275 / Nicholas Harvey, adventure, suspense, and thriller novelist and digital nomad, shares his journey from race car driver and motorsports professional to full-time author. He discusses how his unique background shapes his storytelling, the challenges of writing female protagonists, and navigating the ever-evolving indie publishing landscape.

• Transitioning from a racing career to writing
• How his motorsports background fuels his creative process
• Lessons learned about genre, marketing
• What he wishes he’d known before launching his first series
• Realities of digital nomad life
• Managing collaborations

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274 / We’ve had a month-long break and are back with a catch-up chat about what’s been going on with our writing and our lives, including ADHD and productivity, juggling creative projects, and book launches.

• Sara: special edition pre-production and timelines, launching on her direct store
• Jami: ADHA update, drafting a new novel, ads

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Ep 273 / Trixie Silvertale joins us to discuss resilience and adaptability in business. Trixie shared how a personal tragedy shifted her writing and publishing and resulted in her leveraging her backlist. Plus keeping a long series fresh, and writing interesting small town settings.

Topics:

• Trixie’s dictation process, which involves roller skates 🛼
• Dealing with tragedy and loss, and how Trixie shifted away from rapid release to making the most of her backlist through repurposing her IP
• Allowing yourself to have a bad day
• Deciding on spin-offs vs. new series
• Translations
• Balances humor, suspense, and paranormal elements

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Episode 272 / Andi Arndt joins us to discuss audiobook narration, including tips for finding and working with a narrator, how to write with narration in mind, and audiobook trends.

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• How Andi preps to narrate a book
• Mistakes authors make when it comes to picking narrators
• Tips for writing with narration in mind
• Benefits of having a long-term relationship with a narrator or production company
• Trends in audiobook production, including duets and multicast productions
• The impact of AI on audiobooks

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Episode 271 / Jennifer Marchman, who combines historical fiction and time travel in her books, joins us to discuss embracing your own writing process, dealing with the constant changes in publishing, and the importance of community in the indie author space.

Topics:

• Writing time travel historical fiction
• Influence of Texas history and Outlander
• Personal writing process and habits
• Setting realistic writing and publishing goals
• Founding Austin Indie Authors group

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Episode 270 / Katy Cocking is multi-passionate creative who found the advice to “stay in her lane” constricting and to a writing-adjacent career, selling cozy subscription boxes, which combines the knowledge from her publishing background with her activator and ideation strengths.

Topics:

• Transition from author to book box business
• Defining personal and financial success
• How Katy built and audience through giveaways and ads
• Challenges with physical product shipping
• Advice for authors creating one-time boxes

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Episode 269 / Christina Hovland shares how she moved out of KU and built a thriving direct sales store for her books.

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• Transitioning from KU to direct sales
• Setting up a Shopify store for books
• Bundling books and pricing strategies
• Defining personal success as an author
• Why Christina likes working with coaches and mentors

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Episode 268 / Legal thriller author Aime Austin joins us to discuss writing legal thrillers, discovery writing, and blending psychological suspense.

Topics:

• Choosing writing over practicing law
• Realities of learning writing craft and why writing is sometimes a “plumber job”
• Aime’s writing process and discussion of pantsing/discovery writing
• Crafting legal thrillers and legal details
• Insights from podcast conversations
• Committing to one creative path

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