¿CAMBIA tu VIDA ganar el PREMIO AMAZON STORYTELLER? #premioliterario2026

After six attempts, she won the Amazon Storyteller Award! She's Pilar González Álvarez, and we had a fantastic chat with her. How did Pilar González Álvarez win the Kindle Storyteller Award? We'll tell you all about it, and what no one tells you about winning the Amazon Storyteller Award: Does it change your life? In this episode, we talk with writer Pilar González Álvarez, author of Palabras de ceniza (Words of Ash), winner of the 2023 Amazon Literary Award. We discuss her journey from her early personal development and self-help books, through self-publishing and assisted publishing, to her definitive leap into fiction and her rise to international recognition. During our conversation, we explore: 📚 How she started writing and publishing. 📚 The real differences between self-publishing and traditional publishing. 📚 Her experience as a finalist for the Ateneo de Sevilla Prize. 📚 What changed after winning the Amazon Storyteller Award. 📚 Her arrival at Espasa publishing house. 📚 The importance of the independent writing community. 📚 The most common mistakes beginners make. 📚 Advice for authors who want to participate in the current Kindle Storyteller Award. An honest conversation about literature, perseverance, publishing, readers, friendship among writers, and the long road behind any seemingly sudden success. If you write, self-publish, or dream of publishing a novel, this interview could save you years of learning.