On this week's episode we have two great segments lined up.  First up, our Biz Buzz segment introduces a publishing model called serialization. While this isn't anything new, there are a two large platforms for publishing AND reading serial novels online. We talk about what a serial books is, who the most famous serial writer is, where you can read and write these types of stories, and so much more!  Our second segment, we have the pleasure to talk with Laura Brandao! Laura was kind enough to write to foreword to our upcoming book The Write Way and Peter talked with her about that process, writing in general, and why every should say YES! Learn more about Laura at the links below. -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: Serialized Novels and Stories (2:13) Guest Interview: Laura Brandao (27:17) -- Links -- Connect with Laura Brandao: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn - YouTube Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

We're back this week with two great segments.  We begin the episode as we always do with our Biz Buzz segment where Peter, CaZ, and Colleen all share our thoughts on flow state, self editing tips, and beta readers. Throughout this segment we each learn a few things ourselves and have some of the best discussions we've had about writing.  In our second segment, Peter is back with his second book review segment where he reviews The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. Peter talks about the difference between truths, how a war book can help writers, and shares a new word he learned when researching this book.   -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: Flow state, self-edits, and using beta readers (2:26) Book Review: The Things They Carried (44:18) -- Links -- Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

On this week's episode of Blank Page to Bestseller, we share our best writing tips and ask our guest, how can a dog share a story?  Our Biz Buzz segment this week is all about writing tips and advice from Peter, Colleen, and CaZ. Our first book, The Write Way, is coming out soon and we wanted to share some of the advice we have learned, from one writer to another. You'll want to listen through the end as we each share on writing tool we couldn't live without! Then, in our second segment, Peter interviews author Danielle Corrie about her writing and publishing journey. Danielle, author of Teida's Story: Life Through the Eyes of a Dog, touches on topics from overcoming phobias to editing advice, to her unique publishing journey. Oh, and she graciously joined us early in the morning all the way from Australia to talk with Peter!  -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: Writing Advice From The Author's Voice (3:32) Guest Interview: Danielle Corrie - (33:51) -- Links -- Author Danielle Corrie - Facebook - Twitter (X) - Instagram - LinkedIn - Threads - Amazon Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

This week, we have two great segments lined up for you! First up, in our regular Biz Buzz segment, Peter, Colleen, and CaZ take a look at the reader's/listener's perspective of Audible. What does Audible do, how can you listen to your favorite book, and more! In our second segment, CaZ is back with the second installment of Tales and Threads. In this month's segment, she talks about everything a fiction writer needs to know when making the decision on what format to publish. She covers everything you can think of and probably a few other formats, as well! -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: Get to Know Audible - (2:34) Tales an Threads with CaZ: Publishing Formats for Fiction Books - (23:07) -- Links -- Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

What do publishing and pigs have in common? Not much outside of this episode!  We start of the episode with this week's Biz Buzz segment where Peter, Colleen, and CaZ talk about three different services Amazon offers writers and publishers. Each of us highlights one services and shares why an author would use that services. Use one service or a combination of all three to make the best use of Amazon!  Then in the second segment, Colleen talks with children's author Tina Neely about her book Bacon Loves Everyone! Tina shares the inspiration behind her book, the love of her pig, and how she's enjoyed being an author so far!  -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: Three Amazon Services Every Author Must Know! - (1:58) Guest Interview: Tina Neely - (35:05) -- Links -- Tina Neely: Website - YouTube - Facebook - LinkedIn  Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

We have another great episode lined up for you this week!  In our Biz Buzz segment, Peter, CaZ, and Colleen ask the question, "Who is the customer?" The answer to this important question is crucial for authors who want to understand the pros and cons of their publishing route. In this segment we each take one publishing route and answer the question as if we are a person in that arena.  In the second segment this week, we introduce a brand-new, recurring segment, a book review by Peter! The new monthly segment will have Peter talk about a favorite recent read by Peter and dives into the book. Listen in to this part book report, part book review, part reader who just wants to spill everything about the book! No spoilers in this segment!  In the book review segment i mention our book review Biz Buzz segments, you can listen in the podcast feed or here are their direct links:  Ep. 015: What Others Have to Say Ep. 017: Writing Your Own Book Review -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: Who Is The Customer? - (2:39) Book Review: Killers of the Flower Moon - (28:44) -- Links -- Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

