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On the show this week we have bestselling Contemporary Romance and New Adult author Suzan Butler.
Suzan will discuss with us the importance of tracking for author entrepreneurs. 
Also, she will examine the New Adult genre and how its popularity isn’t waning like some people would have you believe. We may even possibility be able to get her to reveal how the proper attire or lack there of may lead to greater word counts.
S.M. Butler is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of new adult romantic suspense and military romance who has a penchant for Dr. Pepper, ice hockey, and world domination, but not necessarily in that order. She has written the highly successful Texas Highlander series which has a focus of ice hockey, so it must be perfect. She also contributed to an anthology titled, “Spells and Swashbucklers”. Her latest New Adult release is titled “Wounded Courage” and is garnering more 5 star reviews. We are pleased to have Suzan on the show and hope you enjoy her insights of self-publishing success. You can find all of her books here.
She is also doing a video diary of her next book. Watch her write here
Going to eat dinner that is high in carbs so I can keep up with Suzan. Hope there is great activity here tonight. See you all soon.
While you’re waiting for the show to start, go check out our latest interview, this time with Libbie Hawker, who also has a plan for Kindle Unlimited success: http://selfpublishingroundtable.com/interview-with-bestselling-historical-fiction-author-libbie-hawkerlm-ironside/
School holidays are done and I don’t have Michelle’s macaroons – but I’ll be here this week 😀
Hola
Demelza Carlton I have macaroons…but I’m gonna eat lunch first: soup 😀
BatmanErica Demelza Carlton I have no idea what’s for lunch….but lunch is three hours away, so I have time to decide 😀
Evening all! I heard this is where the cool kids hang out on Thursday nights!
Ronny Khuri Khuri, you are the best bearded YA fantasy author ever.
BuddyGott ‘s Friday for Erica, Carl and I…but yes, we’re here. 😀
BuddyGott Nope…just a buncha book nerds.
kevinmichael3 I’m sure that’s not false
Hey Everyone,
We’re all here, shouldn’t be long now
!
CateMorgan BuddyGott Then I’m in the right place. 🙂
BuddyGott Some of us do have accents and/or beards, so there’s that…
BuddyGott I hid my lunch money on instinct
Trish McCallan *crosses fingers*
Ronny Khuri BuddyGott it’s a good plan in any event. Always hide your lunch money.
<<<Fills bowl with popcorn
AJ Vale Now I want popcorn!
Ronny Khuri BuddyGott Does that mean you have…DECOY LUNCH MONEY?! o.O
F somebody’s I, the ‘watch her write here’ link isn’t working for me
CateMorgan Ronny Khuri BuddyGott Haha, no. It means I have decoy crotch-stuffing.
Can I get any of you c&@%#s a drink?
Howdy
Ronny Khuri It’s probably better that way….
Ronny Khuri kevinmichael3 false modesty. awesome.
S.M. Butler WHAT ARE YOU HIDING SHOW ME
BatmanErica Demelza Carlton vegetable I trust.
ColinFBarnes Sharkcano, for the win.
Carl Sinclair I’ll take one of those Coke cans that say “Buddy” on them.
Yay Trish McCallan is back!
ColinFBarnes Mr Barnes, I presume?
Carl Sinclair I believe I’ll get my own, if I have to answer to random symbols…
Evening all
Is it wrong that I bought a copy so I could hate read it?
Carl Sinclair Shouldn’t you be at outback steakhouse?
*gong noise*
Demelza Carlton Carl Sinclair I got my own as well, large lemon, lime and bitters of course 🙂
PatrickStemp Evening sir
Ronny Khuri S.M. Butler *blink blink* who me?
We’re going live now everyone!
You misspelled bong.
JayChastain The Ice Dick has arrived. Rejoice everyone.
BuddyGott PatrickStemp Hey Buddy.
S.M. Butler Ronny Khuri FOCUS
Presumption is correct, good sir.
Demelza Carlton Carl Sinclair It’s code for something incredibly dirty, I’m sure…
Evening!
JayChastain Chastain
http://www.genrehobo.com check, it out people or mimi will throw a poop golem reference at you
Mimi Strong.
