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Pen & ProsperEpisode 23: Essential Software for AuthorsJoin us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author!Special thanks to our paid subscribers:🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵🔥 @Connie Henderson 🩵🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵And a huge THANK YOU to our new video editor Elize van Heerden 🩵🩵🩵JT Lawrence is an author of 35+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a...2025-08-0126 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 22: Catching Up on TikTok and Facebook AdsJoin us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author!Special thanks to our paid subscribers:🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵🔥 @Connie Cisco 🩵🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵And a huge THANK YOU to our new video editor Elize van Heerden 🩵🩵🩵Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word.For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to p...2025-07-2520 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 21: SPS Live London was Lit 🔥Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author!Special thanks to our paid subscribers:🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵🔥 @Connie Henderson 🩵🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵And a huge THANK YOU to our new video editor Elize van Heerden 🩵🩵🩵Ines’s Substack: JT Lawrence is an author of 35+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that ma...2025-07-1936 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 20: Diving into Universal FantasiesJoin us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author!Special thanks to our paid subscribers:🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵🔥 @Connie Henderson 🩵🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵And a huge THANK YOU to our new video editor Elize van Heerden 🩵🩵🩵Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word.For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to p...2025-07-1639 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 19: Author Catch-Up July 2025Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author!Special thanks to our paid subscribers:🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵🔥 @Connie Cisco 🩵🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word.For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three-book deal for The Legacy Tri...2025-07-1241 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 18: Talking about TropesJoin us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author!Special thanks to our paid subscribers:🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵🔥 @Connie Cisco 🩵🔥 Sheena Cundy 🩵Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word.For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three...2025-07-0831 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 17: Publishing strategy for Q3, the Author Earning Scale, and an Uncomfortable ConversationJoin us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author.JT Lawrence is an author of 35 books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations.Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all night and made her a USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star with a hundred million page reads, and counting.www.jt-lawrence.com...2025-07-0749 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 16: (Bonus episode!) Author Catch-Up, and Success with TranslationsJoin us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author!Special thanks to our paid subscribers:🔥 Victoria Tait 🩵🔥 @moniquethatcher 🩵🔥 @kimberlygralnick 🩵🔥 Jenn Mitchell (founding member) 🩵JT Lawrence is an author of 35+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations.Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all night a...2025-06-2427 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 15: Gearing up for the SPS Live in London!Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author.JT Lawrence is an author of 35+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations.Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all night and made her a USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star with a hundred million page reads, and counting.www.jt...2025-06-2033 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 14: You've set up Facebook ads. Now what?Join us on Pen & Prosper where JT is coaching Delport to be a six-figure author.JT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations.Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all night and made her a USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star with a hundred million page reads, and counting.www.jt...2025-06-1346 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 13: Subscriber Q&AsJT mentions Chuck Wendig’s plot structure guidelines, so here they are.This post is definitely worth reading, so please do!https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2015/05/05/in-which-i-critique-your-story-that-i-havent-read/This is JT’s adapted version:1. HEY LOOK A PROBLEM2. I’M GONNA JUST GO AHEAD AND FIX THAT PROBLEM AND —3. OH GOD I MADE IT WORSE4. OH F*** SOMEBODY ELSE IS MAKING IT WORSE TOO5. WAIT I THINK I GOT THIS —6A. SH*T SH*T SH*T6B. F*** F*** F***2025-06-0746 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 12: Audiobooks for the win!Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word.For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three-book deal for The Legacy Trilogy and the rest, as they say, is history. Since then, her speculative fiction has been published in both SA and the USA.Melissa lives in Hillcrest with her husband and three teenagers, none of whom take her seriously....2025-05-2853 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 11: Setting Up Facebook AdsJT teaches Delport how to set up Facebook ads to sell her books!We started with narrow targeting, but we’re moving on to broad targeting next week.Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word.For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three-book deal for The Legacy Trilogy and the rest, as they say, is history. Si...2025-05-231h 28
Pen & ProsperEpisode 10: Always start with STRATEGYMelissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word.For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three-book deal for The Legacy Trilogy and the rest, as they say, is history. Since then, her speculative fiction has been published in both SA and the USA.Melissa lives in Hillcrest with her husband and three teenagers, none of whom take her seriously....2025-05-1738 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 9: Takeaways from the Global Publishing Summit in SevilleMORE lessons learned at the Seville Conference. SPOILER ALERT: IT WAS INCREDIBLEJT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations.Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all night and made her a USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star with close to a hundred million page reads, and counting.www.jt-lawrence.comMelissa De...2025-05-1655 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 8: Seville writing and publishing conference: PART 1All the lessons learned at the Seville Conference. SPOILER ALERT: IT WAS INCREDIBLEJT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations.Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all night and made her a USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star with close to a hundred million page reads, and counting.www.jt-lawrence.com...2025-05-1125 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 7: A traditional publishing success storyIn this episode Melissa interviews Marina Auer, a successful South African author who writes medical thrillers and recently got a 3-book publishing deal with Kwela.Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word.For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three-book deal for The Legacy Trilogy and the rest, as they say, is history. Since then, her speculative fiction...2025-05-0533 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 6: 12 tips to avoid author burnoutIn this episode we chat about JT’s upcoming trip to Seville for the Global Publishing Summit conference and how to keep your creative energy flowing.Books mentioned:The Artist’s Way by Julia CameronTurning Pro and The War of Art by Steven PressfieldJT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living sellin...2025-04-2628 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 5: All About Direct SalesIn this episode we chat about the importance of building a resilient author business.Melissa Delport is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word.For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. She was offered a three-book deal for The Legacy Trilogy and the rest, as they say, is history. Since then, her speculative fiction has been published in both SA and the USA.2025-04-1920 min
Pen & ProsperBonus episode: Are free books still a valid marketing tool?In this episode we chat about overwhelm, outsourcing, and juggling *all* the things.JT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations.Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all night and made her a USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star with close to a hundred million page reads, and counting.www.jt-lawrence.comMe...2025-04-1211 min
Pen & ProsperEpisode 4: How to cope with author overwhelmIn this episode we chat about overwhelm, outsourcing, and juggling *all* the things.JT Lawrence is an author of 30+ books, mother to a menagerie of chaos, voracious reader and coffee drinker, gin fan, yogi, podcast addict, and wild swimmer. Nothing will convince her that magic isn’t real because she makes a living selling her hallucinations. Her urban fantasy adventures have kept people up all night and made her a USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star with close to a hundred million page reads, and counting.www.jt-lawrence.com...2025-04-1219 min
Goddess Mindset40. Food is Medicine with Author Melissa DelportIn today’s episode I am chatting with award winning author Melissa Delport! Her perspective on food will CHANGE your life. If you share this episode on your Insatagram story and tag both @jaydaafitness and @melissa__delport, you'll get a chance to win a free call with Melissa :)
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Zestly Life6. Journey through food with Melissa DelportToday we speak to Melissa Delport, who is a certified Intuitive Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Retreat Facilitator,Cookbook Author, Private Chef and Photographer.
