Tag: writing
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The Career Author Podcast: Episode 90 – The Art of the Email Broadcast
What should I put in my email broadcast? This question is one we all face on a regular basis. You have an email list, but what do you do with it? This week, J. breaks down a recent email broadcast and explains why it was one of the most effective he’s ever sent. The Career…
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The Career Author Podcast: Episode 89 – How to Get Support From a Partner or Loved One (or My Partner Doesn’t Support My Writing)
Getting the support of your spouse or significant other can make the difference between success and failure when becoming a career author. Discover how to set expectations and boundaries while honoring the relationship. The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors,…
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The Career Author Podcast: Episode 88 – Opportunity Costs (and a Story Levels pivot)
The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving your writing craft, and honest discussions of what it takes to build a successful career as an author. Every opportunity comes with a cost. We must decide what’s critical to…
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The Career Author Podcast: Episode 87 – Writing Better Dialogue
The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving your writing craft, and honest discussions of what it takes to build a successful career as an author. “We all want to write better dialogue,” Zach screamed irritably. Ugh. Clunky…
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The Career Author Podcast: Episode 86 – The Myth of Work/Life Balance
We’re all striving for work/life balance. Or are we? Discover how you can have it all as J. and Zach discuss how a career can intersect a fulfilling home life. The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving…
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The Career Author Podcast: Episode 85 – Using Pen Names
Choosing to use a pen name when publishing can be a difficult decision. Make sure you look at the issue from all angles before deciding. The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving your writing craft, and honest…
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The Career Author Podcast: Episode 84 – Finding an Audience with Anthologies and Box Sets
It’s getting hard to find an audience these days so leveraging multi-author box sets and anthologies might be one solution. The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving your writing craft, and honest discussions of what it takes…
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The Career Author Podcast: Episode 83 – Breaking Bad
The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving your writing craft, and honest discussions of what it takes to build a successful career as an author. SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE! Get our analysis of the pilot episode from Breaking…
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The Career Author Podcast: Episode 82 – Finally, a Procrastination Episode
The Career Author Podcast is a podcast where co-authors J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon share their struggles and successes as full-time authors, advice for improving your writing craft, and honest discussions of what it takes to build a successful career as an author. We’ve put it off long enough. Let’s finally talk about procrastination as…
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The Career Author Podcast: Episode 81 – Our Reader Engagement Failure
Zach and J. provide an update from episodes 48 and 56 where they had high hopes for an experiment to tap reader engagement. They’re not so enthusiastic about the results. You will discover exactly how badly their experiment failed and more: J.’s experience at ThrillerFest and the continued stigma surrounding independent publishing Zach’s close call…