Glad to see Mimi on the panel. I bought a special poop bucket just for this occasion.
Carl Sinclair gonna write a cricket romance?
BatmanErica Trish McCallan It’s good to be back too. 🙂
Why is John blue? He looks positively Smurfy.
Carl Sinclair JayChastain Sinclair…
CateMorgan a new kink for him?
Any questions for Suzan?
CateMorgan Smurf off
BatmanErica Blue Man Group auditions? He’s gonna come over all performance art any moment…
CateMorgan He’s in California on vacation so he’s on his laptop.
Carl Sinclair smurf you! 😛
Carl Sinclair Smurf you. *rude hand gesture*
Post your questions here, please and I’ll pass them on to Susan.
BatmanErica Carl Sinclair Go smurf yourself, you smurfing smurf.
Carl Sinclair smurfity smurf smurf smurf!
I can’t even read my own handwriting half the time.
I wrote love letters to the makers of candy
PatrickStemp Stemper
PatrickStemp If that is your real pen name.
Is this the first time Mimi has guest-hosted? She’s doing awesome!
JayChastain and beer, right?
Trish McCallan Okay, that’s not nearly as entertaining as our wild Smurf theories.
Tiara wearing cookie monster!!!
BuddyGott She’s secretly been involved in this kind of thing in the past.
What’s hockey?
ZoeYorkWrites York you sexy beast.
BuddyGott Yes, first time she’s guest hosted, but I’m sure it won’t be the last time. :0
ZoeYorkWrites the queen of romance divas is here
JayChastain and hate letters to the makers of joose. damn you kidney infection.
ZoeYorkWrites lol I got a kick out of that.
Hey Zoe!
ColinFBarnes Colin. Congrats on the new Facebook page. Looks good.
Carl Sinclair PatrickStemp One of many.
ColinFBarnes I tip my hat to you sir.
JayChastain Canadian Boxing
Sounds like my cashbook spreadsheet that the taxman gave me…
JayChastain how is your sell out experiment going?
You are doing awesome Suzan!
Kevin is going to be doing an epic blog post about Kindle Unlimited. He doesn’t know yet, I just decided.
I want to see John join The Blue Man Group.
BatmanErica JayChastain Nearly done with book 1. TO EVERYONES JOY!
Carl Sinclair Libbie Hawker did a post about it. Go to the sprt blog for the link.
BuddyGott He’s smurftastic.
kevinmichael3 Carl Sinclair I want you to do one too.
BuddyGott Think we can bribe him to shave his head online?
kevinmichael3 Carl Sinclair dance monkey.
CateMorgan BuddyGott He loves money. Just throw a couple bucks at him. He’ll do it
CateMorgan BuddyGott I’ll put in $5 towards that.
Carl Sinclair kevinmichael3 I will, I’m doing my KU secret experiment first.
I think Draft2Digital has improved their communication with iTunes, because of late, I’ve heard of a couple of authors who’ve had their categories corrected lately. (signed, Zoe, the D2D groupie)
kevinmichael3 Carl Sinclair Do what you’re told boy. This post?
http://selfpublishingroundtable.com/interview-with-bestselling-historical-fiction-author-libbie-hawkerlm-ironside/
Carl Sinclair kevinmichael3 Why don’t you ever talk that dirty to me, Carl?
Carl Sinclair kevinmichael3 The floggings will continue until morale improves…
ZoeYorkWrites I thought you were a Carl groupie?
JayChastain Carl Sinclair kevinmichael3 You listen up and do as you’re told too you little bitch.
Carl Sinclair ZoeYorkWrites No, I KNOW some Carl groupies. Men with three kids don’t appeal to me in the slightest. 😉
Is anyone else missing the many words of Michelle Read?
Carl Sinclair kevinmichael3 that’s the post.
Carl Sinclair Verily.
Carl Sinclair I’m not.
Carl Sinclair Me. Just wrote to her and asked why she wasn’t SPRTing.
michelleread are you talking to me today? Boobs
michelleread Carl Sinclair There she is.
BatmanErica michelleread Yes boobs. I am.
So glad I finally get to watch a live show
BuddyGott Carl Sinclair Hi Buddy 🙂 Sorry I’m late. I had a thing.
