SPA Girls Podcast SPA Girls Podcast – EP409 – Six Figures with Short Romance – with Sadie King
USA Today Bestseller, Sadie King has grown her publishing business from zero to six figures in less than four years, writing short instalove romances. Knowing her reader’s journey is vital to her success.
In this episode we discuss Sadie’s:
- short romance publishing strategy
- rapid release strategy
- targeted wordcounts for Amazon Kindle’s 60m, 90m and 2 hour reads categories
- Techniques for writing short fiction
- Gaining visibility especially when you’re just starting out
- Keep readers hooked from one book to the next
- Crafting a funnel for readers.
- Must-have scenes in short romance
- Making paid advertising work for short fiction
Sadie’s “must have” scenes for short romance:
- Quick meet cute
- Thrown together
- Get to the steam fast (1 – 3 steamy scenes)
- Conflict
- Resolution
- Epilogue
She is currently writing 16k – 20k words with 1500 words (approx) per chapter; 2.99 price point
Resources mentioned:
Sadie’s new non-fiction book, Writing Short Romance for Pleasure & Profit
Writing Short Romance for Pleasure and Profit: How I Became a Six Figure Author Writing Short Romance
Tammi Labrecque’s Advanced Automations Course:
You can listen to Tammi being interviewed by the SPA Girls on Episode #378
SPA Girls Podcast – EP378 – Be A Newsletter Ninja with Tammi Labrecque
Mark Dawson’s Ads For Authors course
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