Everything beyond the writing that it actually takes to grow an audience, build momentum, and create an author business.
A weekly, honest account of one author’s return to fiction after seven years away.
What this actually is…
Marketing, Writing, and Publishing
Most authors write in a vacuum, then scramble to market a finished book into silence and frustration.
This video series isn’t a course in writing. There are plenty of those. This is about the convergence of writing, publishing, and marketing, and how they can feed and build upon each other.
A real comeback behind it
I published two science fiction novels, then went quiet for seven years. I’m finishing the series now, as the live case study. I’m recording what all of it actually looks like: the slow weeks, the breakthroughs, and whether any of it makes money.
I’m building a marketing machine so you can watch what actually moves the needle. Positioning, descriptions, keywords, reader magnets, list-building: the whole machine, not just the manuscript.
The Pitches You’ve Seen vs. The Honest Author
The trick top authors don’t want you to know.
→ I run a book promotion company and share what I am doing with my books.
Massive passive income while you sleep.
→ The work it actually takes. Real sales numbers, real costs, real math.
Be a published author in five minutes.
→ I’ll show the time, effort and commitment required to become a successful author.
Write it, and readers will come.
→ Learn how the marketing starts before chapter one. Join me on this journey today.
Who this is for
Authors who’ve heard enough “write a novel in a weekend” and “the secrets of making millions with your book” pitches to be skeptical of all of them.
If you want an honest, working account of how to build the business around writing books, building an email marketing list, positioning a launch, and all the works with real numbers and nothing hidden, this is for you.
If you’re looking for a shortcut, this isn’t it.
Who’s running this
Shea Oliver
I run Best Book Monkey, a book promotion company, and I’ve published fiction of my own. I’ve spent years watching what actually sells books and what’s just noise.
This is me testing my own advice on my own comeback, with nothing hidden.
