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Hosted by Brian Whiddon · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 53 episodes
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From the creators of WritersWeekly.com, the WritersWeekly Podcast delves into everything involving professional writing. WritersWeekly.com has been helping and informing writers and authors for over 25 years. We cover book publishing, article writing, getting writing gigs, paying markets, writing technology, etc.
Brian Whiddon hosts The WritersWeekly Podcast, a business show with 53 episodes published.
The fun continues with Stacey and Troy as we head off into the weeds and talk about all kinds of stuff related to writing and publishing! Stacey Smekofske and Troy Lambert are popular and respected writing and publishing
We've reported in the past on AI companies "scraping" the internet and absorbing ebooks for training their AI programs without paying for the books. It has been determined that this copyright infringement. Well, it seems
Our favorite professor, editor, and book marketer, Clayton Jones, joins us again for this episode! He is a HOOT!!! In the “News from the Home Office” part at the beginning of the episode, we describe how Bigfoot has retu
Have you ever found yourself in the following situation? Someone comes to you to ask your opinion about some decision they are trying to make. Maybe it's dating or marriage advice. Maybe it's something about their career
Do you remember the movie based on the Stephen King novel, "Misery?" An author is stalked and captured by an obsessed fan. She proceeds to torture him while still professing her admiration of his works. Although most sta
We decided to have a silly episode. Clayton Jones and Brian go head to head to see who knows more about little factoids in the literary world. How many of Angela's questions can YOU answer? Join us for fun, laughs, and s
Guest: Gary Sturgis, The International Bestselling Author of Surviving Grief – 365 Days a Year In this episode, we continue our interview with BookLocker.com's international bestselling author Gary Sturgis! Do you have a
Guest: Gary Sturgis, The International Bestselling Author of Surviving Grief - 365 Days a Year Do you have a book on the market that's not accumulating the sales you'd like to see? It's likely due to your marketing strat
You've heard us say it over and over again: DO NOT PAY FOR BOOK REVIEWS! So, what is an author supposed to do? Wait around, hoping for readers who might decide to take the time to review their book? Beg people on social
Approximately 90% of banned Amazon KDP accounts are never reinstated! We were recently contacted by yet ANOTHER terminated Amazon KDP author. His unpaid royalties are $38K (!!!), and there is NOTHING he can do to get his
In this episode, Professor Clayton Jones joins us again! Being an English Professor at the University of Tennessee, a professional editor, AND a professional book marketer, he’s seen it ALL! And, so has Angela, who has b
Could that very active fellow Facebook author group member really be a SCAMMER? Chances are pretty high THEY ARE! Publishing scammers have infiltrated Facebook’s author groups to perform DATA MINING! What’s the problem,
In Episode 10 of the WritersWeekly Podcast (one of our most popular ones!), you heard the story of how Angela Hoy started WritersWeekly.com as a young, single mother, with MANY challenges along the way. Those included sk
In this episode, Angela and Brian share real stories about lawsuits that were filed against authors, and how those proceedings affected them financially…and otherwise. So many authors feel that, even if they get sued, th
If you hate scammers, you're gonna LOVE this episode! Angela actually convinced this scammer to write an ARTICLE telling all about how he fools people into thinking he is a book marketer/freelance writer based in the USA
In this episode, Angela and Brian go over the latest “services” that international scammers have dreamed up to suck authors’ bank accounts dry. They will even tell you that not buying some of these services could land yo
Traditional publishing? Self-publishing? Hybrid publishing? What's best for YOUR book? Is your manuscript even ready for publication? Who can help you determine that, ensuring a polished manuscript, and the best possible
In this episode, we are joined by BookLocker.com author, Rickey Pittman, The Bard of the South! Rickey is an author, musician, storyteller, historian, and college professor. His major focus is on Southern America. He une
Have YOU, too, received a bad book review that was all about you and not about your book at all? JOIN THE CLUB! In this episode, we share several real examples sent to us by authors who have been the victims of this type
In this week's episode, Brian and Angela welcome friendly and feisty Bob Wahl to the podcast! Bob is 91 years young, and is the author of five books. He contacted a company called Authors Hike / AuthorsHike.com to help p
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The WritersWeekly Podcast is hosted by Brian Whiddon. The show is categorised under business (careers) and has published 53 episodes.
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