Thank you to all of our listeners, viewers and guests. You have made this podcast truly memorable. We hope you learned something from SPRT and enjoyed yourself along the way. We certainly did!   Three podcasts shall rise from SPRT’s ashes… Chrishaun Keller-Hanna presents Mind da Gap, a podcast where we talk to freshman writers […]

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Bob Mayer

Bob Mayer is a former Green Beret and traditionally published author turned indie. He has a long backlist (and frontlist) that includes military fiction, military science fiction and historical as well as a handful of collaborations with popular romantic comedy author Jennifer Crusie. We talked with Bob about how writing military fiction, co-write with an author from a completely different genre and how to be a self-published author. This was certainly an interesting show!

SPRT #172 – Writing Fiction with Bob Mayer

On December 7th 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes carried out a devastating surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and changed the face of World War II.Last month eight authors published the anthology: Pearl Harbor and More: Stories of WWII-December 1941. We invited some of those authors on to talk about writing World War II fiction and the diverse stories they included in the anthology.

On December 7th 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes carried out a devastating surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and changed the face of World War II. Last month eight authors published the anthology: Pearl Harbor and More: Stories of WWII-December 1941. We invited some of those authors on to talk about writing World War II fiction and the diverse stories they included in the anthology.

SPRT #171 – Pearl Harbor and More: Stories of WWII-December 1941

Everyone’s favourite Romance author, Zoe York joined us on the News Roundtable Roundup to discuss:- Didn't Amazon do well this Thanksgiving?- Facebook has been exaggerating the truth...- Barnes &amp; Noble still exists and they're trying really hard!- Vulnerability to WordPress has been fixed- ZOMG The end is nigh! SPRT to end!

Everyone’s favourite Romance author, Zoe York joined us on the News Roundtable Roundup to discuss: - Didn't Amazon do well this Thanksgiving? - Facebook has been exaggerating the truth... - Barnes &amp; Noble still exists and they're trying really hard! - Vulnerability to WordPress has been fixed - ZOMG The end is nigh! SPRT to end!

SPRT #170 – Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 1 December 2016

Unfortunately Bob Mayer was unable to make it this week but we will be rescheduling with him. In the meantime...The US election results are in, and just in time for NaNoWriMo! Join us as we talk about how we’re dealing with our writing when all it seems everyone wants to talk about is politics. Does this political controversy bring out a myriad of post-apocalyptic ideas for your next dystopian novel? Or do you find yourself too lost in the aftermath too find the words to even express yourself?

Unfortunately Bob Mayer was unable to make it this week but we will be rescheduling with him. In the meantime... The US election results are in, and just in time for NaNoWriMo! Join us as we talk about how we’re dealing with our writing when all it seems everyone wants to talk about is politics. Does this political controversy bring out a myriad of post-apocalyptic ideas for your next dystopian novel? Or do you find yourself too lost in the aftermath too find the words to even express yourself?

SPRT #169 – Writing Amidst the Apocalypse

Susan C Daffron

Earlier in the year Amazon created a new romance category called: Clean and Wholesome. This was great news for authors of fade-to-black romances as Inspirational Romance was not working for them and they were being overwhelmed in Contemporary Romance genres. This new category helps readers who want the romance and emotion without details of intimate bedroom–kitchen / car / outdoor  / etc–gymnastics to find exactly what they're looking for. It also means those who do want the details won't accidentally buy a book without it. But what exactly is this new category and how does one write in it? We asked contemporary romantic comedy author Susan C. Daffron to come on the show and answer our questions.

SPRT #168 – How to write clean and wholesome romance with Susan C Daffron

Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month's news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.This week Zoe York joined us to discuss:- Author Earnings: Indie eBook Market Share is down!- Will the real Stephen King please stand up- Reedsy launches free publishing courses- Changes to the Kindle Publishing Guidelines- Changes to the Amazon pre-order rules

Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month's news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry. This week Zoe York joined us to discuss: - Author Earnings: Indie eBook Market Share is down! - Will the real Stephen King please stand up - Reedsy launches free publishing courses - Changes to the Kindle Publishing Guidelines - Changes to the Amazon pre-order rules

SPRT #167 – Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 3 November 2016

Did that headline catch your attention? Good, that was the plan. No, you haven't been scammed but a lot of authors have. This episode we talked about a devious way for how an author, such as yourself, can be scammed. You're probably familiar with some of the more common ways, like: vanity presses wanting all of your money, people pretending to be editors / proofreaders / cover artists and taking all of your money–and perhaps your precious writing!

SPRT #166 – You have been scammed!

