Success as an author comes with challenges around managing money, setting boundaries, and living sustainably without burning out. Sacha Black/Ruby Roe talks about her lessons learned after five years as a full-time author entrepreneur.







In the intro, Content marketing for authors [BookBub]; Vineyard research [Books and Travel]; AI-generated voice cloning for select US Audible narrators [The Verge]; How AI is changing audiobooks and how it echoes changes in the music industry [Music Tectonics]; Blood Vintage; Comment écrire un roman — Joanna Penn;













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Sacha Black writes spicy sapphic fantasy romance as Ruby Roe, as well as books for authors. She's the host of The Rebel Author Podcast and an international professional speaker. Sacha recently did a solo episode on her lessons learned after 5 years full-time, and we discuss aspects of that in the interview.







You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. 







Show Notes









* Why pivot to a new genre — mindset and money shifts







* Finding freedom from writing under a pen name







* Publishing and business model changes required with rapid sales growth







* Learning to outsource as your author business grows







* Repurposing content across multiple social media platforms







* Your books are not your pension. Your pension is your pension — so invest! (Check out my list of money books here.)







* Avoiding burnout — spending time on hobbies and social activities









You can find Sacha at SachaBlack.co.