SPA Girls Podcast
440 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 89 ratingsTop Weekly Self-Publishing Podcast for writers and authors
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SPA Girls Podcast – EP122 – How To Use Subplots to Amp Up Your Story
February 22, 2018 04:58 - 36 minutes - 21.1 MBThis week we talk about a craft topic that's been bugging Trudi - subplots. Ever since reading Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews, who does it really well, she's been pursued by the idea that maybe she's not doing them properly... So this week, we discuss what they are, why you should be using them in your novels, and the different kinds of subplots that you could consider using in your novel. Done well, a sub plot can add a huge amount of depth to your novel, as well as tension, characterisation a...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP121 – Interview with Scott King
February 14, 2018 02:32 - 46 minutes - 26.8 MBThis week we had the pleasure of chatting to Scott King, author of non-fiction writing books The 5 Day Novel, Finish the Script! and his latest, Outline Your Novel. Scott has a background in teaching writing, film and scriptwriting at a college level, and has published multiple books in a variety of genres, so he's perfectly placed to write and talk about writing to other authors. He's also brilliant at breaking down information and making it understandable, and there were several 'a-ha!' m...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP120 – Should You Use a Pen Name?
February 07, 2018 07:16 - 38 minutes - 22.1 MBThis week our topic is whether or not to use a pen name. Choosing the name to represent your writing career might seem like a simple decision, but there's actually a whole host of things to think about when you consider what name to use - from marketing, to reader expectations and even cover dimensions - and it's not just which name sounds the nicest. Authors have always had pen names and in the Indie environment, it's not uncommon for an author to be managing several. We discuss our own de...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP119 – Interview with NYT Bestselling Author Nalini Singh
January 31, 2018 05:27 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBThis week we were lucky enough to convince the lovely Nalini Singh to come on the show. A fellow Kiwi, Nalini is also a very smart, savvy author who's been on the NYT Bestseller list an incredible 27 times, and has hordes of ravenous fans the world over. Nalini is also the kind of pioneering author who knew that she would need to do more than simply write great books (you know, cause that's easy, right?) if she was going to make this writing malarky her career. She knew she would need to co...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP118 – How to Write a Successful Small Town Setting
January 23, 2018 21:36 - 40 minutes - 23.5 MBSmall town settings are a common backdrop in romance. Writers love them because they give us a landscape that we can go back to again and again, with familiar secondary characters that our readers will recognise and become attached to. Readers love them because once they've found a town with a cool cafe, a watering hole where all the locals hang out, and characters they can fall in love with - well, why would they want to leave? Wendy and Cheryl both have successful series featuring a small...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP117 – Dealing with Negativity and Naysayers
January 19, 2018 04:39 - 48 minutes - 27.7 MBDo you have one of those people in your life? Someone who thinks the glass is always half empty and wants to bring you down the whole time? Negative Nellys and Doubtful Dougs are around us all the time, and this week we talk a little about ways to deal with the negativity in our lives. If you're going to achieve everything you want to this year, you need to have some strategies to deal with the negativity and turn it around into something more positive.
