Isn't it more fun to be a Heartweaver than a Diplomat?

In this episode I'm pulling back the curtain on the four author archetypes — where they came from, and why I took the 16 personalities and refit them for the indie author experience. Because after watching myself and some amazing author friends do everything the industry said — write a crap ton of books, get them out there, hit $50K — and burn out ANYWAY, I stopped believing the problem was us. We hadn't failed ourselves. We'd been following the guidelines of people who were successful doing things their way. Who just weren't us.

Inside: why Heartweavers are the heart of the indie author industry (and why half of mine can't write romance — including me), how to spot a Mythmaker's book by its unresolved plot threads, why handing a Wildscribe a system feels like putting them in a cage (I learned that the hard way, with my husband and my best friend), and why LoreKeepers out-build everyone by waiting for trends to become tropes — plus the two blind spots that quietly cost them.

If you've ever wondered which one you are — or why every system you've tried felt like it was built for somebody else — this is the episode that explains the whole map.

Free workshop replay (all four rhythms, walked through): realindieauthor.com

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