This week's show is full of all things books! First up, Peter, CaZ, and Colleen talk about the recent rise in print book sales. We discuss what the industry is seeing plus some reasonings behind why we think the popularity of print books has never been higher! Of course, we can't have a segment talking about books without some fun talks about bookstores and our favorite books.  Then, in the second segment, Colleen talks with designer, Pat Creedon about her work as a graphic designer and more specifically, her work designing books. She has a unique story as to how she began working with books and her experience ranges across a few areas you're probably quite familiar with.   -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: The Popularity of Print Books - (1:47) Guest Interview: Pat Creedon - (23:07) -- Links -- Pat Creedon - Website  Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

We have a special episode of Blank Page to Bestseller this week!  This week we're introducing a brand new segment, led by our host CaZ called Tales and Threads. This segment is a monthly segment where CaZ will focus on fiction writing for fiction writers. This week, she introduces the segment and talk about the importance of reading and writing for fiction writers.  In our Biz Buzz segment, we discuss an article by famed fiction writer, Brandon Sanderson. He recently shared an update from his journey to work with Audible to improve the platform for writers. We talk about his initial worries with the platform and about the changes he was able to work towards. His article is down below so be sure to read it as well!   -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: Audible and Royalties - (4:05) Tales and Threads: Reading and Writing For Writers - (26:08) -- Links -- Regarding Audible from Brandon Sanderson Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

Podcasting is all the rage! Just look at us!  This week's show is full of great advice for authors and writers looking to become the next great podcaster. Peter, Colleen, and CaZ start this week's show off with a great Biz Buzz segment on podcasting and we also have a new guest interview this week! Author Janet Kassalen joins Peter for an interview about her two children's books, what it is like to be a children's author, how you can be successful as an author, and much more!  If you want to learn more about Janet and buy a copy of her books for the kids in your life, check out the links to her website and social profiles down below.  -- Timestamps -- Podcasting For Authors - (2:42) Interview: Janet Kassalen - (18:31) -- Links -- Janet Kassalen: Amazon - Website - Facebook - Instagram  Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

There is a new player in the e-commerce game! Ingram has a new e-commerce option to help authors sell their books to readers!  This week, Peter, Colleen, and CaZ talk all about this new option, what it entails, how it can help and more. Plus, they take a quick glance into the future and speculate how this option might change the game in the future.  -- Timestamps -- A New Way To Sell Your Book! (4:22) -- Links -- Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

Many authors, especially indie authors, talk about becoming an Amazon Bestseller. But Amazon is not the only Bestseller list for books!  In this weeks Biz Buzz segment, Peter, CaZ, and Colleen talk about some of the bestseller lists, their differences, similarities, and what it means for an author to have their book called a bestseller.  What bestseller lists do you use?   -- Timestamps -- What does it mean to be a bestseller? (2:45) -- Links -- Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

This week's show is all about the app everyone can't stop talking about: TikTok! Specially we dive into what BookTok is and how writers and authors can connect with their readers using TikTok.  Plus, we talk about the content you can create to make the best connections with people using TikTok. Questions? Leave them in the comments or reach out to us through our website.  -- Timestamps -- What in the world is BookToK? - (2:07) -- Links -- Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

In this week's show Peter shares more about book reviews. After taking some time to discuss Goodreads and review bombing, we wanted to share what is included in a good book review so you can begin to write your own. Book reviews are great ways for authors and readers alike, so be sure to leave a review after you finish reading a book. At the end of the episode, Peter shares his own book review of Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom. Find his review in the links section below.  This week's episode is special because this week is the first week where you can both listen and watch our Biz Buzz segment at the same time!  -- Timestamps -- Writing a Book Review - (3:07) Review of Tuesdays With Morrie - (15:12) -- Links -- Link to Peter's review - Goodreads Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

