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SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast – EP511 – Attending Reader EventsWendy, Cheryl and Trudi are off to RARE Melbourne in October 2025 and busy organising ALL the things! So this episode we share all our BEST TIPS (merchandise sourcing, what works, what doesn’t), table set up, what to wear, how to approach reader events, how many books to take (or offer on preorder) and how to calm the nerves / talk to strangers (ha!) Links mentioned: Author websites: Wendy Vella / Lani Blake https://wendyvella.com/index.htmlhttps://laniblake.com/ CA Phipps https://caphipps.com/ Trudi Jaye https://www.tr...2025-07-3054 min

SPA Girls PodcastReader Events - Tips For Authors AttendingWendy, Cheryl and Trudi are off to RARE Melbourne in October 2025 and busy organising ALL the things! So this episode we share all our BEST TIPS (merchandise sourcing, what works, what doesn’t), table set up, what to wear, how to approach reader events, how many books to take (or offer on preorder) and how to calm the nerves / talk to strangers (ha!) Links mentioned: Author websites: Wendy Vella / Lani Blake https://wendyvella.com/index.html https://laniblake.com/ CA Phipps https://ca...2025-07-3054 min

SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast – EP492 – Writer Roundtable with the SPA GirlsThe SPA Girls get down and personal with a Q1 2025 catchup! From surprising successes, unexpected writing tips, hybrid publishing adventures to mindset resets, we Keep It Real in this wild author life. Links mentioned: Wendy Vella website , CA Phipps website, Trudi Jaye website www.theauthorhelper.com Vinci Books https://www.vinci-books.com/ Dragonblade Publishing https://www.dragonbladepublishing.com/ Maggie Marr (SPA Girls Podcast Episode #451 (https://www.selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep451-interview-with-maggie-marr/ ) Heather Hildenbrand (SPAGirls Podcast Episode #434 (https://www.selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep434-top-3-mindset-tips-for-authors-with-heather-hildenbrand/ ) Erin Wright...2025-03-1954 min

SPA Girls PodcastWriter Roundtable with the SPA Girls The SPA Girls get down and personal with a Q1 2025 catchup! From surprising successes, unexpected writing tips, hybrid publishing adventures to mindset resets, we Keep It Real in this wild author life. Links mentioned: Wendy Vella website , CA Phipps website, Trudi Jaye website www.theauthorhelper.com Vinci Books https://www.vinci-books.com/ Dragonblade Publishing https://www.dragonbladepublishing.com/ Maggie Marr (SPA Girls Podcast Episode #451 (https://www.selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep451-interview-with-maggie-marr/ ) 2025-03-1854 min

SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast – EP463 – Get The Most Out Of Writer Conferences 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....2024-08-2742 min

SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast – EP463 – Get The Most Out Of Writer ConferencesAttending 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....2024-08-2742 min

SPA Girls PodcastLaunching a Successful New Pen Name with Melissa PearlOur guest today, Kiwi author Melissa Pearl, has five pen names across multiple genres and has been learning about self publishing since she published her first book in 2010. Since then she's published more than 80 books, and shares with us some real and raw insights into the career of an indie author, including all the highs and the lows. When she launched her latest pen name last year, she made sure she used everything she'd learned over that time to ensure her new pen name was successful right from the start. Melissa generously tells us exactly wh...2024-03-201h 06

SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast - EP407 - Making Your Writing Addictive A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Alessandra Torre has written twenty-three novels, including multiple New York Times bestsellers. She is also the creator of Alessandra Torre Ink - an authors community and online school with over 20,000 members. She is also the founder of INKERS CON, an annual authors conference. A self-publishing advocate, Alessandra speaks frequently to universities, conventions and author groups and we’re delighted to welcome her back to the SPA! Today Alessandra is going to give us the lowdown not just ab...2023-08-0154 min

SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast – EP378 – Be A Newsletter Ninja with Tammi Labrecque Tammi Labrecque is an indie author, a mailing list whiz-kid, and the author of the best-selling non-fiction books for authors – Newsletter Ninja, and Newsletter Ninja 2. Tammi lives in Central Maine with three spoiled cats, two neurotic dogs, and dozens of fictional characters that keep her awake nights. When she’s not penning awesome books on how you can become a Newsletter Ninja too, she writes under a variety of pen names across several genres, including urban fantasy, thriller, and LitRPG. Our favourite line from the blurb of Newsletter Ninja is this – “Imagine having a large list of...2023-01-111h 15

SPA Girls PodcastBe a Newsletter Ninja - with Tammi LabrecqueReady to up your author newsletter game? Tammi Labrecque is an indie author, a mailing list whiz-kid, and the author of the best-selling non-fiction books for authors - Newsletter Ninja, and Newsletter Ninja 2. Tammi lives in Central Maine with three spoiled cats, two neurotic dogs, and dozens of fictional characters that keep her awake nights. When she’s not penning awesome books on how you can become a Newsletter Ninja too, she writes under a variety of pen names across several genres, including urban fantasy, thriller, and LitRPG. Our favourite line from the blu...2023-01-111h 16

SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast – EP323 – Christmas Special 2021 Despite 2021’s best efforts we’ve managed to do some great work this year and had some good times. From launching as planned when health or life got in the way, to self-improvement on many levels, we’ve hit the markers. Maybe not on time or in an effortless ballet-like movement, but we’re taking the wins and so should you! Listen in for: Our favourite moments of the year. Apologies as Wendy tells us dad jokes! Christmas recipes we love! Show Notes: Cheryl’s proudest m...2021-12-2134 min

