Charting Your Own Path: Rejection, Resilience, and Small Press Success with Lindsey Goldstein The Power of Validation For many, the dream of becoming a writer is a quiet hum that accompanies them from...
The Artist’s Rollercoaster: Jennifer Lieberman on Creative Control and Designing Your Own Stage The Pivot to Creative Autonomy The artistic journey rarely follows a predictable, straight line...
Beyond the Page: How Karolina Wudniak Turns Manuscripts into Visual Masterpieces The Pieces of the Puzzle For Karolina Wudniak, book design was not a career she initially sought out in college...
The Full Circle Journey: Edwina Perkins on Representation and the Calling of a Writer An Industry Education For many aspiring authors, the goal is to get a book out as quickly as possible. For Edwina...
Mining for Gold: Deborah Wilde on the Transition from Screenwriting to Urban Fantasy Success The Indirect Path to Authorship For many, the path to a writing career is a straight line. For Deborah...
Beyond the Launch: Reclaiming Identity with Shamayne Olivia Kotfas The Reality of the “Birthing Process” For many authors, the release of a book is viewed as a finish line. However...
The Editor as Teammate: Navigating Your Manuscript’s Journey with Melissa Rudder From the Classroom to the Red Pen For Melissa Rudder, stories have always been the primary way humans make sense of the...
From Bookstagram to Bestseller: The Visual Art of Book Design with Ashton Smith The Spark of Design For Ashton Smith, the path to becoming a book cover designer was paved with a lifelong love of...
The Fortitude of the Pen: Briana Gervat on the Practice and Physicality of Writing The Destined Path For some, writing is a hobby; for Briana Gervat, it is a destiny she felt in her heart and soul...
A Candid Interview with Author Su Chang Sharissa: Have you always wanted to be an author? Su Chang: I suppose that might be the case, although I can only safely say that I’ve always wanted to be a...
Intertwined Legacies: How Christy Hughes Found Her Voice in Sobriety and Ancestry The Five-Year Milestone Only a tiny fraction of people who dream of writing a book actually see it through to...
Finding the Voice of Your Story: Lessons in Audiobook Narration with Pam Rossi The Radio Roots of a Narrator For many in the voice industry, the path begins in the high-energy world of broadcasting...
The 30-Year Manuscript: How Neri Lopez Reclaimed Her Voice and Her Legacy A Legacy of Storytelling For Neri Lopez, authorship was more of a “third stride” than a first love. Though she...
Beyond the Career Day: Dr. Rachel Ivory’s Mission to Inspire the Next Generation A Legacy of Literacy For Dr. Rachel Ivory, the journey to becoming an author did not start with a lifelong ambition to...
From “Writing a Book” to Becoming an Author: The Randi-Lee Bowslaugh Journey The Five-Year Milestone Consistency is often the hardest part of any creative endeavor. For Randi-Lee...
Visual Storytelling: The Author’s Guide to Professional Book Design with Tamian Wood The Journey to the Page For Tamian Wood, book design wasn’t just a career choice; it was a secondary calling...
The Five C’s of Creative Success: Lessons from Glenda Benevides The Reluctant Author’s 15-Day Sprint Glenda Benevides has always been a storyteller, though for most of her career, that storytelling...
The Dusty Laptop and the Sci-Fi Future: A-M Mawhiney’s Second Act The 60-Year Wait At eight years old, Anne-Marie Mawhiney knew she wanted to be a writer. She had the old-fashioned typewriter and the...
Moving the Needle: How Lynda Williams Turned Rejection Into a Success Story The Eight-Year-Old’s Ambition For Lynda Williams, the desire to be an author wasn’t a passing phase; it was a foundational...
The Art of Choosing Yourself: A Conversation with Holly Gutwillinger The Latent Storyteller For many authors, the journey begins with a pen in hand as a child. For Holly Gutwillinger, the path was...
The Business of Your Career: Lessons in Leadership and Publishing with Nicole Fronek A Calling to Lead For Nicole Fronek, becoming an author wasn’t a lifelong ambition, but a divine calling born...
Finding the Words When Life is Raw: The Journey of S. E. Tschritter The Accidental Storyteller For S. E. Tschritter, storytelling wasn’t a career path she initially sought out—it was a way of...
Stepping Into Your Truth: The Transformation Journey of Shamayne Olivia Kotfas Most authors dream of seeing their names on a book cover from the time they can hold a pen. For Shamayne Olivia Kotfas...
The Divine Download: How Diana Colleen Manifested a Novel Through Meditation The Call of the Story For many authors, the desire to write is a lifelong companion. For Diana Colleen, it was a total...
The Power of Sisu and Serendipity: A Conversation with Liisa Kovala The Circle of Manifestation Many of us remember the childhood “all about me” albums where we listed what we wanted to be...
