to Become a Professional Writer With Joanna Penn
Is your writing a hobby or a profession? The answer to that question changes everything. Many authors claim to be professionals but act like hobbyists. They write what they want instead of what reader...Show More
3) Why Your Book Isn’t Selling: Metadata
If your book isn’t selling, it may not be your writing. It may be your metadata. In this week’s episode of the Novel Marketing Podcast, you’ll hear from Dave Chesson, creator of Publisher Rocket, and ...Show More
4) How to Format a Book with Vellum
Many authors assume book formatting is complicated, expensive, or something only professionals can handle. In this week’s episode, I talk with Bryan Canter about why that assumption is outdated, and...Show More
5) How Authors Can Stay out of Jail
American Taxes, pay too little and you go to jail. Pay too much and you lose the money you need to reach more readers with advertising and promotion. If your records feel like a mess of Amazon deposi...Show More
6) Productivity Secrets from Bestselling Author Jerry B. Jenkins
Do you ever feel like your book is taking forever to write? Maybe you’ve been working on the same manuscript for years, and then you look up and see other authors publishing a book a year, or more. H...Show More
7) Networking for Authors
Most authors begin writing as a solitary pursuit and soon realize they don’t know other writers or industry professionals who can help them grow. So how do you go from a solitary outsider to a connect...Show More
8) The 5 Year Plan to Become a Professional Author
If you ask a bestselling novelist how long it took to go from aspiring writer to published success, the answer is usually about ten years. One reason it takes so long is that most authors learn about ...Show More
9) Why Some Authors Are Ditching ChatGPT Entirely
ChatGPT used to be the go-to AI for authors, but it's no longer the best choice for every task. New models like Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok are outperforming it in specific areas, from creati...Show More
10) A Nonfiction Author’s Guide to Substack
I am not a big fan of Substack for novelists. Most novelists are better off using the free version of Kit and WordPress. However, Substack is a completely different story for nonfiction authors. If yo...Show More