Melissa is extremely passionate about food and how food is our medicine and this is evident both in her personal journey, her coaching and her two glorious cook books that can be bought at the link below.Â
On our podcast today we speak about healthy alternatives for the busy mom and kids, emotional eating and what is driving our decisions around food. Melissa also touches on trauma and how that affects our f...2022-04-271h 01
Baked The PodcastMelissa Delport - Breathing ExerciseAuthor, holistic health coach, private chef and friend Melissa Delport joins Aisha and her Pink Table friends and delivers a breathing exercise you can do at home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2022-02-2210 min
Baked The PodcastMelissa Delport - Breathing ExerciseAuthor, holistic health coach, private chef and friend Melissa Delport joins Aisha and her Pink Table friends and delivers a breathing exercise you can do at home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2022-02-2210 min
Orms Air: The Orms PodcastSlice of Matt On Composition, Clouds, And The Joys Of Creating For YourselfPhotographer, content creator, and video editor Matt Miszczak, better known as Slice of Matt on his socials, joins us in studio for Season 3 Episode 13 of Orms Air: The Orms Podcast. In this lighthearted and insightful chat, Matt and Orms Air host Jess Young unpack Matt's unique and refreshing approach to content creation, what he looks for in an aesthetically pleasing composition, and how he has managed to avoid creator burnout. This is a must-hear episode for those who need to be reminded of the pure delight and fulfilment that can come from creating work that is just for you...2021-10-221h 54Orms Air: The Orms PodcastMelissa Delport "Follows Her Nose" To Authentic & Empowered Creative ExpressionComing in hot for Season 3 Episode 9 of Orms Air: The Orms Podcast is renowned food photographer Melissa Delport. Melissa is a holistic health coach, private chef, retreat facilitator, and the author of two internationally recognised cookbooks, and she joined us in studio to share her creative origin story, the driving force behind the creation of her cookbooks, and her naturalistic approach to food photography. This episode is jam-packed with amazing advice and valuable insights for creatives fresh and seasoned alike, as Melissa draws on her vast well of personal experience in this frank conversation. Find Melissa online: ...2021-09-101h 13
Baked The PodcastMelissa DelportToday on my podcast I speak to Food stylist, photographer and health coach Melissa Delport. It was interesting and inspiring to hear her food journey. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2019-12-2057 minBaked The PodcastMelissa DelportToday on my podcast I speak to Food stylist, photographer and health coach Melissa Delport. It was interesting and inspiring to hear her food journey. Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2019-12-2057 min
Inspired by HERstoryEating Yourself to Health with Melissa DelportOn today’s episode of “Inspired by HERstory is Melissa Delport. Melissa is a photographer, food stylist, holistic health coach and cookbook author of WHOLE - bowl food for balance with Penguin Random House. The book is all about healing your relationship with food through mindful and intuitive eating.
After years of fad dieting Melissa discovered the path to health and well being and shares it through the book and her social platforms today. She works directly with clients remotely or one on one to support them in achieving their health goals and believes food is medicine. Diag...2019-11-0649 min
Book ChoiceBook Choice - July 2018This happy hour Andrew Marjoribanks. Wordsworth Books, brings us a cosy collection of fine fireside reading, Lesley Beake, an author deeply involved with children’s literature, suggests a comic series by the Kwezi team that will hit the spot with young South African readers, and is stunned by Jess Bosworth Smith’s brave and marvellous The Straw Giant and the Crow. Ardent conservationist John Hanks dives deep into Living Shores by George and Margo Branch, a masterpiece on our marine ecosystem, he declares. Vanessa Levenstein chatted to British historical novelist Kate Furnival about her latest, her ninth, steamy romance The Betr...2018-07-0240 min
LiteratureDr. David Klatzow, Melinda Ferguson, Melissa DeloprtDr. David Klatzow-consulting forensic scientist on: "Justice Denied-the role of forensic science in the miscarriage of justice" Melinda Ferguson author of "Oscar: An Accident waiting to happen"Melissa Delport-Author of the Legacy Trilogy, Rainfall & the Traveler2014-09-1453 min