Nonfiction Authors Podcast

Discovering who your audience is, being present and generous with them, and being fearless about sharing your message are a few of the tips you’ll learn in this interview with Becky Robinson by host Carla King. Mobilize your team and deepen your reader and influencer connections right now or even before you launch your book. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the t...

Get tips on writing and publishing your memoir in a way that resonates with thousands of readers. Got a mission? Make it a movement!  Carla King interviews Laurent Eckhardt on how finding your purpose can help you connect to your audience on a deeper level.   Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/podc...

In this top replay, Stephanie Chandler talks with guest Edie Jarolim about how she organized tours for her books, in person and online. In the conversation you’ll learn how to write a book tour pitch, when to start pitching and mapping out your tour, how to manage book sales, and how to promote your tour. Going virtual? That works, too!  Find out more about our guest including show notes, highligh...

Join nonfiction literary agent Ted Weinstein and our host Carla King as they discuss the importance of a book proposal as a business plan, building an author brand/platform, publishing in periodicals, and how to gain community and support for your book. Lots of thought-provoking insights about publishing, self-publishing, foreign rights, and what agents care about in this quick 30 minute interview...

Risa’s a wellness writer, a licensed therapist, a professor, and a time management coach. In this 30-minute podcast, Risa Williams talks with host Carla King about mental roadblocks, how to retrain negative thoughts and ideas, tech tools that help, and even how to incorporate a goal sponsor for your writing.  Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at htt...

Autofiction is a genre that combines both autobiography/memoir and fiction. Whose memory, perspective, and fact are true? Where do you draw the line between absolute truth vs reorganizing the facts? Join author Lisa Sellge in conversation with Carla King in this lively discussion that includes a long book list on memoir and craft. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and...

Podcasts are a great way to introduce your work to the world and grow your audience. Join Lee Chaix McDonough and Stephanie Chandler in this top replay as they discuss the ins and outs of podcasts, and how to work them into your marketing plan. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/podcast .

Freewriting! Have you done it lately?  Freewriting is great for any author to provide inspiration, energy, and maybe even some surprises. Get tips for freewriting and some great prompts to boost your freewriting practice with our guest Marijke McCandless and host Carla King.  Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation....

Are you a nonfiction author curious about historical nonfiction? Good news for you! You don’t have to be a pro to write about a time period or event. In this podcast, Natalia Molina joins Carla King to share some encouragement and tips for writers who write historical nonfiction, memoir, and related genres.  Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at http...

Cherie Kephart burned the first version of her memoir, rewrote it, and penned two related books. Join us with your host Carla King to hear Cherie’s thoughts on the important heart work we do when writing a memoir, and how to keep the momentum going with related books that are helpful to your readers. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonf...

Twitter Spaces is the audio-broadcasting platform (like Clubhouse) that lets you become an audio program host. Growing your platform with audio? Find out how to start in this conversation between Megan Aronson and Carla King.  Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/podcast .

Everything audiobooks! Recording, narrating, publishing, retail pricing, royalty rates, costs, length, and giveaway codes for promotion. Nathan Agin joins Stephanie Chandler to discuss how audiobooks have the potential to exponentially grow the size of your audience and your wallet in this top replay. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://non...

The world of social media continues to expand, and for most of us, it can be overwhelming. Dan Blank, in conversation with Carla King, shows us how to create systems to help remove that overwhelm of sharing on social media platforms. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/podcast .

Publicist and media trainer Joanne McCall joins Carla King to discuss the inner and outer game of media and how to present yourself so that you come across as believable and credible about your subject matter.  Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/podcast .

Smashwords and Draft2Digital just merged! Kevin Tumlinson joins host Carla King to chat about how the merger will combine both platform’s book creation and distribution options for authors around the world.  Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/podcast .

After writing 34 books, Kristina Marie Darling has a pretty good idea of what’s needed when applying for grants to support a writing project! Kristina graciously shares all of her tips and tricks about the process in this top replay hosted by Stephanie Chandler.  Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/...

Join us for a concise description of children’s picture book authorship and publishing as from the various sizes and number of pages to how to get them to schools and libraries. Creative director and illustrator Karen Ferreira in conversation with Carla King. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/podc...

These aren’t theoretical tips. These are three specific actions you can use to become inspired and reinvigorated. Join Carla King in a talk with Janna Maron who shares wisdom from her 20 years of experience in helping authors get unstuck. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/podcast .

Feeling overwhelmed with your task list? Here’s how to hire an effective virtual assistant to take the load off. Digital marketing and systems strategist Jen Lehner demonstrates the hiring process to find the right VA and how to make them an integral part of your team. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/cat...

There are currently 1 billion active users on TikTok, including tons of book lovers and authors doing really cool things on the platform. Join Kelly Schuknecht and Carla King to find out how to get started with TikTok so you can start to reach your audience and wherever TikTok integrates. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthor...

Learn how to find the support you need from friends, family, colleagues, and readers, as you write your first book or your twentieth! In this top replay from the archives, NFAA founder Stephanie Chandler dives into community building. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthorsassociation.com/category/podcast .

Author and motivational speaker Allan Karl knows everything about podcasting and video-streaming at home and out on the road, on his motorcycle! You’ll get a big list of tools and equipment suggestions, promotion advice, and strategies and ideas for topics in this discussion with our host, Carla King. Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://non...

Editor and author Allison Lane joins Carla King for some good news and some bad news: Publicity is the author's job, whether you are traditionally published or self-published. And you can probably do it better yourself, not to mention saving a lot of money. Find actionable tips here! Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https://nonfictionauthor...

Finding an agent to represent your book is hard work, not to mention the query letter, proposals, contractions, and all those hopes and dreams and expectations. Lisa Tener talks with our host Carla King about that and throws in self-publishing, intellectual property lawyers, and so much in only 30 minutes! Find out more about our guest including show notes, highlights, and the transcript at https:...