Rosanne Dingli

Crime fiction is not merely about crimes and their detection, or criminals and their motives. This genre is about readers’ fascination with human wrong-doing, what causes it, and how it is solved. Readers are beguiled by criminal intent and the aims to subvert it. They want to read about compelling characters (both perpetrators and the crime-fighters), find out why they do it, how they think and also about their private lives. We wanted to find out how the genre works and how to write it effectively so, we invited crime fiction author Rosanne Dingli to answer our questions

SPRT #165 – How to write good crime fiction with Rosanne Dingli

Lindsay Buroker

In October 2014 Lindsay Buroker dipped her toe into science fiction romance under the pen name Ruby Lionsdrake before returning to her name to publish an eight novel science fiction series. So far she has an impressive 10 series under her belt but what is even more interesting is that each time she launches something new her audience expands in leaps and bounds. So, of course we wanted her (back) on the show to pick her brain about her latest series, Fallen Empire.Audio available for download or watch on youtube ?

In October 2014 Lindsay Buroker dipped her toe into science fiction romance under the pen name Ruby Lionsdrake before returning to her name to publish an eight novel science fiction series. So far she has an impressive 10 series under her belt but what is even more interesting is that each time she launches something new her audience expands in leaps and bounds. So, of course we wanted her (back) on the show to pick her brain about her latest series, Fallen Empire. Audio available for download or watch on youtube ?

SPRT #164 – Launching a series with Lindsay Buroker

Interviews and blog posts to help you succeed in Self-Publishing. For indies, by indies.

This smart and often irreverent cast presents crucial information on the self publishing industry that has helped me to begin my own platform. An invaluable resource.

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Informative interviews and a lot of good info for authors and aspiring writers like me.

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Jasmine Walt

Audio available for download or watch on youtube ?It was 30th June when we last talked with New Adult and Fantasy author Jasmine Walt. She told us she was gunning for both the New York Times and the USA Today's Bestsellers lists and... she did! Her and several other authors in the multi-author boxed set she put together–and then Shadow Born made it on there too!. So of course we asked her to come back on the show and share how. From approaching other authors to bundling them together and setting up a pre-order, right through to finding out the good news.Not too shabby for an author whose first book was published on Christmas Eve 2015, huh?

Audio available for download or watch on youtube ? It was 30th June when we last talked with New Adult and Fantasy author Jasmine Walt. She told us she was gunning for both the New York Times and the USA Today's Bestsellers lists and... she did! Her and several other authors in the multi-author boxed set she put together–and then Shadow Born made it on there too!. So of course we asked her to come back on the show and share how. From approaching other authors to bundling them together and setting up a pre-order, right through to finding out the good news. Not too shabby for an author whose first book was published on Christmas Eve 2015, huh?

SPRT #157 – Jasmine Walt did it! Her Multi-Author Boxed set made the USAT and NYT Lists and here’s how…

Rosa Swann

Audio available for download or watch on youtube ?Everyone knows that romance is the most popular genre. What some might not realise is that gay romance has quite a fanatical audience as well. How fanatical? Well, we decided to find that out, along with what the audiences' expectations are and is it as simple as replacing the female in the love story with another guy? So we asked Rosa Swann, author and co-author of many gay paranormal romances, to join us this week and she answered these questions and more!

Audio available for download or watch on youtube ? Everyone knows that romance is the most popular genre. What some might not realise is that gay romance has quite a fanatical audience as well. How fanatical? Well, we decided to find that out, along with what the audiences' expectations are and is it as simple as replacing the female in the love story with another guy? So we asked Rosa Swann, author and co-author of many gay paranormal romances, to join us this week and she answered these questions and more!

SPRT #155 – Let’s talk about writing gay romance with Rosa Swann

Zoe York

Audio available for download or watch on youtube ?Every year the Romance Writers of America hold a big national conference. Romance writers of all flavours flock to the conference to mingle with their peers, participate in workshops, listen to speakers and panels and–apparently–drink margaritas :PZoe York was not a member of the RWA when she attended–she is now though–earlier in the month but she traveled from Canada to the conference to take part–and drink said margaritas. She reported back on her first RWA conference, what she thought of it, what tasty morsels of information she gleaned, the two workshops she ran and more!

Audio available for download or watch on youtube ? Every year the Romance Writers of America hold a big national conference. Romance writers of all flavours flock to the conference to mingle with their peers, participate in workshops, listen to speakers and panels and–apparently–drink margaritas :P Zoe York was not a member of the RWA when she attended–she is now though–earlier in the month but she traveled from Canada to the conference to take part–and drink said margaritas. She reported back on her first RWA conference, what she thought of it, what tasty morsels of information she gleaned, the two workshops she ran and more!

SPRT #153 – Romance Writers of America Conference 2016 with Zoe York

Michael Anderle

Michael Anderle is the author of the Kurtherian Gambit series. His first book, Death Becomes Her, was released in November 2015 and the series has so far sold a little under 20,000 books and has 9.5 Million KENPC read in the last six months. His first five books earned him 10,000 in just 90 days!With the help of others, he has formed a group called 20booksto50k to find what story ideas authors have that will sell better and allow writing to become our main occupation. And that is why we invited him on the show.

