Alexa's Book Marketing & Publishing Chat

How to Get Speaking Gigs (and Keep Them) with Sasha Simmons

Speaking is half talent and half business. Sasha Simmons, founder of Speak Life LLC and author of 20 Major Keys to Establish Your Own Greatness, breaks down her SLAB fram

Bootstrap, Investors, or Crowdfunding? feat. Hannah Jacobson

Bootstrap, investors, or crowdfunding? Hannah Jacobson built Book Award Pro from a spreadsheet into the world's largest database of legitimate book awards. She and Alexa

Why Your Author Income Is Stuck (And It Is Not Your Writing)

Forty-four percent of indie authors earn one hundred dollars a month or less. Usually the gap is not craft, it is structure. Alexa breaks down the four business skills se

The Reader Is Your Co-Writer: Speculative Fiction with Heather Davis {ep. 230}

Heather Davis coaches speculative fiction writers and runs Worldshift, the conference built for the authors sci-fi and fantasy spaces keep overlooking. She and Alexa unpa

How to Spot Scams Targeting Authors & more with Patricia Marshall of Luminare Press {ep. 229}

Patricia Marshall, CEO of Luminare Press and Lucent Book Group, reveals why publishing scams are proliferating, how authors can protect themselves, and why AI is a tool—n

Audiobooks Are No Longer Optional: The $30 Billion Shift Every Author Needs to Understand {ep. 228}

Audiobooks have eclipsed ebooks and are racing toward a $30 billion U.S. market by 2030. Award-winning producer Mary Catherine Jones returns to break down when to invest,

Your Voice Is the Revolution: A Raw, Unscripted Conversation About Why We Write ⭐ {ep. 227}

In this raw, unscripted episode, Alexa gets real about the state of the world in 2026 and why women's voices — in books, on stages, and in every medium — matter more than

Red Flags, Real Costs, and the ROI Nobody Wants to Talk About — Joel Pitney of Launch My Book {ep. 226}

Joel Pitney, founder of Launch My Book, pulls back the curtain on the self-publishing assist model — what it is, who it's for, and how to tell the good companies from the

How Somatic Practices Set Authors (and Everyone Else) Free with Melanie Smithson {ep. 225}

"I'd Rather Be Dancing": How Somatic Practices Set Authors (and Everyone Else) Free. Licensed somatic psychotherapist and award-winning author Melanie Smithson joins Alex

Managing Writing Anxiety with Rhonda Douglas {ep. 224}

Writer's block isn't a character flaw — it's your nervous system trying to protect you. Book coach Rhonda Douglas of Resilient Writers joins Alexa to unpack creative anxi

Let Amazon Do Your Marketing: The Four-Book-Per-Year Method with Maria Secoy {ep. 223}

Romantic suspense author and All Write Well founder Maria Secoy reveals how indie authors can let Amazon's algorithm do the marketing heavy lifting for their first few bo

27 Books, Female Firefighter Heroes & Why Most Writers Quit Right Before They Make It - Constance Phillips {ep. 222}

Romance author Constance Phillips has published 27 books in 15 years—including her Sunnydale series and the To Protect and Serve firefighter/police spinoffs. She joins Al

The Booked Club: How One Author Turned Wanderlust Romance Into a Whole Ecosystem

Romance author Cher Terais didn't plan to start a travel agency — her readers practically demanded it. She joins Alexa to share how Wanderlust Romance became The Booked C

7 Women Who Gave All - Memorial Day{ep. 220}

In this special Memorial Day episode, Alexa Bigwarfe shares the powerful—and too often untold—stories of seven remarkable American women who gave their lives in military

Author-Forward Marketing Lessons from 8 Authors {ep. 219}

Fresh from moderating an author-forward marketing panel at the Piedmont Publishing Symposium, Alexa shares what she learned and replays a Book Launch in a Box panel with

GEO - The Big Change in Author Discoverability {ep. 218}

The way readers find books has changed — and most marketing advice hasn't caught up yet. In this episode, Alexa breaks down exactly what shifted in book discovery in 2025

Self-Publishing Demystified: Costs, Timelines, & What Authors Need to Know with Leanne Janzen {ep. 217}

Curious about self-publishing? In this episode, Alexa talks with Leanne Janzen of Friesen Press about the full publishing process, costs, timelines, and the role of AI. G

Getting beyond the "Icks" of Book Marketing with Alexa Bigwarfe {ep. 216}

Book marketing doesn’t have to feel overwhelming or uncomfortable. In this episode, Alexa shares how to shift your mindset, simplify your strategy, and approach marketing

Lisa Carrington Firmin on Writing, Healing, and Owning Your Story {ep. 215}

Lisa Carrington Firmin shares her journey from Air Force commander to author and advocate, revealing how writing helped her heal from trauma and PTSD. This inspiring conv

From Rock Bottom to Rock Tours: Reinventing Your Life and Business with Nicole Stocker-Heinrich

Nicole shares her powerful journey from forced career beginnings to global success, personal upheaval, and entrepreneurial reinvention. This episode dives into resilience