SPA Girls PodcastChristmas SpecialDespite 2021’s best efforts we’ve managed to do some great work this year and had some good times. From launching as planned when health or life got in the way, to self-improvement on many levels, we’ve hit the markers. Maybe not on time or in an effortless ballet-like movement, but we’re taking the wins and so should you! Show Notes: Cheryl’s proudest moment: Launched 3 books after health issues put a spanner in the works several times. Favourite moments: Being able to see and hold grandchildren and children. Wend...2021-12-2134 min

SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast – EP299 – Book Marketing On A Shoestring Get Results Spending $100/month (or less!) Marketing doesn’t have to mean Big Bucks spent on advertising. In fact, some of the best marketing you can do is free or low cost. If you’re just starting out there probably isn’t much left in the budget for paid marketing. We’ve been there! In this episode, we’ve dug deep to find all the tools we used instead of heavy investments—and some we still do. One thing to note, you’ll need to invest something in your marketing—if it’s not money...2021-07-071h 09

SPA Girls PodcastBook Marketing On a ShoestringMarketing doesn't have to be Big Bucks spent on advertising, in fact some of the best marketing you can do is free or low cost. If you're just starting out there probably isn't much left in the budget for paid marketing. We've been there! In this episode, we've dug deep to find all the tools we used instead of heavy investments—and some we still do. One thing to note, you’ll need to invest something in your marketing—if it’s not money, it’s your time. This episode we'll cover:...2021-07-071h 09

SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast – EP261 – Imposter Syndrome with Amira Alvarez BONUS – enter before Friday 16 October to win one of three FREE tickets to the Unstoppable Woman virtual summit in November 2020 Here’s how to enter: Post on facebook (make it public – you may need to change settings for the post) and tell us ONE reason why you’d like to attend the summit, then hashtag #unstoppablesummit #spagirlspodcast SIMPLE! >> Earlybird tickets for the summit close Friday 16 October (if you purchase a ticket, then win our lucky listener draw, you’ll be reimbursed) Go to https://theunstoppablewoman.com/SPAGirls Today we’re delighted to welcome back...2020-10-141h 02

SPA Girls PodcastBeating imposter syndrome with Amira AlvarezBONUS - enter before Friday 16 October to win one of three FREE tickets to the Unstoppable Woman virtual summit in November 2020 Here's how to enter: Post on facebook before end of day Friday 16 October (make it public - you may need to change settings for the post) and tell us ONE reason why you'd like to attend the summit, then hashtag #unstoppablesummit #spagirlspodcast SIMPLE! Today we're delighted to welcome back mindset coach, Amira Alvarez. We had such a wonderful response to our previous episode #253 on maximizing your mindset. So we've got her back to do a...2020-10-131h 02

SPA Girls PodcastFacebook Ads for AuthorsAlana Terry is a 6-figure, USA Today bestseller with more than forty published Christian suspense novels. She hosts the Successful Writer Podcast which is a fabulous marketing-focused podcast for indie authors of any genre. Alana has also created several highly regarded courses to help authors reach their dreams of achieving creative and commercial success. Today we're going to talk with Alana about how she uses advertising to grow her readership and how authors can navigate the sometimes confusing waters of Amazon ads and Facebook ads! Alana tells us how she got into writing and then w...2020-08-0554 min

SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast – EP239 – How to Be Creative When You Don’t Feel Like It Sometimes the muse has left the building. Or you’re tired. Or something happens that you weren’t expecting. Yeah, like a pandemic. That’ll do it! There are probably very few people who haven’t felt the panic or sense of doom and gloom in some small way, and others far worse than the SPAGirls. It’s fair to say that we all took a moment (read a week or three) to get our heads back in the game, and even if you didn’t, that’s okay. Don’t beat yourself up...2020-05-1342 min

SPA Girls PodcastBeing Creative When you Don't Feel Like ItSometimes the muse has left the building. Or you’re tired. Or something happens that you weren’t expecting. Yeah, like a pandemic. That’ll do it! There are probably very few people who haven’t felt the panic or sense of doom and gloom in some small way, and others far worse than the SPAGirls. It’s fair to say that we all took a moment (read a week or three) to get our heads back in the game, and even if you didn’t, that’s okay. Don’t beat yourself up...2020-05-1342 min

SPA Girls PodcastSPA Girls Podcast – Ep 227 – Elana Johnson Part One – Productivity USA Today bestselling author Elana Johnson writes adult contemporary beach romance and Christian Cowboy Romance. She’s the author of over 130 books across two names, and in January 2020 just hit a 6 figure month for the first time. We talk to Elana about how she balances her workload because we know she’s doing well on the marketing front which is such a big topic these days and definitely needs to be factored in to your day. Elana works over 2 projects at a time. Once her current WIP and the second is a ‘fun’ project. When the main o...2020-02-1948 min

SPA Girls PodcastWhat’s Your Word?We love the idea of visualising a word to describe how you’ll be in 2020. What difference could a word make? The answer is, it won’t make any difference unless you put it into play every day. If it’s a word that speaks to you, then make the most of it. Use it. Journal about it. Post it somewhere you can see it. Put it in your phone and calendar. You can find out our words and what we intend to do with them in this week’s episode of the S...2020-01-2128 min