This week's show is our second Biz Buzz grab bag! We start the off 2024 looking ahead at what trends we see within the publishing industry. CaZ, Colleen, and Peter each delve into one area of publishing they see will take off in the coming year.  First CaZ talks about niche markets, specifically in regards to Amazon.  Then, Peter talks about the rapid rise in audiobooks.  Finally, Colleen talks about copyright protections looking at AI.  What trends do you see coming for 2024? Shoot us a message and we'd love to cover your trend in a future episode.  -- Timestamps -- Niche Markets: (5:52) Audiobooks: (15:57) Copyright: (27:06) -- Links -- Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn Watch all of our Biz Buzz segments and more on YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

Are you listening to what others are saying?  If you are an author, you're probably looking at what readers have to say about your book. If you're an avid reader, you probably take a look at what other readers have to say before you buy a book. So what does this mean? Reviews are KING!  This week's Biz Buzz talks all about reviews, what they are, who writes them, and why they are so important. In our second segment, we discuss what a review bomb is in general and more specifically about a rather high profile case of review bombing that came to light at the end of 2023.  -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz - Book Reviews: (2:06) Discussion - Review Bombing: (19:35) -- Links -- Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn - YouTube Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

Welcome to 2024!  We kick off the new year with a great discussion about Goodreads! What features are good for readers? What features are good for authors? Learn all about Goodreads in this week's show. -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: Good Reads (2:19) -- Links -- Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn  Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

This week's episode is a special one as we highlight Chantelle Moynihan-Rector who launches her book today!  Peter interviews Chantelle in our guest segment and she speaks about the ideas and process that went into making Max & Jules: How to Be Brave.  In our Biz Buzz segment, we throw it back to the first episode where we talked about Amazon keywords and categories.  -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: Amazon Keywords and Categories (2:02) Guest Interview: Chantelle Moynihan-Rector (13:15) -- Links -- Max & Jules: How to Be Brave: Amazon Working Dog Foundation: Website Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn  Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! We're back this week with a full episode with both our Biz Buzz and Guest Interview segments. We begin this week's episode with our latest Biz Buzz segment. Peter, Colleen, and CaZ talk about the basics on marketing. It's never too early (or too late!) to start marketing you and your book. We share some of the best ways you can begin your marketing push in this week's segment. Then, Peter talks with colleague and friend Ellen Seigel about her book Be Happy No Matter What, her journey of writing, and much more!   -- Timestamps -- Biz Buzz: Intro to Marketing (1:46) Guest Interview: Ellen Seigel (13:58) -- Links -- Be Happy No Matter What: Website - Amazon - Facebook Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn  Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

The Doctor is in! This week's episode is a short one as we had a bit of a tech snafu with our Biz Buzz recording. But no worries, we still have a great interview with Dr. Matthew Surburg about his book, Cyberpocalypse: Inside the Digital Assault On Healthcare. Dr. Surburg shares the inspiration behind the book and how he made the decision to write about this story. He also shares some of the differences between writing a book and writing for journals. Listen in for a great interview!  -- Cyberpocalypse: Inside the Digital Assault On Healthcare - Amazon  Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn  Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org

We are excited to announce our first ever collaboration book, The Write Way! To celebrate us opening submissions, we are giving you a full episode of collaboration book content!  Our Biz Buzz segment revisits an earlier segment where we talked about collaboration books. This week's guest is Melissa Kirkpatrick, a four-time collaboration book author! She talks with Colleen about the reason she's been a contributor to all of these books. Plus, she shares why she is happy with sharing a part of herself with readers and hasn't taken the plunge to writing a book by herself.   -- Timestamps --  Biz Buzz - Collaboration Books (2:09) Guest Interview - Melissa Kirkpatrick (12:12)  -- Links -- Melissa Kirkpatrick: Facebook - Website - LinkedIn Follow us The Author's Voice on social: Facebook - Instagram - LinkedIn  Learn more about The Author's Voice on our website: theauthorsvoice.org