Hosted by Tom Schaeffer · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 11 episodes
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A podcast focused on how to think deeper, write better, and build a creative process that produces your best work consistently. authorandaudience.substack.com
Tom Schaeffer hosts Author & Audience Podcast, a education show with 11 episodes published.
Former Air Force Thunderbird pilot Michelle "MACE" Curran joins the podcast for an in-depth conversation about her three-year journey to publish The Flipside with a major publisher. Michelle shares her path from small-to
Published: January 13, 2026 Episode Summary Tom gets brutally honest about his evolving relationship with AI as a writer. What started as genuine terror about AI "attacking" traditional writing has transformed into a com
Published: January 6, 2026 Episode Summary Tom explores a massive cultural shift happening right now: the Analog Revolution. As AI-generated content floods every platform and digital fatigue reaches breaking points, cons
Published: December 30, 2025 Episode Summary Tom closes out 2025 and looks ahead to 2026 with a strategic analysis of what's shifting for writers building audiences and platforms. If you felt like the old playbook stoppe
Published: December 16, 2025 Episode Summary Tom addresses one of the most common fears holding back aspiring writers: the belief that it's too late to make a career change into writing. Drawing from his own life of cons
Published: December 9, 2025 Episode Summary Tom tackles one of the biggest psychological barriers that stops more people from writing than even a blank page: the hesitation to call themselves writers. Drawing on research
Published: December 2, 2025 Guest: Daniel Tester, Author of Hitting the GAS: Finding Success in Leadership, Life, and BalanceGrab Daniel’s book here: Hitting the G.A.S.: Finding Success in Leadership Life and Balance Epi
Episode Summary Tom pulls back the curtain on his journey from software engineer and company founder to six-figure LinkedIn ghostwriter in just 10 months. This episode is packed with practical advice for writers consider
Published: November 25, 2025 (slightly delayed) Episode Summary Tom pulls back the curtain on his journey from software engineer and company founder to six-figure LinkedIn ghostwriter in just 10 months. This episode is p
Published: November 18, 2025 Episode #003 Summary Tom gets real about the challenges of maintaining creative consistency and shares why most people quit right when things start getting difficult. This episode focuses on
Episode 2: The Power of Analog Writing for Creative Thinkers Published: November 11, 2025 Episode Summary In this episode, Tom explores the surprising benefits of returning to analog practices in our digital-dominated wo
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