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From a Law Enforcement Career to Writing Crime Novels | Patrick O'Donnell
I talk to a lot of writers who are just getting started in their 40s and 50s. That was certainly the case for me. I was a college professor for many years, then made the transition to ghostwriting and author coaching...
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A Beginner's Guide to MAPs (Multi-Author Projects) | Mary Felkins, Dalyn Weller, Kit Morgan
As an author, there are lots of ways to collaborate with other writers. You can co-write a book, ghostwriter for people and remain in the background, be part of a series or anthology, and more.
However, I confess that...
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Q&A on "The Faith of Elvis" | Billy Stanley
Nearly three years ago, in October 2022, the book The Faith of Elvis was published. I had the honor of writing it for Billy Stanley, Elvis’s stepbrother and the author of the book.
Billy grew up with Elvis and spent...
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What It's Like to Work With a Ghostwriter | Adam Boggs
There’s one topic I am asked about far more than any other. As you can imagine, that topic is ghostwriting.
The questions come from all perspectives. Writers who want to build a business ask me about how I got started...
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Accounting Essentials for Writers | Danielle Hayden
It goes without saying that there are two main words in the title of this podcast: Profitable and Writer. Chances are pretty high that, like me, you became a writer because you wanted to express yourself or tell...
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Diversifying Your Writing Portfolio | John David Mann
If you talk to any career writer, especially those who have been at it for a while, you’ll discover that the vast majority of them do several different things.
In my experience, most full-time writers do a mix of...
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How to Start Writing Fiction | Jim Woods
As human beings, we are wired to crave stories. I’ll bet a day doesn’t go by when you don’t dive into stories in some fashion, whether it’s movies, TV shows, novels, audiobooks, or talking to your family about the...
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The Author’s Guide to Producing and Narrating Audiobooks | Trenton Bennett & Lynn Smargis
In the last couple of decades, audiobooks have exploded in popularity. In fact, audiobooks are the fastest-growing segment of digital publishing, with Audible distributing well over half of all audiobooks.
And what’s...
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A Conversation About the Creative Process | Catharine Bramkamp
When I started podcasting over ten years ago, one of my major motivations was getting to have interesting conversations with interesting people who were doing interesting things. That sentence sounds a little...
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Tips for Improving Your Nonfiction Book Proposal | Margot Starbuck
Imagine if you were taking a trip across the country, from New York to L.A. You probably wouldn’t just hop in the car and start driving. Instead, you’d plot out your journey via Google Maps, Apple Maps, if you’re a...
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Using Your Pain as a Pathway to Writing | Jim Barnard
One of the realities that binds us all together as human beings is that we experience pain. It doesn’t matter what culture you’re from, how old you are, or what your life experience is … you deal with suffering on a...
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Building a Multifaceted Writing Career | Savannah Carlisle
If you’ve listened to this show any length of time, you have heard me talk about the value of building multiple streams of income. Almost every successful writer I know has followed this path of building their...
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