SPA Girls Podcast - EP515 - What's New in Publishing? Our Conference Debrief!
Release Date: 08/27/2025
SPA Girls Podcast - EP537 - Get Your Amazon Strategy Right - with Janet Margot
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We are delighted to welcome book ads and strategy consultant for authors & publishers, Janet Margot, to talk all things Amazon Strategy for Authors including approaching it with the right mindset. Janet covers best practices for building a solid Amazon strategy for authors, metadata, packaging inside and out, when and how to start Amazon Ads and the “ads advice” she sees that is the opposite of helpful to indies. ”Amazon ads are a feedback loop: what Amazon thinks and what customers think about your book” ~ Janet Margot About Janet Margot Janet doesn't just understand the...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP536 - Writing Cozy Mysteries - with Nancy J. Cohen (Classic Replay)
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Have you always wanted to write a cozy mystery but don't know where to start? This classic replay we recorded a few years back with Nancy J. Cohen will get you going! Cozy Mysteries are hugely popular with readers and authors alike, and Nancy J. Cohen shares her fantastic advice for writing the successful cozy. Alongside her fiction, Nancy has also written the acclaimed “how to” for cozies “Writing The Cozy Mystery”, so we’re thrilled she agreed to give us the scoop on all things cozy. ABOUT NANCY: Nancy J. Cohen writes the Bad Hair Day Mysteries featuring South Florida...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP535 - Managing Your Author Business - with Lorna K. Bailey
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Getting Organized: Business Systems For Authors with Lorna K. Bailey Self-published a book? Congratulations you’re now running an author business (whether you want to or not). Whether you have 5 books or 50, being an author is a LOT of plate-juggling. This episode we talk to the amazing Lorna K Bailey who as worked with bestselling authors and entrepreneurs, helping them organise and systemize their processes so they can manage their energy, focus on what they do best: creating and building their career. This is a packed episode with a lot of great tips on systems, strategies and processes...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP534 - How To Develop A Success Mindset with Amira Alvarez (Classic Replay)
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Amira Alvarez is the founder and CEO of The Unstoppable Woman, a global coaching company helping entrepreneurs, empire builders, athletes, creatives, and rising stars in all fields achieve their dreams and goals in record time. This classic replay of an interview we originally recorded in August 2020 is just what we need to get our mindset right for the new year and how to be productive without burning ourselves out! As someone who has made a quantum leap (going from barely making 6-figures to making $700k in one year, then onto 7-figures) and has lived to tell about it, Amira...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP533 - New Year Resolutions
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Happy New Year from The SPA Girls! 🎉 Whether you wrote one chapter or one hundred in 2025, we're so proud of you. Here's to fresh pages, new stories, and another year of chasing your author dreams together. Let's make 2026 your best publishing year yet! 💗 The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored by everyone who supports us on Patreon. Thank you so much, we love our listeners and our patrons! ⭐ Join us at the $10 tier, and you'll be invited to our private Self-Publishing Mastermind group for authors, where we discuss all things self-publishing, marketing and writing PLUS answer all your...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP532 - Our 2025 Publishing Naughty & Nice List
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the SPA Girls! It's time to check off our 2025 Publishing Naughty or Nice list for what worked, and what really didn't! 💗 The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored by everyone who supports us on Patreon. Thank you so much, we love our listeners and our patrons! ⭐ Join us at the $10 tier, and you'll be invited to our private Self-Publishing Mastermind group for authors, where we discuss all things self-publishing, marketing and writing PLUS answer all your burning questions. All the info is at ✍️ Visit for our FREE self-publishing resources,...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP531 - Interview with Lee Savino: Millionaire Author Mindset (Classic Replay)
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Lee Savino is a whirlwind of positive energy, and this classic replay of an episode we recorded with her a few years ago will inspire and motivate you - we guarantee it! Lee Savino is a seven-figure romance author with multiple USA Today and Top 100 Amazon bestsellers who also has coached multiple authors. She has extensive expertise in selling direct, going wide, rapid releasing, and branding, as well as less commonly explored (but extremely lucrative) areas such as translations. Lee's website: Join her Facebook group Listen to Courses: ...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP530 - Interview with Lucy Monroe: From Trad To Indie
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From Traditional To Indie - USA Today Bestseller Lucy Monroe shares her publishing journey, mindset and marketing wisdom, and business strategy advice - especially useful for rolling with the publishing-world ups and downs! About Lucy With more than 12.5 million copies of my books in print worldwide, Lucy Monroe is an award-winning and USA Today bestselling author with over 90 published novels. After a long and fulfilling career in traditional publishing, she made the leap to indie—and has never looked back. The freedom to write the stories she loves (and that her readers devour!) has...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP529 - Interview with Nalini Singh - Worldbuilding (Classic Replay)
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Every book you write is part of a world and you need to know as much as possible about the world before you start writing—but be prepared to pivot! So how do you build a fictional world (whether contemporary, paranormal, fantasy, or historical etc) that sets your story up well and captures readers imaginations? A long-time friend of the SPA Girls, Nalini Singh talked with us about worldbuilding in 2022 and her evergreen craft advice is just as relevant today! New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling and Guild Hunter series of paranormal romances, Nalini...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP528 - Effortless Dictation with Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer
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We’re delighted to welcome , historical fiction author and writing instructor. We’re diving into how dictation can totally transform the way you write: think faster drafts, more creative flow, and less stress on your body. Sarah has written 13 books solely by speaking words into her smartphone. Once she switched from typing her first drafts to dictating them, she doubled her writing speed. A tribal member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Sarah also shares her advice on writing Native American characters with truth and respect. About Sarah Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer is an award-winning...
info_outlineIt's conference debrief time! We’re here with all our best writer tips and reflections from the recent Romance Writers of New Zealand annual conference!
Links mentioned:
Sadie King talks series planning : https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep409-six-figures-with-short-romance-with-sadie-king/
AK Mulford talks TikTok : https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep332-tiktok-tips-with-ak-mulford/
AK Mulford's How I Write You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@A.K.Mulford
Johnny B Truant on being an Artisan Author https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep509-the-artisan-author-interview-with-johnny-b-truant/
Steffanie Holmes on running a successful Kickstarter : https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep370-running-a-successful-kickstarter-with-steffanie-holmes/
Sarah McLean’s Fated Mates Podcast: https://fatedmates.net/episodes
Romance Writers of New Zealand https://www.romancewriters.co.nz/
Lucille Henry https://diamondhealing.co.nz/
Catherine Bilson's AI Translations book https://amzn.to/4lLYEWm
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