SPA Girls Podcast – EP392 – Translations with Skye MacKinnon
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Skye MacKinnon is a USA Today and International Bestselling Author whose books are filled with strong heroines who don’t have to choose. She embraces her Scottishness with fantastical Scottish settings and a dash of mythology, no matter if she’s writing about aliens in kilts, Celtic gods, cat shifters, or the streets of Edinburgh.
She’s also doing great with German translations and this week in the SPA she breaks down everything she’s been doing, including how to get started with a translator, what to watch out for, how and where to load your translated book, and how to market them once they’re up!
According to Skye, the German e-book market is growing rapidly and readers are hungry for more books. Translations are no longer just reserved for big publishers and it can be a lucrative market. It’s a logical step for any successful author: you’ve already written the book, now find new ways to expand your reach. Take the first step into translations by listening to this episode with Skye!
Show notes:
If you want to find out more about german translations from Skye head to her facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/262551475032407/
Head to her website to check out her books here.
If you’d like to purchase her book on translations, it is available by clicking here.
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SPA Girls Podcast – EP391 – How to Successfully Publish Wide with Erin Wright
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USA today bestselling author of Western Romance, Erin Wright, has worked every job under the sun, including library director, barista, teacher, website designer, and ranch hand, helping brand cattle, before settling into the career she’s always dreamed about: Author.
Despite starting out in KU in 2016, she went wide on all platforms in 2017 when she discovered she couldn’t get her books in libraries if she was exclusive to Amazon. She started the Wide for the Win Facebook group in 2019, to help other authors find information about being wide, and now the group has grown to a community of 14,390.
Erin breaks it down and lists the reasons why she made this decision.
She uses serial apps, website direct sales, multi-author promotions, as well as many platforms that we had never heard of. Erin also does courses on going wide.
If you are keen to diversify and find more ways to reach readers, this is the episode for you. You can find more information from Erin’s Website, and also her group, on the links below.
Wide for The Win Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wideforthewin
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SPA Girls Podcast – EP390 – Thrifty Tips For Authors with Vanessa Vale
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This episode is for everyone who struggles with paid advertising!
Today we’re joined by romance author Vanessa Vale. When her facebook ad account was shut down, Vanessa had to learn how to sell books WITHOUT paid ads and she shares how she came up with her solid marketing strategies in the episode.
She not only writes amazing books, but also runs the Thrifty Tips For Authors group on Facebook where she shares ways to brand, market, publish, write, promote and THINK about selling books… without spending a fortune. Vanessa is also launching her very first Thrifty Tips For Authors online course in April 2023.
This is a must listen for writers of all genres!
Learn more about Vanessa’s course Thrifty Tips For Authors here: https://thriftytipsforauthors.com/courses
About Vanessa Vale
Vanessa Vale is the USA Today bestselling author of sexy romance novels, including her popular Bridgewater historical series and hot contemporary romances. With over one million books sold, Vanessa writes about unapologetic bad boys who don’t just fall in love, they fall hard. Her books are available worldwide in multiple languages in e-book, print and audio.
Within five years, Vanessa forged two pen names from scratch to seven figures—each using the strategies and techniques in the Thrifty Tips For Authors class. The beginnings of this program came when she was banned from Facebook ads, forcing her to develop strong branding and marketing steps that are enduring and withstand the changes and whims of the publishing industry.
She is still the go-to author for steamy small town romances, however has retired from her second pen name. The enduring Interstellar Brides Program is left in the capable and amazing hands of her BFF co-author.
Her Thrifty Tips for Authors group has over 2500 members (https://www.facebook.com/groups/thriftytipsforauthors )
Vanessa’s Author website: https://vanessavaleauthor.com/
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SPA Girls Podcast – EP389 – Small Town Romance with Kait Nolan
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In today’s podcast we talk all things small town romance with the wonderful Kait Nolan.
Kait is a USA Today best selling, RITA® Award-winning Mississippi author of smart, sassy, small town Southern romance. She calls everyone sugar, honey, or darlin’, and can wield a ‘Bless your heart’ like a Snuggie or a saber, depending on requirements. She believes in love, laughter, and that tacos are the world’s most perfect food. When she’s not writing, reading, or wrangling family (both the two-legged and the four-), you can find her obsessively watching The Great British Bake Off.
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SPA Girls Podcast – EP388 – Getting the Words Down
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The number one thing you need to produce as an author is WRITTEN words, but sometimes that’s the hardest thing to do.
So when words are hard to come by, when you’re avoiding the blank screen or finding yourself doing housework for hours instead of sitting your butt on the office chair (or couch) with your laptop, you need a cheerleader, an advocate, and champion… a human cattle prod, if you will.
And that’s where we come in.
This week we’re sharing our best tips and advice on how to get yourself motivated, beat resistance and get your $#@!! words down.
SPA Girls Podcast – EP387 – TikTok For Authors With Brighton Walsh
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Do it the easy way!
Award-winning USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brighton Walsh spent a decade as a professional photographer before taking her storytelling in a different direction and reconnecting with her first love—writing.
After getting a publishing deal, Brighton went on to become a hybrid author and is now mainly indie.
She started on TikTok in January 2022 and used mainly page flips back then which went viral immediately. She has since developed her own brand of TIKTOK-ing which continues to impress.
Today she brings you plenty of tips and tricks to start you off on the right foot.
Brighton’s Tips:
Don’t let it take over your life.
You don’t have to use your face!
Use a phone app to record so you can reuse it.
Post once a day unless it is launch week and then do 2-3 posts.
Reuse words and hooks often, but the video itself only occasionally.
Uses bookish backgrounds with candles to make the post look attractive. A similar background saves a lot of time and becomes your brand. Her photography background helped.
Encourage comments by making the post unique to you as well as be aesthetically pleasing.
Viral = 100k or more.
Be a consumer first and see what you are comfortable doing.
Do not copy other videos exactly.
Get ideas as you write the book and write them down.
Plus, so much more!
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