TNaeWilcox We are so glad to have you.
CateMorgan Carl Sinclair Hi Cate 🙂
Hola!
michelleread BuddyGott Carl Sinclair No hi to carl?
Suzan looks almost exactly like my ex-girlfriend. However, luckily, I’m not getting the same Daughter Of Satan Vibe from her.
michelleread Carl Sinclair Ack! You snuck up on me!
ZoeYorkWrites Carl Sinclair Alpha Males with three kids. Care to name the groupies so I can send out some swag?
Carl Sinclair michelleread BuddyGott Sorry, Hi Carl. I’m in a mood. Not as talkative tonight.
Stacy Claflin Hey Stacy, nice to see you here again.
michelleread Carl Sinclair BuddyGott You are always so chatty though… ?
Stacy Claflin Hi Stacy!
CateMorgan michelleread Carl Sinclair Ahaha 🙂 Boo!
michelleread Carl Sinclair Hey Michelle!
Carl Sinclair michelleread BuddyGott Yes hi.
PatrickStemp michelleread Carl Sinclair Patrick! Seriously…..Big Wreck has made my week. And hi 🙂
michelleread Carl Sinclair BuddyGott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR8logunPzQ
Questions people?
TNaeWilcox Very happy to have you with us. If you have any questions for our guest, just post it in the comments and I’ll forward it on.
Stacy Claflin It’s the Clafs
kevinmichael3 What kind of shampoo do you use, Kevin?
michelleread PatrickStemp Carl Sinclair They do suck you in for sure. Listening to any album in particular?
kevinmichael3 Do you like it when I look at your bewbs?
How long has Suzan been writing and how many total titles does she have available?
BuddyGott kevinmichael3 V05. 89 cents a bottle baby!
Thanks guys:) Trynna get used to the whole video being all the way at the top and the comment section being at the bottom
Howdy all!
Carl Sinclair kevinmichael3 my jolly jigglers are for all to enjoy.
Q:
It looks like Suzan has a book available for pre-order on Amazon. Is there a story behind how she got that option?
TNaeWilcox Here’s a special SPRT tip – open a second window for the chat.
Does Suzan have a list, and, if so, how did she build it?
PatrickStemp michelleread Carl Sinclair Ghosts. Albatross gets me every time?! I love it.
and it’s “Raw-Knee Curry” Carl
Carl Sinclair ZoeYorkWrites One of them is Kevin.
michelleread PatrickStemp Carl Sinclair Awesome.
Well, I’m officially depressed.
Carl Sinclair TNaeWilcox Seriously never thought of that. Wow. You are all of the helpfuls.
Ronny Khuri You have raw knees? Damn, you are a fascinating fellow.
I got turned down for a BookBub last week, the big jerks. 😛
Carl Sinclair Look in a mirror?
Carl Sinclair Marvin…..
GOOD SEGUE OPP
ZoeYorkWrites how dare they not want your $600
Carl Sinclair So long and thanks……for all the fish.
kevinmichael3 Ronny Khuri i got them when i fell… for you..? and scraped my knees..? falling for you?
Suzan is in charge of planning a massive Anthology coming out in August. She is the queen of planning! I’m amazed on what she has been able to organize.
ZoeYorkWrites I got turned down for one two days ago. But for a VERY good reason. My book wasn’t long enough……but Carl Sinclair told me how to fix it in the future. I thought it was a super reason for being turned down!
Yay for spreadsheets. I just signed up for Office 365 and it’s awesome.
ZoeYorkWrites Those bastards.
michelleread ZoeYorkWrites Carl Sinclair I got turned down this week, too….but seeing as one of my books just finished up a Bookbub promo, I figure that’s reasonable, lol
PatrickStemp nerd alert! yay.
BuddyGott Carl Sinclair No, just feel alone.
PatrickStemp I’m a spreadsheet geek, too–I’m in them all day at work, making the numbers dance to my tune. Bwa-ha-ha-haaaaa!!
What is it with being chased by the alpha male seal? I was worried he was going to bite my backside. Not sexy at all…
I just came back in so I didn’t hear any of this….but I think a nice Alpha would be really pleasant!
