SPA Girls Podcast

Bella is a true Indie Superstar with more than 10 million books sold (so far!). We interviewed her when she visited New Zealand for the Romance Writers of NZ conference a few years ago and this is well worth a re-listen. Bella is an inspiration and talks about her path to self-publishing, how she made it as an Indie, and her advice for people aiming to follow in her footsteps… Bella Andre is the ...

You've heard of tropes - but have you heard of MICRO tropes? Today's guest, romcom queen Amy Award , is sharing her incredible experience of incorporating readers fav micro-tropes, scenes and emotions that have made her books bestsellers! About Amy Romantic Comedy author Amy Award is a USA Today Bestselling author and TikTok Sensation. She writes curvy girl romance about real love and dirty fun, w...

Skye went from struggling to earn five figures while working all day, to earning over a million dollars a year working only four hours a day.  This is part two of two episodes where Skye covers her facebook advertising strategies that you don't want to miss!  Skye Warren is a publishing powerhouse and founder of the famed Romance Author Mastermind . This is a classic replay of an interview we reco...

Skye Warren went from struggling to earn five figures while working all day, to earning over a million dollars a year working only four hours a day.  This is part one of two parts you don't want to miss!  Skye Warren is a publishing powerhouse and founder of the famed Romance Author Mastermind . This is a classic replay of an interview we recorded back in 2019 and is still absolutely as relevant a...

Start the New Year strong! From choosing your "word of the year" to planning tools that simplify your workflow, we share our picks. Tune in and make this your most productive year yet! 💗 The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored by everyone who supports us on Patreon. Thank you so much, we love our listeners and our patrons! ⭐ Join us at the $10 tier, and you'll be invited to our private Self-Publishin...

 Who's been naughty and who's been nice?  The SPA Girls are here with with festive advice!   💗 The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored by everyone who supports us on Patreon. Thank you so much, we love our listeners and our patrons! ⭐ Join us at the $10 tier, and you'll be invited to our private Self-Publishing Mastermind group for authors, where we discuss all things self-publishing, marketing and w...

We're thrilled to have Ines back in the SPA to teach us about Direct Selling for Authors AND Special Editions in a very special episode packed with great advice for writers at all stages. Ines is a former television producer and college professor, and alongside her fiction writing, is producing some amazing resources for author including her podcast and courses for authors. Links mentioned in the...

A Replay Classic : Samantha Price is a USA Today bestselling author of Amish romance and cozy mysteries. Focused and organized, Samantha's results speak for themselves, but it will amaze you to hear how prolific she is and how she built her career in a smaller niche than usual. About Samantha: Samantha grew up in the Brethren community and has a deep affinity for the Amish way of life, which she h...

Universe World Building / Direct Sales / Earning Six Figures  Kaci Rose is a steamy romance author who published her first book in March 2020 and has since  catapulted into six figure income thanks to intentionally connecting her books within a universe. We're rapt she's in the SPA to share how she connects her books, intentionally putting characters into "guest" appearances, selling bundles via h...

*A SPA Girls Classic Episode*  ... Stop dreading writing another author newsletter aSPA Girls Podcast - EP476 - nd get ready to sell more books with email! Holly Darling (Mortimer) is the "newsletter queen" and has fantastic, actionable tips. Holly talked with us a few years ago and her advice is still as relevant today as it was then. Get ready to ramp up your author newsletter in 2025! Find Holl...

A short but impactful (hopefully!) run down of great tips for growing your author career and staying (relatively) sane and focussed. Topics include:   Consistency, no matter the speed Diversification / be nimble AI Personal Connection You Do You   💗 The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored by everyone who supports us on Patreon. Thank you so much, we love our listeners and our patrons! ⭐ Join us at th...

Kel Carpenter is a publishing powerhouse who has been a successful fulltime author since she was just 22 years old. With the goal of publishing 30 books by 30 years, she's achieved that and more! Kel has incredible business-savvy and a "learning" mindset that has helped her achieve multi-six figure pa success, manage burnout, and diversify her income streams. As well as her fiction, Kel is the cre...

