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Ep 34: Where to find motivation to write
The vast majority of people who join the Write the Damn Book Already Facebook group say they are looking for one (or more) of the following things:
Motivation
Inspiration
Accountability
I can help you with all...
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Ep 33: Interview with Emily Lynn Paulson
Emily Paulson's second book, Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and other Lies Behind Multi-Level Marketing (Row House, May 30, 2023) is the eye-opening, funny, and dangerous personal story of author Emily Lynn...
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Ep 32: Interview with Sam Garcia
Whenever I have questions about Instagram/Facebook (or, as it's newly referred to, Meta) ads, the first person I go to is Sam Garcia.
The founder of Dirty Alchemy Digital Marketing, Sam and her team have run ads for...
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Ep 31: Interview with Laura Belgray
Sometimes, you're sure you'll love someone well before meeting them. That's the way I felt when I learned of Laura Belgray's forthcoming book, "Tough Titties."
At once a collection of essays, a memoir, and a...
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Ep 30: My reel went viral; here's what happened next
I’ve always said that if I ever went viral, it would be for something stupid. I’d be filmed saying something grammatically incorrect. Or trip and fall face-first into the concrete in front of Ryan Eggold (after saying...
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Ep 29: How to Sustainably Increase Book Sales
"I can get your book onto the NYT bestseller list."
"I can get your podcast ranked in the top 10 on Apple."
"I can get you 8692.7 verified reviews on Amazon...in 2 days."
The offers are everywhere. And of course...
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28: 5 Tips for Removing Writers Block
As you may or may not know, I don't believe in writers block.
At least, not in the way many people do---that it's a concept every writer must experience, a rite of passage of sorts, that can keep a writer from...
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27: Interview with Linda Sivertsen
Linda Sivertsen, “Book Mama,” is in LOVE with books—reading, writing, and selling them. Her titles have won awards and hit all the lists as an author, co-author, and former magazine editor and ghostwriter. But her...
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26: Interview with Renata Trebing
Even though she ended up getting a degree in chemical engineering, Renata Trebing started reading cookbooks (for fun) when she was 8 years old. So it’s not terribly surprising that she ended up writing one!
She loved...
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25: Beware of this Self-Publishing Myth
When it comes to book publishing, there are 3 main models available: traditional, independent, and self. None is the best across the board. One is the best for each author and each book!
I find it curious that still...
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24: Why being on the slow boat isn't bad
I don't know it it's an end-of-year thing or an all-year-round thing, but I'm hearing a lot of people saying, quietly, that they feel like they're a bit "behind.
Honestly, I get it. I'm about to turn 50, and I...
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23: Interview with Jamie Gagnon (Children's Books)
Jamie Gagnon’s first book, Imagine My Love (an illustrated children’s book), was released in September 2022. With a degree in early childhood education and preschool teacher certification, it makes sense that she'd...
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