So excited for the new acceleration era!

You are very inspiring

I’m an introvert. I do well at public speaking. Toastmasters for years. Yes! Tailoring to your audience is important and helpful.

EXACTLY! THANKS, Joanna! 🙂

lots to learn from you ❤

I have three books I've published through Amazon, but I'm terrible at marketing them. I'm hoping you can help me!

Hello Joanne, thanks for the video. I am struggling with my font size and sentences spaces in-between the lines. Although I have moved the toggle all the way up, when I ordered my book via Amazon the font still came back tiny, Its affecting my sales as this is for middle grade books. its not the recommended size for children's book. I would say the font size if type size 9. too tiny.

I enjoyed the episode. Thanks. I just downloaded ElevenLabs Reader and tried listening to a Holmes story read by Sir Lawrence Olivier. It's great. I've been exploring how to incorporate ethical AI into my own author career relaunch, starting with AI analysis of my nine novels to get insights on possible revisions. So many revenue stream and derivative works options with the use of AI. Exciting times!

Scrivner does not do footnotes?

I've been using Google play books for better comprehending. Much needed.

I wonder do these ladies write in Word, or use Ulysses, or Scrivener or.....

Thanks from Arizona, Joanna.

Joanna, do you have a good recommend for fleshing out an idea fast that has been jumping in your head for a while? (I.E. I am looking to modernize a psych horror loosely based on the true historic origins around the Hansel & Gretel story)

Love horror and the occult.

Thank You for all of the work you do ❤

Thank you for thorough explanation. Helped us make the buying decision.

very interesting and informative. Thank you.

10 million downloads is an amazing achievement! Congratulations!

Would you happen to have an updated video for dictation now?

It would be very useful if an experienced writer could demonstrate on video how to use Chat GPT in the ways described in this episode! : )

I’m using Scrivener to confront the darkest, most painful chapters of my life in a novel. The journey is overwhelming, but Scrivener's tools are giving me the structure and strength to face these memories head-on. So far, it's been a lifeline in turning trauma into storytelling.

Kudos for the achievement 👍👍

This is gonna be a great one!!!!

Bless you. Thank You. ❤️☮️❤️

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10 million, closer to 14 million downloads?🎉🎉💯🎆 Congratulations, fantastic, well deserved, fantastic! Superstar❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥂💯🍾

I haven’t listened to any of the podcasts you mentioned except yours.

I think I have listened to at least 700 of these lol. Long Long Long time listener

Thank you Joanna for everything you do, you are an inspiration to us all, whether that be in writing, or any creative field, I sometimes laughingly call myself a musician.

Antarctica? Means some lonely researchers are spending free time with you.

I'm a discovery writer and I love the first draft as I can let go and write whatever I want, whereas although I can see the point of editing, it's really hard

Emily reminds me a bit of Georgette Heyer in that she geeks out as much over the history as she does in the romance fiction. This was a really great conversation. Thanks to you both!

OMG girl. This may be great financial advice but many creatives would rather gnaw their foot off than read a book on finance. How about, find a good You Tube financial advisor (there is a nonprofit that runs a SSI school for American retirees on You Tube, for instance) and budget for a good bookkeeper or make friends with someone who is good at bookkeeping and swap writing (or even typing) for financial assistance.

Thank you joe

so interesting. Thank you.

Thank you for your response

I can see you like to talk… but what about telling us how you interfaced Pro-writing Aid with Scrivener…. Or did i miss something

Mmmm our books would be our pensions...what a dream. That's why I still have a day job though 😕

Listening now!!

Agreed! This podcast is great value. Many thanks.

I went to my first book festival last year and ended up buying a book out of the genre I normally read because the author took the time to speak to me for a few minutes. Since superfans are more valuable them a normal reader because they buy all of your books, sometimes in multiple formats, and selling them one book can lead them to buying other books, merch, monthly patreon access, and even consulting. You can also track your buyer/superfan from a book event if you give them a QR like Mark suggest that puts them in your digital marketing (email newsletter, Facebook group, etc.) I think the 80/20 approach to whatever your doing will bring the most success (80% of your customers come from one place that's highly effective in the short term (online marketing) and the other 20% can come from longer growth connections in person. Also, as Mark points out, making money doing something he loves is one goal while the other is to make connections with his readers as the other.

Wow what a gorgeous book cover! Who did the cover art?

Hi Jo! I tried the NotebookLM with an unpublished novel of mine, and it's… amazing! I asked many questions and there were some inconsistencies in the answers, that let me with doubts. Is it the IA not understanding what I wrote? Or did I fail to convey some ideas with the necessary clarity so the IA could get it right? It is not a replacement for a human editor yet, but gave me a lot to think about my novel, and I'll be revising it soon, just to be sure XD. Thanks!!!

My eyes glaze over whenever you start talking about creating beautiful book covers. Perhaps, it's a guy "I'd rather spar in a boxing ring" kind of thing. However, I suspect that my mentor's wife will appreciate a beautiful book for X-mas by an amazing author-so I made a pledge to your Blood Vintage Kickstarter campaign. Thank you for your weekly podcast.

Absolutely, we want real stories, not fabricated stories. Even in non-fiction, we want to hear about real experiences, not pretty and trendy words. Thanks for sharing!

I like a bit of humour in a book, whatever the genre (with very few exceptions). But writing books that are pure humour will always be like Marmite, as tastes in humour differ so much.

Thank you for the transparency around your income and business. It was an enjoyable conversation to listen to. I do have to ask, how do you know when an author is responding to your comments on social media or if it's a social media manager, such as this one I am leaving now? Onne of the reasons a reader/fan makes a comment is to hopefully connect with the actual author. Do you have a set of tasks that you handle personally and ones that the social media manager handles? Thanks.