SPA Girls Podcast – EP116 – Tough Mindset Questions for 2018
January 10, 2018 06:38 - 43 minutes - 25.1 MBAre you all set to achieve everything you really want to achieve in 2018? If you're still not sure, this episode will help! We ask three really great questions around our mindset as self publishing authors for 2018, and try to answer them as honestly as we can. There are some home truths, some deep and meaningfuls, and some nearly-tears (we don't do real tears, we're too tough...!!) as we try to unravel what's going to make 2018 great for the SPA Girls. It might seem simple, but the questio...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP115 – Interview with Nicola Davidson
January 03, 2018 01:31 - 43 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week Wendy and Cheryl talk dirty with Kiwi historical romance/erotica author Nicola Davidson, who gives them the real story of the sex lives of the aristocracy in Recency London. Nicola has delved deep into the research, and she tells a captivated Wendy and Cher (who, I imagine, blushed their way through the entire interview...) exactly what it was like in the sex clubs and private parties of the regency: from orgies and threesomes to dildos and birching, they cover it all.... :) It's a ...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP114 – Tropealicious – Or Tropes for Beginners
December 28, 2017 01:13 - 35 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week we dive into the world of tropes for self publishing authors, to explain exactly what they are, why they're important and how you should be using them in your writing career. Knowing and understanding the tropes in romance is important for everything from choosing your plot line, to writing the blurb and finding your readers. They're also vital in helping us as authors understand our books and our readers. It's an important cog in the publishing wheel, and this episode is another ...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP113 – Twelve Top Tips for 2018 – Christmas Episode
December 20, 2017 07:06 - 55 minutes - 32.2 MBThis week we decided to do a trendy new concept (cause that's what we are, totally trendy): a reverse advent calendar. Basically instead of getting gifts at Christmas, we wanted to give YOU a gift for each of the 12 days of Christmas. So.... With this in mind, our Christmas episode is our Twelve Top Tips for 2018. Essentially we've compiled our best advice for resources to use, marketing advice to amp up your sales, and our favourite people to get advice from who will give you what you need ...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP112 – Interview with Honoree Corder and Ben Hale
December 12, 2017 23:34 - 1 hour - 35.7 MBThis week we were lucky enough to interview Honoree Corder and Ben Hale who've recently released a new book: Write Like a Boss, all about how to have the right mindset for being a successful author. They talk about creating winning writing habits, how to train yourself to think and be successful, and how to write when you have six kids who are constantly demanding attention (ie Ben). They're both very inspiring individuals, and gave us some fascinating insights into their lives and the way t...
SPA Girls Podcast – Episode 111 – 10 Health Hacks For Writers
December 07, 2017 04:53 - 29 minutes - 11.3 MBStaying healthy (and sane) during the holiday season can be a challenge for us all. This week Cheryl, Wendy and Shar talk about the health hacks they've found have helped to calm the chaos, stay sane (sort of) and keep our bodies and minds working well. It can be hard to put our self-care on the To Do List but it's vital. From mindfulness to stretching, gratitude to social media-strangling, we hope you'll find our healthy hacks helpful. As a wise commercial says, you're worth it.
SPA Girls Podcast – EP110 – Interview With Screenwriter Kathryn Burnett
November 30, 2017 03:43 - 56 minutes - 32.7 MBThis week we were lucky enough to have a fantastic repeat guest - Kathryn Burnett, the well-known New Zealand playwright and screenwriter. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Kathryn is chocka full of useful knowledge on the craft of writing as well as the mental game of staying focused and being productive. Today she talked us through doing an end-of-year Writing Audit, as a prequel to setting our goals in the new year. We found it hugely helpful to answer the questions she pos...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP109 – Interview with Melissa Storm – What Your Readers Really Want
November 22, 2017 02:40 - 53 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week our guest is the lovely Melissa Storm, who runs several author businesses, and is also a very successful indie author in her own right. Along with her training courses through the Author Engine, and editing, marketing and formatting services through Novel Publicity, Melissa also runs LitRing, an author promotions company that helps authors connect with readers. This year, through LitRing, she created a survey that asked readers what kind of books they were reading, what they wanted...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP108 – Interview with Author Zoe Dawson
November 15, 2017 23:52 - 48 minutes - 41.1 MBFor prolific author, Zoe Dawson, it's all about the happily ever afters. Zoe writes across several genres including romantic suspense, small town romance, new adult, urban fantasy and romantic comedy. We talk with Zoe about the challenges and rewards of writing across so many genres, how to juggle writing projects, reader expectations and the key that unlocked her being able to dramatically write faster (a book in three weeks!).
SPA Girls Podcast – EP107 – Interview with Dave Chesson, King of Keywords
November 08, 2017 06:27 - 55 minutes - 64 MBThis week we talk to bestselling self-published author Dave Chesson, otherwise known (mainly by the SPA Girls) as the King of Keywords. He's the genius behind the Kindlepreneur.com blog, which provides loads of step-by-step information for self published authors, and he's also the creator of the fabulous app KDP Rocket, a tool you can use to do research into your next book topic, find keywords and categories for your current book, and to create a massive list of keywords for Amazon Ads. Amo...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP106 – Pros and Cons of Kindle Unlimited
November 03, 2017 02:33 - 46 minutes - 26.9 MBThis week we talk about Kindle Unlimited, or KU, as it's commonly known. KU is the exclusive readers' programme for Kindle customers on Amazon, which authors can join as long as they give exclusivity to Amazon. We discuss the pros and cons of going into the KU programme versus going wide on all the different platforms available to self published authors, plus we cover some of the different marketing tactics you might employ, and ways to effectively use the KU platform as an author. It's an in...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP105 – Why YOU Should Do NaNoWriMo!
