Successfully Self-Publish

by Christina Kaye

Each week, Author Coach & Editor, Christina Kaye, sits down for an engaging chat with an indie author who has achieved success in self-publishing. She'll ask each guest host to talk about the biggest struggle they had early in their careers and how they overcame that issue and achieved self-publishing success. You will learn from your peers exactly what you should do to realize your own dream of a successful writing career!

Episodes

Episode 50 - How to Write Thrillers (with Joanna Penn)

44m · Published 17 Dec 22:33

Y’all…Joanna Penn is in the house!! Need I say more? But seriously…who better to have as a guest host on our final episode of season one for this podcast than THE Joanna Penn, The Queen of all things creative! I’m sure you all know her as the...

Episode 49 - How to Build Your Marketing Platform (with James Blatch)

44m · Published 10 Dec 23:57

What exactly is a marketing platform? As our guests host this week, James Blatch of The Self-Publishing Show, explains, it’s all the things you do to promote your book both before and after you publish it. Yes, that’s right. There are several...

Episode 48 - How to FINALLY Finish Your Book (with Lisa Tener)

43m · Published 04 Dec 01:09

If you’re anything like me (and most authors, to be honest), you’ve found yourself in this position before – you get all excited about your new book idea, you sit down and start typing away like a madman (or woman), and then after a few...

Episode 47 - How to Secure Publicity for Your Book (with Jessie Glenn)

32m · Published 26 Nov 20:53

Many authors, I included, don’t realize there’s a difference between marketing and publicity. And publicity is a huge part of your book launch efforts, and we should all be doing our best to find moments in the spotlight when we can feature our...

Episode 46 - How to Defeat Perfectionism (with Bryan Collins)

25m · Published 20 Nov 23:21

Every author I’ve ever met has, at some point, felt the pressure of perfectionism, even if we didn’t know that was the deal! But if you have ever compared yourself to other authors, felt like you or your writing aren’t good enough, or generally...

Episode 45 - How to Write Series Novels (with Malorie Cooper)

29m · Published 12 Nov 23:11

Everyone loves a good Netflix binge these days, and the book world equivalent is finding a wonderful, well-written book series you can bury yourself in for weeks, months, or even longer. Readers love series novels because they grow so attached to the...

Episode 44 - How to Launch Your Book in a Pandemic (with Melanie Downey)

39m · Published 06 Nov 00:38

I know. I know. If you’re anything like me, you’re sick and tired of hearing about this pandemic. But since it’s starting to rear it’s ugly head again this winter, and we have no idea how long it’s going to last, a lot of authors are voicing...

Episode 43 - How to Have a Stunning Cover for Your Book (with Molly Phipps)

29m · Published 30 Oct 02:22

It’s not enough to write a great book if you want to sell as many copies as possible. One of the other crucial steps you must take to achieve selling success is to have a beautiful, stunning, and appropriate cover design made. Your cover will give...

Episode 42 - How to Plot with the Hero's Journey (with David Safford)

43m · Published 23 Oct 22:18

One of the best thing’s I’ve ever done to improve my writing was to stop pantsing it. A couple of years ago, I learned about the Hero’s Journey as a plotting method. I was curious, so I dug in and learned all I could. I wasn’t sure it would...

Episode 41 - How to Write in Multiple POV (with Casey Dunn)

46m · Published 16 Oct 00:51

One of the most important decisions you’ll have to make before you begin writing any novel is how many points of view you want to include in your narrative. Essentially, you have three choices. You can write your novel in single, dual, or multiple...

Successfully Self-Publish has 70 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 39:43:17. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 30th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 4th, 2024 16:42.