x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

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!

arts books

All Episodes

44:43

SPA Girls Podcast - EP149 - Killer Interview with...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/08/22

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for advice, tips and resources. Wendy and Cher sat down in a fairly noisy cafe with Indie author Damon Suede and his partner, Geoff Symon. The f-bomb went off fairly early in the piece, so if you're offended by swear words... you should still listen, because all the rest of the words out of their mouths were pure gold... :) Damon published his first novel, Hot Head, in 2011, which has since been named one of

en

54:38

SPA Girls Podcast - EP148 - Interview with Bella Andre

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/08/15

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. Today's interview is a must-listen interview with... Indie Superstar Bella Andre! We were super excited to be able to chat to Bella, who it turns out is the most lovely, down-to-earth person we've interviewed so far. She was in New Zealand for the Romance Writers of New Zealand conference, and we were able to kidnap and interview her about

en

43:05

SPA Girls Podcast - EP147 - Top Ten Traits for Self...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/08/08

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 advance your self publishing career. This week we talk about the top ten traits we believe you need to have to be a successful self-published author. These include, among other things, having a thick skin, being willing to take risks and staying focused. They're not always easy, and some involve practice and mindfulness, but if you manage to get everything on

en

52:14

SPA Girls Podcast - EP146 - Interview with Becca Syme

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/08/01

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for an episode filled with honest advice, tips and resources. We had a fantastic guest this week in the form of Becca Syme, Cosy Mystery author, writing coach, teacher of the Write Better Faster course, and podcaster at the Smarty Pants Marketing podcast. Becca talks to us about how we can all Write Better Faster in our writing careers. It's not about tips and techniques for getting more words per hour -

en

57:03

SPA Girls Podcast - EP145 - Newsletter Ninja Tammi...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/07/25

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're joined by the Newsletter Ninja, Tammi Labrecque, who talks to us all about creating an amazing author newsletter that will help amp up your writing career. She talks about why every author needs a newsletter, and how to take the people who sign up for your list and turn them into super-fans who will buy every book you write. Tammi also

en

41:21

SPA Girls Podcast - EP144 - Looking After Your...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/07/18

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. This week we talk about our own creative health, where we are at, and how we are attempting to ensure our creativity wells don't try up. We use examples from our own writing lives, and give a whole bunch of suggestions for how you, too, can plan and execute your own creative health plans to ensure that you can keep writing, despite the other stresses

en

54:43

SPA Girls Podcast - EP143 - Interview with Carlyn...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/07/11

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for honest advice, tips and resources. This week we were lucky enough to talk to the delightful Carlyn Robertson from BookBub about the email advertising platform, and how it can help you as an author. Carlyn explains how BookBub works, how to apply, what to expect when you apply, and some of the ways to make sure your application is more likely to succeed. She's also got some great tips for authors who've

en

48:18

SPA Girls Podcast - EP142 - Branding with Lauren Clemett

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/07/04

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 were privileged to have personal branding expert Lauren Clement with us to discuss how to create your personal author brand, and why it's so important. If the thought of branding gives you hives, this is the episode for you! She takes us through the basics, explains how to create a brand that represents you and your books, and talks about the

en

30:53

SPA Girls Podcast EP141 - Top Ten Free Online Tools...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/06/27

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30 mins of honest advice, tips and resources. Are you looking for some new tools to help you in your publishing journey? This week we give you ten FREE tools and websites that you can use to help, upskill, inform and educate you in your self publishing journey. Every single tool we give you is something that we've used ourselves, and that we can personally recommend to you. We were also slightly nutty

en

44:32

SPA Girls Podcast - EP140 - Tempting Taglines and...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/06/20

Thinking of self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for honest advice, tips and resources. Join us for an explanation of what a hook really is and why it's important for you and your novel. Then we talk about how to craft a hook that will be so intriguing and memorable for your readers, that they will go straight out and buy your book! (Or just click on the Amazon button.) Then we take the hook that you've created and using our sneaky five step process, explain

en

01:07:24

SPA Girls Podcast - EP139 - Kelly Lytle from Findaway...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/06/14

