Spilling the Ink on writing, publishing, and all things books

Pen & Prosper

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USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star JT Lawrence is coaching Melissa Delport to six figures. This is your go-to pod for real talk on writing and indie publishing. We’re here to motivate you, drop some insight, and possibly even entertain you along the way.penandprosper.substack.com ( https://penandprosper.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast )

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Spilling the Ink on writing, publishing, and all things books

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Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 25: August Catch-Up! 15.08.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author! Special thanks to our paid subscribers: 🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵 🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵 🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵 🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵 🔥 @Connie Henderson 🩵 🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵 And a huge THANK YOU to our new video editor Elize van Heerden 🩵🩵🩵 Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, a...

Episode 24: Success with Influencers 08.08.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author! Special thanks to our paid subscribers: 🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵 🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵 🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵 🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵 🔥 @Connie Henderson 🩵 🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵 And a huge THANK YOU to our new video editor Elize van Heerden 🩵🩵🩵 JT Lawrence is an author of 35+ books, mother to a menage...

Episode 23: Essential Software for Authors 01.08.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author! Special thanks to our paid subscribers: 🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵 🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵 🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵 🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵 🔥 @Connie Henderson 🩵 🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵 And a huge THANK YOU to our new video editor Elize van Heerden 🩵🩵🩵 JT Lawrence is an author of 35+ books, mother to a menage...

Episode 22: Catching Up on TikTok and Facebook Ads 25.07.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author! Special thanks to our paid subscribers: 🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵 🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵 🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵 🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵 🔥 @Connie Cisco 🩵 🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵 And a huge THANK YOU to our new video editor Elize van Heerden 🩵🩵🩵 Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and l...

Episode 21: SPS Live London was Lit 🔥 19.07.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author! Special thanks to our paid subscribers: 🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵 🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵 🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵 🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵 🔥 @Connie Henderson 🩵 🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵 And a huge THANK YOU to our new video editor Elize van Heerden 🩵🩵🩵 Ines’s Substack: JT Lawrence is an author of 35+ books, m...

Episode 20: Diving into Universal Fantasies 16.07.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author! Special thanks to our paid subscribers: 🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵 🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵 🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵 🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵 🔥 @Connie Henderson 🩵 🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵 And a huge THANK YOU to our new video editor Elize van Heerden 🩵🩵🩵 Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, a...

Episode 19: Author Catch-Up July 2025 12.07.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author! Special thanks to our paid subscribers: 🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵 🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵 🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵 🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵 🔥 @Connie Cisco 🩵 🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵 Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word. For ten years Melissa owned and operated her...

Episode 18: Talking about Tropes 08.07.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author! Special thanks to our paid subscribers: 🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵 🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵 🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵 🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵 🔥 @Connie Cisco 🩵 🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵 Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word. For ten years Melissa owned and operated her...

Episode 17: Publishing strategy for Q3, the Author Earning Scale, and an Uncomfortable Conversation 07.07.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author. JT Lawrence is an author of 35 books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations. Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all nig...

Episode 16: (Bonus episode!) Author Catch-Up, and Success with Translations 24.06.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author! Special thanks to our paid subscribers: 🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵 🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵 🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵 🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵 JT Lawrence is an author of 35+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will...

Episode 15: Gearing up for the SPS Live in London! 20.06.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author. JT Lawrence is an author of 35+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations. Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all ni...

Episode 14: You've set up Facebook ads. Now what? 13.06.2025

Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author. JT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations. Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all ni...

Episode 13: Subscriber Q&As 07.06.2025

JT mentions Chuck Wendig’s plot structure guidelines, so here they are. This post is definitely worth reading, so please do! https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/05/05/in-which-i-critique-your-story-that-i-havent-read/ This is JT’s adapted version: 1. HEY LOOK A PROBLEM 2. I’M GONNA JUST GO AHEAD AND FIX THAT PROBLEM AND — 3. OH GOD I MADE IT WORSE 4. OH F*** SOMEBODY ELSE IS MAKING IT WORSE TOO...

Episode 12: Audiobooks for the win! 28.05.2025

Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word. For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three-book deal for The Legacy Trilogy and the rest, as they say, is history. Since then, her speculative fiction has...

Episode 11: Setting Up Facebook Ads 23.05.2025

JT teaches Delport how to set up Facebook ads to sell her books! We started with narrow targeting, but we’re moving on to broad targeting next week. Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word. For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree...

Episode 10: Always start with STRATEGY 17.05.2025

Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word. For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three-book deal for The Legacy Trilogy and the rest, as they say, is history. Since then, her speculative fiction has...

Episode 9: Takeaways from the Global Publishing Summit in Seville 16.05.2025

MORE lessons learned at the Seville Conference. SPOILER ALERT: IT WAS INCREDIBLE JT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations. Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all night...

Episode 8: Seville writing and publishing conference: PART 1 11.05.2025

All the lessons learned at the Seville Conference. SPOILER ALERT: IT WAS INCREDIBLE JT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations. Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all nig...

Episode 7: A traditional publishing success story 05.05.2025

In this episode Melissa interviews Marina Auer, a successful South African author who writes medical thrillers and recently got a 3-book publishing deal with Kwela. Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word. For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her...

Episode 6: 12 tips to avoid author burnout 26.04.2025

In this episode we chat about JT’s upcoming trip to Seville for the Global Publishing Summit conference and how to keep your creative energy flowing. Books mentioned: The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron Turning Pro and The War of Art by Steven Pressfield JT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild...

Bonus episode: Translations 19.04.2025

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit penandprosper.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 5: All About Direct Sales 19.04.2025

In this episode we chat about the importance of building a resilient author business. Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word. For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three-book deal for The Legacy T...

Bonus episode: Are free books still a valid marketing tool? 12.04.2025

In this episode we chat about overwhelm, outsourcing, and juggling *all* the things. JT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations. Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all ni...

Episode 4: How to cope with author overwhelm 12.04.2025

In this episode we chat about overwhelm, outsourcing, and juggling *all* the things. JT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations. Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all ni...

Bonus Ep 04.04.2025

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit penandprosper.substack.com/subscribe

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