Authors Who Lead - Learn to write a book from bestselling authors and leaders

About Authors Who Lead - Learn to write a book from bestselling authors and leaders

If you want to know how bestselling authors find the time to write their books, the methods they use to be productive and how they find their ideas you will love this podcast. Writing coach Azul Terronez shares interviews with clients such as Pat Flynn, of the Smart Passive Income, Jon Vroman, of the Front Row Factor, and Dana Malstaff of Boss-Mom, Jadah Sellner of Simple Green Smoothies. Learn from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling authors. Want to get behind-the-scenes insights about how first-time authors overcame their fears and found the courage to write? Are you curious about how successful bestselling authors write or learn how to publish and market a book? Have you thought, "I'd like to write a book," but I don't know where to start? I explore authors' journeys, how they craft their stories, become published, and share their art of writing books with the world. You are meant to write the book now and be inspired by those who have done it.

Publisher

Azul Terronez - Author, TEDx Speaker, Coach

Category

arts · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Oct 2017

Latest episode

10 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

26 of 394 episodes have a transcript.

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   10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Fiercely Feminine Voices: Meleah Ashford on Empowering Women in STEM and Aspiring Writers

   Host [Host Name] interviews Meleah Ashford, author of "Fiercely Feminine," about empowering women in STEM and aspiring writers.

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   26 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Stop Overthinking: How to Edit and Refocus Your Book for Impact

   Bestselling author and leader [Guest Name] shares strategies for editing and refocusing your book to achieve maximum impact.

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   18 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   From Stand By Me to The Matrix: How Your Favorite Films Reveal Your Unique Storytelling Superpower

   Screenwriter and coach Brooks Elms guides host [Host Name] through discovering your unique storytelling superpower by analyzing your favorite films.

Inside a recent episode

Fiercely Feminine Voices: Meleah Ashford on Empowering Women in STEM and Aspiring Writers

Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So my primary audience is that, you know, someone who's 30 and, and they're, they've been in it for several years and they're like, Oh man, is this for me? This is hard. But I think there's a whole cast of secondary audiences. When I talk to women who are my age, you know, that have been through this fight, they just love it. Like, oh, you just are writing my heart. And I think there's an audience of men who can look at this and say, huh. I never thought about that. I didn't see the challenges of the workplace and how those might affect a woman. So there you go. It's for everybody, but really my target is keeping young women in STEM. […]

Who has been a guest on Authors Who Lead - Learn to write a book from bestselling authors and leaders

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• Meleah Ashford
• Brooks Elms
• April Henry
• Sage Hobbs
• Samantha Sweetwater

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

100 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

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Quality

84

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

95

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