Navigating Writing, Marketing, the Day Job, and TikTok with Finley Daniels (New Author Series)

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Finley Daniels shares her lessons learned in balancing a full-time job with launching a romance writing career.

313 / How do you balance the demands of a full-time job with launching a romance writing career? Finley Daniels shares her lessons learned in writing and marketing. ✨ This week’s sponsor is Vellum: http://tryvellum.com/wish Balancing writing with a full-time jobChallenges in marketing and adsImportance of book titles and tropesBuilding an email newsletterFinding editors and cover designersSuccess with TikTok and BookBub💙 Become a supporter of the podcast https://wishidknownforwriters.com/supp...

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Guest: Finley Daniels

Topics covered

• balancing writing with a full-time job
• challenges in marketing and ads
• importance of book titles and tropes
• building an email newsletter
• finding editors and cover designers
• success with TikTok and BookBub

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Vellum

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Products: Vellum

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