Pen to Paycheck Authors
autor: Pen to Paycheck Authors
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How To Learn From Your Comps
How To Learn From Your Comps
O tomto podcastu
We’re two indie authors; Matilda Swift, author of quintessentially British Cozy Mysteries, and Sam Cummings, author of Young Adult books about magic, myths, and monsters.
With over a dozen books between us, and still a long way to go towards the ‘quit the day job’ dream, we’re here to write our way to financial success.
Epizody
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- How To Learn From Your Comps · 1 h 2 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 42Samantha and Matilda are closely looking at the comps for their new books, and they’re analysing what works in their craft and why.
- How to Level Up Your POD Paperbacks · 57 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 41Samantha and Matilda are exploring all the options they can add to Amazon POD books to make them look as fancy as a special edition.
- How We Learn from Mistakes · 51 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 40Samantha and Matilda are looking back on their most recent series and learning from the mistakes they made (and making sure to keep the good parts too).
- How We Keep Life and Writing Organised · 1 h 4 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 39Samantha and Matilda plan life and their writing in VERY different ways, but each way works. Listen in on their different tactics.
- How We’ve Achieved All in Q3 · 54 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 38Samantha and Matilda are looking back on Q3 and all that they’ve achieved.
- How to Fight Mindset Blocks · 59 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 37Samantha and Matilda are fending off the mindset blocks that might hold back their new series’ success.
- How We Succeed at Preparation · 53 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 36It’s challenge week! Find out if Samantha and Matilda succeeded in their tasks to prepare for their new series.
- How Craft Exercises Cure Creative Blocks · 1 h 0 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 35Samantha and Matilda are challenging each other to stretch their creative muscles with craft exercises.
- How We Plan Books and Series · 1 h 1 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 34Samantha and Matilda are still focusing on their craft, talking through their process for planning whole series and books, from the biggest arc to the smallest word.
- How We Critique for Success · 1 h 13 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 33Samantha and Matilda are still focusing on their craft, turning a critical eye to our own writing and that of others.
- How We Build Bestselling Craft Skills · 56 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 32Samantha and Matilda are working on their craft, sharing their tactics for improvement and the resources they use.
- How Our Genre Networks Grow · 51 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 31Samantha and Matilda are reaching out to authors and readers in new genres…yes, it feels uncomfortable, but they’re doing it anyway!
- How We Get Help · 1 h 3 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 30Samantha and Matilda are getting better at asking for help, and they’re making plans to improve even more.
- How We Stop a Series · 1 h 2 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 29Samantha and Matilda are ending series and discussing how to do it well.
- How We Launch with Success · 56 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 28Samantha and Matilda are preparing to launch their next series, and they’re thinking big!
- How We Challenge Quitting · 52 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 27Samantha and Matilda have just finished challenge week, and they’re figuring out how not to quit the things they ought to be doing.
- How Q2 Has Changed Everything · 1 h 0 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 26Samantha and Matilda are looking back over the months in which everything has changed!
- How to Reach Readers Without Ads · 59 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 25Samantha and Matilda are talking through allll the options for reaching readers, searching for the ones that suit their skills.
- How SPS Live 2026 Helped Us · 59 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 24Samantha and Matilda are back from SPS Live 2026, and they’re sharing all the details of how it helped.
- How Our Mastermind Really Works · 1 h 2 min · Řada 3 Epizoda 23Samantha and Matilda are walking you through their most recent Mastermind Day, sharing all the inside details on what they discuss, so you can set up your own sessions with…
