Wendy Vella's guest appearances

Wendy Vella

Not Your Mom's Romance Book Club

Author Like a Boss Podcast

Wish I'd Known Then . . . For Writers

Zoe York

Kayley Loring

Ines Johnson

Gail Carriger

Evan Gow

Craig Martelle

Russell Nohelty

Amy Daws

Nana Malone

Cheryl Phipps

Sacha Black

Chris Fox

James Blatch

Orna Ross

Josh Hayes

OwlTail

A writing community is very important to have, especially if you're starting as a self-publishing author. You need to find a tribe that thinks like you. Join Ella Barnard as she talks to historical romance author, Wendy Vella about finding a community. Wendy is a Kindle Unlimited all-star and is also part of the SPA Girls Podcast. Learn how she found her community in the SPA Girls and in her family. Find out why historical romance of all things and why her book covers look so beautiful. Discover all that and more in today's episode of the Author Like a Boss podcast.

A writing community is very important to have, especially if you're starting as a self-publishing author. You need to find a tribe that thinks like you. Join Ella Barnard as she talks to historical romance author, <a href="https://wendyvella.com/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Wendy Vella</a> about finding a community. Wendy is a Kindle Unlimited all-star and is also part of the <a href="http://www.selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">SPA Girls Podcast</a>. Learn how she found her community in the SPA Girls and in her family. Find out why historical romance of all things and why her book covers look so beautiful. Discover all that and more in today's episode of the Author Like a Boss podcast.

Finding Your Community As A Self-Publishing Author With Wendy Vella

Episode 023 / Contemporary and historical romance novelist and co-host of the SPA girls podcast, Wendy Vella joins Jami and Sara to talk about the mindset shift she had to make as she moved from traditionally published to self publishing as well as how she’s learned to trust her instincts in both writing and promoting her books. They wrap up the podcast with a discussion of how Wendy is maximizing her intellectual property for longevity.    In the intro, Sara shares news about Alli’s (Alliance of Independent Authors) new initiative to help indie authors with rights licensing, including “one-off contract representation” and full rights representation. Sara also shared some fun  writerly humor from cartoonist Tom Gauld. Jami has been re-watching the Hunger Games, getting ready for her book release, and planning her next book. Then they discuss how the pandemic is impacting them as well as other creatives, which sounds pretty highbrow for a chat about stress dreams, memes, and country music. You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. In this podcast episode, you’ll discover:  The benefits of entering writing contests How Wendy transitioned from traditional publishing to indie publishing and the mindset shift change she had to go through What Wendy wishes she’d known about editing and marketing How Wendy pinpointed what she needed to change about her contemporary covers and the details on how she rebranded her series from the covers to the blurbs The struggle to do everything ourselves and how Wendy gave some tasks away to her assistant so she could focus on what she was really good at How Wendy went against all the advice about mixing genres and it turned out to be her biggest success Learning to trust your instincts and finding the right people to listen to for advice How Wendy toggles back and forth between writing historical to contemporary romance The challenges of writing from a more remote location Why the SPA Girls began podcasting and why podcasts are a great way to up-skill How Wendy is maximizing her intellectual property for longevity by putting the product she has into new formats  Genres discussed include historical romance and contemporary romance. Links:  Spa Girls Podcast  Support the show

Episode 023 / Contemporary and historical romance novelist and co-host of the SPA girls podcast, Wendy Vella joins Jami and Sara to talk about the mindset shift she had to make as she moved from traditionally published to self publishing as well as how she’s learned to trust her instincts in both writing and promoting her books. They wrap up the podcast with a discussion of how Wendy is maximizing her intellectual property for longevity.    In the intro, Sara shares news about <a href="https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alli’s (Alliance of Independent Authors)</a> new initiative to help indie authors with rights licensing, including “one-off contract representation” and full rights representation. Sara also shared some fun <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2020/jun/06/tom-gauld-on-mathematical-problems-for-novelists-cartoons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> writerly humor from cartoonist Tom Gauld.</a> Jami has been re-watching the Hunger Games, getting ready for her book release, and planning her next book. Then they discuss how the pandemic is impacting them as well as other creatives, which sounds pretty highbrow for a chat about stress dreams, memes, and country music. You can find show notes and links at <a href="https://www.wishidknownforwriters.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wishidknownforwriters.com</a>. In this podcast episode, you’ll discover: <ul> <li>The benefits of entering writing contests</li> <li>How Wendy transitioned from traditional publishing to indie publishing and the mindset shift change she had to go through</li> <li>What Wendy wishes she’d known about editing and marketing</li> <li>How Wendy pinpointed what she needed to change about her contemporary covers and the details on how she rebranded her series from the covers to the blurbs</li> <li>The struggle to do everything ourselves and how Wendy gave some tasks away to her assistant so she could focus on what she was really good at</li> <li>How Wendy went against all the advice about mixing genres and it turned out to be her biggest success</li> <li>Learning to trust your instincts and finding the right people to listen to for advice</li> <li>How Wendy toggles back and forth between writing historical to contemporary romance</li> <li>The challenges of writing from a more remote location</li> <li>Why the SPA Girls began podcasting and why podcasts are a great way to up-skill</li> <li>How Wendy is maximizing her intellectual property for longevity by putting the product she has into new formats</li> </ul> Genres discussed include historical romance and contemporary romance. Links:  <a href="https://www.selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spa Girls Podcast </a> <a href="https://wendyvella.com/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.sararosett.com/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

Wendy Vella on Mindset, Trusting Your Instincts, and Maximizing Intellectual Property for Longevity

Ellen and Mom discuss Tempting Miss Allender by Wendy Vella and dramatic heroines and villains. Plus, Mom goes into full teacher mode with her vocab lesson on rakes, rogues, and scoundrels. 

Ellen and Mom discuss Tempting Miss Allender by Wendy Vella and dramatic heroines and villains. Plus, Mom goes into full teacher mode with her vocab lesson on rakes, rogues, and scoundrels.

Tempting Miss Allender by Wendy Vella