October 24, 2017 23:16 - 33 minutes - 19.5 MBThis week we talk about NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. Every year in November, writers around the world challenge themselves to write 50,000 words in 30 days. For newer writers, it can seem like an insurmountable challenge, but even just joining in and being part of the NaNoWriMo environment can be inspiring and energising. It's been getting bigger and bigger every year, and for the writers who manage to 'win' (ie finish 50K) it's an amazing achievement. There are stories everywh...
SPA Girls Podcast – Episode 104 – Ten Truths For New Self-Publishers
October 19, 2017 04:02 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBThis week we’re dealing out the “truthslaps” – in a loving way, of course. Wendy, Cher and Shar discuss ten truths for self-publishers that will help you navigate the choppy waters of a new indie author career. We want to be positive, but also realistic, so we are holding nothing back here. This is a rewarding (but tough) business and it requires patience and persistence. When you’re starting out you’re more than just a writer, you’re launching a small business with a pretty steep learning cu...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP103 – How To Find An Extra 30 Mins Writing Time Every Day
October 11, 2017 08:59 - 32 minutes - 15 MBThis week we delved deep into our writing habits from the last ten years, and brainstormed all the ways that we've managed to squeeze an extra 30 minutes of writing out of our days. We're all busy - work, family, other commitments take our time. But even adding just an extra half hour of writing every day can make a big difference to our monthly totals. It's a trap writers often fall into - the belief that you need several hours of uninterrupted writing time to be able to produce anything w...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP102 – Maximising Book Sales At Christmas
October 04, 2017 03:17 - 49 minutes - 28.2 MBThis week we tackle Christmas. Not literally. I mean we're not going after Santa or anything. No knocking him to the ground, and sitting on him til he gives us presents. That would be weird, right? No, this week we're talking about what self-published authors should be doing over the Christmas period to promote their books to the hoards of eager Yuletide book buyers. It's a prime book buying time of year, and no one wants to miss out, right? In order to do the best research for our eager l...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP101 – Interview with Katie Cross
September 27, 2017 09:10 - 44 minutes - 25.6 MBThis week we talk to fantasy and young adult author Katie Cross about being a military wife, learning to be a nap-time authorpreneur, and making every moment count. She also gives us some amazing productivity tips for authors who are trying to squeeze their writing career into already busy lives. Katie impressed us right from the start of the interview when she talked about having done some writing before we got on the call. My paraphrasing summary of her words: "It was a choice between going...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP100 – OMG I CAN’T BELIEVE WE MADE IT TO 100!
September 20, 2017 04:13 - 49 minutes - 28.6 MBThis is a very special episode of the SPA Girls Podcast - our 100th episode! Who'd have thought when we nervously started our first episode that we'd make it this far?? We talk through everything we've learned about self publishing and writing over the last couple of years, give some of the top self publishing tips that we've gleaned, the advice we've been given by our guests, and what's in store for the future of the SPA Girls... Listen in for some laugh-out-loud moments as we celebrate the ...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP99 – Interview with Arianna Golden
September 13, 2017 06:10 - 46 minutes - 26.9 MBThis week we have authorpreneur and automation expert Arianna Golden. She's great at helping authors set up systems in their business, to amp up their productivity, and enhance their ability to write. She talked to us about some basic automations that are simple for authors to put in place, and gave us some fantastic tips on how to save time. Automation doesn't have to be a scary word. As Arianna says, think of it as a tool, like a cheese grater. Used correctly, a grater can get you yummy g...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP98 – Top tips from RWA 2017
