Bestseller

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From Reedsy, this is Bestseller, a podcast for aspiring authors, demystifying the process of writing and self-publishing a book, one chapter at a time.

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Reedsy Live: The Podcastvia soundcloud

Unleash Your Inner Editor (and Kill Your Darlings) with SJ Watson

Join bestselling author SJ Watson as he shows you how to activate editor mode.

Season Fourvia soundcloud

Epilogue: The Beginning

But, as mysteriously as they begin, all creative journeys come to an end. Or do they?

Season Fourvia soundcloud

Chapter 5: A Long Way To Go Viral

These days, everyone wants to be the next overnight viral sensation. But, as it turns out, there's nothing overnight about it.

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Chapter 4: Branding Yourself

Before selling your book, you need to learn how to sell yourself.

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Chapter 3: Reading The Write Way

How do you learn to see your creative work from other's perspectives? The answer is the same thing it's been for centuries: pick up a book.

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Chapter 2: Facts & Fiction

The Hero's Journey is an excellent metaphor for any creative process. But when it comes to self publishing a nonfiction book, the line between fact and fiction is anything but metaphorical.

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Prologue: The Hero's Journey

What do the Greek Gods, Walt Disney, and indie author slash creativity professor Tim Cigelske all have common? Apparently, everything.

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Chapter 1: Framing Your Mind

As the Hero's Journey starts up again, Tim has to put his own creativity advice to the test.

Bonusvia soundcloud

Addendum 9: Moving Too Fast (with Jami Albright)

Move too fast and, instead of working around your obstacles, you might just crash into them – in romance, in writing, and in writing romance.

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Addendum 8: Adapting to Change (with I.L. Cruz)

When your story isn't a popular one, how do you get people to listen? According to I.L. Cruz, it helps to disguise it as a story everyone knows already.

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Addendum 7: Help Yourself (with Mason Engel)

It's one thing to turn a great book into a bestseller. But how do you learn to write a great book in the first place?

Season Threevia soundcloud

Epilogue: Like A Pro

Behind every professional, there are many amateur hours. Behind every success story, there are many more that go untold.

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Chapter 5: The Life of the (Launch) Party

In the era of the eBook, why are some authors still selling paperbacks from their front doors?

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Chapter 5: The Life of the (Launch) Party

In the era of the eBook, why are some authors still selling paperbacks from their front doors?

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Chapter 4: Paperback Writer

Paperback books have historically been derided as cheap, brief entertainment. So, in the era of the eBook, why would you print them at all?

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Chapter 3: The Prince and the Paradox

Kids can be picky, especially when it comes to what they prefer to read. So why not give it to them?

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Chapter 2: The Least Syllable of Thy Addition

How do you insult your audience without insulting their sensibilities... or their intelligence? When writing for a juvenile audience, finding the right balance is more important than ever.

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Chapter 1: Like Magic

When it comes to writing a bestseller, magical worlds work like a charm, right up until they don't.

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Prologue: Amateur Hour

It's hard enough writing a novel for anyone. When writing for kids aged 12 to 18, it's another challenge altogether.

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Addendum 6: All The Cool Kids Are Doing It (with Jacqui Castle)

What comes first, the novel or the genre? A journalist turned novelist, a zeitgeist changing election, and a young adult reading trend might help us to find the answer.

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Addendum 5: To Trope or Not To Trope (with Marlow York)

Drawing from your influences is one thing, stealing from them is another. How did Marlow York walk the tricky tightrope of writing with tropes?

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Addendum 4: Flashback (with Benjamin Davis)

How do you market a book that you can barely even describe? Benjamin Davis, author of a so called magical realism poetic memoir, travelled across the world to find the answer.

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Epilogue: Always A Challenge

Writing never gets easier. How does Jenn still do so much of it anyway?

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Chapter 5: Making A Community

How do you transform "working writer" from the job of your dreams into a career?

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Chapter 4: Making A Change

In this day and age, readers care about your writing if they care about you first. So how do you turn "you" into a marketable brand?

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Chapter 3: Having A Community

Over the past ten years, self-publishing has become unequivocally common. How can a new author stand out in such a large community?

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Chapter 2: The New World

Before it was a multimillion dollar industry, self-publishing was a new world. But was the (literal) gold rush worth the (figurative) smallpox?

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Chapter 1: The People v. Cozy Mysteries

Is "writing to market" the same as selling out, or is it just good business?

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Prologue: In Your Dreams

How do you transform "working writer" from a job that's in your dreams to the job of your dreams?

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Addendum 3: Happily Ever After (with Anthony Sciarratta)

Is ending your story "happily ever after" cliché? Maybe -- but some clichés exist for a reason.

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Addendum 2: The Human Element (with Eliot Peper)

What is the best way to market a book in the Internet age? Technology may have changed, but the answer hasn't -- for over 2,000 years.

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Addendum 1: Choice Words for First Drafts (with Brett Putter)

How do you turn your first draft into a published book? According to Brett Putter, founder of CultureGene and author of "Culture Decks Decoded," the answer may be unsuitable for print.

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Epilogue: What is an Epilogue?

How do you end a novel, a story, or a podcast? Perhaps, with an epilogue.

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Chapter 5: Going to Market

In an oversaturated market, how do you make your product stand out? Be it running shoes or books — the answer is the same.

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Chapter 4: The Design Stage

How do you design the cover your book will inevitably be judged by?

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Chapter 3: Deal or No Deal

The classic writer’s dilemma: traditional or self-publishing?

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Chapter 2: Acquiring an Editor

What better way to celebrate finishing a novel than by throwing out half of it?

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Chapter 1: The Writing Process

Besides a room of one’s own, what does it really take to write a book?

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Prologue: What is a Prologue?

Meet Shaz Kahng — working mother, sportswear CEO, indie author.

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