This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss why you might want a pen name and how to manage it.  Transcript Crys: Welcome to…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss what a scene is, what a scene isn’t, and how to decide where a scene should…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain reflect on their writing and business accomplishments of 2021 and look forward to what they have planned…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss why indie authors may be interested in starting a publishing imprint, what challenges they may face,…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss how to write villains, what comes naturally to them when writing villains, and various examples of…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss what an essential author bio needs, whether you’re publishing your first book or twenty books in….

This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain turn the question of “how do I find my audience?” to a slightly different angle, and question,…

This week authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain talk about the pros and cons of nicheing–what is it and when do you want to do…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain talk about the biggest, strongest, most harmful stories they had to struggle through as parents who wanted…

This week, J Thorn and Crys Cain talk about the new trend of “cohort learning” (spoiler… it’s a new phrase for an old technique) and…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain answer the question: How do you know if your cover is good enough? What does good enough…

This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain discuss how to make November’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) or any intense writing-goal time frame successful…

This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain discuss if you should scrap a project and how you might approach that. Do you ditch the…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss the question everyone asks after they start making a little money from their books… how do…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss how they build characters now, how they used to build characters, and what tools have helped…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss author services. Why would you offer them, and why might you decide that’s not the best…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain question what it means to be a pro author, and does it matter? This is a question…

This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain discuss how they navigate the “murky middle” of writing a novel, and how that has changed through…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss what elements come into play when you’re deciding how to price your book. Are you going…

This week, authors Crys Cain and J Thorn discuss how they feel about advertising, what they’re doing for advertising, and what other venues they’re exploring…

This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain talk about studying a new genre, whether you want to dive into it completely or just bring…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain talk about their tips, tricks and challenges working while on the road. From visiting family to living…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss building confidence. Is it possible? If so, how? And what do they think is even more…

This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain discuss the benefits of defferent tenses and POVs, as well as what other elements influence your choice…

This week, authors J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss what an ideal reader is vs your most common reader, how to define your ideal reader,…

This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain talk about the productivity tool “batching,” and what common and unique ways authors can take advantage of…

This week, authors J. Thorn and Crys Cain talk about dealing with perfectionist tendencies: when are they helpful, when are they harmful, and how in…

In this week’s episode, J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss one of the most used features of The Author Success Mastermind, the virtual writing room….

As the world truly starts opening up and we get to hang out with other people in real life again, J Thorn and Crys Cain…

This week J. Thorn and Crys Cain talk about decision fatigue, an issue that plagues most of us, but especially those of us running our…

This week, J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss their experiences with burnout. They share how it looked differently for them, what caused it, and ways…

This week, Crys Cain and J. Thorn discuss “The Dip.” That feeling everyone gets when they’ve been pushing long and hard, they know they’re doing…

This week, J Thorn and Crys Cain talk about how to engage in and support your writing community when you have low energy or you…

Have you written a manuscript–or several–but can’t bring yourself to actually hit the publish button? This week, J Thorn and Crys Cain dig into the…

This week J. Thorn and Crys Cain take a question directly from The Author Success Mastermind community: Where should writers, new to advanced, be focusing…

This week, J Thorn and Crys Cain delve into the practical differences and approaches between writing different lengths and forms of stories, as well as…

This week, prompted by Amazon’s announcement of their new serial platform, Kindle Vella, J Thorn and Crys Cain talk about evaluating new opportunities in the…

This week, J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss whether structured learning is necessary to learning to write good stories, and the strengths and weaknesses of…

Turning the oft-asked question: “What should I hire someone else to do?” on its head, J Thorn and Crys Cain talk about doing everything, being…

How many times have you reached a rough spot on your current project and a new idea pops into your head? It’s way better than…

Prompted by a question in the TASM Slack group, J Thorn and Crys Cain discuss writing systems, analyzing your pain points, and how to tell…

For a long time, J and Crys assumed that everyone wanted to be a full-time author, but is that actually true? This week, they discuss…

This week, J and Crys talk about The Author Success Mastermind family and what a mastermind is (and how TASM’s branding is confusing!) They also…

This week, TASM member Angela heard an author on The Rebel Author Podcast mention that they’d slowed down to three books a year, and that…

This week, we dig into a conversation our community has been having for a while on dictation. Both Crys and J have had some experience…

This week we answer a question posed inside our community Slack group:  I’m putting out the third book of a trilogy in March, and I…