September 06, 2017 09:43 - 36 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week Shar and Trudi interview Wendy and Cheryl about their trip to Orlando for the Romance Writers of America 2017 conference. They give tips on surviving a conference with 2,000 other people, plus talk about what they learned from meeting self publishing gurus like Mark Dawson, Roxanne St Claire, and Kristen Painter. They also give up the best writing tips, the most-secret self-publishing tricks, and how to network like a ninja just for you. This is another tip packed episode, where Sh...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP97 – Interview with Shayne Silvers
August 30, 2017 19:46 - 50 minutes - 28.8 MBThis week we interview best selling urban fantasy author Shayne Silvers, who gives us the inside scoop on his writing processes, his beta reading team, and how he markets his popular Nate Temple series. (Spoiler warning: Shayne works really hard, set everything up to work as it should and has amazing blurbs. ie it's no wonder he's doing so well!) We loved hearing his story, because he had two books up and nothing much was happening, and it was only when he realised that he had to take his wri...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP96 – Interview with Christie Craig
August 23, 2017 21:51 - 34 minutes - 19.8 MBThis week we're live from the Romance Writers of New Zealand conference here in New Zealand, and we're talking with New York Times bestselling author Christie Craig. Christie writes humorous romantic suspense under her real name, and young adult paranormal under the pen name CC Hunter. She talks honestly with us about her writing process, the challenges she's had to overcome in her writing career, and gives some amazing craft advice for everyone. The one big take away from this interview? Nev...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP95 – Interview with Brian Meeks
August 14, 2017 07:45 - 1 hour - 35.4 MBThis week we have a fantastic interview with the delightful Brian Meeks, who talked to us about creating and making money on Amazon Ads. Brian recently published a book on how to master Amazon ads, and runs a very successful Facebook group on the same topic. He was kind enough to break it all down to the simple version for us, and run through the basics of creating and running a successful Amazon ad. If you've never been on the inside of an Amazon ad, this episode will give you enough informa...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP94 – Interview with Monica Leonelle
August 10, 2017 11:02 - 46 minutes - 53.2 MBIn this week's interview Shar and Trudi have to soldier on in rainy old New Zealand while Wendy and Cher continue swanning about in Orlando. Happily we managed to score a fantastic interview with the lovely Monica Leonelle who chatted to us about marketing for indie authors, and the lessons she's learned since starting out. Knowing what to write about in your newsletter or on Facebook, or even how to connect with your readers can be a big problem for writers. (I know I struggle with it!) Moni...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP93 – Interview with Roxanne St. Claire
August 03, 2017 21:14 - 31 minutes - 18.2 MBCheryl and Wendy are still at RWA in Orlando, and this time they managed to score an interview with the wonderful Roxanne St. Claire, an uber-successful Indie author who opens up about her writing and how she's been able to create such a successful career. Roxanne started out in traditional publishing, where she learned all about the publishing process, before she made the decision to move into self publishing. These days she's fully self published, with 17 self published books under her belt...
SPA Girls – EP92 – Interview with Mark Dawson
August 01, 2017 03:39 - 25 minutes - 15 MBBefore I say anything else, let me get this out of the way... Sqeeeeeee! We interviewed Mark Dawson! OMG! *coughs* Right. Now back to the regularly scheduled blurb about this episode... This week we have a very special episode all the way from the Romance Writers of America conference where Cheryl and Wendy just spent the week schmoozing and mingling with romance writers from all over the world. They were lucky enough to tie down...er...interview a couple of great Indie authors while they wer...
SPA Girls – EP91 – How to Keep Your Focus
July 25, 2017 07:38 - 43 minutes - 24.9 MBThis week we talk about the best ways to find and keep your focus. We've talked about it in general terms before, so this time we aimed in on the mental stuff around focus, and how to avoid self sabotage in your writing career. This episode was all about crawling into our brains to understand why we do things that make us lose our focus, take us out of our 'zone' and destroy our productivity. We talked about self awareness, ie knowing what's going on inside your head that's letting your foc...
SPA Girls – EP90 – Author Overwhelm Book Launch!
