A self-published author's diary
By Elodie Nowodazkij
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The behind-the-scenes of self-publishing and writing with Elodie Nowodazkij, indie author of first kisses, second chances, things that scare the crap out of her and things that make her laugh out loud. Since 2014, Elodie has been riding the roller coaster of self-publishing, celebrating victories and weathering storms. Join her as she shares the candid ups and downs of her self-publishing career and strives to provide invaluable insights for both aspiring authors and curious readers with a touch of humor and a French accent.
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My Self-Pub Weekly Diary: Some Wins, Some Wobbles, and Absolutely Zero Words (on My Manuscripts)
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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My F***-It Book: She Had Cancer and Still Gets a Holiday Steamy Rom-Com
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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New Release Hiccups, Metadata, Pen Names, and Mild Panic
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Hi, it's me...a self-published author now in Belgium
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Splitting Pen Names & Newsletters (Plus My Cat Might Make an Appearance)
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May 23, 2025 |
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To KU or Not KU My Gavert City series in English?
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May 20, 2025 |
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Dear Meta, It's Not Me, It's You Or My Facebook Ads Account For My Books Has Been Disabled
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Ugh. My Facebook Ads Account Has Been Restricted...
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Cancer and Creativity: Finding Hope in Therapy, Romance Novels and Second Opinions
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Goodbye, Kindle Vella: A recap of the highs, the lows And pivoting (again) as a self-published author.
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Gasp. Anxiety And Writing Didn't Prepare Me For Cancer.
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Organizing Writing/Self-Publishing Goals and tasks and to-do lists : Finding a System That Works for Me
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Big, but Not Romance Big: Looking back at Cancer Treatments, Creativity, and All the Weird Stuff In Between.
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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My writing and self-publishing love list...
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Bookbub Featured Deal Results and my self-publishing ups and downs...
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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My 2024 word is: Appreciate. What this means for my writing and self-publishing...(also DMARC and more)
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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My 2023 self-publishing ebook sales data: Libraries
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Finding joy in resilience (and yes also, still a bit overwhelmed sometimes): My 2023 recap as a self-published author..
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Dipping my neuropathic toes into subscriptions as a self-published author and setting up my Ream page
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Starting my Subscription as an Author on Ream: my first steps and why Ream?
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Navigating an Author Event: Conversations, Connections, and Cultivating Contacts (Oh, and the Paperback Almost Crisis)
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Real-Time Self-Publishing: The Launch Day Chronicles of a New Pen Name
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Author Newsletter: How I added 84 subscribers in one week via TikTok and Instagram, Welcome Sequence and More...
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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A self-publishing update: Vella, a day without earnings, and business decisions...
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May 12, 2023 |
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Episode 75 - Podcast reset, a quick recap and three newsletters for writers
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Let's talk Kindle Vella: metrics, bonus, and why I enjoy writing serialized fiction, too.
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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BONUS - Three Black Friday Deals For Writers (2022)
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Defining "success" as a self-published author ...
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Kickstarter for Authors: What To Do When Your Kickstarter Does Not Get Funded ... (and what I would do differently)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Ten days after my latest book release (sold copies, reviews and what comes next) and a peek inside this author's day on release day.
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Trying out a new book review strategy and SO MANY emotions about the release of #SweetsForLove
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Announcements: Summer Break and Self-Publishing/Writing Ask Me Anything
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Self-publishing reflection: planning and goals (Vella, novellas, marketing and more...)
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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REPLAY - How my self-published book A SUMMER LIKE NO OTHER became a success...
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May 31, 2022 |
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Ep. 62 - The ups and downs of self-publishing (including the words every romance author wants to hear...)
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May 24, 2022 |
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Ep. 61 - My BargainBooksy and AudioThicket recap, the "need" to write and more...
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May 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 60 - Writing process, the writing craft and advice from TikTok (Thank you so much!)...
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May 10, 2022 |
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Ep. 59 - April book sales breakdown and did posting every day on TikTok help my sales? (and the lines that stay with you)
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May 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 58 - The one with the Kindle Vella Bonus, writing with Pomodoro and audiobook excerpt...
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 57 - My self-publishing March recap: my sales data, Kindle Vella, audiobook and more
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 56 - Why I decided to try out Kindle Vella as an indie author and my first days on the platform.
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 55 - Cover reveal (cover costs and strategy for this book) and learning more about the 7 rules of marketing.
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 54 - How one of my TikTok videos went viral on Instagram and using Amazon ads as an indie author...
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 53 - REPLAY - My top 3 self-publishing mistakes
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 52 - February recap and setting up my writing and self-publishing schedule for March...
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 51 - Back on track with writing, Kindle Vella and the Draft2Digital / Smashwords news...
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 50 - When it feels like a flop... or my reminder to keep writing and be gentle with myself.
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 49 - Inspiration, drafting, changing writing spots and writing tools ...
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 48 - An indie author January 2022 review: My self-publishing highs & lows
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 47 - Dipping my indie author toe into TikTok (and writing thoughts about the TV show Billions).
