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313 / How do you balance the demands of a full-time job with launching a romance writing career? Finley Daniels shares her lessons learned in writing and marketing. ✨ This week’s sponsor is Vellum: http://tryvellum.com/wish • Balancing writing with a full-time job • Challenges in marketing and ads • Importance of book titles and tropes • Building an email newsletter • Finding editors and cover designers • Success with TikTok and BookBub 💙 Become a supporter of the podcast https://wishidknownforwriters.com/sup... or https://wishidknownthenpodcast.substa... • Access to backlist of exclusive supporter episodes • Shoutout on a future episode • Thank you to long-time supporter: Angel Lawson •  angellawson.com (http://angellawson.com) 📥 Send us a Text Message (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/tex...)   ⚡Links: •  http://tryvellum.com/wishhttps://www.finleydaniels.com • Sara on The Creative Penn talking about special editions, direct sales, and low-key marketing: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2026/... 📥 Send us a Text Message (https://www.buzzsprout.com/2121723/fa...) Support the show (https://www.sararosett.com/support) 🚀 Jami’s Consulting and Workshops: (https://www.jamialbright.com/launchplan) https://www.jamialbright.com/authorwo... ❤️ Jami’s books https://amzn.to/3wSraA5 🔎 Sara’s books https://www.sararosett.com/bibliography/ 📚 Sara’s How to Write a Series book and audiobook: https://www.sararosett.com/how-to-wri... The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes https://bookshop.org/lists/recommence...

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