Susan Spann -- Episode 50 -- Kicked Down Every Flight of Stairs in Publishing

Susan Spann -- Episode 50 -- Kicked Down Every Flight of Stairs in Publishing

This week Susan Spann shares her writing journey that began with a love of Japanese culture and through the advice of agents she created the award-winning Shinobi Mystery series. Susan is the Rocky Mountain Fiction Author of the Year and an accomplished publishing attorney who takes to social media with her weekly twitter #PUBLAW advice and blog. Susan's enthusiastic retelling of the journey from wanna be writer to the launch of her fourth book is as heartwarming as it is funny. Don't miss this engaging interview chock full of great inspiration and advice for writers.   

Gisela Hausemann -- Episode 49 -- The Naked Truth About Book Reviews

Gisela Hausemann -- Episode 49 -- The Naked Truth About Book Reviews

You will not want to miss this great chat with Gisela Hausman who is a Amazon ecommerce expert, PR and communications coach, and a multi-award winning author. A native of Austria, Gisela is the author of The Naked Truth series and a top Amazon reviewer. We talk about the unadorned truth of the review process and how to win the heart of a reviewer. As a self-professed email evangelist she shares her best tips on crafting emails and newsletters to get the best out of out of all your communications. 

USA Today and Amazon Bestseller - Luke Romyn -- Episode 47 -- Paperback Bouncer

Luke Romyn -- Episode 47 -- Paperback Bouncer




USA Today and Amazon bestselling author Luke Romyn joins us this week for a lighthearted and informative chat where he covers everything from his unusual writing process to how he faced tigers in Asia. A bouncer by night and a writing thunder from down under by day, Luke has an impressive 430,000 following on twitter with over a half million books sold worldwide. While Luke has us laughing the whole interview he also offers up great information for the book marketer with his easygoing affable charm. 

JK Rawling is No 1 and I'm No 13 in the Land Down Under! Thank you Oz!

I woke up this morning and my book The Rejected Writers' Book Club was No 1 in Humor in Australia and No 13 in all Kindle books. JK Rawling is No 1. 

Wow, me and JK on the same page. It quite a heady experience to see the two of us on the same page of top 20 books. 

Thank you Australia for buying my book I hope you are all chuckling away as I type. It is not even close to the caliber of JK book but all I want to do is bring a little joy and happiness to the world. 

Whether it is Harry Potter or the Rejected Writers I hope y'all enjoy your weekend read! 

Terry Persun -- Episode 46 -- Doublesight into Kindle Worlds

Terry Persun -- Episode 46 -- Doublesight into Kindle Worlds

This week on Blondie and the Brit we bring you Terry Persun and the second half of his podcast we aired in January. Terry is an award-winning Amazon bestselling author who writes multiple genres and teaches, among other things, an entire day course on Amazon at his writing conferences.

In this interview he shares with us his tips on becoming an Amazon best seller and how to best organize your book launch for success. He also introduces us to Kindle Worlds with his fantasy novel Doublesight. You definitely do not want to miss this episode. 

Nicole Persun — Episode 28 — Breaking all the Rules

Nicole Persun — Episode 28 — Breaking all the Rules

This week on Blondie and The Brit is the captivating and talented Nicole Persun. Where do you go next when you are offered a publishing contract with Booktrope while you're still in high school? Since then Nicole has published a string of award-winning novels. Nicole shares some great tips with us about her writing process, SEO optimization, Facebook and Twitter analytics, and how to effortlessly schedule social media posts through Facebook. Don't miss all this great information and her guidelines about breaking the rules of fiction.

Claude Bouchard — Episode 24 — Top of the Twitterverse

Claude Bouchard — Episode 24 — Top of the Twitterverse

This week we interview Montreal native, Claude Bouchard, a USA Today best-selling author who boasts the #1 Twitter spot in the world a few years back. Claude tells us how he reached the top spot on twitter with hard work and some basic strategies. Book Bub was a big help in his early success with his first book in the Vigilante Series.