In this episode, Angeline and Holly dig into the nitty-gritty of outsourcing tasks in your author business. They talk about what you might want to outsource and why, the things to look for in a freelancer, where to find freelancers, what to do if things turn sour, and how to nurture a positive relationship with [...]
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Episode 79: Book Release Strategies
In this week's episode, Angeline and Holly discuss ways to help make your book launch a success. They talk through setting up pre-orders, utilising social media and your mailing list, and running review teams. They also cover some of the pitfalls and mistakes they've made and touch on some tricky things to watch out for. [...]
Episode 78: Worldbuilding Festivals and Celebrations
Off the back of her New Year's Day traditions, Angeline talks about creating festivals and celebrations for your books. She talks about how festivals can be used to reveal character, create conflict, and reflect the themes of your story. She talks about the importance of bringing your worldbuilding back to character, and offers up a [...]
Episode 77: Reviewing Your Progress Helps You Plan Your Author Business Better
In this week's episode, Holly goes in depth on the subject of reviewing your progress in order to make better plans for the future. She talks about the Clifton Strengths test, common traits among writers, and ways to lean into your strengths to make you a more successful goal-setter. Get more help with planning 2021 [...]
Episode 76: 2020 All Wrapped Up
In this episode, Angeline and Holly go over what their plans were this year, celebrate the successes and reflect on the plans that changed and goals that were left behind. Check out Holly's Plan With Me 2020 video here: https://youtu.be/YoymUHryaGs Listen on your favourite platform HERE. Resources Unstoppable Authors MerchandiseUnstoppable Authors Facebook GroupUnstoppable Authors on [...]
Episode 75: Back to Basics – Self Publishing from Scratch
This week we are delighted to be bringing you some 101 publishing tips in our Back to Basics episode. We're talking about the fundamentals, such as "what is KDP?" and "what files do I need to publish a book?" If you're near the start of this author journey we hope we answer all of the [...]
Episode 74: Getting Organised and Managing your Time with Anita Davies
This week, Angeline chats with Anita Davies of Freedom From Tedium, talking all about how to get yourself organised and manage your time well. Anita discusses the benefits of time blocking and the Pomodoro method, as well as giving her top tips for dealing with schedule disruptions, and holding yourself to account to hit self-imposed [...]
Episode 73: Live at Indie Fire!
In this special epsiode, Holly and Angeline reflect on the big event and talk about world building, their first love, with guests Marisa Noelle and J.D. Groom. The discussion was live-streamed, and can still be watched, in the Unstoppable Authors Facebook group. Listen on your favourite platform HERE. Resources Marisa Noelle's websiteJ.D. Groom's websiteYour First [...]
Episode 72: NaNoWriMo From the Trenches – The Value of Your Tribe
In this episode, Holly interviews her NaNoWriMo writing tribe. Meet first-time novelist, Sam Frost; adult fantasy adventure author Laura Kendrick; and dark fantasy author Yanni Jade. Sam Frost, photo by Claire GroganLaura KendrickYanni Jade In this panel-style discussion, we dig into what's working during this round of NaNo, the importance of finding your tribe, our [...]
Episode 71: Let’s Get Sexy! How to Write Sex Scenes
In today's episode, Holly and Angeline discuss the dos and don'ts of writing sex scenes. Hear all of their favourite romance tropes, and the ones they've had enough of. Get their top tips for focussing on the right things, avoiding cliches, and find out why sex scenes and battle scenes are oddly similar! Listen on [...]