38 episodes

Are you ready to get the support your need for your author career and life? Join International Indie Bestseller, Angela J. Ford, and fantasy author, Stephanie BwaBwa, as they talk all things writing, publishing, and the real life of an indie author. Welcome to the Indie Author Lifestyle Show. Living your best indie life starts here. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indieauthorlifestyle/support

Indie Author Lifestyle Angela J. Ford & Stephanie BwaBwa

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    • 5.0 • 10 Ratings

Are you ready to get the support your need for your author career and life? Join International Indie Bestseller, Angela J. Ford, and fantasy author, Stephanie BwaBwa, as they talk all things writing, publishing, and the real life of an indie author. Welcome to the Indie Author Lifestyle Show. Living your best indie life starts here. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indieauthorlifestyle/support

    043: How to Make a Full-Time Income as an Indie Author with Lydia Sherrer

    043: How to Make a Full-Time Income as an Indie Author with Lydia Sherrer

    Ready to take the next step and become a full-time author? Listen in as indie author, Lydia Sherrer, shares her secrets to success.

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    042: Expert Strategies on How to Research Your Novel

    042: Expert Strategies on How to Research Your Novel

    Ready to get your creative juices flowing? Listen in to this episode for tips on where to start when researching your novel.

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    • 46 min
    041: How to Declutter and Increase Productivity as Indie Authors with Ally Deatherage

    041: How to Declutter and Increase Productivity as Indie Authors with Ally Deatherage

    Can decluttering help you be more productive? Listen in as Ally Deatherage shares her pro tips on decluttering your home and increasing your productivity.

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    • 32 min
    040: How to be Intentional with Writing Diverse Indie Novels

    040: How to be Intentional with Writing Diverse Indie Novels

    Do you have reservations about adding diversity to your novels? In this episode, we discuss how to be intentional about adding diversity to your stories.



    IN EPISODE 40 YOU WILL LEARN:



    What is diversity and what it includes more than just race.The importance of bringing something new to the table that readers don’t often see.What to do if you feel like you can’t bring something new to your stories.Why background and viewpoint are important for developing diverse characters.How tone can impact the character point of view and personality. Why you should expand your horizons and read outside of your genre.













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    Fantasy Week hosted by ProWritingAidThe Women in Publishing SummitWriter Readiness by Stephanie BwaBwa



    Stephanie is knee-deep in a story she’d been working on for over a year. This is a book about mages and sirens, following a mage princess and a siren prince who come from two different worlds. This is land versus sea, a very slow burn enemies to lovers romance. She’s already finished her first draft and working on revising it using tips we learned from Tiffany Yates Martin. Learn more about her books here.



    Angela is wrapping up edits for Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera meets Beauty and the Beast). As soon as she gets done, she’ll work on the last novel in the Legend of the Nameless One series and she’s excited to see the read-through on the series. Learn more about her books here.







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    Indie Author Lifestyle wouldn’t be here without you. We’d love to hear your thoughts and takeaways, your questions and struggles with the Indie Author Life. If today’s topic resonated with you, leave a comment below. We can’t wait to hear from you!



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    • 37 min
    039: How to Start and Grow a Podcast for Indie Authors

    039: How to Start and Grow a Podcast for Indie Authors

    Learn how to start and grow a podcast as an indie author featuring author and podcaster Matty Dalrymple.

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    • 44 min
    038: Increase your Book Visibility with Bookstagram Tours

    038: Increase your Book Visibility with Bookstagram Tours

    Have you booked out your promotions for the year? If not, you might be interested in using Bookstagram Tours to increase your book visibility. In this episode we’ll discuss book tours on Instagram and what you should expect. IN EPISODE 38 YOU WILL LEARN: What is a bookstagram tour and how can you get visibility […]

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    • 32 min

Customer Reviews

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10 Ratings

Shayla Raquel ,

FINALLY!

I have wanted a podcast like this for so long, and FINALLY, I have one to listen to. Angela and Stephanie aren’t messin’ around. They want to be indie authors for the rest of their lives, and they want to show you how to do the same. Huge fan!

E.P. Clark ,

Very helpful podcast.

Helpful and enjoyable podcast!

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