Positive On Publishing Podcast

Today's guest is Tom Corson-Knowles. Tom is an entrepreneur, blogger and bestselling author of more than 20 books. He started his first business at age 13, and by the time he graduated from business school at age 22, he was earning a full-time income from his entrepreneurial endeavors. Tom is the founder of EbookPublishingSchool.com and TCK Publishing.

An award-winning novelist, Beth is a speaker, teacher, coach, and co-founder of the Barany School of Fiction that she runs with her husband, Ezra. Here are the fun nuggets from our interview: Fun nugget #1: Finding a writing community can help you to navigate the vast and unknown (often overwhelming) world of fiction Fun nugget #2: There are are robust, tested methods out there that allow you to save time (and therefore money) in writing your fiction work Fun nugget #3: Fiction writing can turn work into play :) Fun nugget #4: Perfection is the enemy of get it done Fun nugget #5:  A self publishing checklist can help you to chart out your journey and keep you organized. Beth also suggests a "meta document" where you keep all of the information about your book in one place.

Steve Scott is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author with over 60 books in his catalog, He also blogs about habit development on his site DevelopGoodHabits.com. You can also find him at Authority.pub, where he teaches the principles of the authority self-publishing model. When not working, he likes to read, exercise, and spend time with his family.

Marci Shimoff is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a world-renowned transformational teacher, and an expert on happiness, success, and unconditional love. Marci’s books include the runaway bestsellers, Happy for No Reason, Love for No Reason, and six titles in the phenomenally successful Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul series. Her books have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide in 33 languages, have topped all of the major bestseller lists, and have been on the New York Times bestseller list for a total of 118 weeks. Marci is one of the bestselling female nonfiction authors of all time.

Christina Culbertson is a interior book designer and owner of 3Cs Books, LLC. As an author partner, she has learned the ins and outs of self-publishing and has a knack for customized interior design and layouts. You’ll love the four mantras she shares with us about how to make your book beautiful to maximize audience engagement.

Gina Gardiner is a #1 International Best Selling author, Motivational Speaker, Empowerment Coach, Transformational Leadership Trainer, NLP Master Practitioner and Coach with well over 30 years experience of helping people achieve happiness and success. Gina is passionate about helping her clients to achieve their full potential – to become genuinely their best self. She talks about her journey of publishing four books and what she has learned along the way. I know you'll be inspired!

Joshua is the Director of Outreach and Education at Firebrand Technologies. He is an expert in metadata and eBook development and an acclaimed teacher and guide on digital publishing. In addition to heading up training and outreach efforts for Firebrand, Joshua serves on multiple industry committees and working groups and teaches in-depth workshops and sessions at publishing conferences throughout the year. He also leads the development of FlightDeck, a technology for ebook quality assurance that we cover during our interview.    

Michael is an Integrative Psychologist, Three-time Bestselling Author, Mindfulness/Meditation/Yoga Teacher and Four-Time Grammy® Nominated Recording Artist. He has over 33 years of experience helping guide others on their life journey. Michael is also the author and creator of PEACE WITHIN: Clear Your Mind, Open Your Heart, Embrace Your Soul and Heal Your Life #1 Bestseller and on-site and online program. His YouTube channel is home to his popular 7×7 Meditation Challenge, Mindful Moment with Michael and other healing music videos based on his award winning Grammy® nominated music. Here are the fun nuggets from the interview: Related to entrepreneurism/authorpreneurism Fun nugget #1: The democratization of publishing has been happening over the last decade or so Fun nugget #2: The technology hurdles have been lowered (as they have been in the music industry) Fun nugget #3: Self-investment is required (because there are fewer players that want to “discover you”) Fun nugget #4: The new model requires more ongoi

