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SPA Girls Podcast

SPA Girls Podcast

Each week the SPA Girls provide information, tips and honest advice on self publishing for indie authors. Hosted by four experienced self-publishing writers, we provide a mix of interviews, craft shows, and marketing information that will help you start your self-publishing journey. Join us today!

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SPA Girls - EP169 - 5 Goals You Need To Set In 2019

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2019/01/09

Goals! We're all so excited about them at the beginning of January, and then we feel them like chains around our necks by the end of the month. (Well, here in the SPA we do. Maybe you're able to make it into February without feeling like you're never going to make them work...hehe) What we've decided is that instead of overwhelming yourself with ALL THE GOALS, if you set one goal in these five areas, for a shorter period of time (we're suggesting 12 weeks) then you're more likely to make them

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP168

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2019/01/02

This year we decided to begin with something a little different. Instead of the usual "motivational and uplifting" or "beginning of the year goal setting" type show, we thought we'd give you 31 quick and easy author marketing ideas that you can do each day to give you a solid start to 2019. It's a great way to show you how little jobs done daily can add up quickly to make something pretty great. You'll be amazed at the results you can achieve from what seems like a tiny daily effort! You can do

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP168 - Scheduling For Success

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/12/25

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. Scheduling some of the more repetitive tasks that you engage in each week can free up time for writing. This week the SPA Girls talk about the ways we use scheduling for different tasks, and suggest ways you can use it too!

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP166 - Christmas Episode

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/12/19

Thinking of self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for honest advice, tips and resources. This week we look back on 2018, and try to figure out what went well, what went wrong, and what tips and secrets we can give you, our listeners, to help you with making 2019 the best year yet!

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP165 - He Said, She Said

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/12/12

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we decided to dissect dialogue. Done well, dialogue can be very powerful. We know and understand the subtext of dialogue without having to be told, and writers can use this to create amazing scenes and tense moments. Done badly, dialogue can kick your readers out of the scene, make them frustrated and ultimately stop reading. So how do you make

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59:45

SPA Girls Podcast - EP164 - Talking Reverse Harem...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/12/05

We've talked about Reverse Harem a little bit on the show, but this week we decided to get someone on who knows all about it, so we could pick their brains... Mwahahaha... So we convinced USA Today Bestselling paranormal romance author Steffanie Holmes to come on the show and chat about exactly what reverse harem is, how she came to write reverse harem novels, what you need to know about it, and how she so successfully launched her recent series. Steff is a very smart author, and she's steeped in

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP163 - Interview with Kelly St...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/11/29

The delightful USA Today bestselling author Kelly St Clare talks to the SPA Girls this week about how she moved from being a physiotherapist in a busy clinic to being an Amazon bestselling author of young adult fantasy novels. Kelly was fascinating because as well as all her fantastic tips on writing, time management and marketing, she was also able to give us some great advice on how to stay healthy as an author. We all had some epiphany moments in this episode, from Kelly's tips on how she

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SPA Girls Podcast EP 162 - How To Launch Like a Pro

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/11/21

In response to a few recent questions we've been asked on this topic, we decided to talk through the basics of launch strategies for first-time or early career authors, or for authors starting off a new series or pen name. It's sometimes difficult to know what you should do when you're launching a new book. We all want to make sure our book babies do as well as they possibly can when we launch, but there's also a whole lot of often contradictory advice out there on the best way to do it. This

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP161 - Promo Ideas For A...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/11/15

With the holiday season fast approaching, the SPA Girls gathered to talk about their list of 12 Ideas For Christmas Promotion. Between the shopping, the relative wrangling, the wallet-aches and the end-of-year energy slump, it can be hard to manage your author promotion on top of that! Listen up and we'll (hopefully) ease your stress and you can go into the New Year refreshed and ready to rock your goals! 1.Do your own 12 days of Christmas promo 2.Plan out your FB posts, run holiday themed ads

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51:39

SPA Girls Podcast - EP160 - Wide Versus Exclusive -...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/11/07