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for honest advice, tips and resources. This week we talk to Kelly Lytle from Findaway Voices about creating audio books for Indie authors. It's a fascinating subject, and Kelly not only takes us through the process of creating and distributing an audio book with Findaway Voices, but also what you as an author can do after that with regards to marketing and promotion. He gives us some fantastic advice for

en

42:32

SPA Girls Podcast - EP138 - Motivating your Mojo

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/06/05

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for 30ish minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we talk about how to get yourself motivated again after life gets in the way. It could be illness, personal issues, a holiday, an injury or even just your own negative self talk. Whatever it is that has stopped you from doing the amount of writing you want to do. We all experience it at some point in our lives, and it can be a huge hurdle to

en

44:22

SPA Girls Podcast - EP137 - Interview with Toni Kenyon

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/05/31

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. This week we talk to Toni Kenyon, a New Zealand indie author of Pacific rockstar romances. She gives us the inside scoop on some of the new techniques she's using to attract readers. About two months ago, she decided to try two new ideas to attract readers: firstly to do a weekly Facebook LIVE session, and secondly to write a weekly serial, where she

en

45:48

SPA Girls Podcast - EP136 - Dealing with Misinformation

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/05/23

Thinking about self publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls for 30+ minutes of honest advice, tips and resources. This week we talk about how to handle changes in the Indie Publishing environment without freaking out, including where to find the information you might need about any changes, and how to figure out if the information you're reading on Twitter is the real deal. Whenever a new change is made at Amazon, or a new law is passed somewhere or someone figures out a new

en

01:03:40

SPA Girls Podcast - EP135 - Interview with Maria Luis

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/05/16

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. We chat to Maria Luis this week about her writing story, her launches, how she's changed what she's done as she's learned more about the industry, and what she's learned since she published her first book in 2017. She's a very savvy marketer, and we had a great time listening to what she's learned about doing successful Amazon ads and Facebook ads, as

en

36:19

SPA Girls Podcast – EP134 – Interview With Kevin...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/05/09

NB technical note: we apologize for the audio pause in the first minute of the podcast, the gremlins (hobbits?) hit momentarily! Today we’re delighted to welcome Kevin Tumlinson, bestselling thriller author, and Director of Marketing for Draft2Digital into the SPA! Kevin talks us through using Draft2Digital to format and publish your books on line, the best practices for keywords and a host of other tips for indie authors. For many of us living outside the US, Draft2Digital is the way to access

en

37:52

SPA Girls Podcast - EP133 - Interview With Sara Rosett

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/05/02

This episode we are thrilled to talk with USA Today bestseller, Sara Rosett, about the wonderful, (sometimes) wacky and hugely popular sub-genre of Cozy Mysteries. Cozies have a rabid audience, but writers need to be sure that they’re meeting reader expectations and delivering a great puzzle, compelling characters and an intriguing setting. Sara has not only been writing a number of successful cozy-mystery series since 2006, but she also teaches an online How To Outline A Cozy Mystery course - so

en

28:00

SPA Girls Podcast – EP132 – Organization for Authors

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/04/24

How do you wrangle your research as a writer? Is keeping track of all your characters, setting details and story events driving you to reach for the chocolate (or vino)? In this episode we share our processes and tips for getting organized, and tools for staying on top of those myriad of details you need to remember. Side note: this is your free pass to hit the stationery store people, so bring on the colored flags, groovy folders and sparkly stickers. As with all things writing, there’s no one

en

44:48

SPA Girls Podcast - EP131 - Interview with Ricardo...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/04/18

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 to Ricardo Fayet, one of the founders of Reedsy, a curated site for matching authors and publishers to industry professionals like editors, designers, marketing professionals, and website designers. He explains to us how the site works, what kind of services indie authors can find on Reedsy, and how to find the best person to work with

en

47:41

SPA Girls Podcast – EP130 – Critical Care: Leveraging...

SPA Girls Podcast ·

2018/04/11

Thinking about self-publishing and don't know where to start? Join the SPA Girls each week for tips, resources and honest advice. This week we discuss how we each deal with criticism and leverage its powers for good, not evil!

en

531 results

Similar Podcasts

Start The Breakthrough Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!

thebookvoice.com

Get Hooked On The Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook Experience!

thebookvoice.com

西四五条

主播郑捕头

Podcast Patapoe

0d0a

On Mic Podcast

Jordan Rich