Michael Anderle is the author of the Kurtherian Gambit series. His first book, Death Becomes Her, was released in November 2015 and the series has so far sold a little under 20,000 books and has 9.5 Million KENPC read in the last six months. His first five books earned him 10,000 in just 90 days! With the help of others, he has formed a group called 20booksto50k to find what story ideas authors have that will sell better and allow writing to become our main occupation. And that is why we invited him on the show.

SPRT #144 – 20 Books to 50k: an interview with author Michael Anderle

Audio available!Australian author Demelza Carlton joined us to talk about building her mailing list from very low to over 15,000 in just six months! We asked her to share with us exactly how she did it, how much it cost and how one would maintain a list that size once you've attracted oodles of subscribers. We also talked about her writing, publishing but not her fear of swimming with fish :P

Audio available! Australian author Demelza Carlton joined us to talk about building her mailing list from very low to over 15,000 in just six months! We asked her to share with us exactly how she did it, how much it cost and how one would maintain a list that size once you've attracted oodles of subscribers. We also talked about her writing, publishing but not her fear of swimming with fish :P

SPRT #148 – Demelza Carlton’s Rock Star Mailing List Strategy

Steve Scott and Barrie Davenport from the Authority Self-Publishing podcast join us this week to help us form good habits and banish those pesky and soul-destroying negative thoughts that we sometimes–often–have as writers. We hope that they can teach us how to declutter our minds of the evil phunk so we can fill it up with what's important and more helpful to us as indie authors and publishers.Audio available for download or watch on youtube :D

Steve Scott and Barrie Davenport from the Authority Self-Publishing podcast join us this week to help us form good habits and banish those pesky and soul-destroying negative thoughts that we sometimes–often–have as writers. We hope that they can teach us how to declutter our minds of the evil phunk so we can fill it up with what's important and more helpful to us as indie authors and publishers. Audio available for download or watch on youtube :D

SPRT #161 – Forming Good Habits and Banishing Negative thoughts as a Writer

Domino Finn

Probably the most well-known male Urban Fantasy hero is Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden–an unwilling hero in a contemporary urban setting with a lot of supernatural elements. Think John McClane (from Die Hard) but wielding magical powers instead of a conventional weapon.Sadly, we were not able to interview Jim Butcher (he's not indie) but we did have the next best thing! Domino Finn, author of the Black Magic Outlaw and Sycamore Moons series talked with us about Urban Fantasy, its tropes and how to write the tough guy protagonist–without making him an asshole.

Probably the most well-known male Urban Fantasy hero is Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden–an unwilling hero in a contemporary urban setting with a lot of supernatural elements. Think John McClane (from Die Hard) but wielding magical powers instead of a conventional weapon. Sadly, we were not able to interview Jim Butcher (he's not indie) but we did have the next best thing! Domino Finn, author of the Black Magic Outlaw and Sycamore Moons series talked with us about Urban Fantasy, its tropes and how to write the tough guy protagonist–without making him an asshole.

SPRT #152 – Tough Guy Urban Fantasy with Domino Finn

Audio available for download or watch on youtube :)New Adult is a genre that only emerged within the last few years. It's a genre where the protagonists and targeted audience are college-aged and, like Young Adult, is being crossed with many other genres. Jasmine Walt is a new author who writes Fantasy married with New Adult and doing extremely well at it! She's currently ranked within the top 100 authors in Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy and Fantasy on Amazon. Did I mention she's a new author?

Audio available for download or watch on youtube :) New Adult is a genre that only emerged within the last few years. It's a genre where the protagonists and targeted audience are college-aged and, like Young Adult, is being crossed with many other genres. Jasmine Walt is a new author who writes Fantasy married with New Adult and doing extremely well at it! She's currently ranked within the top 100 authors in Sci-Fi &amp; Fantasy and Fantasy on Amazon. Did I mention she's a new author?

SPRT #150 – New Adult Fantasy with Jasmine Walt

Dave Kellett

Bonus half-hour episode!Audio available for download or watch on youtube :DYou don't have to be a fan of Dave or his comics to appreciate this special mini episode. He is a font of information that will benefit any writer.

Bonus half-hour episode! Audio available for download or watch on youtube :D You don't have to be a fan of Dave or his comics to appreciate this special mini episode. He is a font of information that will benefit any writer.