That’s how the first one happened, Mimi! So like last time, I’ll say … hey, let’s actually do this. 😛 (And actually, most of the heroes in our set weren’t over the top alphas)
What timing! I was just singing to my cat.
I’m pretty sure cricket players sing to their kitties.
There is only one Alpha Male in SPRT and he’s sick in bed. Me.
Kevin and I look like Navy Seals, right?
Carl Sinclair Carl needs attention. please give it to him
writerwade Yes Wade.
TuckerAuthor I always sing to my favourite pussy.
Action heroes express romance in action…
writerwade Of course.
kevinmichael3 Carl Sinclair Hi Carl. Eat soup.
Carl Sinclair TuckerAuthor that’s probably a good practice.
writerwade However Wade, you did not like all of my things on Facebook this week within five minutes so I might have cried a bit.
i wonder if a Wookiee box set is in order…
CateMorgan PatrickStemp Same here. It’s basically 90% of my job.
kevinmichael3 Carl Sinclair Drink more, dude. You’ll still be sick, but you’ll feel better about it…
michelleread kevinmichael3 Carl Sinclair Thanks for your advice Mrs Read. I appreciate it SOOOO much.
Ronny Khuri like like like
I totally agree with Trish – nice guy military heroes are alpha in a different way from the other sub-genres.
PatrickStemp Me, too!
Suzan do you feel like doing the Navy Seal box set was a turning point in your career?
michelleread writerwade He’s been ignoring me on Facebook too. Tears here also.
Ronny Khuri argggggg gggggggg ggggggg g g g g gggg
Carl Sinclair michelleread kevinmichael3 Excellent 🙂 Now do it. You used to be a chef remember? Whip something up with all the goodies in it.
I got a roller hockey romance I’m working on…
michelleread Carl Sinclair kevinmichael3 Yeah, i’ll get right on it. Cheers.
ZoeYorkWrites it isn’t the first time I’ve been wrong, and it won’t be the last.
BuddyGott michelleread writerwade Ugh. How rude.
michelleread writerwade so sorry Michelle. Stupid FB feed!
kevinmichael3 ZoeYorkWrites lol, I missed the part that she was disagreeing with you. I’m also putting a kid to bed right now.
AJ Vale I’d like to know this too.
BatmanErica Skid Marks?
Carl Sinclair that’s the one! Named a background roller derby girl, Hello Kilty!
Demelza Carlton michelleread ZoeYorkWrites Carl Sinclair Congratu-freaking-lations on a BookBub! That’s awesome 🙂
Woo hoo. Romance Diva’s!
Did Suzan start out with a street team to help her with reviews? Or did that build organically through her readers?
michelleread Demelza Carlton ZoeYorkWrites Carl Sinclair Thank you 😀 I thought they’d made a mistake, but then the invoice appeared…and the ad went live the same day Carl’s new son was born, so maybe it was just a really momentous day. Aussie bubs or something.
CateMorgan A good question! Nicholas Smith said this week that getting reviews at the beginning is like pulling teeth. He is quite correct.
writerwade michelleread Oh I’m sorry. I was just ignoring you.
michelleread CateMorgan Nick is an awesome smart guy, hey.
Carl Sinclair michelleread CateMorgan Hey. Indeed he is. Like I said, evil plot to steal all your friends brains.
michelleread You ain’t lyin’, sister!
Cookies!
If you haven’t already SPRT now has a FB page
https://www.facebook.com/selfpubroundtable
Be sure to go over and like it and let us know what you’d like to see from us content wise on the page.
I’m also wondering if she’s worried about ever running out of bumpy, bare-chested men for her covers? 😉
Carl Sinclair Done…..
BuddyGott hotttttt
Carl Sinclair it is so good, Russell Blake even commented.
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo BuddyGott This is the best show ever. When is there more genre hobo coming to our eyes?
CateMorgan michelleread Domination! We can share Cate 🙂
AJ Vale we are all fans of romance divas on the roundtable
michelleread Carl Sinclair CateMorgan good for you champ.
kevinmichael3 Carl Sinclair David W. Wright commented on one of my fb posts and I actually did a little dance. It was like six degrees to Kevin Bacon.
michelleread kevinmichael3 Carl Sinclair R-Blake is my bro.
