Writers Authors On Fire Podcast

Allyson Machate is a dedicated book nerd with a mission to help serious authors create better books. Here's the link to Ally's Show Note page with highlights, quotes, and links to her website and social media. Ally has a Masters degree in English and Creative Writing, and has worked in book publishing for Simon & Schuster. She has a freelance business as a book collaborator, book editor, book doctor, and ghostwriter - often working with publishers on projects that need help. She dissects these terms and how they can help writers make their work better. In today's interview, Ally talks about book ideas, knowing your audience, becoming published, editing your work, selling your book, moving from writer to author, and more. She gives tough love advice on marketing your book. We talk about the muse and how we can help it work for us. And finally, she shares candid thoughts on investing in your writing, why it's important, and how you can help yourself.