SPA Girls Podcast - EP495 - Advertising Secrets with Nicholas Erik (Classic Replay)
Release Date: 04/08/2025
SPA Girls Podcast - EP505 - Sierra Simone - Writing to your own beat
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Writing To Your Own Beat - with USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author, Sierra Simone Weâre delighted to welcome bestselling author, Sierra Simone, to the SPA today! Our topic is âWriting To Your Own Beatâ and Sierra generously shares how sheâs leaned into writing forbidden, atmospheric romance that has built a rabid fandom. This is a MUST listen for writers of all genres. Resources mentioned: Becca Syme Kennedy Ryan Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Writing For Your ID About Sierra Sierra Simone is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling former librarian...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP504 - SF Romance with Tamsin Ley (Classic Replay)
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This episode with Alaskan author, Tamsin Ley, is one of our most popular and well worth a replay! We talk about Tamsin's writing journey, marketing strategies, paranormal romance quirks and her fantastic advice for all self-publishers. You can find Tamsin here: Tamsin Ley builds worlds full of sexy heroes who don't know they need a mate - that is, until they meet the woman they can't resist. The romance is sizzling hot, a surprise twist waits around every corner, and the stories will never leave you hanging (although you may still crave more!) Wine-lover, beer-brewer, foodie, serious...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP503 - Co-Writing Success with Molly O'Keefe and Stephanie Doyle
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Molly and Stephanie are two writing besties who launched an incredibly successful pen name, Hailey Shore, writing romantic comedy. This episode we dig into how they intentionally set out to create this pen, their advertising and launch strategy, things theyâve learned along the way, and a few snafus too. These two amazing authors are incredibly down to earth and honest and provide some of the best advice on mindset and business youâll hear thatâs absolutely relevant to authors at all stages of their careers. Find them at: Hailey Shore Molly Fader Molly OâKeefe / M OâKeefe ...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP502 - Book Launch Strategies with Janie Crouch (Classic Replay)
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USA Today Bestseller, Janie Crouch, shares amazing tips and advice on how she built her readership, launched her romantic suspense, and how she approaches the Business of Authoring and separates it from the creative side of writing. This is a classic replay of a fantastic episode we recorded originally in April 2021. Janie's writing journey began in the academic world. With a B.A. in English Communication from Montreat College and both an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Regent University, she initially channeled her creative energy into scholarly work. Her doctoral dissertation...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP501 - Virtual Assistants for Authors - Interview with Kevin Tumlinson
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Who doesn't want to hand off their least-favorite tasks to a trusted assistant? So how do you go about finding the right person? And what's the cost? Kevin Tumlinson is an award-winning and bestselling author, known as âthe Voice of Publishingâ for his work as a and speaker, helping thousands of authors to start, build, and grow their author careers. Kevin is the Chief Brand Officer for âa service aimed at connecting writers to highly trained and qualified virtual assistants, so they can hand off the tough tasks of their author business and âjust write." We ask Kevin all our...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP500 - Behind The Mics
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Weâre celebrating 500 episodes of the SPA Girls - from our baby podcaster days back in 2015 to today, we share some BEHIND THE MICS stories. How we met, why we started and why weâve last this long (almost ten years so far, publishing an episode weekly). Plus our vision for the future and selfpublishing :) Thank you so much to all those who've listened, downloaded, watched, reviewed, cheered on, guested and emailed. We truly appreciate every single one of you! đ The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored by everyone who supports us on Patreon. Thank you so much, we love our listeners and our...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP499 - Interview with Ana Huang: Multi-Million Copy Bestselling Author (Classic Replay)
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A SPA Girls Classic Replay. This episode features an interview with the incredible Ana Huang, multi-million copy bestselling author of new adult and contemporary romance! Ana is a super-smart, hardworking author with a tonne of great advice that she generously shared with SPA Girls Podcast listeners in this information-packed episode. We range in topics from marketing, to TikTok, to branding, to translations, and everything in between. A must-listen for authors at all stages of their writing career. NB Since recording this podcast in 2023, Ana has achieved many more #1 bestsellers...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP498 - When To Pivot
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What happens when your books donât sell? When is it time to end a series? Or Pivot to a new penname? Wendy, Cheryl and Shar are here to give their advice and (strong!) opinions on when itâs the right time to pivot and the steps writers should take to make that decision. Weâve collectively written and published almost 200 books over the past 15 years, so weâve experienced and witnessed a LOT of author angst, success and industry changes. We hope that this discussion is beneficial to authors at all stages of their journey! We believe in YOU! đ The SPA Girls podcast is...
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SPA Girls Podcast- EP497 - Writing The Black Moment with Rachel Bailey (Classic Replay)
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One of our most popular writing craft episodes deserves a replay: Writing the Black Moment with USA Today Bestseller, Rachel Bailey. NB re audio quality, we apologise that this isnât to our current standard (despite new editing), but weâre sure youâll find the content worth listening to nevertheless! A fantastic tutorial on how you can take your writing to the next level! In romance fiction, the black moment (also called the dark night of the soul) is the emotional low pointâwhen it seems like all hope is lost, the relationship is broken beyond repair, and the characters may not find...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP496 - Using Tropes Effectively with Jennifer Hilt
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Jennifer Hilt is a USA Today Bestselling author urban fantasy and non-fiction creator of The Trope Thesaurus series. She joins us this episode to really dig into how to use tropes in your fiction (no matter the genre), practical ways of applying them, how to use them to amp up the emotion and characterisation, and your characters' GMC (goal, motivation and conflict). Jennifer gives lots of tips for practical application and if youâve ever been confused about where to start writing with tropes, or how to identify the tropes in your existing work, then this episode will help! About...
info_outlineThis is a classic replay of one of our most popular advertising episodes, with guest Nicholas Erik, science fiction author and marketing expert. Whilst the facebook ad dashboard will have changed since we recorded this a few years ago, the strategy, tips and best practices discussed are just as relevant today. Well worth a relisten /rewatch!
You can find Nick at https://nicholaserik.com/
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