How David Gaughran is Using his Lessons Learned to Reboot his Fiction and Nonfiction Books 

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 008 /</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Renaissance man</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of the author world</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">David Gaughran decodes Amazon and breaks down Bookbub ads for authors in addition to writing historical fiction and science fiction. He joins Jami Albright and Sara Rosett to discuss how his mistakes have shaped his decision to reboot his fiction and nonfiction books. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can find show notes and links at</span> <a href= "https://www.wishidknownforwriters.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">wishidknownforwriters.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jami and Sara are in the podcast timewarp because they recorded the episode intro early since Sara will be in London (hopefully) when it airs.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jami’s making progress on her work-in-progress, and Sara was interviewed on Nathan van Coops’ podcast,</span> <a href= "https://nathanvancoops.podbean.com/e/how-to-write-a-series-with-sara-rosett/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Book Faces Live</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. They also talk about how the coronavirus is impacting travel and how it has brought fist bumps and elbow bumps into vogue. Jami mentions</span> <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Daily podcast’s recent episode</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">on the topic.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this podcast episode, you’ll discover:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">David’s Irish storytelling heritage and how conversation in the pub is a combat sport in Ireland</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">His first mistake of writing “all over the map” in different genres while using the same author name</span></li> <li