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....

Sep 9, 2026

Be in charge, take action, get results. 🎯 Most of us stay stuck because we've never actually decided what we want. Business coach Erin Marcus on working out the outcome, reverse engineering the steps, and putting a date on it. 📅 A classic replay, and all of it still applies. ✨

Her starting point is that most...

Sep 7, 2026

J. Gabriel Gates — who writes romantasy as G.J. Gates — has a full-time job he loves and a self-funded publishing business. He opens every book launch with a Kickstarter, and that money becomes his entire advertising budget. In this episode of the SPA Girls Podcast (EP568) he walks us through going indie after...