SPA Girls Podcast - EP532 - Our 2025 Publishing Naughty & Nice List
Release Date: 12/24/2025
SPA Girls Podcast - EP533 - New Year Resolutions
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Happy New Year from The SPA Girls! đ 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! đ The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored by everyone who supports us on Patreon. Thank you so much, we love our listeners and our patrons! â 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! đ The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored by everyone who supports us on Patreon. Thank you so much, we love our listeners and our patrons! â 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 âď¸ 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 indieâand 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 writingâbut 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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Weâre delighted to welcome , historical fiction author and writing instructor. Weâre 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...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP527 - Interview with Lucy Lennox, Writing MM Romance (Classic Replay)
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This is a fabulous classic replay of our interview with USA Today Bestseller, . 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...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP526 - Interview with Stacia Stark, Amazon #1 Bestselling Romantasy Author
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In just a few years, gone from unknown new pen name to Amazon #1 Bestselling Author of Romantasy. She has also signed a major trad deal with Avon with her coming out in December 2025. Stacia is an inspiring guest who breaks down exactly how she approaches hybrid publishing, writing romantasy and meeting spice/story/trope expectations, how to find an agent and what to look out for when targeting a traditional publishing deal. About Stacia Stacia Stark is an Amazon #1 bestselling author of romantasy filled with found families, self-reliant heroines, and brooding, grumpy heroes. Her books have...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP525 - Interview with Honey Phillips (Classic Replay)
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This is a classic replay of a very popular episode with USA Today Bestseller, s. Honey joined us in the SPA to talk about Science Fiction Romance â what it is, what are readers looking for, how she got started writing in it, and everything in between. Sci-Fi Romance is a distant cousin to Monster Romance (see episode 368 with Lillian Lark), and there are some similarities between the two genres, but Honey gives us a fascinating breakdown of the main expectations of SciFi Romance readers, and what she does to be so successful in the genre⌠and itâs not always what youâd expect! ...
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SPA Girls Podcast - EP524 - Interview with Becca Syme : Planning, Priorities & Publishing
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Weâre thrilled to welcome back Becca Syme to the SPA to talk about Planning, reducing your Decision Fatigue, the difference between anxiety and intuition, and how to decide what publishing strategies work best for YOU. As a community, indie publishers are so fortunate to have Beccaâs Clifton Strengths work and writer psychology understanding to help us navigate the chaos of publishing and prevent/overcome burnout. Beccaâs upcoming Kickstarter (November 2025) Dear Writer You Still Need To Quit can be found here: If youâre listening to this after her kickstarter campaign has ended you...
info_outlineMerry 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!
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