July 18, 2017 02:55 - 35 minutes - 16.3 MBThis week we're launching our brand new book: Kick Author Overwhelm in the B*tt! Instead of forcing you to listen to our overwhelm stories yet again, we invited three very talented self-published authors to talk to us about their writing careers and how they've faced and overcome Author Overwhelm in their own lives. This week we're launching our brand new book: Kick Author Overwhelm in the B*tt! Instead of forcing you to listen to our overwhelm stories yet again (we figured we'd talked ...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP89 – Behind the Scenes with the SPA Girls Podcasters
July 11, 2017 02:51 - 38 minutes - 22.2 MBThis week we decided to go a little bit behind the scenes on the SPA Girls side of things. Instead of talking about our fiction books, we talk about how the SPA Girls came about, what we were trying to achieve when we decided to start the podcast, why we're doing what we're doing and what we were hoping to achieve. We also talk about our branding, our mission statement, and why we decided to publish the Author Overwhelm book, having been podcasting now for 89 episodes! :)
SPA Girls Podcast – EP88 – What Are Your Core Author Values?
July 03, 2017 08:52 - 44 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week we try to nut out our own personal author values, and try to distill down a mission statement for each of us as authors. We believe that defining your core values as an author will help you make decisions in your author career, keep your focus longer, and keep you sitting down in your chair, writing those books! We talk about the pros and cons of a mission statement, why Wendy doesn't like them, and why we think they're valuable for you as an author. We talk about what Joanna Penn...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP87 – Facing Your Fears
June 28, 2017 04:46 - 47 minutes - 27.3 MBThis week we have a meaty topic for you! We go in-depth and take a look at our fears, the mental stuff that's stopping us from getting ahead. We all have fears, from the rational ones that motivate us and keep us going, to the irrational fears that keep us awake at night (and me out of the swimming pool - I swear, Jaws could be in there). This episode is about recognising those fears and lessening their power over us as writers, by naming them, and focusing on ways to overcome them. We lo...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP86 – Writing in Microsoft Word
June 20, 2017 20:59 - 48 minutes - 27.9 MBThis week we talk about the writing program no one is talking about - Microsoft Word. I'm not sure it's actually a conspiracy (wink, wink) but we thought we'd break the silence and get the word out there. (In actual fact, we think it's probably because Word is so ingrained into everything we do these days, that everyone assumes that there's no point talking about it.) However, we're pretty sure, like us, many of you are still using Word in some part of your writing process, so we decided to g...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP85 – How to Write Faster
June 13, 2017 04:50 - 42 minutes - 24.7 MBThis week we talked about ways to speed up the production of your books, from getting your head in the right space from the get-go, to planning, scheduling and lastly ways to make sure you plain-old write faster. It's a great episode because it yet again demonstrates how we're all different and things that will work for one, won't necessarily work for another. But what we are able to do is offer a whole bunch of ideas and suggestions for practical ways that you can amp up your writing sched...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP84 – Amazon Also Boughts, Algorithms, and Author Rankings
June 06, 2017 22:19 - 49 minutes - 28.2 MBThis week we go through the book page on Amazon, deciphering some of the sections, explaining how each works and how the information gleaned can help you in your Indie career. From explaining the also boughts, to understanding the Amazon algorithms and how they affect you, and looking at the author rankings and understanding what they mean to you, we go through everything we know (and some stuff we realise we didn't know) and pass it on to you... :)
SPA Girls Podcast – EP83 – Courses For Authors
May 30, 2017 00:30 - 39 minutes - 22.8 MBThis week we run through all the self publishing author courses that we've done between us over the last few years and talk about the ones that we liked and would recommend that you could try if you're looking for a way to upskill your knowledge. As a group, some of the SPA Girls are more into courses than others, so whether you're a super keen course person, or a more reluctant starter, this episode will give the information that you need to know whether the courses are for you.
SPA Girls Podcast – EP82 – The Black Moment Featuring Author Rachel Bailey
May 23, 2017 09:13 - 43 minutes - 60.4 MBAustralian author and writing tutor, Rachel Bailey, joins us this week to discuss the Black Moment: that point in your story when all hope is lost, when crisis peaks, when things seem bleakest and we start to think the characters won’t be able to find their HEA. We discuss the different types of Black Moment, how to identify which one works best for your story and how to make this crucial element of Story both powerful and believable.