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 (ish) minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. It's one of the big questions in the Indie author space, and hotly debated by many on either side. This week we talk about the pros and cons of going wide versus going exclusive to Amazon. No one seems to have a definitive answer to whether it's better to do one or the other, and it can seem confusing and overwhelming. So the SPA Girls sat down and

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP159 - Interview With Kathryn Le...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/10/31

This week it is our honor to interview superstar author Kathryn Le Veque. Kathryn is a critically acclaimed USA TODAY Bestselling author, a charter Amazon All-Star author, and a #1 bestselling, award-winning, multi-published author in Medieval Historical Romance and Contemporary Romance. She is considered one of the top Indie authors in the world with over a million copies in circulation. Her novels have been translated into several languages. Kathryn is also the President/CEO of Dragonblade

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP158 - Some Like It Hot ... Or Not

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/10/24

This week we put on our flame retardant suits and discuss how to define the heat level of your story – and why it’s important to know. There is no standard or uniform code to heat levels, so writers and readers can face a few challenges: what one reader may consider “hot,” another might consider “mild” or vice versa. With books there’s no certified ratings system a la the movies. And to further complicate things, if you’re looking at the hybrid route, publishers and agents also have different ideas

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP157 - Interview with romance...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/10/17

Our fabulous guest this week is award-winning romance author Louisa George. We talk with Louisa about how she balances the demands of being a “hybrid” author, publishing traditionally (Medical Romance and Women’s Fiction with Harlequin Mills & Boon) and self-publishing her romantic comedies. As Louisa says, self-publishing offers a creative freedom that we love, but that freedom can need some “structure” to ensure deadlines are met and, most importantly, reader expectations are met. Louisa’s

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP156 - The Kindness Factor

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/10/09

This week Wendy, Cheryl and Shar talk about “the Kindness Factor” – how we can achieve more but put less pressure on ourselves. Impossible you say? As we push ourselves to write more, to learn more and to get up to grips with this self-publishing world, there's often an unwanted side effect: a lot of us are really hard on ourselves and we're not enjoying our writer's life. Research shows that the happier you are, the more productive you are, so with that in mind we have our SPA Girls Top Five

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP155 - Self Editing for Authors

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/10/03

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we talk about self editing, and how to get your manuscript to the highest possible standard before sending it to your professional editor. Everyone will have a different style, focus and ideas on the best way to do self editing, and it's the kind of thing that's different for different people. No one does it the same, and that's okay. But as

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP154 - The Power Of Four

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/09/25

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we talk about the power of four, or how working and interacting with other authors can amp up your author career. Using our experiences in the SPA Girls we talk about how having other writers to talk to, offer support, give advice and ideas, and walk the same path gives you a huge boost in your writing career. We've all said that none of us

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP153 - From Cookie Cutter to...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/09/19

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for honest advice, tips and resources to help get you going. This week we talk about how to create characters that your readers will love. We delve into what characteristics are important, how to create tension between the hero and heroine using their personalities and flaws, and how you can use your character's traits to move the story forward and follow the arc of the plot. We also talk about how to help

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SPA Girls Podcast - EP152 - Interview with Tina Dietz

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/09/12

Thinking about self publishing but don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we have the fabulous Tina Dietz, an expert in the area of audio, podcasting and audiobooks, who talks to us about the ways we can be using audio in our writing careers. She gives us the low down on audiobooks, how to get them recorded, how they fit into the marketing of your books, and how to promote/market them to your audience. She also talks

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SPA GIrls Podcast - EP151 - Interview with Grace...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/09/05

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we have the delightful Grace Burrowes on the show, chatting to Cheryl and Wendy about her career, why she started writing, how she stays authentic, and why she uses blogging to connect to readers. A New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Grace says she's a recovering child welfare attorney, who for years turned to the reliable HEA of

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SPA Girls Podcast EP150 - Should I Prune My Mailing...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/08/29

Thinking about self publishing but don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for honest advice, tips and resources. This week we talk about mailing list health, what it actually means, and how to make sure your mailing list is the best it can be. This includes everything from when to cull people from your list, how to try to re-engage with people who don't seem to be engaging, how to ensure you have the best quality list you can have, and how to increase your email deliverability. If

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