Indie Author Roadmap Podcast

Indie Author Roadmap Podcast

The Indie Author Roadmap Podcast is hosted by Rachel Morton and Rob Radcliffe — two prolific indie authors who aim to help you with your author career...

Episodes

May 21, 2025 86 mins

For the first, but by no means the last, time in IAR history, Rachel and Rob are joined by another author.  In their interviewing debuts, the chief wafflers invite lit-RPG and fantasy author Mike Hibbert onto the show to chat about his writing, publishing, and plans for the future.  Expect a jam packed episode! 

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Works In Progress, or WIPS, are your delightful current projects, but what happens when they multiply like little Gremlins taking a shower? In this week's episode Rachel and Rob chat about their own works in progress and how they plan to tackle the little gremlins.

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May 7, 2025 63 mins

In this week's episode, Rachel decides to put Rob in the Hotseat, going through a host of terminologies you will pick up as an indie author.

An entertaining and informative episode as always focusing on all things indie. 

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April 30, 2025 47 mins

Love it or loath it, view it as a helpful friend or a wicked enemy, AI is here and here to stay. In this week's episode, Rachel and Rob discuss AI and how it can help you in your author journey.

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April 23, 2025 73 mins

In this week's episode Rachel and Rob talk about how and when to pivot in your author business, plus an unexpected amount of cha about vegan food, because, why not?

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April 16, 2025 62 mins

This week's episode sees rachel and Rob give tips for creating dialogue for your books, with the usual off topic ramblings.  Join them for another episode of their light hearted banter about all things Indie.

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April 9, 2025 62 mins

This week's episode sees Rachel and Rob talking about their own personal experiences with burnout and overwhelm, and how they overcame it. 

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April 4, 2025 61 mins

In today's episode Rachel and Rob chat about what makes a compelling first chapter and what not to do at the beginning of your book.

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April 4, 2025 63 mins

Today's episode begins with Rob chatting about tips for new authors starting out, but soon turns into chaos with Rachel disagreeing at every turn.  A fun and lively debate surrounding the first steps of marketing as a new indie author.

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March 19, 2025 63 mins

This week Rachel and Rob chat about Audiobooks, with Rob picking Rachel's brain as he embarks upon narrating his upcoming novel.

Asking the questions any newbie might have, this is a great episode which dives into the other side of book production.  

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March 12, 2025 48 mins

In this week's episode Rachel and Rob answer (or attempt to answer) a few questions sent in by listeners.  As always an entertaining listen which dives deeper into the trials of being an Indie Author.

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March 4, 2025 65 mins

Rachel and Rob are talking character creation this week. Great characters make great stories, but how do you actually create them? In this episode, we break down our process for crafting characters that feel real, drive the plot, and keep readers hooked. From backstory and motivation to personality quirks and flaws, we cover what makes characters unforgettable. 

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February 25, 2025 58 mins

Rachel and Rob dive into how they'd do things if they were first starting out right now.  Chatting about setting up first promos, ways of finding readers for their mailing lists, as well as getting those first few sales. 

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February 19, 2025 56 mins

in this week's episode Rachel and Rob talk about mailing lists, how to set them up, what they achieve, and why you need one even if you are marketing your books other ways.

The email marketing platforms Indie Author Roadmap love are:

https://www.mailerlite.com

With its very user friendly interface and 1000 free subscribers starting out and:

https://kit.com/pricin...

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February 12, 2025 64 mins

Episode 11 sees Rachel and Rob revisitng the writing routines they touched on in the very first episode.  They also talk about Patreon, tik-tok, and as always fill the spaces with general chit-chat about writing and publishing. 

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February 5, 2025 62 mins
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January 29, 2025 61 mins

In this week's episode Rachel and Rob explore other ways to gain income from your books and the platforms available to achieve this. 

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January 22, 2025 39 mins

Rachel and Rob chat about having confidence in your writing when starting out, as well as talking about keeping that impostor syndrome at bay amoungst the usual of topic waffle they always manage to bring to the table.

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January 15, 2025 64 mins

In this week’s episode Rachel and Rob chat about the differences between Traditional Publishing, Indie Publishing and Vanity Publishing, as well as casting a light on being Wide or Exclusive with your ebooks.

There may be a little swearing when Rob goes off on a rant about Vanity publishers. Be warned…

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January 8, 2025 49 mins

Rachel and Rob sit down to discuss their writing, publishing and marketing goals for 2025.

These include Rob joining the Novel Gains 30 Day video marketing challenge hosted by fantasy author A.P Beswick, and Rachel talking about Matt J Holmes's Facebook Jumpstart course.

Novel Gains FB Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/870314997912256

Matt J Holmes FB Ads Course for authors: https://www.matthewjholmes.com/a/2147523688/PwoDPtdE

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