Alchemy for Authors
Welcome to Alchemy for Authors!
If you’re an author, aspiring author, writer or wordsmith, you’re in the right place.
Join Gothic and Ghost Fiction author Jo Buer as she explores best practices for supercharging writing lives and author careers. With an emphasis on manifestation and mindset, you’ll learn actionable steps to overcome writer’s block and imposter syndrome, get your butt in the chair and your stories written, while setting aside your ‘starving artist’ mentality, and so much more!
Listen as Jo shares her own successes and failures, and enjoy interviews from real authors who are on the journey of creating lives they love around their writing.
If you’ve ever dreamt of a prolific, wealthy, happy or healthy author career, then this podcast is for you.
Subscribe today and start your journey of supercharging and transforming your writing life with Alchemy for Authors.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The Power of Focus: Why I'm Pressing Pause to Level Up My Author Career
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In this week’s solo episode, I’m sharing a big decision I’ve made for my author career and why sometimes stepping back is the key to moving forward. If you’ve e…
Turning Resistance Into Your Creative Compass
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Do you feel the pull to write your book but find yourself procrastinating, doubting your abilities, or waiting for the perfect moment to start? What if the very…
Best Guest Manifestation Tips From 100 Plus Episodes
Welcome to episode 100 of Alchemy for Authors!
To celebrate this incredible milestone, I’ve put together a bumper episode filled with powerful manifestation advice and insights from some of the ama…
A Teen's Perspective on Writing & Publishing with Rutendo Shadaya
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In this episode of Alchemy for Authors, I sit down with 16-year-old indie author Rutendo Shadaya. Despite not excelling in writing at school, Rutendo discovered…
Tips for Surviving the Day Job as an Author
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Balancing the demands of a day job with the dream of being an author can be overwhelming, but it’s absolutely possible to thrive in both worlds. In this episode…
Fearless Storytelling & the Future of Publishing with J.D. Barker
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In this week's episode, I sit down with bestselling author J.D. Barker to explore the art of fearless storytelling and the ever-changing landscape of publishing…
Rewriting My Story: Reflections, Reset, & Rising Again for a New Year
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In this week’s solo episode, I open up about my setbacks and accomplishments in 2024, and my goals for 2025. Some of the other topics I discuss include:
· …
Behind the Scenes of The Plymbury Witch with Kendra Vaughan
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In this week’s episode, I chat with author Kendra Vaughan about her debut novel, The Plymbury Witch. Kendra also shares the pros and cons of doing an MFA, why s…
Relax to Riches with Renee Rose
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In this week’s episode, I chat with best-selling author Renee Rose. Renee talks about her new book Relax to Riches, and shares how you can take your manifesting…
Energy Pennies & Author Success Archetypes for a Sustainable Author Career with Becca Syme
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In this week’s episode, I chat with best-selling author and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, Becca Syme. We discuss some of the common causes of overwhelm and …
Book Publicity with Larissa Banting
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In this week’s episode, I chat with book publicist, Larissa Banting. Larissa demystifies PR and discusses its power to boost visibility and sales of your books.…
Pivoting & Sustainability in Your Author Career with Troy Lambert
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In this week’s episode, I chat with bestselling author and Plot Dude, Troy Lambert. Troy shares his own recent experiences with pivoting and gives advice on how…
The 4 Pillars of Author Success with Emma Dhesi
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In this week’s episode, I chat with bestselling author and book coach, Emma Dhesi. Emma shares with us the 4 Pillars of Author Success: Awareness, Acceptance, G…
Behind the Scenes of 'Between: A Gothic Novella'
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In this week’s solo episode, I share a personal update on what actions I’m taking to align myself with being a healthy author, and I reflect on how I came to wr…
Your Author Self Warrant of Fitness
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Are you roadworthy as an author? Are you set up to go the distance with your author career?
In this week’s solo episode, I reflect on changes I need to make in…
The Magic of the Writer's Notebook
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In this week’s solo episode, I discuss how I use Writer’s Notebooks to collect inspiration and pay attention to the stories all around us. In the intro I share …
Marketing with Testimonials & Romanticising Your Writing Life with Lyda McLallen
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In this week’s episode I interview marketing and PR specialist, and the owner of Talk Plus Tell, Lyda McLallen. Some topics we discuss include:
· Lyda’s …
A Permission Slip to Write
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In this week’s solo episode, I chat about why many of us avoid writing or look for permission to write. I also share tips around how we can move forward and wri…
Book Marketing with Heidi McIntyre
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In this week’s episode I interview author and Book Marketing Coach, Heidi McIntyre about her debut novel Sea Magic and tips and tricks for marketing your book. …
Are You A Bad Boss?
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In this week’s solo episode, I ask you to question what type of boss you are when running your author business. Are you a good boss, or are you a bad boss self-…