Cathy Yardley is an award-winning author of romance, chick lit, and urban fantasy, who has sold over 1.2 million copies of books for publishers like St. Martin's, Avon, and Harlequin. She writes fun, geeky, and diverse characters who believe that underdogs can make good and that sometimes being a little wrong is just right. She likes writing about quirky, crazy adventures, because she's had plenty...

Comparison is the thief of joy - Theodore Roosevelt Today we talk about comparisonitis in the SPA. A topic we're sure is dear to many hearts. We live in a world where we can see what everyone else is doing online. Successes and failures. We are the 'instant gratification' generation, and have a need for success, so we compare ours with others! So sit back with your favorite beverage and let's dive...

Get ready to be inspired this week by our guest interviewee, romance author Juliette N. Banks. "In 2020 I wrote a book, pitched it to a few agents, got rejected three times, and waited another 35 seconds before deciding to self-publish. One of the best decisions of my life." ~ Juliette N. Banks Juliette is a bestselling romance author who has taken the genre by storm with her popular series The Mo...

This episode we discuss Book Signings and Book Fairs - in person events where authors get out of the writing cave and actually (gasp!) interact with readers and fellow authors. These can be great fun - and a little intimidating. Wendy's just returned from RARE Edinburgh so we grilled her on how she prepped, her table "set up", how preorders worked, what merchandise she took and how she handled the...

Rebecca Hefner is a USA Today bestselling author who is a passionate advocate for authors to reach more readers through publishing their books across a wide number of retailers, as well as on their own store. This episode she shares how she juggles her writing over three pen names, creating a monthly schedule for easy marketing and social media wrangling, and lots more marketing advice for connect...

Join us as we talk to Lana Love, the USA Today bestselling author of short romances featuring curvy heroines and the strong men who can't live without them.  Lana talks to us about how she has achieved success in short romance in less than two years using a mix of mindset, research and plain old stubbornness (her words, not ours...). We talk about what she did to level up, including the research s...

Sweet Romance Author, Anne-Marie Meyer is an Amazon and Apple Top 100 best seller and a 3x USA Today Bestselling author. With absolute intention Anee-Marie challenges herself to improve on how she sells. From Tik Tok to Direct sales she has hit heady heights, paticularly in the last 12 months. After her Amazon account was shut down for 48 hrs in 2022 for false reasons, she's decided that it would...

Your book cover is the "shop window" of your hard work, and it has to do the heavy lifting to attract potential readers to go on and read your blurb. So how do you figure out which cover is the best for you? This episode we give tips and tricks for choosing your cover and the elements that will connect with YOUR right readers. Resources mentioned (just put the episode number in your podcast app, o...

Theodora Taylor is back! And she's here to tell us how to craft our blurbs with LOTS OF BUTTER that hook readers and skyrocket sales. Theodora Taylor is the bestselling author of the 50 Loving States Series. Despite writing within a niche genre (interracial romance), she has earned six KDP All-Star bonuses and grown a fanbase of rabid readers through the power of Universal Fantasy. Her book, 7 FIG...

When she decided to write a palate cleanser novel in a completely different genre - with a brand new pen name - Alexa Rivers had no idea she would have a hit on her hands. In this interview she talks about why she wrote the book, how she picked the new pen name, the marketing she did, and how a book she wasn't expecting to do much at all... kinda did awesome. :) She also talks about the ups and do...

Attending conferences helps us network with professionals in the author world and gain insights and ideas to make our jobs easier or to upskill. What can you hope to get out of conference? > Conference helps us find our tribe. The SPAGirls wouldn't be here without RWNZ and their conferences. > Conferences show us we're not alone. > Conferences are inspirational in so many ways. eg. Make us write m...

Welcome back to another SPA Girls minisode. This one is a bit of a controversial take on mistakes writers make that make their work B O R I N G.  How do we know these? Because we've all made them!  So learn from us in ten minutes or less with a quick SPA Girls minisode. Enjoy!   💗 The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored by everyone who supports us on Patreon. Thank you so much, we love our listeners a...

How to decide what retail platform is right for you. Should you "be Amazon exclusive, "go direct", "publish wide" and/or use an aggregator? And what do those terms even mean? Firstly the definitions: Amazon Exclusive - means publishing your ebooks exclusively on Amazon and in the Kindle Unlimited subscription reading program for at least the initial 90 day period. This exclusivity requirement by A...