The Authorpreneur Podcast - Writing & Self Publishing Tips

Send us Fan Mail Are you struggling to decide whether you should plot or pants your novel? If you've been a writer for longer than a quick minute, then you already know the debate between plotting vs pantsing is fierce. When I considered creating this episode to discuss this important writing topic, I didn't want to make another pros and cons list. Let's face it: there are millions...

Send us Fan Mail I've been thinking about changing how I deliver content on my behind-the-scenes author blog. I was inspired by Paul Teague's Self-Publishing Journeys podcast. The podcast has two types of content. The first is interviews with writers, and the second is Paul's podcast diary. I'd been listening to the podcast a few weeks before Paul asked me to be a guest on the...

Send us Fan Mail So, you’ve recently discovered that your story lacks conflict. And now you’re wondering: how can I create conflict in a story? And where can you add more conflict to your story? In the previous podcast episode, we’ve identified these five different types of conflict that are possible within a story. It’s really important that you understand these five types of story conflict befor...

Send us Fan Mail When you first flesh out a story idea, it’s perfectly natural to discover that your story is lacking conflict. Quite often, when you create a story, you create the entire story in my layers. What do I mean by layers? Here's an example: So, you flesh out the story idea, after this, you outline, then revise your outline, and you’ll go through and add more conflict into the stor...

Send us Fan Mail In this second part of my two-part mini-series, I discuss the final four steps you need to take to flesh out a story idea into a story synopsis. In the previous episode, I discussed how to identify your story's problem, what's at stake, protagonist and antagonist. These steps were the first four steps of my eight-step process on how to flesh out a story idea into a synop...

Send us Fan Mail So, you’ve created an idea or one-liner pitch for your story, and now you’re feeling stuck and don’t know what to do next. And, you're wondering how to flesh out a story idea into a synopsis.   When you first come up with an idea for a novel, the process of developing a story idea can seem like an endless, daunting journey. This feeling is perfectly normal. It’s the result of...

Send us Fan Mail You've probably just read the title of this episode, 'How to know if You're a Writer' and thought, 'She's reading my mind.' I swear to you, I'm not a mind reader. This has got to be the most frequently asked question among aspiring authors and writers. Everyone, at some point with this issue of self-doubt. We fear that there is a set of prer...

Send us Fan Mail Are you stressing over whether your story idea is profitable? Are you worried that you'll get to the launching stage of the publishing process and just hear crickets? It's perfectly normal to have moments along your writing journey where you doubt whether people will read, like, or even buy your book. Nevertheless, there are two steps you can take to put your mind at eas...

Send us Fan Mail So, you know you should be writing, and you intend on writing, but you can't seem to get your butt in the chair and actually write. If you can identify with that statement, then this episode is for you. Thanks to the rise of modern technology, we're living in an instant gratification world. This instant gratification encourages us to allow this habit to flow into other a...

Send us Fan Mail Do you have a million different story ideas and are struggling to choose the right book idea? Or Do you have a pile of manuscripts that you can’t seem to finish?   This indecisiveness is the writer's equivalent of shiny object syndrome. This is where you jump from idea to idea, and you can’t seem to choose the right one. You’re essentially stuck in the wonderful land of indec...

Send us Fan Mail Do you dream of writing a novel but don't know where to start because you believe that you don't have any great story ideas? If so, then this episode is for you.   First of all, I want you to know that you're not alone. Often, when you first start out in your writing career, you can fall prey to comparison syndrome, where you start comparing yourself to other writer...

Send us Fan Mail Congratulations, you’ve decided you want to become an author and publish your first book. Before you start writing your first book or next book, you need to consider what you really desire. There’s nothing worse than waking up one morning and realising what you’ve created isn’t what you wanted; it’s the opposite, your worst nightmare. To avoid this not-so-pleasant event, you need...