Oct 14, 2026

You don't need a million readers. You need 1,000 who buy everything you write. Cheryl, Shar and Wendy take Kevin Kelly's 1,000 True Fans model — 1,000 people spending $100 a year — and work out what it actually looks like for an indie novelist right now.

Wendy has a reader group of 1,000 and gives away a signed...

Oct 7, 2026

🔁 CLASSIC REPLAY — This episode was originally recorded in 2023 and the writing craft advice is just as relevant today.

Matt Bird is a screenwriter and the author of two craft books for writers, The Secrets of Story and The Secrets of Character: Writing a Hero Anyone Will Love. For the second book he read...

Sep 30, 2026

This is a concrete, numbers-heavy conversation about what diversification actually means for a working author. Million-selling author Craig Martelle has published over 200 books since 2015, across 28 series, and has around 25 different sources of income.
Craig's definition of Author Diversification is multiple...

Sep 23, 2026

From shared-world collaborations, to building complementary character wounds, and fitting a full romance arc into 15,000 words, Lana Love breaks down her very successful approach to writing short romance. 

USA Today bestselling author Lana Love writes short romance: 15,000-word books with curvy heroines and protective...

Sep 16, 2026

Four authors, more than a decade of self-publishing, over 300 books published combined, and four very different takes on the successful author mindset. Cheryl, Shar, Wendy and Trudi share what keeps them writing through industry shake-ups, sales dips and busy family life.

Cheryl runs her whole life from one diary....