Today's guest is Daniel Hall. Daniel was just like you. Until he accidentally learned about cruise ship enrichment programs, he had no idea that you could cruise free by giving onboard presentations or leading activities. Fortunately, he learned the secrets of being approved by the cruise lines to cruise free. In fact, he was taking so many free cruises that friends and colleagues began to ask how he was able to do it. Because he was spending so much time explaining the process he finally decided to write it down. Eventually, that effort would become the critically acclaimed program "Speak on Cruise Ships." In addition to cruise ship speaking, Daniel has a wide array of interests, talents and achievements. For example, he holds degrees and licenses in both law and nursing, having graduated from Texas Tech University, School of Law and the University of Texas at El Paso, College of Nursing.   Here are the fun nuggets from the interview: Fun nugget #1: A book topic can be found in the questions that people are

Azul is a teacher at heart and loves to share what he has learned with others. Azul has coached seasoned writers like Pat Flynn, of Smart Passive Income, and Dana Malstaff, of Boss-Mom.com, to find their book ideas and execute well. When Azul is not writing or coaching other authors, he can be found relaxing in a yoga class or obsessing over tiny houses on Pinterest or just enjoying our family’s cute dogs, Scooter and Oliver. Here are the fun nuggets from the interview: Fun nugget #1: Start with the WHY for yourself: authority, money, expertise (imagine the book in your hands and what it does for YOU). Finding this ‘why’ might take a series of asking yourself “why” until you reach the core. Fun nugget #2:  The writing process is more about extraction than adding any content. Fun nugget #3:  Write — not edit, not think! Fun nugget #4: Don’t let the GUNK get into your way (your other agenda: your doubts, your voices, the judgement). Fun nugget #5:  Everyone has their own preferred accountability structure, but

Today’s guest is Derek Doepker. Derek Doepker is a 7x bestselling author of fitness, personal development, and business books. Derek leads hands-on training workshops, courses and retreats to teach authors how to turn their passion for writing into a sustainable business. Don’t forget to access Derek’s e-book, Why Author’s Fail. Here are the fun nuggets from our interview: Fun nugget #1: It’s all about creating the right mindset Fun nugget #2: Start building a tribe/following as soon as possible Fun nugget #3: Know the Amazon algorithms Fun nugget #4: Recovery strategies DO exist in the case that you need to re-launch (go through fun nuggets #1-#3 again). Sub-nuggets under mindset: 1. Compare and despair 2. Don’t compare your beginning/middle to someone else’s end 3. Recognize that there is no such thing as overnight success 4. Perfectionism is the enemy of get it done 5. View the bottle that is yourself from the outside (by getting validation and feedback from those on the outside) 6. GOLDEN SUB NUGGET:  Val

Honorée Corder is the author of dozens of books, including You Must Write a Book, The Prosperous Writer book series, Vision to Reality, Business Dating, The Successful Single Mom book series, If Divorce is a Game, These are the Rules, and The Divorced Phoenix. She is also Hal Elrod’s business partner in The Miracle Morning book series. Honorée coaches business professionals, writers, and aspiring non-fiction authors who want to publish their books to bestseller status, create a platform, and develop multiple streams of income. You can find out more at HonoreeCorder.com. Here are the fun nuggets from our interview: Fun nugget #1: There is nothing sexy about being hungry Fun nugget #2: Be on the lookout for folks that have made money Fun nugget #3: Create some juicy affirmations about your writing life (and say it 25 times a day!) Fun nugget #4: Turn your affirmations into actions (as you pray, move your feet) Fun nugget #5: Your “magic morning” can start whenever you start to take action Fun nugget #6: We have

Angela Bole is chief executive officer of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), the largest book publishing association in the U.S., serving independent publishers and self-published authors. IBPA’s mission is to lead and serve the independent publishing community through advocacy, education, and tools for success. IBPA’s vision is a world where every independent publisher has the tools and knowledge needed to professionally engage in all aspects of the publishing industry.