Carl Sinclair michelleread CateMorgan Are you sassing me, sickly?
michelleread Maybe SPRTs should gang up on the world and review each other’s works. We can be our own street team. With uniforms and hockey sticks…
Carl Sinclair michelleread kevinmichael3 I don’t know who that is…….
CateMorgan michelleread That’s what I said on their FB page! Great minds…….and tiaras and Joose.
michelleread Carl Sinclair kevinmichael3 He was on the show. King of indie thrillers.
michelleread CateMorgan That was a good idea.
Carl Sinclair michelleread kevinmichael3 Awesome! I shall check him out. But not like, literally,BatmanErica .
michelleread kevinmichael3 Carl Sinclair I miss Walking Dave…he used to give me the best responses to my comments.
Carl Sinclair michelleread CateMorgan Takes a bow.
michelleread It’s ALL about the Joose…
It was Courtney Milan’s workshop on maintaining visibility as a slow writer
TuckerAuthor If she does, we’ll help her find some. lol
michelleread Carl Sinclair CateMorgan no. I’m just grumpy. My best friend has been ignoring me all day and I’m waiting to hear some important news.
Demelza Carlton michelleread ZoeYorkWrites Carl Sinclair Yes!!!! So cool….
She says you need to do something to spike your visibility every 90 days; that doesn’t need to be a new book, alhtough that’s better 😛
Is it on her website?
YA does not edit for content. Middle Grade does, YA does not.
ZoeYorkWrites She says a lot of things.
TNaeWilcox No … it’ll be available to RWA members as an mp3 purchase at some point.
Carl Sinclair Too much cough syrup?
Carl Sinclair We just had this conversation!
TNaeWilcox Dabney was live tweeting, it might have been storified
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo Carl Sinclair You can swear in YA. You can have relations. Most indies think you can’t. they would be wrong. Trad pub doesn’t edit for that stuff.
Carl Sinclair ZoeYorkWrites she is not shy. especially on kboards.
I thought she meant staying visible as a writer period
No I like your ASIN speak!
People are saying Amazon Unlimited Authors are in the top 100 now.
michelleread I like that it breaks down to “A sin.”
ZoeYorkWrites There’s a big mis-conception that Alpha equals mean, and that’s not the case at all. True Alpha is never mean to the people they love. They are gruff, don’t talk alot, but always show their emotion, they compartmentalize,they aren’t mean.
BuddyGott michelleread bahahahaha……..
AJ Vale Why wouldn’t they be? Most of them probably were.
Because of stuff like that, we’ll all be getting ten cents per borrow this month.
Kevin is right. That is the exact way to do it.
maybe they should’ve just told everyone it was 10% but really it’s like 17%
Carl Sinclair Guess who got an ENT ad this week 🙂
TNaeWilcox sneaky.
michelleread Carl Sinclair Proud of you. See how it works if you ask nicely?
Carl Sinclair – Can you change your profile picture on here to the picture of you dancing? It will make everyone happy.
Carl Sinclair michelleread Oh my gosh! I was told by a professional today that I was too nice. And I was like….uh…..yes but I got like six ads this week by being nice! Hopefully it pays off, we shall see.
OMG Mimi is cracking me the hell up!
BuddyGott Carl Sinclair haha. no. We know now that Michelle does not like the pictures and I CERTAINLY would not do the dancing! You WOULD laugh though. For sure.
CateMorgan loving this lineup
Wow Trish McCallan . Congrats on being awesome.
But if your sales are staying consistent while your ranking falls, doesn’t it just mean the market is growing?
Ronny Khuri Can I request Mimi become a permanent feature? Because holy laffs, Batman!
Ronny Khuri hmmmmm.
michelleread BuddyGott Carl Sinclair When is the Michelle Read Show starting?
CateMorgan Ronny Khuri I just got offered a gig as Amazon’s Spokespervert! $400/day in premium erotica for a flat $10/month!
