Join us as we talk to Lana Love, the USA Today bestselling author of short romances featuring curvy heroines and the strong men who can't live without them.

Lana talks to us about how she has achieved success in short romance in less than two years using a mix of mindset, research and plain old stubbornness (her words, not ours...). We talk about what she did to level up, including the research she did and the tough decisions she made. It's a fascinating interview we know you'll love!

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Sweet Romance Author, Anne-Marie Meyer is an Amazon and Apple Top 100 best seller and a 3x USA Today Bestselling author.

With absolute intention Anee-Marie challenges herself to improve on how she sells. From Tik Tok to Direct sales she has hit heady heights, paticularly in the last 12 months.

After her Amazon account was shut down for 48 hrs in 2022 for false reasons, she's decided that it would be best to bring her stories directly to her readers hands and it has worked!

Listen up for all her tips. You won't be disapointed.

Your book cover is the "shop window" of your hard work, and it has to do the heavy lifting to attract potential readers to go on and read your blurb. So how do you figure out which cover is the best for you?

This episode we give tips and tricks for choosing your cover and the elements that will connect with YOUR right readers.

Resources mentioned (just put the episode number in your podcast app, or our website search bar)

SPA Girls Podcast #457 Kindletrends

SPA Girls Podcast #464 Alexa Rivers

SPA Girls Podcast #206 Chris Fox

SPA Girls Podcast #224 Rebekah Haskell

SPA Girls Podcast #404 Ana Huang

SPA Girls Podcast #221 Laurelin Paige

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Theodora Taylor is back! And she’s here to tell us how to craft our blurbs with LOTS OF BUTTER that hook readers and skyrocket sales.

Theodora Taylor is the bestselling author of the 50 Loving States Series. Despite writing within a niche genre (interracial romance), she has earned six KDP All-Star bonuses and grown a fanbase of rabid readers through the power of Universal Fantasy.

Her book, 7 FIGURE FICTION: How to Use Universal Fantasy to SELL Your Books to ANYONE was an instant #1 non-fiction bestseller in the Writing Category on Amazon and has since been certified as Great by the world’s largest online bookseller. Most importantly, this book has become a valued and treasured resource for writers around the world.

Theodora has been invited to give presentations on Universal Fantasy by NINC (Novelists Inc.) Conference, RAM (Romance Author Mastermind), and Inker’s Con. She’s also a highly sought-after podcast guest. She’s made appearances on The Creative Penn (hosted by Joanna Penn), Six Figure Authors, #AmWriting, Wish I’d Known Then, and SPA Girls (now twice!).

For writers:

Butter Blurb Master Class

https://universalfantasycourse.thinkific.com/courses/butter-blurb-master-class

https://7figurefiction.com/

For readers: https://theodorataylor.com/

Links mentioned:

Theodora’s Universal Fantasies Episode with the SPA Girls EP#315

BOOKS Mentioned in recording:

Ali Hazelwood: Check & Mate, Love Theoretically

Sally Thorne: The Hating Game

Deborah Harkness: A Discovery Of Witches

Rebecca Yarros: Fourth Wing

Lindsay Devin - Wolf King

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When she decided to write a palate cleanser novel in a completely different genre - with a brand new pen name - Alexa Rivers had no idea she would have a hit on her hands. In this interview she talks about why she wrote the book, how she picked the new pen name, the marketing she did, and how a book she wasn't expecting to do much at all... kinda did awesome. :) She also talks about the ups and downs of her journey with TikTok, and gives some great advice for everyone to use!

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Attending conferences helps us network with professionals in the author world and gain insights and ideas to make our jobs easier or to upskill.

What can you hope to get out of conference?

> Conference helps us find our tribe. The SPAGirls wouldn’t be here without RWNZ and their conferences.

> Conferences show us we’re not alone.

> Conferences are inspirational in so many ways. eg. Make us write more regularly, show us that we’re doing okay.

> Conferences help us see where we can improve on what we already do.

Tips:

> Conferences are fun and can be exhausting. Soak up what you can while you're there and let ideas percolate for a while before implementing them. You don't have to try everything and you shouldn't do it all at once. Pick one thing at a time.

> Before you go decide on the workshops that excite you the most.

> Be present when attending sessions.

> Take downtime when needed.

> Keep hydrated.

Welcome back to another SPA Girls minisode. This one is a bit of a controversial take on mistakes writers make that make their work B O R I N G. How do we know these? Because we've all made them!

So learn from us in ten minutes or less with a quick SPA Girls minisode.

Enjoy!

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How to decide what retail platform is right for you.

Should you “be Amazon exclusive, “go direct”, “publish wide” and/or use an aggregator? And what do those terms even mean?

Firstly the definitions:

Amazon Exclusive - means publishing your ebooks exclusively on Amazon and in the Kindle Unlimited subscription reading program for at least the initial 90 day period. This exclusivity requirement by Amazon applies to ebooks only; you can publish your print books and audio books on other platforms if you so wish.

Publishing Wide - means publishing your ebooks on as many retailers as you choose, including the “big four” : Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Apple Books.

Going Direct - means setting up your publishing account directly with each retailer and uploading your books yourself.

Aggregators are service providers who you upload your books to, select which retailers you wish to publish on, and they then distribute them widely to your chosen online retailers in return for a percentage on sales made. We use Draft2Digital.

FIRST RULE no matter where you publish: ALWAYS read the terms and conditions for each online retailer so you understand what you’re agreeing to. Each retailer has clear guidelines and comprehensive information for authors. Take the time to understand them.

For our full notes on each platform's pros and cons, visit our shownotes here

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