Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Xio?
01:30 - Music business experience
03:30 - Xio's books and writing history
12:00 - Importance of creative energy
13:30 - Big Brother for Writers (pitch)
18:00 - High high, and low low
21:00 - Tapping out of social media
27:00 - Doom scrolling
28:00 - Charitable and Writing
32:00 - Where to find you and what are you working on?
34:00 - Vanilla-gate (interlude)
34:30 - Back to what you're working on
37:30 - Stacy and Willow trad talk!
48:00 - Read more romance and listen to the Lillys!

Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com

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00:15 - Who is Rick?
04:00 - Marketing choices
06:00 - Marketing advice
08:00 - Scaling marketing services
10:30 - How important are book signings?
14:30 - Stacey has good energy!
16:30 - What social media is best?
20:00 - Consistent posting
26:00 - Ads
31:00 - What are the future platforms?
35:00 - Marketing packages and ads
40:00 - Words of wisdom

Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Oriana?
01:30 - Special editions
02:30 - What advice do you have to give to authors?
05:00 - Kickstarter is scary! Break it down for us
10:00 - How long is the process?
18:00 - Government-approved spicy art
21:45 - What is your day like?
26:00 - Talk about 42 million
30:00 - Big publishers on Kickstarter
35:45 - What about the cons?
38:00 - What is your favorite book?
43:00 - Share more with the listeners

Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com

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00:15 - Who is Ines?
01:00 - It's getting hot in here
03:00 - Production work and highlighters
04:30 - The pleasure hound
05:45 - What is your high high or your low low
08:45 - Cheers
13:00 - Luna Terra World
19:30 - Velvet covers, what do you think?
22:45 - Steering wheel desk
23:30 - Author tips
27:00 - Craft
29:00 - Best place to start?

Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com

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00:15 - Who is Krystyna?
01:00 - Book list
04:45 - Comic covers
06:45 - Where should readers start?
11:45 - What is your high high and low low?
16:30 - How long have you been in publishing?
20:00 - What social media platform do you like?
22:00 - How do you write?
26:30 - Always be nice to Colleen
29:00 - What else are you working on?
31:30 - Writing all the time
35:30 - Where can people follow you?

Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com

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00:15 - Who is Tamara?
01:00 - Cosmo Reads
06:00 - Lean into the fandom
12:00 - The world through women's eyes
13:00 - Cosmo Reads Genres
14:30 - How are you finding authors?
16:00 - Doing all the things
23:00 - What to wear
24:30 - Any advice to authors or readers?
29:00 - What's the next book and where to follow?

Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com

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00:15 - Who is Brigid?
01:00 - Where to start?
05:30 - True Blood book-talk
07:45 - What is your high high or your low low
10:00 - When the woman is successful
15:00 - Love language
17:45 - Only traditionally publish
24:00 - Simple marketing
25:30 - Assistants?
31:00 - Lack of control
33:00 - What is next?

Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com

Show Notes

00:15 - Who is Shannon?
02:30 - High highs and low lows
05:30 - The toxic KU relationship
10:00 - Path into writing and where to start
24:30 - Take a breath
26:00 - Genre selection and selling ourselves
32:00 - Flash in the pan authors, hard work, hype
35:00 - Toxicity in the genre
39:00 - Stand your ground
40:30 - What's your personal favorite book, and what's next?

Host Authors and Podcast Links
https://www.staceymariebrown.com/
http://www.willowwinterswrites.com
https://www.instagram.com/colleensoppenheim/
https://youtube.com/@SexLiesandBlankPagesPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/sexliesandblankpages
https://www.instagram.com/sexliesandblankpages/
Email: sexliesandblankpages@gmail.com