SPA Girls Podcast - EP527 - Interview with Lucy Lennox, Writing MM Romance (Classic Replay)
Release Date: 11/19/2025
SPA Girls Podcast - EP546 - Interview with LUCY SCORE: Breaking Out / Advice For New Authors
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She's back! NYT #1 Bestseller, Lucy Score last joined us back in March 2021 , before launched her into the stratosphere! In this episode, Lucy talks about what her breakout moment actually looked like from the inside, how she's navigated the shift from working author to household name (and instant #1 NYT Bestseller), and what's stayed surprisingly the same. We dig into the practical stuff , including her evolving covers, brand-building, the Riley Thorn series, and advice for emerging authors. Plus the mindset it takes to keep showing up at the page when the pressure (and the audience)...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP545 - Six Figure Short Romance Success with Sadie King (Classic Replay)
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Classic replay of an inspiring episode we recorded in August '23 with SADIE KING, a hugely successful author of more than 120 short romances. *** USA Today Bestseller, Sadie King has grown her publishing business from zero to six figures in less than four years, writing short instalove romances. Knowing her reader’s journey is vital to her success. In this episode we discuss Sadie’s: short romance publishing strategy rapid release strategy targeted wordcounts for Amazon Kindle’s 60m, 90m and 2 hour reads categories Techniques for writing short fiction Gaining visibility...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP544 - How To Harness Trends And Sell More Books
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From incorporating popular tropes to social media trends, the SPA Girls have a robust discussion around what they're doing to harness trends to reach more readers and sell more books! Links mentioned: Melanie Harlow's Harlot Authors group The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel by Jodie Archer and Matthew L Jockers Theodora Taylor's Substack Lillian Lark 🔗 CONNECT WITH THE SPA GIRLS: 🌐 Website & free self-publishing resources: 🎧 Subscribe to our weekly episodes on your favourite podcast app — search "SPA Girls Podcast" 💗 This podcast is...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP543 - Use Brain Science to Hook Readers From the Very First Sentence with Lisa Cron (Classic Replay)
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP542 - AI Assistance For Authors with Alessandra Torre
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP541 - Interview with Kaye Kennedy : Launch To Success (Classic Replay)
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP540 - The Inflexion Point for Authors with Nicholas Erik (Part Two)
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Part Two of Two "Currently .... we're at a unique industry-wide inflection point. Whether you're a new or established author doesn't matter. You have the opportunity to grow your career much faster than under normal circumstances." ~ Nicholas Erik joins us again with fantastic insight into the impact technology is having on the publishing world — right down to us as individual authors. Now this isn't a pro or anti AI episode — it's about understanding how we as authors can adapt to these technology shifts, overcome our pain points through technology, and how the companies we're...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP539 - Interview with Nicholas Erik Part One - The Inflexion Point For Authors
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PART ONE OF TWO "Currently .... we're at a unique industry-wide inflection point. Whether you're a new or established author doesn't matter. You have the opportunity to grow your career much faster than under normal circumstances." ~ Nicholas Erik joins us again with fantastic insight into the impact technology is having on the publishing world — right down to us as individual authors. Now this isn't a pro or anti AI episode — it's about understanding how we as authors can adapt to these technology shifts, overcome our pain points through technology, and how the companies we're dealing...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP538 - Networking For Authors with Celeste Barclay (Classic Replay)
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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...
info_outlineThis is a fabulous classic replay of our interview with USA Today Bestseller, Lucy Lennox.
Lucy saw extraordinary success straight out the gate, from when she first published her MM romance, Borrowing Blue, in November 2016. In fact, by her second month of publishing, Lucy was earning five figures per month! Since then, Lucy's books have soared the bestseller charts consistently and she's built an incredible career, publishing prolifically (despite a serious health challenge) and building a rabid audience for her sweet and steamy male/male gay romances.
From release strategies, co-writing tips, MM romance tropes to Writing For Your Id and the power of romance beats, Lucy's honest, no-holds-barred advice will boost your mindset and your business. In fact, we know you'll come away just as inspired and motivated to get butt-in-chair-hands-on-keyboard we were from talking with Lucy! No matter what genre you write, this podcast is a must-listen, with something for everyone.
About Lucy
Lucy Lennox is the USA Today bestselling author of over fifty gay romance titles including the GoodReads Hall of Fame winner Wilde Love. Born and raised in the southeast USA, she is finally putting good use to that English Lit degree she earned before the turn of the century.
Lucy enjoys naps, pizza, and procrastinating. She stays up way too late each night reading romance because it’s simply the best.
For more information and to stay updated about future releases, sales and audio news and to grab some free and bonus reads, please sign up for Lucy’s author newsletter, or to stay in the know, join her exciting reader group, Lucy’s Lair on Facebook.
Lucy's website: https://www.lucylennox.com/
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