Season Finale - Your Famous Author Era

Season Finale - Your Famous Author Era

From Your BIPOC Writing Coach by Lori L Tharps

December 8, 2025 · 19 min · Episode 142

About this episode

In the season finale, Lori L Tharps wraps up the Your Famous Author Era season with key takeaways for book marketing and a guest tip from comedian Josh Johnson.

On episode 70 of the podcast, we’re finishing the Your Famous Author Era season. For the last three months, we’ve talked about how to promote your work, build an author platform, and find the fans who will buy, read and support your work over time. And now it’s time for me to wrap up and for YOU to make a plan to truly lean into Your Famous Author Era. During the episode, you’ll be reminded of four key takeaways from the season that will help you move forward with a manageable book marketing plan. You’ll also get a great tip from comedian Josh Johnson, and you’ll hear how I am putting all of these strategies into practice myself. Stick around to the end of the episode to hear what’s coming next on the Your BIPoC Writing Coach podcast. Lit Links to Learn More If you want to watch the What Now episode with Josh Johnson, you can do that here. But it is two hours long. Be warned. If you're looking for more creative writing inspiration, and useful resources for your literary life, visit the reed write and create website at REEDWriteandcreate.com. For literary inspiration and opportunities delivered right to your inbox, sign up for the Reed, Write, & Create monthly newsletter…

People in this episode

Host: Lori L Tharps

Guest: Josh Johnson

Topics covered

  • book marketing
  • author platform
  • promoting work
  • literary inspiration
  • creative writing

Keywords

  • book marketing plan
  • author platform
  • promote work
  • literary resources
  • creative writing inspiration

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