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ANNOUNCEMENT: Are you ready to define who you are as a writer and create a tagline you can pitch to readers? Join our free 7-Days to Your Author Brand Email Mini-Course at www.authorwheel.com/stuff. Using the Enneagram to Reclaim Your Author Career... This week we're continuing our ongoing conversation about the internal journey of building a susta…

ANNOUNCEMENT: Are you ready to define who you are as a writer and create a tagline you can pitch to readers? Join our free 7-Days to Your Author Brand Email Mini-Course at www.authorwheel.com/stuff. Knowing Yourself, Finding What Works, and Building a Writing Network... This week we're talking about the journey. If you want a career as an author, t…

Are you a plotter, a discovery writer, or something in-between? In this episode, Megan and Greta interview Troy Lambert about his writing journey from technical writer to fiction author. They also discuss Plottr, a terrific plotting and planning tool for authors that changed Troy's career. Troy Lambert is a mystery author, book editor, and the Educ…

External validation, internal fulfillment, and satisfying your soul . . . How do you define success? Is it financial? Is it lifestyle? Is it accolades? This seems to be a hot topic lately, and keeps coming up in our interviews and conversations, so we decided to tackle the issue head on in this duo episode. We've each developed goals and strategies…

Tropes are everywhere, trusting your instincts, and avoiding formulaic writing... This week we're talking with Jennifer Hilt about finding and trusting her own writing voice over multiple genres. Through her years of writing, she came to realize that tropes are not just clichés or story building blocks, they're actually relationships. Readers want …

Fulfilling Your Artistic Sensibilities, Being Ready for Opportunity, and Finding Your Critique Tribe... In this episode, we interviewed speculative fiction author Michael H. Payne, who has spent most of his 30+ year career writing stories about talking animals. He came up through the trenches of traditional publishing, but stuck to his creative dre…

Defining character voice, writing for stress relief, and finding your own path . . . We were thrilled to have Jeff Elkins, the Dialogue Doctor, join us on this week's show! It was an incredible interview, with SO MANY fantastic nuggets of wisdom. We talked about everything from coming from a non-writing background and how hard it was to admit we we…

The 4 C's of Indie Publishing, writing as a team sport, and framing your story boat to make sure it will float . . . This week on the podcast, Megan and Greta were thrilled to speak with Matty Dalrymple of the Indy Author podcast! Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, and the Ann Kinnear Susp…

Humility, Resilience, and Finding Joy . . . In this interview, Megan and Greta chat with romance author Jami Albright about her earliest roadblocks while learning the craft of writing, and how she's overcome them by being open to constructive criticism. Now, as an Amazon top 100 author, she's helping other writers evaluate their sales pages to impr…

Welcome to 2023 and season two of The Author Wheel Podcast! As we begin the new year, we thought it would be a good time to talk about setting a strategy for 2023. Although we don't really believe in new year's resolutions, we do believe that the changing of the year can be a good time to reevaluate your goals and your motivations for being a write…

We're wrapping up our first season of The Author Wheel Podcast and getting ready for the holidays. But first, what were our biggest takeaways from the interviews this fall, and what are we trying to achieve next? Make sure you subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player so you don't miss our triumphant return in January. We're lining up some f…

Trading services, copyediting, and putting your best foot forward . . . Today, Greta and Megan have a conversation with prolific action thriller writer and editor, Steven Moore. Englishman Steven's innate love of travel and a degree in anthropology and archaeology informed his action thriller fiction novels. Steven has lived on five continents and …

Obstinate characters, poor motivation, and plot setup . . . In this duo episode, we're talking about characters. In particular, how do we handle unruly, obstinate, problematic characters who don't follow your author rules! Sometimes it all comes down to understanding their motivations and personality. Other times, it's all about staying flexible in…

Banish brain fog, defeat writers' block, and write more words. Greta and Megan go back a long way with today's guest, Roland Denzel. The message of his upcoming book for writers, The Author Brain, is both necessary and inspirational. Roland Denzel is a health and fitness author who grew up overweight and sedentary before turning his life around. He…

Working with a small press, creating pop-up conferences, and giving yourself grace . . . These are just some of the topics we tackled with Jodi Thompson. Jodi Thompson has been writing for as long as she can remember, but her real talent lies in assisting others with their dreams. After spending some time as a freelance book manager and publicist, …

Prioritization, building habits, and keeping it fun . . . In this duo episode, we're talking all things productivity. Whether you're scheduling your writing around kids' schedules and a day job, or struggling to focus and find the flow, we've been there. How do you make writing a priority and build a habit in the face of so many other activities? Q…

Part 2 of our 2-Part Interview with USA Today Bestselling Author Russell Nohelty Launching a book on Kickstarter . . . Russell Nohelty is a USA Today bestselling author, publisher, and speaker. He runs Wannabe Press, a small press that publishes weird books for weird people. Russell is the author of dozens of novels and graphic novels including The…

Part 1 of our 2-Part Interview with USA Today Bestselling Author Russell Nohelty Validation, Indie vs. Traditional publishing, and there's no substitute for time and experience . . . Russell Nohelty is a USA Today bestselling author, publisher, and speaker. He runs Wannabe Press, a small press that publishes weird books for weird people. Russell is…

Goals, Motivations, Personality, Skills, Genre . . . Are you pursuing a traditional publishing contract or going the indie route and publishing on your own? Your dreams and background may affect your choice. There's no single right way to write, publish, or promote your book. Every journey to publication is different, just like every author. In tod…

Flat arcs, dynamic arcs, writing in trilogies, extending a series . . . These are just some of the topics we tackled with the inspirational Sara Rosett. Sara Rosett is the USA Today bestselling author of over 30 cozy and historical mysteries as well as books and courses for writers, including How to Write a Series and How to Outline a Cozy Mystery.…

Cozy Horror? Is that a thing? How well do you understand your genre? Genre is the broad category where your books would be shelved in the physical bookstores. Sub-genre is the narrow niche category of books as they're grouped on ebook retailers, often defined by tropes, protagonist age, and writing style. Why should you care? In this episode, Greta…

Screenwriting, Putting in the Work, and Worldbuilding . . . Whether you write science-fiction and fantasy, thrillers, or contemporary women's fiction you have to develop a world for your characters to live in. Luckily, today's expert has the text to help. M. D. Presley loves to talk all things worldbuilding with a narrative focus. A screenwriter an…

Ever wonder how novelists come up with book idea after book idea? In this episode, Greta and Megan talk about their latest book, The Author Wheel Quick Guide to Planning a Novel. They talk about how to fight writers' overwhelm, make your daydreams productive, and the importance of creating a story bible. Final Question: How do you feed your creativ…

Mindset, goal setting, and the stories writers tell themselves. Today we’re thrilled to be talking with Sue Campbell from Pages & Platforms. She’s a certified Book Launch Coach from Tim Grahl’s BookLaunch.com, and has worked with hundreds of authors, helping them spend their limited time and resources wisely and give their books their best chance i…

Rejection, Perfectionism, Negative Reviews, Next Book Syndrome, Imposter Syndrome, Comparisonitis . . . In this episode, Greta and Megan take a deep dive into all of their writing insecurities and how they've overcome them in each stage of their career. Final Question: What kind of insecurity are you facing right now? Let's chat on the Facebook pag…

Welcome to the first episode of The Author Wheel Podcast! We thought we should take this opportunity to introduce ourselves and our hive mind. At the Author Wheel, our goal is to help you overcome the roadblocks in the writing life and keep your stories rolling. Greta and Megan have different personalities, skills, and goals, and their journey to p…