Building professional presence for your second act career or sideline venture, with a practical framework for transforming expertise into influence and income. <br/><br/><a href="https://mattydalrymple.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">mattydalrymple.substack.com</a>
From Expertise to Authority with Matty Dalrymple
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Building professional presence for your second act career or sideline venture, with a practical framework for transforming expertise into influence and income. <br/><br/><a href="https://mattydalrymple.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">mattydalrymple.substack.com</a>
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June 19, 2026
My Substack Course Adjustment
<p>Article at <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/@mattydalrymple">https://substack.com/@mattydalrymple</a></p><p>Video at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@mattydalrymple">https://www.youtube.com/@mattydalrymple</a></p><p>Have you ever started down a path that seemed right—only to realize mid-journey that a course adjustment was in order?In this episode of From Expertise to Authority, host Matty Dalrymple shares the behind-the-scenes story of how a conversation about creator patronage prompted her to rethink her entire Substack strategy—and ultimately her YouTube approach as well.What you'll learn:• Why Matty moved away from a paid/free content split on her FETA Substack• How the goal of writing a book shaped (and complicated) her content strategy—and why she let it go• What a more informal, exploratory tone means for the future of FETA content• How her YouTube channel is evolving to prioritize audio over videoWhether you're building your own platform for a sideline or second act—or just navigating the ever-shifting landscape of content creation—this episode offers an honest, relatable look at what it means to stay flexible and follow what actually works.</p><p>#ProfessionalDevelopment #SecondActCareer #SidelineCareer #CareerTransition #Sidehustle #FromExpertiseToAuthority</p><p>Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, beginning with ROCK PAPER SCISSORS; the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, beginning with THE SENSE OF DEATH; and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. More at <a target="_blank" href="http://mattydalrymple.com">mattydalrymple.com</a>. Matty also writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage, and shares what she’s learned on THE INDY AUTHOR PODCAST. She writes nonfiction books for authors; her articles have appeared in Writer’s Digest magazine; and she is a Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors. More at <a target="_blank" href="http://theindyauthor.com">theindyauthor.com</a>. She also guides professionals in building their presence through a sideline or second act through her platform From Expertise to Authority. More at theindyauthor.com/authority.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to From Expertise to Authority at <a href="https://mattydalrymple.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">mattydalrymple.substack.com/subscribe</a>
June 16, 2026
Scaffolding Your Expertise with Jean Burgess
<p>Audio on the From Expertise to Authority podcast at <a target="_blank" href="https://pod.link/1865211396">https://pod.link/1865211396</a></p><p>Article at <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/@mattydalrymple">https://substack.com/@mattydalrymple</a></p><p>Video at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@mattydalrymple">https://www.youtube.com/@mattydalrymple</a></p><p>What if every unexpected career turn you’ve taken was actually building something powerful? In this episode of the From Expertise to Authority podcast, host Matty Dalrymple talks with Jean Burgess—author, editor, playwright, and former theater educator—about how a deliberately zigzagging career can scaffold expertise in ways a straight-line path never could.</p><p>Jean shares how decades moving through professional acting and directing, college-level theater education, marketing, and now fiction and nonfiction writing have stacked on top of each other to create a uniquely versatile platform. She reflects on the surprising way skills from running marketing for an IT business transferred seamlessly to promoting her debut novel—and why understanding what is truly transferable (versus what just looks transferable on the surface) makes all the difference.</p><p>Jean and Matty also dig into the mindset shifts that make career pivots work: why Jean doesn’t have the phrase “writer’s block” in her vocabulary, how she conquered imposter syndrome by reframing it as a problem to solve, and why she believes community building—not selling—is the real engine of an author’s authority. Plus, Jean shares what it felt like to realize she had arrived as an author: not when she got her first speaking fee, but during the Q&As at her presentations, when the audience’s questions tell her she had truly connected.</p><p>If you have a non-linear career and have ever wondered whether all those pivots are working for you or against you, this conversation will give you a new way to see your own story.</p><p>#ProfessionalDevelopment #SecondActCareer #SidelineCareer #CareerTransition #Sidehustle #FromExpertiseToAuthority</p><p>Jean Burgess is an author, editor, playwright, and former theatre educator. She writes both nonfiction and fiction, enjoys presenting writing workshops and presentations, and volunteers as a facilitator with a local Teen Writing Club. Jean holds a Masters in Theatre from NorthwesternUniversity and Ph.D. in Educational Theatre from New York University.</p><p>Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, beginning with ROCK PAPER SCISSORS; the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, beginning with THE SENSE OF DEATH; and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. More at <a target="_blank" href="http://mattydalrymple.com">mattydalrymple.com</a>. Matty also writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage, and shares what she’s learned on THE INDY AUTHOR PODCAST. She writes nonfiction books for authors; her articles have appeared in Writer’s Digest magazine; and she is a Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors. More at <a target="_blank" href="http://theindyauthor.com">theindyauthor.com</a>. She also guides professionals in building their presence through a sideline or second act through her platform From Expertise to Authority. More at theindyauthor.com/authority.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to From Expertise to Authority at <a href="https://mattydalrymple.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">mattydalrymple.substack.com/subscribe</a>
May 10, 2026
The Two Shifts from Hobbyist to Authority
<p>What happens when the thing you’ve loved as a hobby becomes something you want to be known for? In this episode, Matty Dalrymple explores the two-level shift that happens when a hobbyist starts building authority in an area outside their day job—the internal shift in how you relate to the activity itself, and the relational shift in how you navigate the communities you’ve already built around it. She explains what signals to watch for to know whether authority-building will deepen your passion or drain it, why trying to turn your hobby peers into your audience usually misfires, and how to handle the transition transparently so that relationships built on one footing don’t quietly collapse under a different one. Whether you’re an accountant who wants to be known for genealogy, a lawyer pursuing authority in competitive birding, or a novelist who spent decades in corporate IT, this conversation is for you.</p><p>#ProfessionalDevelopment #SecondActCareer #SidelineCareer #CareerTransition #Sidehustle #FromExpertiseToAuthority</p><p>Audio on the From Expertise to Authority podcast at <a target="_blank" href="https://pod.link/1865211396">https://pod.link/1865211396</a></p><p>Article at <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/@mattydalrymple">https://substack.com/@mattydalrymple</a></p><p>Video at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@mattydalrymple">https://www.youtube.com/@mattydalrymple</a></p><p>And if you’d like support developing a personalized pathway from expertise to authority for yourself, please check out my consulting service at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theindyauthor.com/authority">https://www.theindyauthor.com/authority</a>, and if you’re an event organizer, I’d love to share with your community a framework they can use to develop their own path. If you’d like to get in touch, just drop me a note at <a target="_blank" href="mailto:matty@mattydalrymple.com">matty@mattydalrymple.com</a>.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://mattydalrymple.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">mattydalrymple.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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