The Self Publishing Show

SPS-305: How to Build a Believable World - with Angeline Trevena 19.11.2021 48:56 ↓

It's important to craft a world readers can lose themselves in. Here's how!

SPS-304: Introducing the Findaway Voices Marketplace - with Will Dages 12.11.2021 57:36 ↓

Tune in to discover how to sell audiobooks through every major distributor worldwide.

SPS-303: How Stories Help Us Process Trauma - with David Chrisinger 05.11.2021 1:06:47 ↓

Stories are what the human mind uses to understand the world – both the good and the bad. David Chrissinger explains.

SPS-302: How to Train Your Editor Brain - with Tiffany Yates Martin 29.10.2021 55:09 ↓

Every manuscript needs to go through editing. The question is, what kind does yours need?

SPS-301: Literary Fiction: What Is It? - with Roz Morris 22.10.2021 48:21 ↓

Literary Fiction often stands apart from genre fiction… but what actually defines it?

SPS-300: 6 Years of The Self Publishing Show 15.10.2021 50:25 ↓

For a special 300th episode of the Self Publishing Show, Mark and James take a look back at some of the highlights and industry changes of the past six years.

SPS-299: Reedsy - From Freelancers to Foundations - with Ricardo Fayet 08.10.2021 42:49 ↓

Ricardo Fayet co-founded Reedsy, an online marketplace offering every service an indie author could ever need. But did you know they also support the SPF Foundation?

SPS-298: Atticus: the All-Purpose Tool for Indie Authors - with Dave Chesson 01.10.2021 1:01:58 ↓

Fed up of using half a dozen different tools to produce a book? Atticus might be the answer.

SPS-297: Give Your Readers What They Want - with Melanie Harlow 24.09.2021 1:07:30 ↓

What authors want and what readers want aren't always the same – the importance of balancing art with commerce.

SPS-296: How to Write a Bestseller... for Children - with Suzy K. Quinn 17.09.2021 56:25 ↓

Suzy has written multiple bestselling novels and even presented an SPF course about maximising a book's chance of success. Now she's turning her hand to children's books.

SPS-295: Discovery Writing: Telling a Story Back-to-Front - with Patricia McLinn 10.09.2021 52:30 ↓

How to write a successful novel using the discovery (or 'pantsing') method.

SPS-294: How to Sell More Books Using TikTok - with Lila Dubois and Jayne Rylon 03.09.2021 1:02:08 ↓

It's one of the most popular social media platforms on the planet. So how can authors use it to their advantage?

SPS-293: Don't Give Up the Ghost(writing): Success Against All Odds - with Kathrin Hutson 27.08.2021 54:14 ↓

Addiction almost led to Kathrin Hutson giving up her dream of becoming an author; now she's a ghostwriting powerhouse penning books for the biggest publishers.

SPS-292: The SPF Foundation and the Dartmoor Detective - with Mikey Campling 20.08.2021 40:09 ↓

Mikey Campling loves writing whodunnits, but it's no mystery as to which courses contributed to his success..

SPS-291: Brain.fm: Helping You Focus on Your Writing - with Dan Clark 13.08.2021 45:59 ↓

Plenty of us struggle to get in the flow as often as we'd like – Brain.fm might just be the answer.

SPS-290: The Author Behind Mark Wahlberg's 'Infinite' - with Eric Maikranz 06.08.2021 1:11:40 ↓

Eric Maikranz took an unusual approach to getting his book turned into a movie – little did he know Mark Wahlberg would take the starring role.  

SPS-289: Why a NYT Bestseller Switched From Trad to Indie - with Gail Carriger 30.07.2021 49:12 ↓

She was a New York Times bestseller with successful trad deals. So why did Gail Carriger make to switch to full-indie?

SPS-288: How to Write Engaging Dialogue - with Jeff Elkins 23.07.2021 45:20 ↓

Suffering from a case of dry and stodgy characters? It's time to meet the Dialogue Doctor.

SPS-287: BookLab - with Machelle Hanleigh 16.07.2021 2:02:54 ↓

BookLab is back! Three industry experts give Machelle Hanleigh advice on how to improve sales of her Paranormal Romance novel.

SPS-286: How to Create a Book Trailer with Book Brush - with Corey Alderin 09.07.2021 35:13 ↓

Book Brush is known for its easy-to-use artwork templates. Now authors can build their own book trailers, too.

SPS-285: How Trad Pub Feels About the Indie Revolution - with Jane Friedman 02.07.2021 45:51 ↓

With the industry in flux, Jane Freidman discusses what trad publishing is doing to keep up with the changes.

SPS-284: Writing Interactive Books for Children - with James Russell 25.06.2021 50:41 ↓

James Russell goes one step further than writing a children's book series that flows into a middle-grade trilogy – he makes each book an interactive experience.

SPS-283: BookBub: More Than Just Featured Deals - with Carlyn Robertson 18.06.2021 39:44 ↓

Carlyn from BookBub explains how authors can utilise their ads platform, plus tips on how to snag one of their powerful and elusive promotions.

SPS-282: Happy Ever After: The Rise to Romance Stardom - with Lucy Score 11.06.2021 56:16 ↓

Lucy explains how taking Mark's courses has led to her becoming one of the biggest romance writers in the business.

SPS-281: Indie Author Mastermind: One Short Story a Week - with J. Thorn 04.06.2021 52:04 ↓

He co-presents the Writers, Ink podcast and is the man behind the Mastermind author group. J. Thorn's new challenge: writing one short story every week for a year.