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Ep 39: Interview with Neely Alexander, author of Love Buzz
If you love hearing other authors' experiences when it comes to querying, agent selection, and the publisher selection process, this episode is one to listen to!
Neely Tubati-Alexander's debut novel, Love Buzz,...
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Ep 38: How to Choose the Right Publisher
Hybrid publishing is a model whereby an author pays a publishing house to do the publishing legwork---including (sometimes) editing, cover design, interior formatting, and distribution channel setup---while retaining...
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Ep 37: Interview with Dr. Tanmeet Sethi (Joy is My Justice)
“It’s not about whether I believe this is good every day. It’s whether I can relate to this critical mind and understand that that’s just a part of my nervous system trying to protect me from the fear of ‘Will anyone...
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Ep 36: Interview with Megan Tady (Superbloom)
In Episode 36 of the Write the Damn Book Already podcast, Megan Tady (author of Superbloom, May 2023, Zibby Books) and I chatted about the journey to her debut novel.
INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS
Where the idea for...
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Ep 35: I Want to Write a Book. But Where Do I Start?
Want to write a book but have no idea where to start?
You're not alone. In fact, "Where do I start?" is the most common question I hear!
In this episode, I break down the first three steps I encourage every aspiring...
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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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