On today’s interview Kathryn will go through some of the services provided by InstaFreebie and all the steps required to join with Ashley Durrer. Ashley is passionate about art forms of all kinds, and was able to indulge this passion when she worked for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. As a remaining volunteer with the Accessibility Department, she continues to enrich the experiences of visitors. Now an entrepreneur, her focus has been on accelerating great stories and big ideas. She believes there is a fan for every story and every idea. Ashley has been honored to work with such great authors, and considers many of them friends as they continue to work together in innovative ways. Below you can see an outline of the interview with all the steps you need to take to join InstaFreebie:    Visit instafreebie.com/plans and select your plan to create your account. Then upload your book either in epub format and/or pdf format. At that point you can also upload content upgrades/extra content (for fiction you can upl

In this episode Kathryn will give us an in depth look into the upcoming National Novel Writing Month, also known as NANOWRIMO.

Geoff Affleck is a marketing advisor who helps self-help authors launch #1 bestsellers and reach more people with their message. He is the #1 bestselling co-author of five books including Enlightened Bestseller, Breakthrough!, Ready, Set, Live!, Inspired by The Passion Test and Shine Your Light. Geoff has shared the stage with bestselling authors, T. Harv Eker, Marci Shimoff, Janet Bray Attwood, Chris Attwood, John Assaraf and Debra Poneman. He has an MBA from the Schulich School of Business in Toronto. Born in Australia, he now lives on Vancouver Island, Canada and enjoys yoga, sailing, carpentry and the loving support of his wife, Lesley, and daughter, Skyla.

Michelle Cox is the author of the award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard book from the A Ring of Truth fantasy series. She is also the author of the Novel Notes of Local Lore blog, which tells the story of forgotten residents of Chicago. In this interview she will talk about the relationship with your publisher and your publicist and the importance of having both while still maintaining your budget. She will also go a bit in depth with her amazing career so far, especially after learning about hybrid publishing, while also sharing great nuggets with us:    Writing takes a lot of maturity, you can’t write a novel until you are at least 40 years old (understand why and where this comes from on the interview); Your book must have a solid bone structure on which to hang its organs. The arc of the book is very important; Finding a good publishing partner is very important but you as the author has the biggest role in your own success; And finally build your platform, whether it is through blogging, public s

Carol Kline has co-authored over a half-dozen books with some of the world’s top transformational leaders—including Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen of Chicken Soup for the Soul fame, and also Marci Shimoff, Lisa Nichols, and Gay Hendricks. Five of those books went on to become New York Times bestsellers. In other words, Carol is a rock star in the world of publishing.

Dr. Sylvie Heyman is a health and wellness expert with an extensive background in traditional and non-traditional healthcare practices. While focusing on weight management and lifestyle changes, she has expanded her area of expertise to habits that affect the body, mind, and spirit. Sylvie gave us a great time talking about her path before and after publishing her book “Make it a HABIT! Creating Health and Happiness for your Body, Mind and Spirit” while keeping it real and grounded. We will learn as much about her success as her struggles. Here are the fun nuggets from the show: Habits make up your life, habits sum up to be the total of your life; The tasks for writing a book and the tasks for making it public are very different and new and established authors should learn to embrace both sides of things; On the words of Sylvie, “you are never too old to start something new”Besides never being too old ; And to sum it up, have a constant awareness and mindfulness of what you do on a daily basis, always creati

Alan McComas is the laidback wholesaler and #1 bestselling author to the book THE LAIDBACK LIFESTYLE: "Anyone can have it" with several other books on the writing. He is also a consultant and vice president at SEI Engineer, Inc. and a real estate investor. Alan is committed to helping as many people as possible by sharing his thoughts and insights in his books that draw from his own personal and professional experience. On this episode we will get very in depth with his writing and publishing journey while touching on several key points such as accountability, outsourcing and doing one thing at a time!  Here are the fun nuggets from the show:   Accountability is key to get things done. From now on, introduce yourself as the author of the upcoming (“insert book title”). Which brings us to nugget number 2: Tell all of your friends and the world about your upcoming book because a public statement of your intention to be an author can often be the most powerful accountability tool out there; The world of amazon