SPS 220: The Story Blender: How I Sold 1 Million Copies Of My Novels with Steven James

Self Publishing School: How To Write A Book That Grows Your Impact, Income, And Business

Chandler Bolt, Founder of selfpublishing.com

Courses, How To Publish A Book, Self Publishing, Business, Books, Arts, How To Write A Book, Education, Book Marketing, Traditional Publishing, Book Publishing

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🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Wow, what a fascinating interview! Today I'm joined by Steven James who's the author of 24 nonfiction books and 18 novels that have sold over 1 million copies. He's also the host of The Story Blender podcast. In this interview, we talk about: -How James finally wrote & published his first novel -Have you ever thought “I could write a better book than this!”? If so, here’s what to do -What writing 24 nonfiction books taught James that helped him write better novels -Should you...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an
0:07.7	aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to
0:13.1	write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you
0:17.8	who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt, the founder
0:22.0	of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of self-publishing.com.
0:29.0	For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies, go to self-publishing.com
0:34.5	forward slash free training.
0:39.1	Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today is Stephen James.
0:43.5	Stephen is a critically acclaimed author of 18 novels and numerous nonfiction books that
0:49.1	have sold more than a million copies.
0:51.3	He's the host of a podcast called the Story Blender Podcast. In his latest book,
0:57.1	it's called The Broker of Lies, comes out April 11th, 2023. There's a decent chance by the time
1:04.4	you're listening to this or watching this. It's come out. So we'll talk about that book,
1:08.4	how you can get it and all that stuff. But then we're also going to dive into, I mean, there's a lot to unpack, but 18 novels,
1:15.4	million copies sold, storytelling, all that good stuff.
1:19.5	How do you do it?
1:20.7	We're going to learn from the man.
1:23.5	So, Stephen, welcome.
1:24.4	Great to have you here.
1:25.5	Hey, thanks so much for having me.
1:26.7	It's good to be here.
1:27.3	Thank you.
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