Thomas Umstattd Jr. Guestcast Author Media Podcasts

In this episode of Writing of Social Sandy, Mary K. and I talk about what kind of marketing actually works for authors.







About Writing off Social















Sandy and Mary believe that creativity flourishes when writers are free to choose their own path. They spent years feeling trapped by social media, believing it was the only way to grow their audience and share their work. But not anymore. They have discovered countless ways to connect to and nurture their audience—ways that offer a better return on their investment of time, and that don’t drain their energy.







As they have become more vocal about their decision to leave social media, writers like you are emerging from behind your computer screens to say, “Hey there! Social media isn’t working for me either.”







They see you and are glad you’re here.

In this episode of Writing of Social Sandy, Mary K. and I talk about the history of social media an authors. When and why did it work? And more importantly when in why did it stop working?















About Writing off Social















Sandy and Mary believe that creativity flourishes when writers are free to choose their own path. They spent years feeling trapped by social media, believing it was the only way to grow their audience and share their work. But not anymore. They have discovered countless ways to connect to and nurture their audience—ways that offer a better return on their investment of time, and that don’t drain their energy.







As they have become more vocal about their decision to leave social media, writers like you are emerging from behind your computer screens to say, “Hey there! Social media isn’t working for me either.”







They see you and are glad you’re here.

The Profitable Writer Podcast is dedicated to helping authors make more money.







In this episode, Kent Sanders and I discuss:









* Non-book related ways to monetize your author platform.







* How to diversify your income stream.







* The role of Patreon in his business.







* And more!

Last week, the blog version of an episode of Christian Publishing Show went viral, or at least it sparked a lot of discussion. Mostly here and here. In that episode, I talked about how Morality is key to making a book sell across both culture and time. Muddled morality is why newer superhero movies are failing, where the films of the last decade sold like crazy. I had a lot more to say than that and you can listen to the episode here.







The guys at the Fantastical Truth Podcast wanted to talk to me about the topic. So you can think of this as a sequel episode where we give many more examples or morality in fiction and get deeper into the theology. You can find the blog version of the episode here.

Mark Dawson & James Blatch recently had me on the Self Publishing Show to discuss author websites, marketing data, Christian publishing, advertising, AI, and more. You can find the episode here.







There is also a video version you can find here:

In this episode of Cary and Cooper Have Words, we talk about the process of writing a novel, how to do it, and what pitfalls to look out for.