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Ep. 46 - Writing 6000 words in a couple of hours or how I'm leaning into my process...
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Ep - 45: An indie author yearly review: The highs and lows of my self-publishing career in 2021.
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Ep. 44 - Five things I've learned about self-publishing in 2021 and one thing I learned about writing.
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Ep. 43 - Five things I've learned about podcasting as an author in 2021 and five things I want to do next year (podcast-related)
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Ep. 42 - The feeling when you upload your files for publication, brainstorming story ideas and learning, learning, learning...
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Ep. 41 - Gearing up for the publication of #TheLeftoverBride French edition and writing craft building blocks...
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Ep. 40 - Keeping track of indie author conferences, updating newsletter landing pages and the writing high ...
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Ep - 39: Good news, using Netgalley as an indie author (part 1), getting a spike in free ebooks in Germany (not sure why)...
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Ep. 38 - Another (hard) lesson learned as indie author, getting back into a writing routine and more...
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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REPLAY - Interview with audiobook narrator Megan Carter
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Ep. 37 - Not writing for a few days and a SEE ME, SEE ME NOT audiobook preview...
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Ep. 36 - Learning from other indie authors because success isn't a pie, right?
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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What has worked with my latest book release as an indie author and what I've learned... And I turned two!
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Ep. 34- The art of translation or why I don't translate my own books... Setting up my writing goals and daily calendar.
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Ep. 33 - Why the Chemical Engineer was right and the hardest part about writing & self-publishing #TheLefoverBride
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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#TheLeftoverBride is out in the world! A recap a few days after publication...
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Ep. 31 - The jitters before publication and thinking about the next stories...
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Because Sometimes You Just Need to Ask About a Dog…(Bonus episode)
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Ep. 30 - Writing on the couch... Revising and editing in the chair. And finishing my book!
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Ep. 29 - Who's talking? Or why I need to change one scene's point-of-view. And how I fall in love with my revised chapters...
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 28 - The One With The First Three Chapters of the A SUMMER LIKE NO OTHER audiobook...
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Ep. 27 - Finding my words, writing as a form of catharsis and letting the ending of #TheLeftoverBride simmer...
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 26 - Spending hours on one paragraph, pondering the length of chapters and more google searches...
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Ep. 25 - Vermont, food, and why I decided to slightly postpone the release of #TheLeftoverBride
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 24 - Come revise with me and have you ever wondered what writers google?
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 23 - Revising is a roller coaster of emotions. And do writers get decision fatigue?
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 22 - Going wide with my audiobooks (from ACX to Findaway Voices), some market data and the roller coaster of emotions that is sending your book to your critique partners.
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Preparing for a bestseller or how I'm adapting my self-publishing mindset, exploring my strengths for #TheLeftoverBride and no spoilers...
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Ep. 20 - Did I always know I would write for readers? And my super scientific writing process of "ohh" and "yay" and confidence...
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Ep. 19 - Getting your self-published books into the French-speaking market: a case study (mine) and finding a translator. And #TheLeftoverBride almost has a cover...
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Ep. 18 - Selling my books directly to readers, my expectations and that happy "I got that one paragraph" feeling from revising #TheLeftoverBride.
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Ep. 17 - Feature Friday: Talking with Ines Johnson about her success in self-publishing, how writing screenplays has influenced her writing, pen names going "wide" and advertising.
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May 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 16 - Re-branding my Gavert City series with new covers...and doubts and making progress (+ answering questions from listeners :-))
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May 25, 2021 |
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Ep. 15 - Feature Friday: Talking with Megan Carter on how acting may influence her writing, the similarities between acting and publishing, and roller coasters ( + Giveaway)
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May 21, 2021 |
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Ep. 14 - Feature Friday: Talking with Katy Upperman about being vulnerable in our writing, her love for the revision process and her dream projects (+ Giveaway)
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May 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 13 - Feature Friday: Talking with Mona Shroff about writing romance, a baking contest and receiving "the" calls.
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May 07, 2021 |
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Ep. 12 - Before the cover reveal (how to engage readers...maybe) and random thoughts about social media.
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May 04, 2021 |
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Ep. 11 - Feature Friday: Talking with L. Penelope about writing, publishing, patience and perseverance...(and cheesecake)
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 10 - My top 3 self-publishing mistakes (and keywords...)
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 9 - The One With The Flashback Friday (and Q&A)
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Ep. 8 - The Little Book That Could...and keeping track of sales.
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Ep. 7 - Five Questions to The Chemical Engineer...and a new book!
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 6 - The One With The Behind-The-Scenes of Launching a Podcast...
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 5 - Self-publishing platforms and...cicadas?
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 4 - A little March recap: keeping track in an ocean of to-do lists...
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Ep. 3 - The One With An Interview With Audiobook Narrator Megan Carter…
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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Ep. 2 - Let’s start, shall we?
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Ep. 1 - Do you want to learn more about my adventures in self-publishing?
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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A self-published author's diary (Trailer)
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Mar 31, 2021 |