431 Episodes

  1. SPS-211 My Year in Review - with Mark Dawson

    Published: 1/31/2020

  2. SPS-210: The $50,000 Mistake - with James Rosone

    Published: 1/24/2020

  3. SPS-209: The Fiction Formula - with Johnny Truant

    Published: 1/17/2020

  4. SPS-208: Strengths for Writers: How to Align Yourself for Success - with Becca Syme

    Published: 1/10/2020

  5. SPS-207: Medieval Romance & the Future of Indie Publishers - with Kathryn Le Veque

    Published: 1/3/2020

  6. SPS-206: Keywords and Categories: Why You Need to Know Them - with Dave Chesson

    Published: 12/27/2019

  7. SPS-205: Cops on the Story Beat: How to Write About Law Enforcement - with Patrick O'Donnell

    Published: 12/20/2019

  8. SPS-204: Sci-Fi Romance: Writing Characters to Fall in Love With - with Lindsay Buroker

    Published: 12/13/2019

  9. SPS-203: Powerful Women: Four Writers, One Billionaire Romance Series - with Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley, Kathryn Nolan & Pippa Grant

    Published: 12/6/2019

  10. SPS-202: The Power Couple: How to Get Rich Writing Romance - with Lucy Score & Tim Hoot

    Published: 11/29/2019

  11. SPS-201: How to Write an Oscar-Nominated Screenplay - with Terri Tatchell

    Published: 11/22/2019

  12. SPS-200: Special 200th Episode: Four Years of the Self Publishing Show

    Published: 11/15/2019

  13. SPS-199: Stop Worrying and Start Writing - with Sarah Painter

    Published: 11/8/2019

  14. SPS-198: The Self-Published Author, circa 1999 - with Jeff Wheeler

    Published: 11/1/2019

  15. SPS-197: Extreme Productivity: How to Write 20-Plus Books a Year - with Amanda Lee

    Published: 10/25/2019

  16. SPS-196: How to Turn a Struggle Into a Strength - with Hilary Jastram

    Published: 10/18/2019

  17. SPS-195: From Blasters to Bones: How to Switch from Sci-Fi to Crime Fiction - with Barry Hutchison

    Published: 10/11/2019

  18. SPS-194: Live from Florida! at the NINC conference with David Gaughran and Ricardo Fayet

    Published: 10/4/2019

  19. SPS-193: How to Write About the FBI (and Get it Right) - with Jerri Williams

    Published: 9/27/2019

  20. SPS-192: How to Build an Audience on Instagram - with Stuart Grant

    Published: 9/20/2019

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Mark Dawson is a best selling self-published author on multiple platforms including Amazon and Kobo. He is the author of the John Milton thriller series and its spin-off Beatrix Rose. In addition, he’s written several ‘Soho Noir' novels. Mark’s breakthrough came when he developed a marketing strategy for promoting and selling his books. His swift success enabled him to quit his 9 to 5 job and he has generated gross revenues of more than a million dollars in less than five years. Mark has become a leading voice in the self publishing industry and he advocates and teaches a strategy based around offering books for free, mailing list development and social media advertising. In 2015, he published the first version of what is now his acclaimed online course ‘Advertising for Authors’. He has also developed a course for writers at the start of their careers – Self Publishing 101. James Blatch co-hosts the podcast and he represents the first time, wannabe author. James is a former BBC News journalist who is currently writing his first novel. Between them James and Mark explore the world of self publishing with a focus on actionable tips for new and experienced indie authors.