Show Notes
From incorporating popular tropes to social media trends, the SPA Girls have a robust discussion around what they’re doing to harness trends to reach more readers and sell more books!
Links mentioned: Melanie Harlow’s Harlot Authors group https://www.facebook.com/groups/630439937160840 The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel by Jodie Archer and Matthew L Jockers Theodora Taylor’s Substack https://7figurefiction.substack.com/p/better-butter Lillian Lark https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep510/
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