The Secret Library Podcast

Feb 27 2025 271 ep. 45 mins 600
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Most people believe that books are created in cabins all alone, where authors pound away on some manner of keyboard. Then they hand this masterpiece off to a publisher and it feels very much like it goes down a tube and comes out the other side as a book. By speaking to authors and other book lovers, I'm diving into the mystery that is the book world today.

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Is a Good Story Worth Paying for? with JP Watson

Feb 27 2025 43 mins  
*This podcast is made possible by the generous support of Book Alchemy’s paid membership. To support the show, please consider upgrading your subscription.The Pound ProjectIn this episode, I speak with JP Watson, a writer from Birmingham, UK, and the founder of The Pound Project. This initiative has published and sold thousands of books worldwide. JP shares how his frustration wi

Read Yourself Happy with Daisy Buchanan

Feb 13 2025 45 mins  
*This podcast is made possible by the generous support of Book Alchemy’s paid membership. To support the show, please consider upgrading your subscription.Ready to Read Yourself Happy?In this engaging conversation, Daisy and I explore the profound impact of reading on personal well-being, the joy of rediscovering old favorites, and the importance of embracing diverse reading pref

Intro Ep: Novel Possible

Oct 30 2024 1 mins  
It’s almost my favorite time of year: Novel Possible time!For the past two years, I’ve run a challenge every November with a few simple guidelines:* Mission Prompts arrive every day* You can choose to accept the mission and write it, or not* The Mission Prompt self-destructs after we reach midnight around the world* Write as many days as you like* No falling behind and no guilt

No Perfect Time to Write with Sonal Champsee

Jun 19 2024 55 mins  
*To support the show, please visit membership.secretlibrarypodcast.com.So many of us take soul-sucking jobs for a living, while we promise ourselves that we’ll write at night or on the weekends… but years go by and we haven’t made progress, and instead feel defeated and depressed. If you’re in this camp, know that you’re not alone. Sonal Champsee is back on the Secret Lib

The End of an Era with Jacqueline Winspear

Jun 06 2024 54 mins  
*To support the show, please visit membership.secretlibrarypodcast.com.I can’t think of anyone more fitting for our penultimate episode of the season than Jacqueline Winspear, a Secret Library veteran and author of 20+ books. Her series, Maisie Dobbs, ends this spring after two decades with the release of The Comfort of Ghosts this spring*.* Throughout our conversation, Jacquelin

Soothing Your Nervous System with Sonya Brewer

May 22 2024 47 mins  
*To support the show, please visit membership.secretlibrarypodcast.com.Approaching the topic of money can be hard because it not only brings up feelings of stress, overwhelm, scarcity, and more — but it also can have a massive effect on our nervous system. The good news, though? We can use different techniques to heal and train our nervous system and how we respond to stressful s

Moving from a Big 5 Publisher to a Smaller Press with Judith Lindbergh

May 08 2024 50 mins  
*To support the show, please visit membership.secretlibrarypodcast.com.There’s historical fiction, then there’s pre-historical fiction. Judith Lindbergh’s newest book is based in the 5th century BC and she’s masterful at not only researching but connecting the past to her readers today. I’m thrilled to have her on this episode of the Secret Library as she shares her exper

Profit Equals Permission with Carl Richards

Apr 24 2024 47 mins  
*To support the show, please visit membership.secretlibrarypodcast.com.My guest this week is Carl Richards, who is the author of the One Page Financial Plan: A simple way to be smart about your money, and the Behavior Gap: Simple ways to stop doing dumb things with money. He was also the creator of the Sketch Guy Column, which appeared weekly for a decade in the New York Times. Car

Attracting Your Best Readers with Billy Broas

Apr 10 2024 51 mins  
My guest this week is Billy Broas. He is the author, along with Tiago Forte, of the forthcoming Simple Marketing for Smart People. Before you panicabout the word marketing, hear me out. Billy's created systems to help creative and nerdy people understand marketing, like those of us who write and love books. I’ve studied with Billy to help me get the word out about courses and boo

The Cauldron of Emotional Soup with Erika Rasure

Mar 27 2024 55 mins  
*To support the show, please visit membership.secretlibrarypodcast.com.Summary:Today’s episode of the Secret Library is such a treat – we are joined by Erika Rasure, an internationally recognized leader, educator, and researcher in holistic financial wellness. Throughout the episode, we chat about our respective experiences as writers who are also Enneagram 4s and how Erika use