In this interview with bestselling author Jay Papasan, you will learn why it's important to identify your audience and how to identify what you want from your audience. Yes, you want them to buy your book, but you also want them as an engaged member of your fan base, following your social platforms, reading your blog and attending your events.

Choosing the right publishing path for your project is vital to your success as an author. In this lesson, Tanya Hall, CEO of Greenleaf Book Group, sits down with Marika to discuss how to choose a publisher.

Author's assistants can be great resources to help you navigate the book writing journey. In this lesson, author's assistant Linda Dunn and Marika discuss how hiring an author's assistant can be beneficial for your project. 

Why are you writing a book? In this lesson, Marika and Jodee Blanco dive into the fundamentals behind your project and how your motivating factors can guide you in your success.

What is the end goal of writing your book? In this lesson, Marika and Jodee Blanco continue discussing the why behind your book and how knowing your goals from the beginning will make a positive difference throughout the publishing process.

Before starting on your project, you have to set realistic expectations. In this lesson, Marika and Jodee Blanco wrap up their "why" series with talking about how you can fuel your success through expectations. 

If you plan on working with a publisher, it's important that you know how to present and pitch your book to an agent. In this lesson, literary agent Chip Macgregor sits down with Marika to discuss how you can present your book.

Where do you fall in the publishing puzzle? In this lesson, literary agent Scott Hoffman and Marika discuss whether or not traditional publishing is right for you and how a literary agent can help you down the path to traditional publishing.