Podcast: The Career Author Podcast

Becoming a full-time writer can be overwhelming. Join J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon as they help you improve your craft and find your audience, so you too can become…a career author. This is The Career Author Podcast.

How to Choose a Title For Your Novel

Choosing a title for your novel can be incredibly difficult. Although we want our book titles to be unique and clever, this isn’t necessarily the best way to sell books. The title of your book shouldn’t be an afterthought. It’s one of the most important aspects of your book if you want to sell copies…

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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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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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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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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 Myth of Work/Life Balance

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’re all striving for work/life balance. Or are we? Discover how you…

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Using Pen Names

Choosing to use a pen name can be a difficult decision. Make sure you look at the issue from all angles before deciding. In this episode, you’ll discover: The reasons authors use pen names: Privacy Name too similar to another celebrity You’re writing in multiple genres The reasons authors don’t use pen names: No validation…

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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. In this episode, you’ll discover: The ways you can reach new audiences with: Multi-author box sets Anthologies Things to consider when going to market: Distribution Marketing Promotion Revenue Management Pricing Also, learn how you can…

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SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE! Breaking Bad

SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE! Get our analysis of the pilot episode from Breaking Bad including the worksheet! https://thecareerauthor.com/thecareerauthordownloads/movie019.pdf See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Finally, a Procrastination Episode

We’ve put it off long enough. Let’s finally talk about procrastination as a writer. In this episode, you’ll discover: The most common reasons writers procrastinate. From such things as: overwhelm chronic pain distractions How to stop procrastination in its tracks. By doing things like: scheduling and organizing tasks starting your day right developing a writing…

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