How do you decide when it’s appropriate to do pre-orders? I’m not ready for that, obviously, but am curious to know ahead of time.
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo CateMorgan Ronny Khuri My amazon rep never told me about this?
Australia! Tons of readers there are on iBooks, so maybe do an Aussie-focused book blog tour?
Good question. I’d like to know too
https://www.facebook.com/selfpubroundtable
Mimi Strong aka Genre Hobo Ronny Khuri Do you get a break on hand lotion in bulk? Or hair removal services?
Carl Sinclair michelleread BuddyGott How about the Michelle and Carl show?! With a voice tag of Erica saying something funny to make me laugh.
ZoeYorkWrites Nobody here reads iBooks. NZ maybe. Kobo and Kindle.
Carl Sinclair like like like
michelleread Carl Sinclair BuddyGott I’d watch that!
michelleread Carl Sinclair BuddyGott If you’d be keen, I’d love too.
BuddyGott michelleread Carl Sinclair Sorry guys. I can only talk to Buddy apparently! Cause he’s the bomb!
michelleread BuddyGott Carl Sinclair Aw, thanks!
Want afterparty? Let me know here.
Carl Sinclair michelleread BuddyGott I’m keen on you eating some soup.
kevinmichael3 Me please
kevinmichael3 Yes, but I can’t talk.
I’ll come in for a bit.
kevinmichael3 me please 🙂
Say hi to your moms for me.
kevinmichael3 Me please
Me:)
kevinmichael3 MEEEEE but I got to put the kiddo away real quick
michelleread Carl Sinclair BuddyGott Make me some?
kevinmichael3 Yes
Carl Sinclair michelleread BuddyGott Yes sir! You know the one. Totes vegan and you’ll eat it and like it.
kevinmichael3 Put me on the b-list … I need to still put 1 kid to sleep, and I have words to write. But I like hanging with you guys at some point.
kevinmichael3 i need to see what this is one day. have to finish a draft tonight, tho 🙁
ZoeYorkWrites kevinmichael3 B-list too please.
michelleread Carl Sinclair BuddyGott I want chicken in it. I don’t believe in vegan.
Ronny Khuri kevinmichael3 Damn you curry!
Trish McCallan ZoeYorkWrites like me.
Carl Sinclair Ronny Khuri kevinmichael3 i’m 25 days late ;.;
How do you get to the after party?
AJ Vale what’s your email address? needs to be a gmail.
Carl Sinclair AJ Vale ajvalewrites@gmail
Do you need all of our addresses? Is it a G Hangout?
kevinmichael3 AJ Vale We’re becoming the lion’s share of your audience. 😉
AJ Vale Carl Sinclair I did invite you but it’s full at 10 right now. You wont be able to join until someone leaves (which happens fairly early on.
TNaeWilcox Yes, email address.
Wilcox.tnae@gmail. I can’t talk, but I can chat. Can I do that?
TNaeWilcox yes, but we’re full atm.
kevinmichael3 glad you ‘liked’ it JayChastain but it looks like they are full 🙁 Am chatting with Xavier instead 😛
BatmanErica kevinmichael3 JayChastain Secondary after party next week.
michelleread BatmanErica kevinmichael3 JayChastain I’ll go to that one if Michelle talks.
michelleread I guess when you feel you have enough people waiting to buy your books. It no longer destroys your book rankings as sales (preorders) count towards rank immediately, not all on release day. So if you can get Amazon to give them to you (they don’t everyone) then it’s worth a go.
michelleread If you can, and you’re writing a series, I say put them out there when the first book is out there. Have the links in the back of the first book so they can just click on through as soon as they finish. I basically put THE END and then a short paragraph inviting them to my newsletter and to pre-order the next in the series with a clickable link to both. I’ve gotten a lot of traction with those 20 little words.
Carl Sinclair michelleread It’s worth it to do it on Kobo and Apple. Because their pre-order sales count on release day and that’ll give you some amazing visibility when the book shoots up the charts on release day.
AJ Vale You’re so sweet, AJ. <3
BuddyGott It’s just because you don’t know me well enough yet. Gimme some time and the Daughter of Satan will come out. 😉
ZoeYorkWrites I thought it was fitting…