SPRT Mini #001 – World building, character creation and a bit of business with sci-fi webcomic creator Dave Kellett

Chance Carter

Audio available as well as Youtube recording.We were surprised at how much of an introvert our guest was. He's very down to earth, with a practical and motivated mind when it comes to making money in publishing.There's no doubt that romance is the most popular genre. The readers are voracious and will follow their favourite authors with a passion. Quite a number of those readers are currently enamoured with Chance Carter. A man writing Bad Boy Romances for women. While male romance authors aren't unusual, they're more likely to write under a female pen name. But not Chance, he's flaunting his gender on social media and the fans love it. How much do they love it? Well, a recent release netted him 400 reviews in a week! So of course we invited him on to find out how he does it.

Audio available as well as Youtube recording. We were surprised at how much of an introvert our guest was. He's very down to earth, with a practical and motivated mind when it comes to making money in publishing. There's no doubt that romance is the most popular genre. The readers are voracious and will follow their favourite authors with a passion. Quite a number of those readers are currently enamoured with Chance Carter. A man writing Bad Boy Romances for women. While male romance authors aren't unusual, they're more likely to write under a female pen name. But not Chance, he's flaunting his gender on social media and the fans love it. How much do they love it? Well, a recent release netted him 400 reviews in a week! So of course we invited him on to find out how he does it.

SPRT #149 – Super popular romance author Chance Carter reveals all!

Lucas Flint

Audio available for download or watch on youtube :DLucas Flint does not exist. Well, not really. He's the pen name of author Timothy L. Cerepaka. By day Timothy writes fantasy novels but at night his alter-ego writes and publishes Young Adult Superhero fiction. Why did Timothy decide to take on an alias? What inspired him to write superheroes and why YA? Is the combination a market worth writing in? We found out all that and more on this episode!

Audio available for download or watch on youtube :D Lucas Flint does not exist. Well, not really. He's the pen name of author Timothy L. Cerepaka. By day Timothy writes fantasy novels but at night his alter-ego writes and publishes Young Adult Superhero fiction. Why did Timothy decide to take on an alias? What inspired him to write superheroes and why YA? Is the combination a market worth writing in? We found out all that and more on this episode!

SPRT #160 – Let’s talk Superheroes with author Lucas Flint

Jessica McHugh

Jessica McHugh isn't just an author of speculative, absurdist and young adult fiction. She's a huge personality who gives of herself online, especially on her YouTube channel the McHughniverse as well as teaching children how to write fiction. Jessica's hair is also way better than Erica's!Audio available for download or watch on youtube :D

Jessica McHugh isn't just an author of speculative, absurdist and young adult fiction. She's a huge personality who gives of herself online, especially on her YouTube channel the McHughniverse as well as teaching children how to write fiction. Jessica's hair is also way better than Erica's! Audio available for download or watch on youtube :D

SPRT #162 – Absurdist fiction, YouTube and teaching future writers with Jessica McHugh

TS Paul

TS Paul published his first eBook mid-February of this year. It was the first in his Athena Lee Chronicles, a short form sci-fi serial, which he followed up with a second book just two weeks later. Since then he has released one eBook every two weeks. The length of each instalment varies wildly from 34 - 148 pages and he's charging $2.99 a pop! What's even more interesting is that they sell!So of course we invited him over to the podcast to tell us how he does it, why he does it and what he plans to do next.

TS Paul published his first eBook mid-February of this year. It was the first in his Athena Lee Chronicles, a short form sci-fi serial, which he followed up with a second book just two weeks later. Since then he has released one eBook every two weeks. The length of each instalment varies wildly from 34 - 148 pages and he's charging $2.99 a pop! What's even more interesting is that they sell! So of course we invited him over to the podcast to tell us how he does it, why he does it and what he plans to do next.

SPRT #146 – Sci-fi author TS Paul talks about his success selling short fiction

Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month's news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.We were joined by Supernatural Thriller and Post-Apoc author, John L. Monk and discussed:- Amazon bans incentivised reviews- KU page reads missing- Harlequin Lawsuit finally sorted- Ellora’s Cave is closing, but...Audio available for download or watch on youtube :D

Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month's news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry. We were joined by Supernatural Thriller and Post-Apoc author, John L. Monk and discussed: - Amazon bans incentivised reviews - KU page reads missing - Harlequin Lawsuit finally sorted - Ellora’s Cave is closing, but... Audio available for download or watch on youtube :D

SPRT #163 – Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 6 October 2016

Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month's news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.﻿Romance author Zoe York joined us tonight to discuss:- Penguin Random House still claiming that subscription services are hurting authors- Joanna Penn's strategy for getting on a bestseller list- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author taken to court by Hachette

Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, our monthly podcast (first Thursday of the month) where we invite a guest or two to join us live to discuss the previous month's news and views from the self-publishing and indie industry.﻿ Romance author Zoe York joined us tonight to discuss: - Penguin Random House still claiming that subscription services are hurting authors - Joanna Penn's strategy for getting on a bestseller list - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author taken to court by Hachette

SPRT #158 – Roundup of Indie Publishing News and Stuff – 1 September 2016

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