SPA Girls Podcast – EP81 – Interview with Jami Albright
May 11, 2017 02:12 - 50 minutes - 28.8 MBThis week we interview the delightful Jami Albright, a new author who has just successfully launched her first book. She's done such a fantastic job of it, we wanted to get her on the show to talk about how she got into writing, how she learned to do such a great job of launching a book, and where she goes for inspiration. She's such a fantastic person, we could have chatted to her all day! Hope you enjoy the show, we sure did. :)
SPA Girls Podcast – EP80 – Busting Self Publishing Myths
May 11, 2017 01:56 - 31 minutes - 10.8 MBWe’re out to lunch today, recording in a café (so enjoy the ambience of the coffee machine in the background!) where we discuss all those myths about writing and publishing. Some we’ve fallen prey to; some we’ve debunked through experience. You need to know everything about your story and characters before you can start writing. There’s a lot more you need to be doing as a self publisher. You’ll never “make it” without a big platform or great contacts. Sound familiar? Yeah, we’ve all hea...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP79 – How To Write Dazzling Dialogue
April 27, 2017 22:44 - 40 minutes - 23.4 MBWriting dialogue is a very difficult skill to master, but this week we try to unravel some of the secrets around how to create dazzling dialogue for your characters. More than just a transcription of what people actually say, dialogue can be witty, fast paced and give insights into your characters... or it can be stilted, awkward and boring. Which would you rather have? Listen in to this episode for our take on the best ways to create dialogue that will make your manuscript sing!
SPA Girls Podcast – EP78 – How To End With A BANG!
April 21, 2017 00:13 - 37 minutes - 21.6 MBWe did beginnings last week, so we thought we'd pay tribute to endings this time around... :) Many authors rush through the ending of their book, because by the time they get there, they're sick of the whole concept... But your ending is what will lead readers onto your next book, so you need to spend as much time on your ending as your beginning! If you write a fizzer that ends too quickly or doesn't deliver on your promises throughout the story, you're not going to get lifetime readers who ...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP77 – Great Beginnings for Authors
April 14, 2017 07:56 - 38 minutes - 22.1 MBEaster is here, a time for new beginnings, so we thought we'd talk about the beginning of your book. It's always been important, but we would argue that in the days of ebooks for less than the cost of a coffee, creating a kick-ass beginning that will hook your readers into your book is VITAL! We read out a few of our favourite beginnings, plus some that are less beloved, and talk through what makes them great (or not). There are also some suggestions for the different types of beginnings yo...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP76 – First Quarter Goals
April 06, 2017 06:01 - 35 minutes - 16.6 MBThis week we sit down and talk through our self publishing goals for the first quarter, and how we've been going with our writing. It's a bit of a mixed bag, with some of us having achieved our goals and others not so much. But there's always something to learn from our highs and lows, especially how to recalibrate your writing and marketing goals when things happen outside of your control, and how to keep yourself going when times get tough!
SPA Girls Podcast – EP75 – Writing A Kick-Butt Book Blurb with Glenna Mageau
March 28, 2017 21:05 - 39 minutes - 22.5 MBThis week we have a very special guest - Glenna Mageau, book blurb coach and writer extraordinaire - who takes us through how to write a blurb that sells more books. Glenna has a proven system she uses to improve her own book blurbs and she's been teaching other authors how to do the same thing as well. This is a fantastic episode - we really enjoyed chatting to Glenna, she's a lovely lady with a wealth of knowledge. We all picked up loads of useful blurb writing tips and we're sure you will...
SPA Girls Podcast – EP74 – Formatting Tips and Tricks
March 22, 2017 08:51 - 42 minutes - 24.7 MBThis week we tackle the topic of formatting your ebooks. We talk about the difference between outsourcing the formatting and doing it yourself, and the pros and cons of each option. Then we talk about what we've done in the past and how we do it now, what we think are the best practices, the programs that we recommend, and why we like them. If you're about to start formatting, or even considering a change to the way you're currently doing it, this is a great episode to listen to!
SPA Girls Podcast – EP73 – Zhushing Up Your Amazon Author Page
March 15, 2017 08:52 - 36.3 MBPublishing your book to Amazon KDP is the first step ... then the second VERY important step is setting up your Amazon Author Central account and optimizing your Amazon Author Page. Too many new self-publishers miss the second step and it's costing them sales! It's easy and it's free, so listen up and we'll share how to ZHUSH up your Amazon Author Page to make it sparkle!