Author Tricia Copeland on Turning Personal Experience into Fiction and Publishing 20+ Novels Not every author begins their journey with a lifelong dream of writing books. For Tricia Copeland, becoming...
Teresa Muliro on Dear Black Girl, Self-Publishing & Turning Frustration into a Movement Teresa Muliro never planned to become an author. As she shared on the Project Seed Money Podcast, writing...
You Can’t Edit Nothing: What Authors Need to Know About Hiring an Editor When authors think about hiring an editor, fear often shows up first. In this week’s Project Seed Money conversation, industry...
Trusting the Process: A Conversation with Author Kristine Jensen Kristine Jensen has always been a writer, even if she didn’t always imagine herself as an author. As she shared on the Project Seed...
From Teacher to Author: How Amy Friedl Built Strong Girls Travel Amy Friedl has always wanted to be in the book world. As she shared on the Project Seed Money Podcast, she remembers calling publishing...
Finding Courage After the Diagnosis: A Conversation with Author J. M. Shaw For J.M. Shaw, becoming a published author wasn’t a lifelong plan, even though writing had always been part of her life. As...
Writing the Stories Teens Are Living: A Conversation with Author Tara Hodgson For Tara Hodgson, writing has always been part of her life even when becoming an author didn’t feel possible. As she...
Writing Through Divorce and Healing from the Inside Out: A Conversation with Kristen Letendre For Kristen Letendre, writing has always been more than creativity — it has been a form of therapy. As she...
Ann Charles on Perseverance, Self-Doubt, and Building a Sustainable Writing Career Bestselling author Ann Charles joins the Project Seed Money Podcast, and her story is anything but linear. She didn’t...
Gathering Stories with Care: A Conversation with Author Kim Lengling Kim Lengling did not grow up dreaming of becoming an author. As she shared on the Project Seed Money Podcast, her early life...
Storytelling, Self-Publishing, and Why First Drafts Are Supposed to Be Bad: A Conversation with K.T. Anglehart For K.T. Anglehart, the desire to tell stories showed up long before she called herself a...
From Poetry to Podcasting: How Randi-Lee Bowslaugh Uses Storytelling to Normalize Mental Health Conversations When Randi-Lee Bowslaugh talks about her creative journey, it’s clear that it didn’t...
Write What Makes You Feel Like You: Humor, Publishing & Creative Tenacity with Lynn Harris Some people build careers with a perfect plan. Others follow the magnet, that undeniable pull toward the...
Monsters, Microphones & Finding Your Voice: The Creative Evolution of Cassandra Medcalf From acting to blogging to sound engineering, Cassandra Medcalf has always been a storyteller, even when...
Small Steps, Big Stories: How Author Katie Cross Built a Creative Life on Her Own Terms There are some authors whose journeys remind us that creativity doesn’t arrive in perfect time blocks or under...
Fifteen Minutes at a Time: How Annmarie SanSevero Turned Adversity into Creative Power When author and editor Annmarie SanSevero says you can write a book even if you’re busy, she means it. As a...
Author of Shake Yourself Free Melanie Smithson on Somatic Healing, Movement, and the Art of Letting Go Before she was an author, Melanie Smithson was a psychotherapist — one who never thought she’d...
Faith, Healing & Freedom: Anita Placido on Turning Pain into Purpose Through Writing Before she ever called herself an author, Anita Placido was a lifelong journaler. “I’ve always written down...
Teaching Empathy & Building Resilience: Nadia Khan on Writing for the Next Generation When Nadia Khan talks about writing for children, her voice fills with both warmth and purpose. The Zoey...
Writing for Reconciliation: CC Robinson on Dreams, Division & Hope in a Dystopian Future For CC Robinson, a pastor and writer from Cincinnati, the story that became her YA dystopian series Divided...
Seal Suit Energy: Industry Professional Megs Thompson on Living Your Story and Helping Others Tell Theirs When Megs Thompson talks about writing, it’s not just a job—it’s a calling. From the time she...
Finding Courage & Community: AM Scott on Writing Space Opera and Beating Imposter Syndrome Before she was AM Scott, the author of space opera, military romantic suspense, and urban fantasy, she...
Courage, Creativity & “Midnight Water”: Katherine MacLean on Writing a Psychedelic Memoir When Katherine MacLean first dreamed of writing, she was a child with a boundless imagination. But after...
Done Is Better Than Perfect: Leanne Janzen on Self-Publishing with Confidence When the pandemic put her community-center career on hold, Leanne Janzen pivoted into a new world: self-publishing. Today...
Bringing Stories to Life: Illustrator Anna Leitensdorfer on Maps, Characters & Protecting Authors from AI Scams When you open a fantasy novel and see a map, you know you’re in for an adventure...